[PATCH] f2fs: avoid race between zero_range and background GC

From: Chao Yu
Date: Thu Jul 26 2018 - 06:45:55 EST


Thread A Background GC
- f2fs_zero_range
- truncate_pagecache_range
- gc_data_segment
- get_read_data_page
- move_data_page
- set_page_dirty
- set_cold_data
- f2fs_do_zero_range
- dn->data_blkaddr = NEW_ADDR;
- f2fs_set_data_blkaddr

Actually, we don't need to set dirty & checked flag on the page, since
all valid data in the page should be zeroed by zero_range().

Use i_gc_rwsem[WRITE] to avoid such race condition.

Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/f2fs/file.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 267ec3794e1e..7bd2412a8c37 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -1309,6 +1309,7 @@ static int f2fs_zero_range(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t len,
if (ret)
return ret;

+ down_write(&F2FS_I(inode)->i_gc_rwsem[WRITE]);
down_write(&F2FS_I(inode)->i_mmap_sem);
ret = filemap_write_and_wait_range(mapping, offset, offset + len - 1);
if (ret)
@@ -1389,6 +1390,7 @@ static int f2fs_zero_range(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t len,
}
out_sem:
up_write(&F2FS_I(inode)->i_mmap_sem);
+ up_write(&F2FS_I(inode)->i_gc_rwsem[WRITE]);

return ret;
}
--
2.18.0.rc1