From 14da9200140f8d722ad1767dfabadebd8b34f2ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Kara Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:20:37 +0200 Subject: fs: Protect write paths by sb_start_write - sb_end_write There are several entry points which dirty pages in a filesystem. mmap (handled by block_page_mkwrite()), buffered write (handled by __generic_file_aio_write()), splice write (generic_file_splice_write), truncate, and fallocate (these can dirty last partial page - handled inside each filesystem separately). Protect these places with sb_start_write() and sb_end_write(). ->page_mkwrite() calls are particularly complex since they are called with mmap_sem held and thus we cannot use standard sb_start_write() due to lock ordering constraints. We solve the problem by using a special freeze protection sb_start_pagefault() which ranks below mmap_sem. BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/897421 Tested-by: Kamal Mostafa Tested-by: Peter M. Petrakis Tested-by: Dann Frazier Tested-by: Massimo Morana Signed-off-by: Jan Kara Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- fs/buffer.c | 22 ++++------------------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) (limited to 'fs/buffer.c') diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c index d5ec360e332d..9f6d2e41281d 100644 --- a/fs/buffer.c +++ b/fs/buffer.c @@ -2306,8 +2306,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_commit_write); * beyond EOF, then the page is guaranteed safe against truncation until we * unlock the page. * - * Direct callers of this function should call vfs_check_frozen() so that page - * fault does not busyloop until the fs is thawed. + * Direct callers of this function should protect against filesystem freezing + * using sb_start_write() - sb_end_write() functions. */ int __block_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf, get_block_t get_block) @@ -2345,18 +2345,7 @@ int __block_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf, if (unlikely(ret < 0)) goto out_unlock; - /* - * Freezing in progress? We check after the page is marked dirty and - * with page lock held so if the test here fails, we are sure freezing - * code will wait during syncing until the page fault is done - at that - * point page will be dirty and unlocked so freezing code will write it - * and writeprotect it again. - */ set_page_dirty(page); - if (inode->i_sb->s_frozen != SB_UNFROZEN) { - ret = -EAGAIN; - goto out_unlock; - } wait_on_page_writeback(page); return 0; out_unlock: @@ -2371,12 +2360,9 @@ int block_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf, int ret; struct super_block *sb = vma->vm_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_sb; - /* - * This check is racy but catches the common case. The check in - * __block_page_mkwrite() is reliable. - */ - vfs_check_frozen(sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE); + sb_start_pagefault(sb); ret = __block_page_mkwrite(vma, vmf, get_block); + sb_end_pagefault(sb); return block_page_mkwrite_return(ret); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_page_mkwrite); -- cgit v1.2.3