xfs: xfs_trans_alloc_empty

This is a partial cherry-pick of commit e89c0413
("xfs: implement the GETFSMAP ioctl"), which also adds this helper, and
a great example of why feature patches should be properly split into
their parts.
Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
[hch: split from the larger patch for -stable]
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>

fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c

@@ -262,6 +262,28 @@ xfs_trans_alloc(
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Create an empty transaction with no reservation.  This is a defensive
+ * mechanism for routines that query metadata without actually modifying
+ * them -- if the metadata being queried is somehow cross-linked (think a
+ * btree block pointer that points higher in the tree), we risk deadlock.
+ * However, blocks grabbed as part of a transaction can be re-grabbed.
+ * The verifiers will notice the corrupt block and the operation will fail
+ * back to userspace without deadlocking.
+ *
+ * Note the zero-length reservation; this transaction MUST be cancelled
+ * without any dirty data.
+ */
+int
+xfs_trans_alloc_empty(
+	struct xfs_mount		*mp,
+	struct xfs_trans		**tpp)
+{
+	struct xfs_trans_res		resv = {0};
+
+	return xfs_trans_alloc(mp, &resv, 0, 0, XFS_TRANS_NO_WRITECOUNT, tpp);
+}
+
 /*
  * Record the indicated change to the given field for application
  * to the file system's superblock when the transaction commits.

fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h

@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ typedef struct xfs_trans {
 int		xfs_trans_alloc(struct xfs_mount *mp, struct xfs_trans_res *resp,
 			uint blocks, uint rtextents, uint flags,
 			struct xfs_trans **tpp);
+int		xfs_trans_alloc_empty(struct xfs_mount *mp,
+			struct xfs_trans **tpp);
 void		xfs_trans_mod_sb(xfs_trans_t *, uint, int64_t);
 
 struct xfs_buf	*xfs_trans_get_buf_map(struct xfs_trans *tp,