Re: [PATCH] nbd: do not update block size if file system is mounted

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Yeah sorry I screwed that up again.  I’m wondering if we can just drop this altogether and leave the zero setting in the config put that we already have.  Does doing that fix it for you?  Thanks,

Josef

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> On Apr 13, 2018, at 10:26 AM, Michael Tretter <m.tretter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, 16 Mar 2018 09:36:45 -0700, Jens Axboe wrote:
>>> On 3/15/18 3:00 AM, Michael Tretter wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 28 Feb 2018 10:54:56 +0100, Michael Tretter wrote:  
>>>> If a file system is mounted on the nbd during a disconnect, resetting
>>>> the size to 0, might change the block size and destroy the buffer_head
>>>> mappings. This will cause a infinite loop when the file system looks for
>>>> the buffer_heads for flushing.
>>>> 
>>>> Only set the file size to 0, if we are the only opener of the nbd.
>>>> 
>>>> Signed-off-by: Michael Tretter <m.tretter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>> drivers/block/nbd.c | 3 ++-
>>>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>> 
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
>>>> index 5f2a4240a204..0d1dbb60430b 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
>>>> @@ -1118,7 +1118,8 @@ static int nbd_start_device_ioctl(struct nbd_device *nbd, struct block_device *b
>>>>    if (ret)
>>>>        sock_shutdown(nbd);
>>>>    mutex_lock(&nbd->config_lock);
>>>> -    bd_set_size(bdev, 0);
>>>> +    if (bdev->bd_openers <= 1)
>>>> +        bd_set_size(bdev, 0);
>>>>    /* user requested, ignore socket errors */
>>>>    if (test_bit(NBD_DISCONNECT_REQUESTED, &config->runtime_flags))
>>>>        ret = 0;  
>>> 
>>> Are there any comments on this patch?  
>> 
>> Josef?
>> 
> 
> Maybe some history helps for reviewing the patch:
> 
> Commit abbbdf12497d ("nbd: replace kill_bdev() with
> __invalidate_device()") already fixed this issue once by changing
> nbd_size_clear() to only set the size to 0 if the device is only opened
> once. The line was moved several times during the rework for the
> netlink interface and the check for the number of openers was dropped,
> reintroducing the issue.
> 
> Michael




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