Similar to xfs_file_fsync(), I think xfs_dir_fsync() needs to test for a shut down fs, lest we go down paths we'll never be able to complete; Boris reported that during some stress tests he had threads stuck in xlog_cil_force_lsn via xfs_dir_fsync(). [ 3663.361709] sfsuspend-par D ffff88042f0b4540 0 3981 3947 0x00000080 [ 3663.394472] Call Trace: [ 3663.397199] [<ffffffff815f1889>] schedule+0x29/0x70 [ 3663.402743] [<ffffffffa01feda5>] xlog_cil_force_lsn+0x185/0x1a0 [xfs] [ 3663.416249] [<ffffffffa01fd3af>] _xfs_log_force_lsn+0x6f/0x2f0 [xfs] [ 3663.429271] [<ffffffffa01a339d>] xfs_dir_fsync+0x7d/0xe0 [xfs] [ 3663.435873] [<ffffffff811df8c5>] do_fsync+0x65/0xa0 [ 3663.441408] [<ffffffff811dfbc0>] SyS_fsync+0x10/0x20 [ 3663.447043] [<ffffffff815fc7d9>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b Reported-by: Boris Ranto <branto@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> --- NB: While I've not asked Boris to test this yet, it seems clear (?) that dir_fsync should behave the same as file_fsync() in the face of a shut-down fs. diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c index 4c749ab..2b94362 100644 --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c @@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ xfs_dir_fsync( trace_xfs_dir_fsync(ip); + if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp)) + return -XFS_ERROR(EIO); + xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED); if (xfs_ipincount(ip)) lsn = ip->i_itemp->ili_last_lsn; _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs