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[PATCH] Take i_mutex in splice_from_pipe()

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The splice_actor may be calling ->prepare_write() and ->commit_write(). We
want i_mutex on the inode being written to before calling those so that we
don't race i_size changes.

The double locking behavior is done elsewhere in splice.c, and if we
eventually want _nolock variants of generic_file_splice_write(), fs modules
might have to replicate the nasty locking code. We introduce
inode_double_lock() and inode_double_unlock() to consolidate the locking
rules into one set of functions.

Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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Mark Fasheh
2006-10-17 10:31:38 +02:00
committed by Jens Axboe
parent ce9e3d9953
commit 62752ee198
3 changed files with 50 additions and 13 deletions
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@ -1306,6 +1306,42 @@ void wake_up_inode(struct inode *inode)
wake_up_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_LOCK);
}
/*
* We rarely want to lock two inodes that do not have a parent/child
* relationship (such as directory, child inode) simultaneously. The
* vast majority of file systems should be able to get along fine
* without this. Do not use these functions except as a last resort.
*/
void inode_double_lock(struct inode *inode1, struct inode *inode2)
{
if (inode1 == NULL || inode2 == NULL || inode1 == inode2) {
if (inode1)
mutex_lock(&inode1->i_mutex);
else if (inode2)
mutex_lock(&inode2->i_mutex);
return;
}
if (inode1 < inode2) {
mutex_lock_nested(&inode1->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
mutex_lock_nested(&inode2->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_CHILD);
} else {
mutex_lock_nested(&inode2->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_PARENT);
mutex_lock_nested(&inode1->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_CHILD);
}
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_double_lock);
void inode_double_unlock(struct inode *inode1, struct inode *inode2)
{
if (inode1)
mutex_unlock(&inode1->i_mutex);
if (inode2 && inode2 != inode1)
mutex_unlock(&inode2->i_mutex);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_double_unlock);
static __initdata unsigned long ihash_entries;
static int __init set_ihash_entries(char *str)
{