In the following call stack, f2fs changes the bitmap for dirty segments and # of dirty sentries without grabbing sit_i->sentry_lock. This can result in mismatch on bitmap and # of dirty sentries, since if there are some direct_io operations.
In allocate_data_block, - __allocate_new_segments - mutex_lock(&curseg->curseg_mutex); - s_ops->allocate_segment - new_curseg/change_curseg - reset_curseg - __set_sit_entry_type - __mark_sit_entry_dirty - set_bit(dirty_sentries_bitmap) - dirty_sentries++; Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaeg...@kernel.org> --- fs/f2fs/segment.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c index 3e80bd6..eafaf72 100644 --- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c +++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c @@ -1167,6 +1167,7 @@ void allocate_data_block(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct page *page, curseg = CURSEG_I(sbi, type); mutex_lock(&curseg->curseg_mutex); + mutex_lock(&sit_i->sentry_lock); /* direct_io'ed data is aligned to the segment for better performance */ if (direct_io && curseg->next_blkoff) @@ -1181,7 +1182,6 @@ void allocate_data_block(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct page *page, */ __add_sum_entry(sbi, type, sum); - mutex_lock(&sit_i->sentry_lock); __refresh_next_blkoff(sbi, curseg); stat_inc_block_count(sbi, curseg); -- 2.1.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Linux-f2fs-devel mailing list Linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-f2fs-devel