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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/ext3/inode.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/ext3/inode.c | 86 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 61 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c index efce2bbfb5e5..f5157d0d1b43 100644 --- a/fs/ext3/inode.c +++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c @@ -1559,56 +1559,17 @@ static int buffer_unmapped(handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh) } /* - * Note that we always start a transaction even if we're not journalling - * data. This is to preserve ordering: any hole instantiation within - * __block_write_full_page -> ext3_get_block() should be journalled - * along with the data so we don't crash and then get metadata which + * Note that whenever we need to map blocks we start a transaction even if + * we're not journalling data. This is to preserve ordering: any hole + * instantiation within __block_write_full_page -> ext3_get_block() should be + * journalled along with the data so we don't crash and then get metadata which * refers to old data. * * In all journalling modes block_write_full_page() will start the I/O. * - * Problem: - * - * ext3_writepage() -> kmalloc() -> __alloc_pages() -> page_launder() -> - * ext3_writepage() - * - * Similar for: - * - * ext3_file_write() -> generic_file_write() -> __alloc_pages() -> ... - * - * Same applies to ext3_get_block(). We will deadlock on various things like - * lock_journal and i_truncate_mutex. - * - * Setting PF_MEMALLOC here doesn't work - too many internal memory - * allocations fail. - * - * 16May01: If we're reentered then journal_current_handle() will be - * non-zero. We simply *return*. - * - * 1 July 2001: @@@ FIXME: - * In journalled data mode, a data buffer may be metadata against the - * current transaction. But the same file is part of a shared mapping - * and someone does a writepage() on it. - * - * We will move the buffer onto the async_data list, but *after* it has - * been dirtied. So there's a small window where we have dirty data on - * BJ_Metadata. - * - * Note that this only applies to the last partial page in the file. The - * bit which block_write_full_page() uses prepare/commit for. (That's - * broken code anyway: it's wrong for msync()). - * - * It's a rare case: affects the final partial page, for journalled data - * where the file is subject to bith write() and writepage() in the same - * transction. To fix it we'll need a custom block_write_full_page(). - * We'll probably need that anyway for journalling writepage() output. - * * We don't honour synchronous mounts for writepage(). That would be * disastrous. Any write() or metadata operation will sync the fs for * us. - * - * AKPM2: if all the page's buffers are mapped to disk and !data=journal, - * we don't need to open a transaction here. */ static int ext3_ordered_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc) @@ -1673,12 +1634,9 @@ static int ext3_ordered_writepage(struct page *page, * block_write_full_page() succeeded. Otherwise they are unmapped, * and generally junk. */ - if (ret == 0) { - err = walk_page_buffers(handle, page_bufs, 0, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, + if (ret == 0) + ret = walk_page_buffers(handle, page_bufs, 0, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, NULL, journal_dirty_data_fn); - if (!ret) - ret = err; - } walk_page_buffers(handle, page_bufs, 0, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, NULL, bput_one); err = ext3_journal_stop(handle); @@ -1925,6 +1883,8 @@ retry: * and pretend the write failed... */ ext3_truncate_failed_direct_write(inode); ret = PTR_ERR(handle); + if (inode->i_nlink) + ext3_orphan_del(NULL, inode); goto out; } if (inode->i_nlink) @@ -3212,21 +3172,20 @@ out_brelse: * * We are called from a few places: * - * - Within generic_file_write() for O_SYNC files. + * - Within generic_file_aio_write() -> generic_write_sync() for O_SYNC files. * Here, there will be no transaction running. We wait for any running * transaction to commit. * - * - Within sys_sync(), kupdate and such. - * We wait on commit, if tol to. + * - Within flush work (for sys_sync(), kupdate and such). + * We wait on commit, if told to. * - * - Within prune_icache() (PF_MEMALLOC == true) - * Here we simply return. We can't afford to block kswapd on the - * journal commit. + * - Within iput_final() -> write_inode_now() + * We wait on commit, if told to. * * In all cases it is actually safe for us to return without doing anything, * because the inode has been copied into a raw inode buffer in - * ext3_mark_inode_dirty(). This is a correctness thing for O_SYNC and for - * knfsd. + * ext3_mark_inode_dirty(). This is a correctness thing for WB_SYNC_ALL + * writeback. * * Note that we are absolutely dependent upon all inode dirtiers doing the * right thing: they *must* call mark_inode_dirty() after dirtying info in @@ -3238,13 +3197,13 @@ out_brelse: * stuff(); * inode->i_size = expr; * - * is in error because a kswapd-driven write_inode() could occur while - * `stuff()' is running, and the new i_size will be lost. Plus the inode - * will no longer be on the superblock's dirty inode list. + * is in error because write_inode() could occur while `stuff()' is running, + * and the new i_size will be lost. Plus the inode will no longer be on the + * superblock's dirty inode list. */ int ext3_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc) { - if (current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC) + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC)) return 0; if (ext3_journal_current_handle()) { @@ -3253,7 +3212,12 @@ int ext3_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc) return -EIO; } - if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL) + /* + * No need to force transaction in WB_SYNC_NONE mode. Also + * ext3_sync_fs() will force the commit after everything is + * written. + */ + if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->for_sync) return 0; return ext3_force_commit(inode->i_sb); |