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jbd2: fix assertion failure in jbd2_journal_flush()

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commit d7961c7fa4 upstream.

The following race is possible between start_this_handle() and someone
calling jbd2_journal_flush().

Process A                              Process B
start_this_handle().
  if (journal->j_barrier_count) # false
  if (!journal->j_running_transaction) { #true
    read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
                                       jbd2_journal_lock_updates()
                                       jbd2_journal_flush()
                                         write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
                                         if (journal->j_running_transaction) {
                                           # false
                                         ... wait for committing trans ...
                                         write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
    ...
    write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
    if (!journal->j_running_transaction) { # true
      jbd2_get_transaction(journal, new_transaction);
    write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
    goto repeat; # eventually blocks on j_barrier_count > 0
                                         ...
                                         J_ASSERT(!journal->j_running_transaction);
                                           # fails

We fix the race by rechecking j_barrier_count after reacquiring j_state_lock
in exclusive mode.

Reported-by: yjwsignal@empal.com
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Jan Kara 2012-12-21 00:15:51 -05:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent 7b563c7c8d
commit 3a06c3ff07
1 changed files with 2 additions and 1 deletions
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@ -209,7 +209,8 @@ static int start_this_handle(journal_t *journal, handle_t *handle,
if (!new_transaction)
goto alloc_transaction;
write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
if (!journal->j_running_transaction) {
if (!journal->j_running_transaction &&
!journal->j_barrier_count) {
jbd2_get_transaction(journal, new_transaction);
new_transaction = NULL;
}