[PATCH 5/5] xfs: assert that we hold the ilock for extent map access

Christoph Hellwig hch at infradead.org
Thu Dec 5 15:22:19 CST 2013


On Fri, Dec 06, 2013 at 08:10:47AM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
> Looks good, but can we add an assert to xfs_bunmapi() at the same
> time just to cover all the public bmapi interfaces with locking
> requirements?

Sure, will do.

Btw, I got another idea to sort this mess out a bit better:

 - add a new XFS_ILOCK_BMAP flag, and fold the bmap locking magic
   into xfs_ilock.
 - because the flag is now passed down we can assert that it is
   passed in xfs_bmapi_read and friends even if the extent list
   is already read in and thus improve coverage.

The downside is another two branches in the common ilock code path.



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