Use i_size_read() instead of reading i_size. If someone changes the size of the device simultaneously, i_size_read is guaranteed to return a valid value (either the old one or the new one). i_size can return some intermediate invalid value (on 32-bit computers with 64-bit i_size, the reads to both halves of i_size can be interleaved with updates to i_size, resulting in garbage being returned). Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/dm-exception-store.h | 2 +- drivers/md/dm-log.c | 2 +- drivers/md/dm-table.c | 2 +- 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6.30-rc5-fast/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.30-rc5-fast.orig/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.h 2009-05-18 17:29:01.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.30-rc5-fast/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.h 2009-05-18 17:29:24.000000000 +0200 @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ static inline void dm_consecutive_chunk_ */ static inline sector_t get_dev_size(struct block_device *bdev) { - return bdev->bd_inode->i_size >> SECTOR_SHIFT; + return i_size_read(bdev->bd_inode) >> SECTOR_SHIFT; } static inline chunk_t sector_to_chunk(struct dm_exception_store *store, Index: linux-2.6.30-rc5-fast/drivers/md/dm-log.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.30-rc5-fast.orig/drivers/md/dm-log.c 2009-05-18 17:29:32.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.30-rc5-fast/drivers/md/dm-log.c 2009-05-18 17:29:42.000000000 +0200 @@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ static int create_log_context(struct dm_ buf_size = dm_round_up((LOG_OFFSET << SECTOR_SHIFT) + bitset_size, ti->limits.hardsect_size); - if (buf_size > dev->bdev->bd_inode->i_size) { + if (buf_size > i_size_read(dev->bdev->bd_inode)) { DMWARN("log device %s too small: need %llu bytes", dev->name, (unsigned long long)buf_size); kfree(lc); Index: linux-2.6.30-rc5-fast/drivers/md/dm-table.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.30-rc5-fast.orig/drivers/md/dm-table.c 2009-05-18 17:29:46.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.30-rc5-fast/drivers/md/dm-table.c 2009-05-18 17:29:57.000000000 +0200 @@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ static void close_dev(struct dm_dev_inte static int device_area_is_valid(struct dm_target *ti, struct block_device *bdev, sector_t start, sector_t len) { - sector_t dev_size = bdev->bd_inode->i_size >> SECTOR_SHIFT; + sector_t dev_size = i_size_read(bdev->bd_inode) >> SECTOR_SHIFT; unsigned short hardsect_size_sectors = ti->limits.hardsect_size >> SECTOR_SHIFT; char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE]; -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel