public inbox for linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Brian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com>
To: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: [RFC, PATCH 0/4] xfs: clean up xlog_recover_process_data
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 08:40:55 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140826124055.GA52815@bfoster.bfoster> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1409016101-9511-1-git-send-email-david@fromorbit.com>

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.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> xfs mailing list
> xfs@oss.sgi.com
> http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs

_______________________________________________
xfs mailing list
xfs@oss.sgi.com
http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs

      parent reply	other threads:[~2014-08-26 12:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-08-26  1:21 [RFC, PATCH 0/4] xfs: clean up xlog_recover_process_data Dave Chinner
2014-08-26  1:21 ` [PATCH 1/4] xfs: refactor xlog_recover_process_data() Dave Chinner
2014-08-26  4:09   ` Christoph Hellwig
2014-08-26  4:55     ` Dave Chinner
2014-08-26 12:41   ` Brian Foster
2014-08-26 22:34     ` Dave Chinner
2014-08-27 11:19       ` Brian Foster
2014-08-28  0:47         ` Dave Chinner
2014-08-26  1:21 ` [PATCH 2/4] xfs: recovery of XLOG_UNMOUNT_TRANS leaks memory Dave Chinner
2014-08-26 12:41   ` Brian Foster
2014-08-26  1:21 ` [PATCH 3/4] xfs: fix double free in xlog_recover_commit_trans Dave Chinner
2014-08-26 12:42   ` Brian Foster
2014-08-26  1:21 ` [PATCH 4/4] xfs: reorganise transaction recovery item code Dave Chinner
2014-08-26 12:40 ` Brian Foster [this message]

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20140826124055.GA52815@bfoster.bfoster \
    --to=bfoster@redhat.com \
    --cc=david@fromorbit.com \
    --cc=xfs@oss.sgi.com \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox