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Prasad Joshi committed 13ced29cb28
logfs: take write mutex lock during fsync and sync LogFS uses super->s_write_mutex while writing data to disk. Taking the same mutex lock in sync and fsync code path solves the following BUG: ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at /home/prasad/logfs/dev_bdev.c:134! Pid: 2387, comm: flush-253:16 Not tainted 3.0.0+ #4 Bochs Bochs RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa007deed>] [<ffffffffa007deed>] bdev_writeseg+0x25d/0x270 [logfs] Call Trace: [<ffffffffa007c381>] logfs_open_area+0x91/0x150 [logfs] [<ffffffff8128dcb2>] ? find_level.clone.9+0x62/0x100 [<ffffffffa007c49c>] __logfs_segment_write.clone.20+0x5c/0x190 [logfs] [<ffffffff810ef005>] ? mempool_kmalloc+0x15/0x20 [<ffffffff810ef383>] ? mempool_alloc+0x53/0x130 [<ffffffffa007c7a4>] logfs_segment_write+0x1d4/0x230 [logfs] [<ffffffffa0078f8e>] logfs_write_i0+0x12e/0x190 [logfs] [<ffffffffa0079300>] __logfs_write_rec+0x140/0x220 [logfs] [<ffffffffa0079444>] logfs_write_rec+0x64/0xd0 [logfs] [<ffffffffa00795b6>] __logfs_write_buf+0x106/0x110 [logfs] [<ffffffffa007a13e>] logfs_write_buf+0x4e/0x80 [logfs] [<ffffffffa0073e33>] __logfs_writepage+0x23/0x80 [logfs] [<ffffffffa007410c>] logfs_writepage+0xdc/0x110 [logfs] [<ffffffff810f5ba7>] __writepage+0x17/0x40 [<ffffffff810f6208>] write_cache_pages+0x208/0x4f0 [<ffffffff810f5b90>] ? set_page_dirty+0x70/0x70 [<ffffffff810f653a>] generic_writepages+0x4a/0x70 [<ffffffff810f75d1>] do_writepages+0x21/0x40 [<ffffffff8116b9d1>] writeback_single_inode+0x101/0x250 [<ffffffff8116bdbd>] writeback_sb_inodes+0xed/0x1c0 [<ffffffff8116c5fb>] writeback_inodes_wb+0x7b/0x1e0 [<ffffffff8116cc23>] wb_writeback+0x4c3/0x530 [<ffffffff814d984d>] ? sub_preempt_count+0x9d/0xd0 [<ffffffff8116cd6b>] wb_do_writeback+0xdb/0x290 [<ffffffff814d984d>] ? sub_preempt_count+0x9d/0xd0 [<ffffffff814d6208>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x18/0x40 [<ffffffff8105aa5a>] ? del_timer+0x8a/0x120 [<ffffffff8116cfac>] bdi_writeback_thread+0x8c/0x2e0 [<ffffffff8116cf20>] ? wb_do_writeback+0x290/0x290 [<ffffffff8106d2e6>] kthread+0x96/0xa0 [<ffffffff814de514>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 [<ffffffff8106d250>] ? kthread_worker_fn+0x190/0x190 [<ffffffff814de510>] ? gs_change+0xb/0xb RIP [<ffffffffa007deed>] bdev_writeseg+0x25d/0x270 [logfs] ---[ end trace 0211ad60a57657c4 ]--- Reviewed-by: Joern Engel <joern@logfs.org> Signed-off-by: Prasad Joshi <prasadjoshi.linux@gmail.com>