[v2.6.34-stable 179/213] ext4: fix race in ext4_mb_add_n_trim()

From: Paul Gortmaker
Date: Wed Feb 05 2014 - 15:21:24 EST


From: Niu Yawei <yawei.niu@xxxxxxxxx>

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This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release.
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-2.6.34.git
If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment.
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commit f1167009711032b0d747ec89a632a626c901a1ad upstream.

In ext4_mb_add_n_trim(), lg_prealloc_lock should be taken when
changing the lg_prealloc_list.

Signed-off-by: Niu Yawei <yawei.niu@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index f1c9a84c50a3..5e440caf82de 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -4153,7 +4153,7 @@ static void ext4_mb_add_n_trim(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac)
/* The max size of hash table is PREALLOC_TB_SIZE */
order = PREALLOC_TB_SIZE - 1;
/* Add the prealloc space to lg */
- rcu_read_lock();
+ spin_lock(&lg->lg_prealloc_lock);
list_for_each_entry_rcu(tmp_pa, &lg->lg_prealloc_list[order],
pa_inode_list) {
spin_lock(&tmp_pa->pa_lock);
@@ -4177,12 +4177,12 @@ static void ext4_mb_add_n_trim(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac)
if (!added)
list_add_tail_rcu(&pa->pa_inode_list,
&lg->lg_prealloc_list[order]);
- rcu_read_unlock();
+ spin_unlock(&lg->lg_prealloc_lock);

/* Now trim the list to be not more than 8 elements */
if (lg_prealloc_count > 8) {
ext4_mb_discard_lg_preallocations(sb, lg,
- order, lg_prealloc_count);
+ order, lg_prealloc_count);
return;
}
return ;
--
1.8.5.2

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