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authorNathan Scott <nathans@bruce>2006-03-15 15:14:45 +1100
committerNathan Scott <nathans@bruce>2006-03-15 15:14:45 +1100
commit3fb962bde48c413bfa419ec4413037e87955dcb6 (patch)
treeccce49b3fbdd8a3f38bbfd07a397092a3ae483b5 /fs/direct-io.c
parent3759fa9c55923f719ae944a3f8fbb029b36f759d (diff)
Fix a direct I/O locking issue revealed by the new mutex code.
Affects only XFS (i.e. DIO_OWN_LOCKING case) - currently it is not possible to get i_mutex locking correct when using DIO_OWN direct I/O locking in a filesystem due to indeterminism in the possible return code/lock/unlock combinations. This can cause a direct read to attempt a double i_mutex unlock inside XFS. We're now ensuring __blockdev_direct_IO always exits with the inode i_mutex (still) held for a direct reader. Tested with the three different locking modes (via direct block device access, ext3 and XFS) - both reading and writing; cannot find any regressions resulting from this change, and it clearly fixes the mutex_unlock warning originally reported here: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=114189068126253&w=2 Signed-off-by: Nathan Scott <nathans@sgi.com> Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/direct-io.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/direct-io.c21
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index 848044af7e1..27f3e787fac 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -1155,15 +1155,16 @@ direct_io_worker(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
* For writes, i_mutex is not held on entry; it is never taken.
*
* DIO_LOCKING (simple locking for regular files)
- * For writes we are called under i_mutex and return with i_mutex held, even though
- * it is internally dropped.
+ * For writes we are called under i_mutex and return with i_mutex held, even
+ * though it is internally dropped.
* For reads, i_mutex is not held on entry, but it is taken and dropped before
* returning.
*
* DIO_OWN_LOCKING (filesystem provides synchronisation and handling of
* uninitialised data, allowing parallel direct readers and writers)
* For writes we are called without i_mutex, return without it, never touch it.
- * For reads, i_mutex is held on entry and will be released before returning.
+ * For reads we are called under i_mutex and return with i_mutex held, even
+ * though it may be internally dropped.
*
* Additional i_alloc_sem locking requirements described inline below.
*/
@@ -1182,7 +1183,8 @@ __blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
ssize_t retval = -EINVAL;
loff_t end = offset;
struct dio *dio;
- int reader_with_isem = (rw == READ && dio_lock_type == DIO_OWN_LOCKING);
+ int release_i_mutex = 0;
+ int acquire_i_mutex = 0;
if (rw & WRITE)
current->flags |= PF_SYNCWRITE;
@@ -1225,7 +1227,6 @@ __blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
* writers need to grab i_alloc_sem only (i_mutex is already held)
* For regular files using DIO_OWN_LOCKING,
* neither readers nor writers take any locks here
- * (i_mutex is already held and release for writers here)
*/
dio->lock_type = dio_lock_type;
if (dio_lock_type != DIO_NO_LOCKING) {
@@ -1236,7 +1237,7 @@ __blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
mapping = iocb->ki_filp->f_mapping;
if (dio_lock_type != DIO_OWN_LOCKING) {
mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
- reader_with_isem = 1;
+ release_i_mutex = 1;
}
retval = filemap_write_and_wait_range(mapping, offset,
@@ -1248,7 +1249,7 @@ __blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
if (dio_lock_type == DIO_OWN_LOCKING) {
mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
- reader_with_isem = 0;
+ acquire_i_mutex = 1;
}
}
@@ -1269,11 +1270,13 @@ __blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
nr_segs, blkbits, get_blocks, end_io, dio);
if (rw == READ && dio_lock_type == DIO_LOCKING)
- reader_with_isem = 0;
+ release_i_mutex = 0;
out:
- if (reader_with_isem)
+ if (release_i_mutex)
mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+ else if (acquire_i_mutex)
+ mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
if (rw & WRITE)
current->flags &= ~PF_SYNCWRITE;
return retval;