[GFS2] Fix ordering of page disposal vs. glock_dq [14/54]

From: Steven Whitehouse
Date: Mon Feb 05 2007 - 09:12:43 EST


>From cb0d445259232c2ec717de827338e31650b7b07b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 14:31:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [GFS2] Fix ordering of page disposal vs. glock_dq

In case of unlinked files with dirty pages GFS2 wasn't clearing
the pages in quite the right order. This patch clears the pages
earlier (before the qlock_dq) to avoid the situation that the
release of the glock results in attempting to write back data that
has already been deallocated.

This fixes Red Hat bugzilla: #220117

Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_super.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_super.c
index b283783..c22738c 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_super.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_super.c
@@ -429,6 +429,12 @@ static void gfs2_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
}

error = gfs2_dinode_dealloc(ip);
+ /*
+ * Must do this before unlock to avoid trying to write back
+ * potentially dirty data now that inode no longer exists
+ * on disk.
+ */
+ truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);

out_unlock:
gfs2_glock_dq(&ip->i_iopen_gh);
--
1.4.4.2



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