Re: [PATCH] Force remount read-only of jffs2 when the garbagecollector dies

From: Josh Boyer
Date: Mon Apr 21 2008 - 13:30:39 EST


On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 16:31 +0000, Michael Trimarchi wrote:
> [PATCH] Force remount read-only of jffs2 when the garbage collector
> dies
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Trimarchi <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Why would you do this? The garbage collect thread is an optimization,
not a requirement. Garbage collection will occur as-needed on behalf of
whichever process forces the requirement.

josh

>
> ---
> fs/jffs2/background.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/jffs2/background.c b/fs/jffs2/background.c
> index 8adebd3..669b35e 100644
> --- a/fs/jffs2/background.c
> +++ b/fs/jffs2/background.c
> @@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ void jffs2_stop_garbage_collect_thread(struct
> jffs2_sb_info *c)
> static int jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(void *_c)
> {
> struct jffs2_sb_info *c = _c;
> + struct super_block *sb;
>
> daemonize("jffs2_gcd_mtd%d", c->mtd->index);
> allow_signal(SIGKILL);
> @@ -145,5 +146,25 @@ static int jffs2_garbage_collect_thread(void *_c)
> spin_lock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
> c->gc_task = NULL;
> spin_unlock(&c->erase_completion_lock);
> +
> + sb = c->os_priv;
> + BUG_ON(sb == NULL);
> +
> + /* The garbage collect is died. Try to remount the fs
> + * read-only
> + */
> + down_read(&sb->s_umount);
> + if (sb->s_root && sb->s_mtd && !(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
> + /*
> + * ->remount_fs needs lock_kernel().
> + *
> + * What lock protects sb->s_flags??
> + */
> + lock_kernel();
> + do_remount_sb(sb, MS_RDONLY, NULL, 1);
> + unlock_kernel();
> + }
> + drop_super(sb);
> +
> complete_and_exit(&c->gc_thread_exit, 0);
> }
> --
> 1.5.3.6
>
>

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