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    GFS2: Take inode off order_write list when setting jdata flag · cc555b09
    Bob Peterson authored
    This patch fixes a deadlock caused when the jdata flag is set for
    inodes that are already on the ordered write list. Since it is
    on the ordered write list, log_flush calls gfs2_ordered_write which
    calls filemap_fdatawrite. But since the inode had the jdata flag
    set, that calls gfs2_jdata_writepages, which tries to start a new
    transaction. A new transaction cannot be started because it tries
    to acquire the log_flush rwsem which is already locked by the log
    flush operation.
    
    The bottom line is: We cannot switch an inode from ordered to jdata
    until we eliminate any ordered data pages (via log flush) or any
    log_flush operation afterward will create the circular dependency
    above. So we need to flush the log before setting the diskflags to
    switch the file mode, then we need to remove the inode from the
    ordered writes list.
    
    Before this patch, the log flush was done for jdata->ordered, but
    that's wrong. If we're going from jdata to ordered, we don't need
    to call gfs2_log_flush because the call to filemap_fdatawrite will
    do it for us:
    
       filemap_fdatawrite() -> __filemap_fdatawrite_range()
          __filemap_fdatawrite_range() -> do_writepages()
             do_writepages() -> gfs2_jdata_writepages()
                gfs2_jdata_writepages() -> gfs2_log_flush()
    
    This patch modifies function do_gfs2_set_flags so that if a file
    has its jdata flag set, and it's already on the ordered write list,
    the log will be flushed and it will be removed from the list
    before setting the flag.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarBob Peterson <rpeterso@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@redhat.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarAbhijith Das <adas@redhat.com>
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