From 97178b7b6c84bd14660b89474d27931a1ea65c66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Piggin Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:47:15 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] exofs: simple fsync race fix It is incorrect to test inode dirty bits without participating in the inode writeback protocol. Inode writeback sets I_SYNC and clears I_DIRTY_?, then writes out the particular bits, then clears I_SYNC when it is done. BTW. it may not completely write all pages out, so I_DIRTY_PAGES would get set again. This is a standard pattern used throughout the kernel's writeback caches (I_SYNC ~= I_WRITEBACK, if that makes it clearer). And so it is not possible to determine an inode's dirty status just by checking I_DIRTY bits. Especially not for the purpose of data integrity syncs. Missing the check for these bits means that fsync can complete while writeback to the inode is underway. Inode writeback functions get this right, so call into them rather than try to shortcut things by testing dirty state improperly. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh --- fs/exofs/file.c | 5 ----- fs/exofs/inode.c | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/exofs/file.c b/fs/exofs/file.c index b905c79b4f0a..4c0d6bac9143 100644 --- a/fs/exofs/file.c +++ b/fs/exofs/file.c @@ -48,11 +48,6 @@ static int exofs_file_fsync(struct file *filp, int datasync) struct inode *inode = filp->f_mapping->host; struct super_block *sb; - if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY)) - return 0; - if (datasync && !(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) - return 0; - ret = sync_inode_metadata(inode, 1); /* This is a good place to write the sb */ diff --git a/fs/exofs/inode.c b/fs/exofs/inode.c index c8f58a96e597..fb9d38056103 100644 --- a/fs/exofs/inode.c +++ b/fs/exofs/inode.c @@ -1290,7 +1290,8 @@ out: int exofs_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc) { - return exofs_update_inode(inode, wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL); + /* FIXME: fix fsync and use wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL */ + return exofs_update_inode(inode, 1); } /*