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We've historically had reports of being unable to mount file systems because the tree log root couldn't be read. Usually this is the "parent transid failure", but could be any of the related errors, including "fsid mismatch" or "bad tree block", depending on which block got allocated. The modification of the individual log root items are serialized on the per-log root root_mutex. This means that any modification to the per-subvol log root_item is completely protected. However we update the root item in the log root tree outside of the log root tree log_mutex. We do this in order to allow multiple subvolumes to be updated in each log transaction. This is problematic however because when we are writing the log root tree out we update the super block with the _current_ log root node information. Since these two operations happen independently of each other, you can end up updating the log root tree in between writing out the dirty blocks and setting the super block to point at the current root. This means we'll point at the new root node that hasn't been written out, instead of the one we should be pointing at. Thus whatever garbage or old block we end up pointing at complains when we mount the file system later and try to replay the log. Fix this by copying the log's root item into a local root item copy. Then once we're safely under the log_root_tree->log_mutex we update the root item in the log_root_tree. This way we do not modify the log_root_tree while we're committing it, fixing the problem. CC: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.4+ Reviewed-by: Chris Mason <clm@fb.com> Reviewed-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com> Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com> |
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README
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.