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The inode chunk allocation transaction reserves inobt_maxlevels-1 blocks to accommodate a full split of the inode btree. A full split requires an allocation for every existing level and a new root block, which means inobt_maxlevels is the worst case block requirement for a transaction that inserts to the inobt. This can lead to a transaction block reservation overrun when tmpfile creation allocates an inode chunk and expands the inobt to its maximum depth. This problem has been observed in conjunction with overlayfs, which makes frequent use of tmpfiles internally. The existing reservation code goes back as far as the Linux git repo history (v2.6.12). It was likely never observed as a problem because the traditional file/directory creation transactions also include worst case block reservation for directory modifications, which most likely is able to make up for a single block deficiency in the inode allocation portion of the calculation. tmpfile support is relatively more recent (v3.15), less heavily used, and only includes the inode allocation block reservation as tmpfiles aren't linked into the directory tree on creation. Fix up the inode alloc block reservation macro and a couple of the block allocator minleft parameters that enforce an allocation to leave enough free blocks in the AG for a full inobt split. Signed-off-by: Brian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.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.