Re: [PATCH 5/6] kill-the-BKL/reiserfs: release the write lockinside reiserfs_read_bitmap_block()

[Ingo Molnar]

* Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> reiserfs_read_bitmap_block() uses sb_bread() to read the bitmap block. This
> helper might sleep.
> 
> Then, when the bkl was used, it was released at this point. We can then
> relax the write lock too here.
> 
> [ Impact: release the reiserfs write lock when it is not needed ]
> 
> Cc: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Chris Mason <chris.mason@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/reiserfs/bitmap.c |    2 ++
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/bitmap.c b/fs/reiserfs/bitmap.c
> index 1470334..6854957 100644
> --- a/fs/reiserfs/bitmap.c
> +++ b/fs/reiserfs/bitmap.c
> @@ -1249,7 +1249,9 @@ struct buffer_head *reiserfs_read_bitmap_block(struct super_block *sb,
>  	else if (bitmap == 0)
>  		block = (REISERFS_DISK_OFFSET_IN_BYTES >> sb->s_blocksize_bits) + 1;
>  
> +	reiserfs_write_unlock(sb);
>  	bh = sb_bread(sb, block);
> +	reiserfs_write_lock(sb);
>  	if (bh == NULL)
>  		reiserfs_warning(sb, "sh-2029: %s: bitmap block (#%u) "
>  		                 "reading failed", __func__, block);

Note, there's a side-effect here: the access to sb->b_blocksize is 
moved outside of the lock. Previously it was accessed via the BKL. 
On a mounted filesystem sb->b_blocksize is not supposed to change, 
so it's probably not an issue - but wanted to mention it.

	Ingo
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