ocfs2: do LVB puts in place

Don't wait until the AST will be fired to do the LVB copy into the lock
resource.

Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmast.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmast.c
index 87ee29cad50b..42775e2bbe2c 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmast.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmast.c
@@ -197,12 +197,14 @@ static void dlm_update_lvb(struct dlm_ctxt *dlm, struct dlm_lock_resource *res,
                                   lock->ml.node == dlm->node_num ? "master" :
                                   "remote");
                         memcpy(lksb->lvb, res->lvb, DLM_LVB_LEN);
-                } else if (lksb->flags & DLM_LKSB_PUT_LVB) {
-                        mlog(0, "setting lvb from lockres for %s node\n",
-                                  lock->ml.node == dlm->node_num ? "master" :
-                                  "remote");
-                        memcpy(res->lvb, lksb->lvb, DLM_LVB_LEN);
                 }
+                /* Do nothing for lvb put requests - they should be done in
+                 * place when the lock is downconverted - otherwise we risk
+                 * racing gets and puts which could result in old lvb data
+                 * being propagated. We leave the put flag set and clear it
+                 * here. In the future we might want to clear it at the time
+                 * the put is actually done.
+                 */
                 spin_unlock(&res->spinlock);
         }