From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Use a separate lock to protect s_groups_count and the other block
group descriptors which get changed via an on-line resize operation,
so we can stop overloading the use of lock_super().
Crossport of 32ed5058ce90024efcd811254b4b1de0468099df
Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext3/resize.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++-----------------
fs/ext3/super.c | 1 +
include/linux/ext3_fs_sb.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ext3/resize.c b/fs/ext3/resize.c
index 8359e7b..57a5bc9 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/resize.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static int setup_new_group_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
if (IS_ERR(handle))
return PTR_ERR(handle);
- lock_super(sb);
+ mutex_lock(&sbi->s_resize_lock);
if (input->group != sbi->s_groups_count) {
err = -EBUSY;
goto exit_journal;
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ exit_bh:
brelse(bh);
exit_journal:
- unlock_super(sb);
+ mutex_unlock(&sbi->s_resize_lock);
if ((err2 = ext3_journal_stop(handle)) && !err)
err = err2;
@@ -662,11 +662,12 @@ exit_free:
* important part is that the new block and inode counts are in the backup
* superblocks, and the location of the new group metadata in the GDT backups.
*
- * We do not need lock_super() for this, because these blocks are not
- * otherwise touched by the filesystem code when it is mounted. We don't
- * need to worry about last changing from sbi->s_groups_count, because the
- * worst that can happen is that we do not copy the full number of backups
- * at this time. The resize which changed s_groups_count will backup again.
+ * We do not need take the s_resize_lock for this, because these
+ * blocks are not otherwise touched by the filesystem code when it is
+ * mounted. We don't need to worry about last changing from
+ * sbi->s_groups_count, because the worst that can happen is that we
+ * do not copy the full number of backups at this time. The resize
+ * which changed s_groups_count will backup again.
*/
static void update_backups(struct super_block *sb,
int blk_off, char *data, int size)
@@ -825,7 +826,7 @@ int ext3_group_add(struct super_block *sb, struct ext3_new_group_data *input)
goto exit_put;
}
- lock_super(sb);
+ mutex_lock(&sbi->s_resize_lock);
if (input->group != sbi->s_groups_count) {
ext3_warning(sb, __func__,
"multiple resizers run on filesystem!");
@@ -856,7 +857,7 @@ int ext3_group_add(struct super_block *sb, struct ext3_new_group_data *input)
/*
* OK, now we've set up the new group. Time to make it active.
*
- * Current kernels don't lock all allocations via lock_super(),
+ * We do not lock all allocations via s_resize_lock
* so we have to be safe wrt. concurrent accesses the group
* data. So we need to be careful to set all of the relevant
* group descriptor data etc. *before* we enable the group.
@@ -900,12 +901,12 @@ int ext3_group_add(struct super_block *sb, struct ext3_new_group_data *input)
*
* The precise rules we use are:
*
- * * Writers of s_groups_count *must* hold lock_super
+ * * Writers of s_groups_count *must* hold s_resize_lock
* AND
* * Writers must perform a smp_wmb() after updating all dependent
* data and before modifying the groups count
*
- * * Readers must hold lock_super() over the access
+ * * Readers must hold s_resize_lock over the access
* OR
* * Readers must perform an smp_rmb() after reading the groups count
* and before reading any dependent data.
@@ -936,7 +937,7 @@ int ext3_group_add(struct super_block *sb, struct ext3_new_group_data *input)
ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, sbi->s_sbh);
exit_journal:
- unlock_super(sb);
+ mutex_unlock(&sbi->s_resize_lock);
if ((err2 = ext3_journal_stop(handle)) && !err)
err = err2;
if (!err) {
@@ -973,7 +974,7 @@ int ext3_group_extend(struct super_block *sb, struct ext3_super_block *es,
/* We don't need to worry about locking wrt other resizers just
* yet: we're going to revalidate es->s_blocks_count after
- * taking lock_super() below. */
+ * taking the s_resize_lock below. */
o_blocks_count = le32_to_cpu(es->s_blocks_count);
o_groups_count = EXT3_SB(sb)->s_groups_count;
@@ -1045,11 +1046,11 @@ int ext3_group_extend(struct super_block *sb, struct ext3_super_block *es,
goto exit_put;
}
- lock_super(sb);
+ mutex_lock(&EXT3_SB(sb)->s_resize_lock);
if (o_blocks_count != le32_to_cpu(es->s_blocks_count)) {
ext3_warning(sb, __func__,
"multiple resizers run on filesystem!");
- unlock_super(sb);
+ mutex_unlock(&EXT3_SB(sb)->s_resize_lock);
ext3_journal_stop(handle);
err = -EBUSY;
goto exit_put;
@@ -1059,13 +1060,13 @@ int ext3_group_extend(struct super_block *sb, struct ext3_super_block *es,
EXT3_SB(sb)->s_sbh))) {
ext3_warning(sb, __func__,
"error %d on journal write access", err);
- unlock_super(sb);
+ mutex_unlock(&EXT3_SB(sb)->s_resize_lock);
ext3_journal_stop(handle);
goto exit_put;
}
es->s_blocks_count = cpu_to_le32(o_blocks_count + add);
ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, EXT3_SB(sb)->s_sbh);
- unlock_super(sb);
+ mutex_unlock(&EXT3_SB(sb)->s_resize_lock);
ext3_debug("freeing blocks %lu through "E3FSBLK"\n", o_blocks_count,
o_blocks_count + add);
ext3_free_blocks_sb(handle, sb, o_blocks_count, add, &freed_blocks);
diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 534557c..53d3c53 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -1891,6 +1891,7 @@ static int ext3_fill_super (struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
#endif
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sbi->s_orphan); /* unlinked but open files */
mutex_init(&sbi->s_orphan_lock);
+ mutex_init(&sbi->s_resize_lock);
sb->s_root = NULL;
diff --git a/include/linux/ext3_fs_sb.h b/include/linux/ext3_fs_sb.h
index dd61d83..258088a 100644
--- a/include/linux/ext3_fs_sb.h
+++ b/include/linux/ext3_fs_sb.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ struct ext3_sb_info {
struct journal_s * s_journal;
struct list_head s_orphan;
struct mutex s_orphan_lock;
+ struct mutex s_resize_lock;
unsigned long s_commit_interval;
struct block_device *journal_bdev;
#ifdef CONFIG_JBD_DEBUG
-- 1.6.0.6
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