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From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
To: stable@kernel.org
Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Subject: [PATCH,STABLE 2.6.29 11/18] jbd2: Update locking coments
Date: Tue,  2 Jun 2009 08:07:52 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1243944479-20574-11-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1243944479-20574-10-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu>

From: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>

Update information about locking in JBD2 revoke code. Inconsistency in
comments found by Lin Tan <tammy000@gmail.com>.

CC: Lin Tan <tammy000@gmail.com>.
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
(cherry picked from commit 86db97c87f744364d5889ca8a4134ca2048b8f83)
---
 fs/jbd2/revoke.c |   24 +++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/jbd2/revoke.c b/fs/jbd2/revoke.c
index 257ff26..bbe6d59 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/revoke.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/revoke.c
@@ -55,6 +55,25 @@
  *			need do nothing.
  * RevokeValid set, Revoked set:
  *			buffer has been revoked.
+ *
+ * Locking rules:
+ * We keep two hash tables of revoke records. One hashtable belongs to the
+ * running transaction (is pointed to by journal->j_revoke), the other one
+ * belongs to the committing transaction. Accesses to the second hash table
+ * happen only from the kjournald and no other thread touches this table.  Also
+ * journal_switch_revoke_table() which switches which hashtable belongs to the
+ * running and which to the committing transaction is called only from
+ * kjournald. Therefore we need no locks when accessing the hashtable belonging
+ * to the committing transaction.
+ *
+ * All users operating on the hash table belonging to the running transaction
+ * have a handle to the transaction. Therefore they are safe from kjournald
+ * switching hash tables under them. For operations on the lists of entries in
+ * the hash table j_revoke_lock is used.
+ *
+ * Finally, also replay code uses the hash tables but at this moment noone else
+ * can touch them (filesystem isn't mounted yet) and hence no locking is
+ * needed.
  */
 
 #ifndef __KERNEL__
@@ -401,8 +420,6 @@ int jbd2_journal_revoke(handle_t *handle, unsigned long long blocknr,
  * the second time we would still have a pending revoke to cancel.  So,
  * do not trust the Revoked bit on buffers unless RevokeValid is also
  * set.
- *
- * The caller must have the journal locked.
  */
 int jbd2_journal_cancel_revoke(handle_t *handle, struct journal_head *jh)
 {
@@ -480,10 +497,7 @@ void jbd2_journal_switch_revoke_table(journal_t *journal)
 /*
  * Write revoke records to the journal for all entries in the current
  * revoke hash, deleting the entries as we go.
- *
- * Called with the journal lock held.
  */

  reply	other threads:[~2009-06-02 12:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-06-02 12:07 [PATCH,STABLE 2.6.29 01/18] ext4: don't inherit inappropriate inode flags from parent Theodore Ts'o
2009-06-02 12:07 ` [PATCH,STABLE 2.6.29 02/18] ext4: tighten restrictions on inode flags Theodore Ts'o
2009-06-02 12:07   ` [PATCH,STABLE 2.6.29 03/18] ext4: return -EIO not -ESTALE on directory traversal through deleted inode Theodore Ts'o
2009-06-02 12:07     ` [PATCH,STABLE 2.6.29 04/18] ext4: Add fine print for the 32000 subdirectory limit Theodore Ts'o
2009-06-02 12:07       ` [PATCH,STABLE 2.6.29 05/18] ext4: add EXT4_IOC_ALLOC_DA_BLKS ioctl Theodore Ts'o
2009-06-02 12:07         ` [PATCH,STABLE 2.6.29 06/18] ext4: Automatically allocate delay allocated blocks on close Theodore Ts'o
2009-06-02 12:07           ` [PATCH,STABLE 2.6.29 07/18] ext4: Automatically allocate delay allocated blocks on rename Theodore Ts'o
2009-06-02 12:07             ` [PATCH,STABLE 2.6.29 08/18] ext4: Fix discard of inode prealloc space with delayed allocation Theodore Ts'o
2009-06-02 12:07               ` [PATCH,STABLE 2.6.29 09/18] ext4: Add auto_da_alloc mount option Theodore Ts'o
2009-06-02 12:07                 ` [PATCH,STABLE 2.6.29 10/18] ext4: Check for an valid i_mode when reading the inode from disk Theodore Ts'o
2009-06-02 12:07                   ` Theodore Ts'o [this message]
2009-06-02 12:07                     ` [PATCH,STABLE 2.6.29 12/18] ext4: really print the find_group_flex fallback warning only once Theodore Ts'o
2009-06-02 12:07                       ` [PATCH,STABLE 2.6.29 13/18] ext4: Fix softlockup caused by illegal i_file_acl value in on-disk inode Theodore Ts'o
2009-06-02 12:07                         ` [PATCH,STABLE 2.6.29 14/18] ext4: Ignore i_file_acl_high unless EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_64BIT is present Theodore Ts'o
2009-06-02 12:07                           ` [PATCH,STABLE 2.6.29 15/18] ext4: Fix sub-block zeroing for writes into preallocated extents Theodore Ts'o
2009-06-02 12:07                             ` [PATCH,STABLE 2.6.29 16/18] ext4: Use a fake block number for delayed new buffer_head Theodore Ts'o
2009-06-02 12:07                               ` [PATCH,STABLE 2.6.29 17/18] ext4: Clear the unwritten buffer_head flag after the extent is initialized Theodore Ts'o
2009-06-02 12:07                                 ` [PATCH,STABLE 2.6.29 18/18] ext4: Fix race in ext4_inode_info.i_cached_extent Theodore Ts'o
2009-06-03 18:17                           ` [PATCH,STABLE 2.6.29 14/18] ext4: Ignore i_file_acl_high unless EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_64BIT is present Andreas Dilger
2009-06-03 18:16                         ` Fix softlockup caused by illegal i_file_acl value in on-disk inode Andreas Dilger
2009-06-03 19:24                           ` Theodore Tso
2009-06-03 18:14           ` [PATCH,STABLE 2.6.29 06/18] ext4: Automatically allocate delay allocated blocks on close Andreas Dilger
2009-06-03 19:29             ` Theodore Tso
2009-06-09  9:33     ` patch ext4-return-eio-not-estale-on-directory-traversal-through-deleted-inode.patch added to 2.6.29-stable tree gregkh
2009-06-09  9:33   ` patch ext4-tighten-restrictions-on-inode-flags.patch " gregkh
2009-06-09  9:33 ` patch ext4-don-t-inherit-inappropriate-inode-flags-from-parent.patch " gregkh

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