From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Cc: rafael@kernel.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org,
viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, jack@suse.cz, bvanassche@acm.org,
jeyu@kernel.org, ebiederm@xmission.com, mchehab@kernel.org,
keescook@chromium.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
kernel@tuxforce.de, kexec@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC v2 1/6] fs: provide unlocked helper for freeze_super()
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 13:03:35 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210420120335.GA3604224@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210417001026.23858-2-mcgrof@kernel.org>
On Sat, Apr 17, 2021 at 12:10:21AM +0000, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> freeze_super() holds a write lock, however we wish to also enable
> callers which already hold the write lock. To do this provide a helper
> and make freeze_super() use it. This way, all that freeze_super() does
> now is lock handling and active count management.
Can we take a step back and think about this a bit more?
freeze_super() has three callers:
1) freeze_bdev
2) ioctl_fsfreeze
3) freeze_store (in gfs2)
The first gets its reference from get_active_super, and is the only
caller of get_active_super. So IMHO we should just not drop the lock
in get_active_super and directly call the unlocked version.
The other two really should just call grab_super to get an active
reference and s_umount.
In other words: I don't think we need both variants, just move the
locking and s_active acquisition out of free_super. Same for the
thaw side.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-04-20 12:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-04-17 0:10 [RFC v2 0/6] vfs: provide automatic kernel freeze / resume Luis Chamberlain
2021-04-17 0:10 ` [RFC v2 1/6] fs: provide unlocked helper for freeze_super() Luis Chamberlain
2021-04-20 12:03 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2021-04-17 0:10 ` [RFC v2 2/6] fs: add frozen sb state helpers Luis Chamberlain
2021-04-17 0:10 ` [RFC v2 3/6] fs: add a helper for thaw_super_locked() which does not unlock Luis Chamberlain
2021-04-17 0:10 ` [RFC v2 4/6] fs: distinguish between user initiated freeze and kernel initiated freeze Luis Chamberlain
2021-04-20 12:46 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-04-17 0:10 ` [RFC v2 5/6] fs: add iterate_supers_excl() and iterate_supers_reverse_excl() Luis Chamberlain
2021-04-17 0:10 ` [RFC v2 6/6] fs: add automatic kernel fs freeze / thaw and remove kthread freezing Luis Chamberlain
2021-04-20 12:59 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-04-20 18:47 ` Luis Chamberlain
2023-01-10 2:11 ` Luis Chamberlain
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