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authorNathaniel W. Turner <nate@houseofnate.net>2009-11-16 14:51:48 -0500
committerAlex Elder <aelder@sgi.com>2009-11-17 11:26:49 -0500
commit6c06f072c2d797ddbb2270363de97c53ebbe0385 (patch)
tree03654fd6af68f5ba0004f9e7c2b6945504de53f3 /drivers/char
parent8ec6dba2581754e375be66f7bedd708d856d8b30 (diff)
xfs: copy li_lsn before dropping AIL lock
Access to log items on the AIL is generally protected by m_ail_lock; this is particularly needed when we're getting or setting the 64-bit li_lsn on a 32-bit platform. This patch fixes a couple places where we were accessing the log item after dropping the AIL lock on 32-bit machines. This can result in a partially-zeroed log->l_tail_lsn if xfs_trans_ail_delete is racing with xfs_trans_ail_update, and in at least some cases, this can leave the l_tail_lsn with a zero cycle number, which means xlog_space_left will think the log is full (unless CONFIG_XFS_DEBUG is set, in which case we'll trip an ASSERT), leading to processes stuck forever in xlog_grant_log_space. Thanks to Adrian VanderSpek for first spotting the race potential and to Dave Chinner for debug assistance. Signed-off-by: Nathaniel W. Turner <nate@houseofnate.net> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <aelder@sgi.com>
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