Re: [PATCH] Don't mark_inode_dirty_sync() while holding lock

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On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 17:17 -0400, Weston Andros Adamson wrote:
> mark_inode_dirty_sync() grabs the same inode lock!
> 
> race conditions between holding the lock in pnfs_set_layoutcommit() and in
> mark_inode_dirty_sync() can result in a second call to pnfs_layoutcommit_inode(), but
> this will be a noop as NFS_INO_LAYOUTCOMMIT won't be set in the second call


I'm missing a "Signed-off-by:" here.

> ---
>  fs/nfs/pnfs.c |    8 +++++++-
>  1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
> index d9ab972..d71997e 100644
> --- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
> +++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
> @@ -1004,6 +1004,7 @@ pnfs_set_layoutcommit(struct nfs_write_data *wdata)
>  {
>  	struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(wdata->inode);
>  	loff_t end_pos = wdata->args.offset + wdata->res.count;
> +	int mark_as_dirty = false;

Strictly speaking, an 'int' does not take values in the set 'true' and
'false'.
 
>  	spin_lock(&nfsi->vfs_inode.i_lock);
>  	if (!test_and_set_bit(NFS_INO_LAYOUTCOMMIT, &nfsi->flags)) {
> @@ -1011,13 +1012,18 @@ pnfs_set_layoutcommit(struct nfs_write_data *wdata)
>  		get_lseg(wdata->lseg);
>  		wdata->lseg->pls_lc_cred =
>  			get_rpccred(wdata->args.context->state->owner->so_cred);
> -		mark_inode_dirty_sync(wdata->inode);
> +		mark_as_dirty = true;
>  		dprintk("%s: Set layoutcommit for inode %lu ",
>  			__func__, wdata->inode->i_ino);
>  	}
>  	if (end_pos > wdata->lseg->pls_end_pos)
>  		wdata->lseg->pls_end_pos = end_pos;
>  	spin_unlock(&nfsi->vfs_inode.i_lock);
> +
> +	/* if pnfs_layoutcommit_inode() runs between inode locks, the next one
> +	 * will be a noop because NFS_INO_LAYOUTCOMMIT will not be set */
> +	if (mark_as_dirty)
> +		mark_inode_dirty_sync(wdata->inode);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pnfs_set_layoutcommit);

Otherwise this looks fine. Please correct and resend.

-- 
Trond Myklebust
Linux NFS client maintainer

NetApp
Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx
www.netapp.com

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