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author | Akira Fujita <a-fujita@rs.jp.nec.com> | 2009-11-23 07:24:43 -0500 |
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committer | Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> | 2009-11-23 07:24:43 -0500 |
commit | fc04cb49a898c372a22b21fffc47f299d8710801 (patch) | |
tree | 668bc49ab0a89c6260d78b31eb09b7c60a27bdac /kernel/slow-work.c | |
parent | f868a48d06f8886cb0367568a12367fa4f21ea0d (diff) |
ext4: fix lock order problem in ext4_move_extents()
ext4_move_extents() checks the logical block contiguousness
of original file with ext4_find_extent() and mext_next_extent().
Therefore the extent which ext4_ext_path structure indicates
must not be changed between above functions.
But in current implementation, there is no i_data_sem protection
between ext4_ext_find_extent() and mext_next_extent(). So the extent
which ext4_ext_path structure indicates may be overwritten by
delalloc. As a result, ext4_move_extents() will exchange wrong blocks
between original and donor files. I change the place where
acquire/release i_data_sem to solve this problem.
Moreover, I changed move_extent_per_page() to start transaction first,
and then acquire i_data_sem. Without this change, there is a
possibility of the deadlock between mmap() and ext4_move_extents():
* NOTE: "A", "B" and "C" mean different processes
A-1: ext4_ext_move_extents() acquires i_data_sem of two inodes.
B: do_page_fault() starts the transaction (T),
and then tries to acquire i_data_sem.
But process "A" is already holding it, so it is kept waiting.
C: While "A" and "B" running, kjournald2 tries to commit transaction (T)
but it is under updating, so kjournald2 waits for it.
A-2: Call ext4_journal_start with holding i_data_sem,
but transaction (T) is locked.
Signed-off-by: Akira Fujita <a-fujita@rs.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
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