From 7fc5854f8c6efae9e7624970ab49a1eac2faefb1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tejun Heo Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 08:38:30 -0800 Subject: writeback: synchronize sync(2) against cgroup writeback membership switches sync_inodes_sb() can race against cgwb (cgroup writeback) membership switches and fail to writeback some inodes. For example, if an inode switches to another wb while sync_inodes_sb() is in progress, the new wb might not be visible to bdi_split_work_to_wbs() at all or the inode might jump from a wb which hasn't issued writebacks yet to one which already has. This patch adds backing_dev_info->wb_switch_rwsem to synchronize cgwb switch path against sync_inodes_sb() so that sync_inodes_sb() is guaranteed to see all the target wbs and inodes can't jump wbs to escape syncing. v2: Fixed misplaced rwsem init. Spotted by Jiufei. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Reported-by: Jiufei Xue Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/dc694ae2-f07f-61e1-7097-7c8411cee12d@gmail.com Acked-by: Jan Kara Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h index c31157135598..07e02d6df5ad 100644 --- a/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h +++ b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h @@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ struct backing_dev_info { struct radix_tree_root cgwb_tree; /* radix tree of active cgroup wbs */ struct rb_root cgwb_congested_tree; /* their congested states */ struct mutex cgwb_release_mutex; /* protect shutdown of wb structs */ + struct rw_semaphore wb_switch_rwsem; /* no cgwb switch while syncing */ #else struct bdi_writeback_congested *wb_congested; #endif -- cgit v1.2.3