From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([65.50.211.133]:52010 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750997AbdFCNQF (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Jun 2017 09:16:05 -0400 From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: [PATCH 17/23] xfs: xfs_trans_alloc_empty Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2017 15:15:05 +0200 Message-Id: <20170603131511.25032-18-hch@lst.de> In-Reply-To: <20170603131511.25032-1-hch@lst.de> References: <20170603131511.25032-1-hch@lst.de> Sender: linux-xfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: List-Id: xfs To: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org, "Darrick J . Wong" This is a partial cherry-pick of commit e89c041338 ("xfs: implement the GETFSMAP ioctl"), which also adds this helper, and a great example of why feature patches should be properly split into their parts. Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong [hch: split from the larger patch for -stable] Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig --- fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c index 70f42ea86dfb..a280e126491f 100644 --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c @@ -263,6 +263,28 @@ xfs_trans_alloc( } /* + * Create an empty transaction with no reservation. This is a defensive + * mechanism for routines that query metadata without actually modifying + * them -- if the metadata being queried is somehow cross-linked (think a + * btree block pointer that points higher in the tree), we risk deadlock. + * However, blocks grabbed as part of a transaction can be re-grabbed. + * The verifiers will notice the corrupt block and the operation will fail + * back to userspace without deadlocking. + * + * Note the zero-length reservation; this transaction MUST be cancelled + * without any dirty data. + */ +int +xfs_trans_alloc_empty( + struct xfs_mount *mp, + struct xfs_trans **tpp) +{ + struct xfs_trans_res resv = {0}; + + return xfs_trans_alloc(mp, &resv, 0, 0, XFS_TRANS_NO_WRITECOUNT, tpp); +} + +/* * Record the indicated change to the given field for application * to the file system's superblock when the transaction commits. * For now, just store the change in the transaction structure. diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h index 1646f659b60f..2a9292df6640 100644 --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h @@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ typedef struct xfs_trans { int xfs_trans_alloc(struct xfs_mount *mp, struct xfs_trans_res *resp, uint blocks, uint rtextents, uint flags, struct xfs_trans **tpp); +int xfs_trans_alloc_empty(struct xfs_mount *mp, + struct xfs_trans **tpp); void xfs_trans_mod_sb(xfs_trans_t *, uint, int64_t); struct xfs_buf *xfs_trans_get_buf_map(struct xfs_trans *tp, -- 2.11.0