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2009-06-24switch ext4 to inode->i_aclAl Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2009-06-15ext4: Don't update ctime for non-extent-mapped inodesTheodore Ts'o
The VFS handles updating ctime, so we don't need to update the inode's ctime in ext4_splace_branch() to update the direct or indirect blocks. This was harmless when we did this in ext3, but in ext4, thanks to delayed allocation, updating the ctime in ext4_splice_branch() can cause the ctime to mysteriously jump when the blocks are finally allocated. Thanks to Björn Steinbrink for pointing out this problem on the git mailing list. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-06-14ext4: Fix up whitespace issues in fs/ext4/inode.cTheodore Ts'o
This is a pure cleanup patch. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-06-13ext4: move the abort flag from s_mount_opts to s_mount_flagsTheodore Ts'o
We're running out of space in the mount options word, and EXT4_MOUNT_ABORT isn't really a mount option, but a run-time flag. So move it to become EXT4_MF_FS_ABORTED in s_mount_flags. Also remove bogus ext2_fs.h / ext4.h simultaneous #include protection, which can never happen. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-06-13ext4: change s_mount_opt to be an unsigned intTheodore Ts'o
We can only fit 32 options in s_mount_opt because an unsigned long is 32-bits on a x86 machine. So use an unsigned int to save space on 64-bit platforms. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-06-17ext4: convert instrumentation from markers to tracepointsTheodore Ts'o
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-06-09ext4: Don't treat a truncation of a zero-length file as replace-via-truncateTheodore Ts'o
If a non-existent file is opened via O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, there's no need to treat this as a true file truncation, so we shouldn't activate the replace-via-truncate hueristic. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-06-05ext4: truncate the file properly if we fail to copy data from userspaceAneesh Kumar K.V
In generic_perform_write if we fail to copy the user data we don't update the inode->i_size. We should truncate the file in the above case so that we don't have blocks allocated outside inode->i_size. Add the inode to orphan list in the same transaction as block allocation This ensures that if we crash in between the recovery would do the truncate. Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> CC: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-06-05ext4: Avoid leaking blocks after a block allocation failureAneesh Kumar K.V
We should add inode to the orphan list in the same transaction as block allocation. This ensures that if we crash after a failed block allocation and before we do a vmtruncate we don't leak block (ie block marked as used in bitmap but not claimed by the inode). Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> CC: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-06-09ext4: Get rid of EXTEND_DISKSIZE flag of ext4_get_blocks_handle()Jan Kara
Get rid of EXTEND_DISKSIZE flag of ext4_get_blocks_handle(). This seems to be a relict from some old days and setting disksize in this function does not make much sense. Currently it was set only by ext4_getblk(). Since the parameter has some effect only if create == 1, it is easy to check by grepping through the sources that the three callers which end up calling ext4_getblk() with create == 1 (ext4_append, ext4_quota_write, ext4_mkdir) do the right thing and set disksize themselves. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-05-25ext4: remove unused function __ext4_write_dirty_metadataTheodore Ts'o
The __ext4_write_dirty_metadata() function was introduced by commit 0390131b, "ext4: Allow ext4 to run without a journal", but nothing ever used the function, either then or since. So let's remove it and save a bit of space. Cc: Frank Mayhar <fmayhar@google.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-05-17ext4: Add a comprehensive block validity check to ext4_get_blocks()Theodore Ts'o
To catch filesystem bugs or corruption which could lead to the filesystem getting severly damaged, this patch adds a facility for tracking all of the filesystem metadata blocks by contiguous regions in a red-black tree. This allows quick searching of the tree to locate extents which might overlap with filesystem metadata blocks. This facility is also used by the multi-block allocator to assure that it is not allocating blocks out of the system zone, as well as by the routines used when reading indirect blocks and extents information from disk to make sure their contents are valid. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-05-14ext4: Clean up ext4_get_blocks() so it does not depend on bh_result->b_stateTheodore Ts'o
The ext4_get_blocks() function was depending on the value of bh_result->b_state as an input parameter to decide whether or not update the delalloc accounting statistics by calling ext4_da_update_reserve_space(). We now use a separate flag, EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_UPDATE_RESERVE_SPACE, to requests this update, so that all callers of ext4_get_blocks() can clear map_bh.b_state before calling ext4_get_blocks() without worrying about any consistency issues. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-05-14ext4: Merge ext4_da_get_block_write() into mpage_da_map_blocks()Theodore Ts'o
The static function ext4_da_get_block_write() was only used by mpage_da_map_blocks(). So to simplify the code, merge that function into mpage_da_map_blocks(). Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-05-12ext4: Add BUG_ON debugging checks to noalloc_get_block_write()Theodore Ts'o
Enforce that noalloc_get_block_write() is only called to map one block at a time, and that it always is successful in finding a mapping for given an inode's logical block block number if it is called with create == 1. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-05-14ext4: Add documentation to the ext4_*get_block* functionsTheodore Ts'o
This adds more documentation to various internal functions in fs/ext4/inode.c, most notably ext4_ind_get_blocks(), ext4_da_get_block_write(), ext4_da_get_block_prep(), ext4_normal_get_block_write(). In addition, the static function ext4_normal_get_block_write() has been renamed noalloc_get_block_write(), since it is used in many places far beyond ext4_normal_writepage(). Plenty of warnings have been added to the noalloc_get_block_write() function, since the way it is used is amazingly fragile. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-05-14ext4: Define a new set of flags for ext4_get_blocks()Theodore Ts'o
The functions ext4_get_blocks(), ext4_ext_get_blocks(), and ext4_ind_get_blocks() used an ad-hoc set of integer variables used as boolean flags passed in as arguments. Use a single flags parameter and a setandard set of bitfield flags instead. This saves space on the call stack, and it also makes the code a bit more understandable. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-05-14ext4: Rename ext4_get_blocks_wrap() to be ext4_get_blocks()Theodore Ts'o
Another function rename for clarity's sake. The _wrap prefix simply confuses people, and didn't add much people trying to follow the code paths. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-05-12ext4: Rename ext4_get_blocks_handle() to be ext4_ind_get_blocks()Theodore Ts'o
The static function ext4_get_blocks_handle() is badly named. Of *course* it takes a handle. Since its counterpart for extent-based file is ext4_ext_get_blocks(), rename it to be ext4_ind_get_blocks(). Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-05-12ext4: Simplify function signature for ext4_da_get_block_write() Theodore Ts'o
The function ext4_da_get_block_write() is called in exactly one write, and the last argument, create, is always 1. Remove it to simplify the code slightly. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-05-01ext4: Avoid races caused by on-line resizing and SMP memory reorderingTheodore Ts'o
Ext4's on-line resizing adds a new block group and then, only at the last step adjusts s_groups_count. However, it's possible on SMP systems that another CPU could see the updated the s_group_count and not see the newly initialized data structures for the just-added block group. For this reason, it's important to insert a SMP read barrier after reading s_groups_count and before reading any (for example) the new block group descriptors allowed by the increased value of s_groups_count. Unfortunately, we rather blatently violate this locking protocol documented in fs/ext4/resize.c. Fortunately, (1) on-line resizes happen relatively rarely, and (2) it seems rare that the filesystem code will immediately try to use just-added block group before any memory ordering issues resolve themselves. So apparently problems here are relatively hard to hit, since ext3 has been vulnerable to the same issue for years with no one apparently complaining. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-05-12ext4: Mark the unwritten buffer_head as mapped during write_beginAneesh Kumar K.V
Setting BH_Unwritten buffer_heads as BH_Mapped avoids multiple (unnecessary) calls to get_block() during the call to the write(2) system call. Setting BH_Unwritten buffer heads as BH_Mapped requires that the writepages() functions can handle BH_Unwritten buffer_heads. After this commit, things work as follows: ext4_ext_get_block() returns unmapped, unwritten, buffer head when called with create = 0 for prealloc space. This makes sure we handle the read path and non-delayed allocation case correctly. Even though the buffer head is marked unmapped we have valid b_blocknr and b_bdev values in the buffer_head. ext4_da_get_block_prep() called for block resrevation will now return mapped, unwritten, new buffer_head for prealloc space. This avoids multiple calls to get_block() for write to same offset. By making such buffers as BH_New, we also assure that sub-block zeroing of buffered writes happens correctly. Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-05-13ext4: Properly initialize the buffer_head stateAneesh Kumar K.V
These struct buffer_heads are allocated on the stack (and hence are initialized with stack garbage). They are only used to call a get_blocks() function, so that's mostly OK, but b_state must be initialized to be 0 so we don't have any unexpected BH_* flags set by accident, such as BH_Unwritten or BH_Delay. Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-05-14ext4: Clear the unwritten buffer_head flag after the extent is initializedAneesh Kumar K.V
The BH_Unwritten flag indicates that the buffer is allocated on disk but has not been written; that is, the disk was part of a persistent preallocation area. That flag should only be set when a get_blocks() function is looking up a inode's logical to physical block mapping. When ext4_get_blocks_wrap() is called with create=1, the uninitialized extent is converted into an initialized one, so the BH_Unwritten flag is no longer appropriate. Hence, we need to make sure the BH_Unwritten is not left set, since the combination of BH_Mapped and BH_Unwritten is not allowed; among other things, it will result ext4's get_block() to be called over and over again during the write_begin phase of write(2). Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-05-12ext4: Use a fake block number for delayed new buffer_headAneesh Kumar K.V
Use a very large unsigned number (~0xffff) as as the fake block number for the delayed new buffer. The VFS should never try to write out this number, but if it does, this will make it obvious. Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-05-13ext4: Fix sub-block zeroing for writes into preallocated extentsAneesh Kumar K.V
We need to mark the buffer_head mapping preallocated space as new during write_begin. Otherwise we don't zero out the page cache content properly for a partial write. This will cause file corruption with preallocation. Now that we mark the buffer_head new we also need to have a valid buffer_head blocknr so that unmap_underlying_metadata() unmaps the correct block. Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-04-24ext4: Do not try to validate extents on special filesTheodore Ts'o
The EXTENTS_FL flag should never be set on special files, but if it is, don't bother trying to validate that the extents tree is valid, since only files, directories, and non-fast symlinks will ever have an extent data structure. We perhaps should flag the filesystem as being corrupted if we see a special file (named pipes, device nodes, Unix domain sockets, etc.) with the EXTENTS_FL flag, but e2fsck doesn't currently check this case, so we'll just ignore this for now, since it's harmless. Without this fix, a special device with the extents flag is flagged as an error by the kernel, so it is impossible to access or delete the inode, but e2fsck doesn't see it as a problem, leading to confused/frustrated users. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-04-24ext4: Ignore i_file_acl_high unless EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_64BIT is presentTheodore Ts'o
Don't try to look at i_file_acl_high unless the INCOMPAT_64BIT feature bit is set. The field is normally zero, but older versions of e2fsck didn't automatically check to make sure of this, so in the spirit of "be liberal in what you accept", don't look at i_file_acl_high unless we are using a 64-bit filesystem. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-04-24ext4: Fix softlockup caused by illegal i_file_acl value in on-disk inodeTheodore Ts'o
If the block containing external extended attributes (which is stored in i_file_acl and i_file_acl_high) is larger than the on-disk filesystem, the process which tried to access the extended attributes will endlessly issue kernel printks complaining that "__find_get_block_slow() failed", locking up that CPU until the system is forcibly rebooted. So when we read in the inode, make sure the i_file_acl value is legal, and if not, flag the filesystem as being corrupted. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-04-07ext4: Fix big-endian problem in __ext4_check_blockref()Thiemo Nagel
Commit fe2c8191 introduced a regression on big-endian system, because the checks to make sure block references in non-extent inodes are valid failed to use le32_to_cpu(). Reported-by: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Thiemo Nagel <thiemo.nagel@ph.tum.de> Tested-by: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: stable@kernel.org
2009-04-01Merge branch 'for_linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4 * 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4: (33 commits) ext4: Regularize mount options ext4: fix locking typo in mballoc which could cause soft lockup hangs ext4: fix typo which causes a memory leak on error path jbd2: Update locking coments ext4: Rename pa_linear to pa_type ext4: add checks of block references for non-extent inodes ext4: Check for an valid i_mode when reading the inode from disk ext4: Use WRITE_SYNC for commits which are caused by fsync() ext4: Add auto_da_alloc mount option ext4: Use struct flex_groups to calculate get_orlov_stats() ext4: Use atomic_t's in struct flex_groups ext4: remove /proc tuning knobs ext4: Add sysfs support ext4: Track lifetime disk writes ext4: Fix discard of inode prealloc space with delayed allocation. ext4: Automatically allocate delay allocated blocks on rename ext4: Automatically allocate delay allocated blocks on close ext4: add EXT4_IOC_ALLOC_DA_BLKS ioctl ext4: Simplify delalloc code by removing mpage_da_writepages() ext4: Save stack space by removing fake buffer heads ...
2009-04-01mm: page_mkwrite change prototype to match faultNick Piggin
Change the page_mkwrite prototype to take a struct vm_fault, and return VM_FAULT_xxx flags. There should be no functional change. This makes it possible to return much more detailed error information to the VM (and also can provide more information eg. virtual_address to the driver, which might be important in some special cases). This is required for a subsequent fix. And will also make it easier to merge page_mkwrite() with fault() in future. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Cc: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com> Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no> Cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> Cc: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com> Cc: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com> Cc: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Cc: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind@infradead.org> Cc: Felix Blyakher <felixb@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-03-31ext4: add checks of block references for non-extent inodesThiemo Nagel
Check block references in the inode and indorect blocks for non-extent inodes to make sure they are valid, and flag an error if they are invalid. Signed-off-by: Thiemo Nagel <thiemo.nagel@ph.tum.de> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-03-26ext4: Check for an valid i_mode when reading the inode from diskTheodore Ts'o
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-03-26ext4: Use lowercase names of quota functionsJan Kara
Use lowercase names of quota functions instead of old uppercase ones. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Acked-by: Mingming Cao <cmm@us.ibm.com> CC: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
2009-03-26ext4: quota reservation for delayed allocationMingming Cao
Uses quota reservation/claim/release to handle quota properly for delayed allocation in the three steps: 1) quotas are reserved when data being copied to cache when block allocation is defered 2) when new blocks are allocated. reserved quotas are converted to the real allocated quota, 2) over-booked quotas for metadata blocks are released back. Signed-off-by: Mingming Cao <cmm@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
2009-03-17ext4: Add auto_da_alloc mount optionTheodore Ts'o
Add a mount option which allows the user to disable automatic allocation of blocks whose allocation by delayed allocation when the file was originally truncated or when the file is renamed over an existing file. This feature is intended to save users from the effects of naive application writers, but it reduces the effectiveness of the delayed allocation code. This mount option disables this safety feature, which may be desirable for prodcutions systems where the risk of unclean shutdowns or unexpected system crashes is low. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-03-31ext4: remove /proc tuning knobsTheodore Ts'o
Remove tuning knobs in /proc/fs/ext4/<dev/* since they have been replaced by knobs in sysfs at /sys/fs/ext4/<dev>/*. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-03-28ext4: Fix discard of inode prealloc space with delayed allocation.Aneesh Kumar K.V
With delayed allocation we should not/cannot discard inode prealloc space during file close. We would still have dirty pages for which we haven't allocated blocks yet. With this fix after each get_blocks request we check whether we have zero reserved blocks and if yes and we don't have any writers on the file we discard inode prealloc space. Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-02-26ext4: don't call jbd2_journal_force_commit_nested without journalEric Sandeen
Running without a journal, I oopsed when I ran out of space, because we called jbd2_journal_force_commit_nested() from ext4_should_retry_alloc() without a journal. This should take care of it, I think. Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-02-24ext4: Automatically allocate delay allocated blocks on closeTheodore Ts'o
When closing a file that had been previously truncated, force any delay allocated blocks that to be allocated so that if the filesystem is mounted with data=ordered, the data blocks will be pushed out to disk along with the journal commit. Many application programs expect this, so we do this to avoid zero length files if the system crashes unexpectedly. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-02-26ext4: add EXT4_IOC_ALLOC_DA_BLKS ioctlTheodore Ts'o
Add an ioctl which forces all of the delay allocated blocks to be allocated. This also provides a function ext4_alloc_da_blocks() which will be used by the following commits to force files to be fully allocated to preserve application-expected ext3 behaviour. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-02-23ext4: Simplify delalloc code by removing mpage_da_writepages()Theodore Ts'o
The mpage_da_writepages() function is only used in one place, so inline it to simplify the call stack and make the code easier to understand. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-02-23ext4: Save stack space by removing fake buffer headsTheodore Ts'o
Struct mpage_da_data and mpage_add_bh_to_extent() use a fake struct buffer_head which is 104 bytes on an x86_64 system, but only use 24 bytes of the structure. On systems that use a spinlock for atomic_t, the stack savings will be even greater. It turns out that using a fake struct buffer_head doesn't even save that much code, and it makes the code more confusing since it's not used as a "real" buffer head. So just store pass b_size and b_state in mpage_add_bh_to_extent(), and store b_size, b_state, and b_block_nr in the mpage_da_data structure. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-02-23ext4: Simplify delalloc implementation by removing mpd.get_blockTheodore Ts'o
This parameter was always set to ext4_da_get_block_write(). Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-03-27ext4: Validate extent details only when read from the diskAneesh Kumar K.V
Make sure we validate extent details only when read from the disk. Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Thiemo Nagel <thiemo.nagel@ph.tum.de> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-03-12ext4: New inode/block allocation algorithms for flex_bg filesystemsTheodore Ts'o
The find_group_flex() inode allocator is now only used if the filesystem is mounted using the "oldalloc" mount option. It is replaced with the original Orlov allocator that has been updated for flex_bg filesystems (it should behave the same way if flex_bg is disabled). The inode allocator now functions by taking into account each flex_bg group, instead of each block group, when deciding whether or not it's time to allocate a new directory into a fresh flex_bg. The block allocator has also been changed so that the first block group in each flex_bg is preferred for use for storing directory blocks. This keeps directory blocks close together, which is good for speeding up e2fsck since large directories are more likely to look like this: debugfs: stat /home/tytso/Maildir/cur Inode: 1844562 Type: directory Mode: 0700 Flags: 0x81000 Generation: 1132745781 Version: 0x00000000:0000ad71 User: 15806 Group: 15806 Size: 1060864 File ACL: 0 Directory ACL: 0 Links: 2 Blockcount: 2072 Fragment: Address: 0 Number: 0 Size: 0 ctime: 0x499c0ff4:164961f4 -- Wed Feb 18 08:41:08 2009 atime: 0x499c0ff4:00000000 -- Wed Feb 18 08:41:08 2009 mtime: 0x49957f51:00000000 -- Fri Feb 13 09:10:25 2009 crtime: 0x499c0f57:00d51440 -- Wed Feb 18 08:38:31 2009 Size of extra inode fields: 28 BLOCKS: (0):7348651, (1-258):7348654-7348911 TOTAL: 259 Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-02-23ext4: Fix deadlock in ext4_write_begin() and ext4_da_write_begin()Jan Kara
Functions ext4_write_begin() and ext4_da_write_begin() call grab_cache_page_write_begin() without AOP_FLAG_NOFS. Thus it can happen that page reclaim is triggered in that function and it recurses back into the filesystem (or some other filesystem). But this can lead to various problems as a transaction is already started at that point. Add the necessary flag. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11688 Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-02-14ext4: Implement range_cyclic in ext4_da_writepages instead of write_cache_pagesAneesh Kumar K.V
With delayed allocation we lock the page in write_cache_pages() and try to build an in memory extent of contiguous blocks. This is needed so that we can get large contiguous blocks request. If range_cyclic mode is enabled, write_cache_pages() will loop back to the 0 index if no I/O has been done yet, and try to start writing from the beginning of the range. That causes an attempt to take the page lock of lower index page while holding the page lock of higher index page, which can cause a dead lock with another writeback thread. The solution is to implement the range_cyclic behavior in ext4_da_writepages() instead. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12579 Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
2009-02-10jbd2: Avoid possible NULL dereference in jbd2_journal_begin_ordered_truncate()Jan Kara
If we race with commit code setting i_transaction to NULL, we could possibly dereference it. Proper locking requires the journal pointer (to access journal->j_list_lock), which we don't have. So we have to change the prototype of the function so that filesystem passes us the journal pointer. Also add a more detailed comment about why the function jbd2_journal_begin_ordered_truncate() does what it does and how it should be used. Thanks to Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com> for pointing to the suspitious code. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Acked-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> CC: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org CC: ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com CC: mfasheh@suse.de CC: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>