Re: [RFC, PATCH 0/4] xfs: clean up xlog_recover_process_data

Brian Foster
2014-08-26T12:41:04Z

On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 11:21:37AM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> The log recovery use-after-free that Brian posted a patch for has
> had several previous attempts sent and none have completed review.
> So let's put this one to bed for good.
>
> This patch set addresses the previous review feedback for fixing
> this problem. It factors xlog_recover_process_data() to make it
> cleaner and isolate the context of the transaction recvoery
> structure that is causing problems. It fixes a leak of the structure
> in an error condition that I noticed while factoring, as well as the
> double free that Brian and others have identified and tried to fix
> in the past. It then re-arranges the recovery item management code
> to put it all in one place, rather than in 3 separate parts of the
> file separated by several hundred lines of unrelated code.
>
> Comments?
>

This looks pretty good to me. I like the cleanups and it fixes the
problem. A few minor comments/questions to follow.

Brian

> -Dave.
>
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