1. 24 Sep, 2012 1 commit
  2. 20 Sep, 2012 2 commits
    • Tao Ma's avatar
      ext4: remove erroneous ext4_superblock_csum_set() in update_backups() · bef53b01
      Tao Ma authored
      The update_backups() function is used to backup all the metadata
      blocks, so we should not take it for granted that 'data' is pointed to
      a super block and use ext4_superblock_csum_set to calculate the
      checksum there.  In case where the data is a group descriptor block,
      it will corrupt the last group descriptor, and then e2fsck will
      complain about it it.
      
      As all the metadata checksums should already be OK when we do the
      backup, remove the wrong ext4_superblock_csum_set and it should be
      just fine.
      Reported-by: default avatar"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarTao Ma <boyu.mt@taobao.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatar"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
      Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
      bef53b01
    • Theodore Ts'o's avatar
      ext4: fix potential deadlock in ext4_nonda_switch() · 00d4e736
      Theodore Ts'o authored
      In ext4_nonda_switch(), if the file system is getting full we used to
      call writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle().  The problem is that we can be
      holding i_mutex already, and this causes a potential deadlock when
      writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle() when it tries to take s_umount.  (See
      lockdep output below).
      
      As it turns out we don't need need to hold s_umount; the fact that we
      are in the middle of the write(2) system call will keep the superblock
      pinned.  Unfortunately writeback_inodes_sb() checks to make sure
      s_umount is taken, and the VFS uses a different mechanism for making
      sure the file system doesn't get unmounted out from under us.  The
      simplest way of dealing with this is to just simply grab s_umount
      using a trylock, and skip kicking the writeback flusher thread in the
      very unlikely case that we can't take a read lock on s_umount without
      blocking.
      
      Also, we now check the cirteria for kicking the writeback thread
      before we decide to whether to fall back to non-delayed writeback, so
      if there are any outstanding delayed allocation writes, we try to get
      them resolved as soon as possible.
      
         [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
         3.6.0-rc1-00042-gce894ca #367 Not tainted
         -------------------------------------------------------
         dd/8298 is trying to acquire lock:
          (&type->s_umount_key#18){++++..}, at: [<c02277d4>] writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle+0x28/0x46
      
         but task is already holding lock:
          (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#8){+.+...}, at: [<c01ddcce>] generic_file_aio_write+0x5f/0xd3
      
         which lock already depends on the new lock.
      
         2 locks held by dd/8298:
          #0:  (sb_writers#2){.+.+.+}, at: [<c01ddcc5>] generic_file_aio_write+0x56/0xd3
          #1:  (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#8){+.+...}, at: [<c01ddcce>] generic_file_aio_write+0x5f/0xd3
      
         stack backtrace:
         Pid: 8298, comm: dd Not tainted 3.6.0-rc1-00042-gce894ca #367
         Call Trace:
          [<c015b79c>] ? console_unlock+0x345/0x372
          [<c06d62a1>] print_circular_bug+0x190/0x19d
          [<c019906c>] __lock_acquire+0x86d/0xb6c
          [<c01999db>] ? mark_held_locks+0x5c/0x7b
          [<c0199724>] lock_acquire+0x66/0xb9
          [<c02277d4>] ? writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle+0x28/0x46
          [<c06db935>] down_read+0x28/0x58
          [<c02277d4>] ? writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle+0x28/0x46
          [<c02277d4>] writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle+0x28/0x46
          [<c026f3b2>] ext4_nonda_switch+0xe1/0xf4
          [<c0271ece>] ext4_da_write_begin+0x27/0x193
          [<c01dcdb0>] generic_file_buffered_write+0xc8/0x1bb
          [<c01ddc47>] __generic_file_aio_write+0x1dd/0x205
          [<c01ddce7>] generic_file_aio_write+0x78/0xd3
          [<c026d336>] ext4_file_write+0x480/0x4a6
          [<c0198c1d>] ? __lock_acquire+0x41e/0xb6c
          [<c0180944>] ? sched_clock_cpu+0x11a/0x13e
          [<c01967e9>] ? trace_hardirqs_off+0xb/0xd
          [<c018099f>] ? local_clock+0x37/0x4e
          [<c0209f2c>] do_sync_write+0x67/0x9d
          [<c0209ec5>] ? wait_on_retry_sync_kiocb+0x44/0x44
          [<c020a7b9>] vfs_write+0x7b/0xe6
          [<c020a9a6>] sys_write+0x3b/0x64
          [<c06dd4bd>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
      Signed-off-by: default avatar"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
      Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
      00d4e736
  3. 19 Sep, 2012 2 commits
    • Andrey Sidorov's avatar
      ext4: speed up truncate/unlink by not using bforget() unless needed · 18888cf0
      Andrey Sidorov authored
      Do not iterate over data blocks scanning for bh's to forget as they're
      never exist. This improves time taken by unlink / truncate syscall.
      Tested by continuously truncating file that is being written by dd.
      Another test is rm -rf of linux tree while tar unpacks it. With
      ordered data mode condition unlikely(!tbh) was always met in
      ext4_free_blocks. With journal data mode tbh was found only few times,
      so optimisation is also possible.
      
      Unlinking fallocated 60G file after doing sync && echo 3 >
      /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches && time rm --help
      
      X86 before (linux 3.6-rc4):
      # time rm -f test1
      real    0m2.710s
      user    0m0.000s
      sys     0m1.530s
      
      X86 after:
      # time rm -f test1
      real    0m0.644s
      user    0m0.003s
      sys     0m0.060s
      
      MIPS before (linux 2.6.37):
      # time rm -f test1
      real    0m 4.93s
      user    0m 0.00s
      sys     0m 4.61s
      
      MIPS after:
      # time rm -f test1
      real    0m 0.16s
      user    0m 0.00s
      sys     0m 0.06s
      Signed-off-by: default avatar"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrey Sidorov <qrxd43@motorola.com>
      18888cf0
    • Theodore Ts'o's avatar
      ext4: fix online resizing when the # of block groups is constant · 59e31c15
      Theodore Ts'o authored
      Commit 1c6bd717 introduced a regression where an online resize
      operation which did not change the number of block groups would fail,
      i.e:
      
      	mke2fs -t /dev/vdc 60000
      	mount /dev/vdc
      	resize2fs /dev/vdc 60001
      
      This was due to a bug in the logic regarding when to try converting
      the filesystem to use meta_bg.
      
      Also fix up a number of other minor issues with the online resizing
      code: (a) Fix a sparse warning; (b) only check to make sure the device
      is large enough once, instead of multiple times through the resize
      loop.
      Signed-off-by: default avatar"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
      59e31c15
  4. 18 Sep, 2012 4 commits
    • Anatol Pomozov's avatar
      ext4: make orphan functions be no-op in no-journal mode · c9b92530
      Anatol Pomozov authored
      Instead of checking whether the handle is valid, we check if journal
      is enabled. This avoids taking the s_orphan_lock mutex in all cases
      when there is no journal in use, including the error paths where
      ext4_orphan_del() is called with a handle set to NULL.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAnatol Pomozov <anatol.pomozov@gmail.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatar"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
      c9b92530
    • Theodore Ts'o's avatar
      ext4: re-enable -o discard functionality in no-journal mode · b5e2368b
      Theodore Ts'o authored
      This is a revert of commit b56ff9d3, which removed the call to
      ext4_issue_discard() to fix a BUG reported because
      ext4_issue_discard() was being called from inside a block group
      spinlock.  As it turns out this bug had already been fixed by Lukas
      Czerner in commit 53fdcf99 by the simple expedient of moving when
      we call ext4_issue_discard() outside the spinlock.
      
      So it should be safe to re-enable this functionality, which I tested
      by putting an BUG_ON(in_atomic) just after the restored callsite to
      ext4_issue_discard().
      
      Addresses-Google-Bug: #6750518
      Signed-off-by: default avatar"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
      Cc: Anatol Pomozov <anatol.pomozov@gmail.com>
      b5e2368b
    • Carlos Maiolino's avatar
      ext4: fix possible non-initialized variable in htree_dirblock_to_tree() · 90b0a973
      Carlos Maiolino authored
      htree_dirblock_to_tree() declares a non-initialized 'err' variable,
      which is passed as a reference to another functions expecting them to
      set this variable with their error codes.
      
      It's passed to ext4_bread(), which then passes it to ext4_getblk(). If
      ext4_map_blocks() returns 0 due to a lookup failure, leaving the
      ext4_getblk() buffer_head uninitialized, it will make ext4_getblk()
      return to ext4_bread() without initialize the 'err' variable, and
      ext4_bread() will return to htree_dirblock_to_tree() with this variable
      still uninitialized.  htree_dirblock_to_tree() will pass this variable
      with garbage back to ext4_htree_fill_tree(), which expects a number of
      directory entries added to the rb-tree. which, in case, might return a
      fake non-zero value due the garbage left in the 'err' variable, leading
      the kernel to an Oops in ext4_dx_readdir(), once this is expecting a
      filled rb-tree node, when in turn it will have a NULL-ed one, causing an
      invalid page request when trying to get a fname struct from this NULL-ed
      rb-tree node in this line:
      
      fname = rb_entry(info->curr_node, struct fname, rb_hash);
      
      The patch itself initializes the err variable in
      htree_dirblock_to_tree() to avoid usage mistakes by the called
      functions, and also fix ext4_getblk() to return a initialized 'err'
      variable when ext4_map_blocks() fails a lookup.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarCarlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@redhat.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatar"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
      90b0a973
    • Theodore Ts'o's avatar
      bc0b75f7
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