Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.10 9/9] ext4: enable the lazy init thread when remounting read/write

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Fri Jun 16 2023 - 15:41:10 EST


Hi!

> [ Upstream commit eb1f822c76beeaa76ab8b6737ab9dc9f9798408c ]
>
> In commit a44be64bbecb ("ext4: don't clear SB_RDONLY when remounting
> r/w until quota is re-enabled") we defer clearing tyhe SB_RDONLY flag
> in struct super. However, we didn't defer when we checked sb_rdonly()
> to determine the lazy itable init thread should be enabled, with the
> next result that the lazy inode table initialization would not be
> properly started. This can cause generic/231 to fail in ext4's
> nojournal mode.
>
> Fix this by moving when we decide to start or stop the lazy itable
> init thread to after we clear the SB_RDONLY flag when we are
> remounting the file system read/write.
>
> Fixes a44be64bbecb ("ext4: don't clear SB_RDONLY when remounting r/w until...")
>
> Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230527035729.1001605-1-tytso@xxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>

Normally "Fixes" would be "Fixes:" and in the signed-off block. Plus,
two consecutive sign-offs from tytso are probably wrong, too.

Best regards,
Pavel

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