Return-Path: Received: from mx2.netapp.com ([216.240.18.37]:65089 "EHLO mx2.netapp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753781Ab1DMOyM (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:54:12 -0400 From: Weston Andros Adamson To: trond@netapp.com, andros@netapp.com Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, Weston Andros Adamson Subject: [PATCH] Don't mark_inode_dirty_sync() while holding lock Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:53:51 -0400 Message-Id: <1302706431-78570-1-git-send-email-dros@netapp.com> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 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 Signed-off-by: Weston Andros Adamson --- 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..ff681ab 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; + bool mark_as_dirty = 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); -- 1.7.4.2