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2009-12-10dm snapshot: add mergingMikulas Patocka
Merging is started when origin is resumed and it is stopped when origin is suspended or when the merging snapshot is destroyed or errors are detected. Merging is not yet interlocked with writes: this will be handled in subsequent patches. The code relies on callbacks from a private kcopyd thread. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-12-10dm snapshot: permit only one merge at onceMikulas Patocka
Merging more than one snapshot is not supported, so prevent this happening. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-12-10dm snapshot: support barriers in snapshot merge targetMike Snitzer
Sets num_flush_requests=2 to support flushing both the origin and cow devices used by the snapshot-merge target. Also, snapshot_ctr() now gets the origin device using FMODE_WRITE if the target is snapshot-merge (which writes to the origin device). Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-12-10dm snapshot: avoid allocating exceptions in mergeMikulas Patocka
The snapshot-merge target should not allocate new exceptions because the intent is to merge all of its exceptions as quickly and safely as possible. This patch introduces the snapshot-merge mapping function and updates __origin_write() so that it doesn't allocate exceptions on any snapshots that are being merged. If a write request to a merging snapshot device is to be dispatched directly to the origin (because the chunk is not remapped or was already merged), snapshot_merge_map() must make exceptions in other snapshots so calls do_origin(). Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-12-10dm snapshot: rework writing to originMikulas Patocka
To track the completion of exceptions relating to the same location on the device, the current code selects one exception as primary_pe, links the other exceptions to it and uses reference counting to wait until all the reallocations are complete. It is considered too complicated to extend this code to handle the new snapshot-merge target, where sets of non-overlapping chunks would also need to become linked. Instead, a simpler (but less efficient) approach is taken. Bios are linked to one exception. When it completes, bios are simply retried, and if other related exceptions are still outstanding, they'll get queued again to wait for another one. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-12-10dm snapshot: add merge targetMikulas Patocka
The snapshot-merge target allows a snapshot to be merged back into the snapshot's origin device. One anticipated use of snapshot merging is the rollback of filesystems to back out problematic system upgrades. This patch adds snapshot-merge target management to both dm_snapshot_init() and dm_snapshot_exit(). As an initial place-holder, snapshot-merge is identical to the snapshot target. Documentation is provided. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-12-10dm snapshot: create function for chunk_is_tracked waitMike Snitzer
Move the __chunk_is_tracked() loop into a separate function as we will also need to call it from the write path in the rare case of conflicting writes to the same chunk. Originally introduced in commit a8d41b59f3f5a7ac19452ef442a7fc1b5fa17366 ("dm snapshot: fix race during exception creation"). Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-12-10dm snapshot: make bio optional in __origin_writeMikulas Patocka
To support the merging of snapshots back into their origin we need to trigger exceptions in other snapshots not being merged without any incoming bio on the origin device. The bio parameter to __origin_write() becomes optional and the sector needs supplying separately. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-12-10dm snapshot: allow live exception store handover between tablesMike Snitzer
Permit in-use snapshot exception data to be 'handed over' from one snapshot instance to another. This is a pre-requisite for patches that allow the changes made in a snapshot device to be merged back into its origin device and also allows device resizing. The basic call sequence is: dmsetup load new_snapshot (referencing the existing in-use cow device) - the ctr code detects that the cow is already in use and allows the two snapshot target instances to be linked together dmsetup suspend original_snapshot dmsetup resume new_snapshot - the new_snapshot becomes live, and if anything now tries to access the original one it will receive -EIO dmsetup remove original_snapshot (There can only be two snapshot targets referencing the same cow device simultaneously.) Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-12-10dm snapshot: track suspended state in targetMike Snitzer
Keep track of whether or not the device is suspended within the snapshot target module, the same as we do in dm-raid1. We will use this later to enforce the correct sequence of ioctls to transfer the in-core exceptions from a snapshot target instance in one table to a replacement one capable of merging them back into the origin. Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-12-10dm snapshot: move cow ref from exception store to snap coreMike Snitzer
Store the reference to the snapshot cow device in the core snapshot code instead of each exception store. It can be accessed through the new function dm_snap_cow(). Exception stores should each now maintain a reference to their parent snapshot struct. This is cleaner and makes part of the forthcoming snapshot merge code simpler. Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Brassow <jbrassow@redhat.com> Cc: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
2009-12-10dm snapshot: add allocated metadata to snapshot statusMike Snitzer
Add number of sectors used by metadata to the end of the snapshot's status line. Renamed dm_exception_store_type's 'fraction_full' to 'usage'. Renamed arguments to be clearer about what is being returned. Also added 'metadata_sectors'. Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-12-10dm snapshot: rename exception functionsJon Brassow
Rename exception functions. Preparing to pull them out of dm-snap.c for broader use. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow <jbrassow@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-12-10dm snapshot: rename exception_table to dm_exception_tableJon Brassow
Rename exception_table for broader use outside dm-snap.c Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow <jbrassow@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-12-10dm snapshot: rename dm_snap_exception to dm_exceptionJon Brassow
The exception structure is not necessarily just a snapshot element (especially after we pull it out of dm-snap.c). Renaming appropriately. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow <jbrassow@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-12-10dm snapshot: consolidate insert exception functionsJon Brassow
Consolidate the insert_*exception functions. 'insert_completed_exception' already contains all the logic to handle 'insert_exception' (via check for a hash_shift of 0), so remove redundant function. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow <jbrassow@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-12-10dm snapshot: abstract minimum_chunk_size fnMikulas Patocka
The origin needs to find minimum chunksize of all snapshots. This logic is moved to a separate function because it will be used at another place in the snapshot merge patches. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Brassow <jbrassow@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-12-10dm snapshot: cope with chunk size larger than originMikulas Patocka
Under some special conditions the snapshot hash_size is calculated as zero. This patch instead sets a minimum value of 64, the same as for the pending exception table. rounddown_pow_of_two(0) is an undefined operation (it expands to shift by -1). init_exception_table with an argument of 0 would fail with -ENOMEM. The way to trigger the problem is to create a snapshot with a chunk size that is larger than the origin device. Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-12-10dm snapshot: only take lock for statustype info not tableMikulas Patocka
Take snapshot lock only for STATUSTYPE_INFO, not STATUSTYPE_TABLE. Commit 4c6fff445d7aa753957856278d4d93bcad6e2c14 (dm-snapshot-lock-snapshot-while-supplying-status.patch) introduced this use of the lock, but userspace applications using libdevmapper have been found to request STATUSTYPE_TABLE while the device is suspended and the lock is already held, leading to deadlock. Since the lock is not necessary in this case, don't try to take it. Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-10-16dm snapshot: use unsigned integer chunk sizeMikulas Patocka
Use unsigned integer chunk size. Maximum chunk size is 512kB, there won't ever be need to use 4GB chunk size, so the number can be 32-bit. This fixes compiler failure on 32-bit systems with large block devices. Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Brassow <jbrassow@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-10-16dm snapshot: lock snapshot while supplying statusMikulas Patocka
This patch locks the snapshot when returning status. It fixes a race when it could return an invalid number of free chunks if someone was simultaneously modifying it. Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-10-16dm snapshot: require non zero chunk size by end of ctrMikulas Patocka
If we are creating snapshot with memory-stored exception store, fail if the user didn't specify chunk size. Zero chunk size would probably crash a lot of places in the rest of snapshot code. Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Brassow <jbrassow@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-10-16dm snapshot: free exception store on init failureJonathan Brassow
While initializing the snapshot module, if we fail to register the snapshot target then we must back-out the exception store module initialization. Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow <jbrassow@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-10-16dm snapshot: sort by chunk size to fix raceMikulas Patocka
Avoid a race causing corruption when snapshots of the same origin have different chunk sizes by sorting the internal list of snapshots by chunk size, largest first. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=182659 For example, let's have two snapshots with different chunk sizes. The first snapshot (1) has small chunk size and the second snapshot (2) has large chunk size. Let's have chunks A, B, C in these snapshots: snapshot1: ====A==== ====B==== snapshot2: ==========C========== (Chunk size is a power of 2. Chunks are aligned.) A write to the origin at a position within A and C comes along. It triggers reallocation of A, then reallocation of C and links them together using A as the 'primary' exception. Then another write to the origin comes along at a position within B and C. It creates pending exception for B. C already has a reallocation in progress and it already has a primary exception (A), so nothing is done to it: B and C are not linked. If the reallocation of B finishes before the reallocation of C, because there is no link with the pending exception for C it does not know to wait for it and, the second write is dispatched to the origin and causes data corruption in the chunk C in snapshot2. To avoid this situation, we maintain snapshots sorted in descending order of chunk size. This leads to a guaranteed ordering on the links between the pending exceptions and avoids the problem explained above - both A and B now get linked to C. Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-09-04dm snapshot: implement iterate devicesMike Snitzer
Implement the .iterate_devices for the origin and snapshot targets. dm-snapshot's lack of .iterate_devices resulted in the inability to properly establish queue_limits for both targets. With 4K sector drives: an unfortunate side-effect of not establishing proper limits in either targets' DM device was that IO to the devices would fail even though both had been created without error. Commit af4874e03ed82f050d5872d8c39ce64bf16b5c38 ("dm target:s introduce iterate devices fn") in 2.6.31-rc1 should have implemented .iterate_devices for dm-snap.c's origin and snapshot targets. Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-06-22dm snapshot: support barriersMikulas Patocka
Flush support for dm-snapshot target. This patch just forwards the flush request to either the origin or the snapshot device. (It doesn't flush exception store metadata.) Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-04-15block: move bio list helpers into bio.hChristoph Hellwig
It's used by DM and MD and generally useful, so move the bio list helpers into bio.h. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Acked-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2009-04-02dm snapshot: move status to exception storeJonathan Brassow
Let the exception store types print out their status through the new API, rather than having the snapshot code do it. Adjust the buffer position to allow for the preceding DMEMIT in the arguments to type->status(). Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow <jbrassow@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-04-02dm snapshot: move ctr parsing to exception storeJonathan Brassow
First step of having the exception stores parse their own arguments - generalizing the interface. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow <jbrassow@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-04-02dm snapshot: use DMEMIT macro for statusJonathan Brassow
Use DMEMIT in place of snprintf. This makes it easier later when other modules are helping to populate our status output. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow <jbrassow@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-04-02dm snapshot: remove dm_snap headerJonathan Brassow
Move some of the last bits from dm-snap.h into dm-snap.c where they belong and remove dm-snap.h. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow <jbrassow@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-04-02dm snapshot: remove dm_snap header useJonathan Brassow
Move useful functions out of dm-snap.h and stop using dm-snap.h. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow <jbrassow@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-04-02dm exception store: move cow pointerJonathan Brassow
Move COW device from snapshot to exception store. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow <jbrassow@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-04-02dm exception store: move chunk_fieldsJonathan Brassow
Move chunk fields from snapshot to exception store. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow <jbrassow@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-04-02dm exception store: move dm_target pointerJonathan Brassow
Move target pointer from snapshot to exception store. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow <jbrassow@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-04-02dm exception store: introduce registryJonathan Brassow
Move exception stores into a registry. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow <jbrassow@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-04-02dm exception store: separate type from instanceJonathan Brassow
Introduce struct dm_exception_store_type. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow <jbrassow@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-04-02dm snapshot: avoid having two exceptions for the same chunkMikulas Patocka
We need to check if the exception was completed after dropping the lock. After regaining the lock, __find_pending_exception checks if the exception was already placed into &s->pending hash. But we don't check if the exception was already completed and placed into &s->complete hash. If the process waiting in alloc_pending_exception was delayed at this point because of a scheduling latency and the exception was meanwhile completed, we'd miss that and allocate another pending exception for already completed chunk. It would lead to a situation where two records for the same chunk exist and potential data corruption because multiple snapshot I/Os to the affected chunk could be redirected to different locations in the snapshot. Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-04-02dm snapshot: avoid dropping lock in __find_pending_exceptionMikulas Patocka
It is uncommon and bug-prone to drop a lock in a function that is called with the lock held, so this is moved to the caller. Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-04-02dm snapshot: refactor __find_pending_exceptionMikulas Patocka
Move looking-up of a pending exception from __find_pending_exception to another function. Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-01-06dm snapshot: extend exception store functionsJonathan Brassow
Supply dm_add_exception as a callback to the read_metadata function. Add a status function ready for a later patch and name the functions consistently. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow <jbrassow@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-01-06dm snapshot: split out exception store implementationsAlasdair G Kergon
Move the existing snapshot exception store implementations out into separate files. Later patches will place these behind a new interface in preparation for alternative implementations. Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-01-06dm snapshot: separate out exception store interfaceJonathan Brassow
Pull structures that bridge the gap between snapshot and exception store out of dm-snap.h and put them in a new .h file - dm-exception-store.h. This file will define the API for new exception stores. Ultimately, dm-snap.h is unnecessary, since only dm-snap.c should be using it. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow <jbrassow@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-01-06dm: consolidate target deregistration error handlingMikulas Patocka
Change dm_unregister_target to return void and use BUG() for error reporting. dm_unregister_target can only fail because of programming bug in the target driver. It can't fail because of user's behavior or disk errors. This patch changes unregister_target to return void and use BUG if someone tries to unregister non-registered target or unregister target that is in use. This patch removes code duplication (testing of error codes in all dm targets) and reports bugs in just one place, in dm_unregister_target. In some target drivers, these return codes were ignored, which could lead to a situation where bugs could be missed. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-01-06dm snapshot: change yield to msleepMikulas Patocka
Change yield() to msleep(1). If the thread had realtime priority, yield() doesn't really yield, so the yielding process would loop indefinitely and cause machine lockup. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2008-10-30dm snapshot: wait for chunks in destructorMikulas Patocka
If there are several snapshots sharing an origin and one is removed while the origin is being written to, the snapshot's mempool may get deleted while elements are still referenced. Prior to dm-snapshot-use-per-device-mempools.patch the pending exceptions may still have been referenced after the snapshot was destroyed, but this was not a problem because the shared mempool was still there. This patch fixes the problem by tracking the number of mempool elements in use. The scenario: - You have an origin and two snapshots 1 and 2. - Someone writes to the origin. - It creates two exceptions in the snapshots, snapshot 1 will be primary exception, snapshot 2's pending_exception->primary_pe will point to the exception in snapshot 1. - The exceptions are being relocated, relocation of exception 1 finishes (but it's pending_exception is still allocated, because it is referenced by an exception from snapshot 2) - The user lvremoves snapshot 1 --- it calls just suspend (does nothing) and destructor. md->pending is zero (there is no I/O submitted to the snapshot by md layer), so it won't help us. - The destructor waits for kcopyd jobs to finish on snapshot 1 --- but there are none. - The destructor on snapshot 1 cleans up everything. - The relocation of exception on snapshot 2 finishes, it drops reference on primary_pe. This frees its primary_pe pointer. Primary_pe points to pending exception created for snapshot 1. So it frees memory into non-existing mempool. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2008-10-30dm snapshot: fix register_snapshot deadlockMikulas Patocka
register_snapshot() performs a GFP_KERNEL allocation while holding _origins_lock for write, but that could write out dirty pages onto a device that attempts to acquire _origins_lock for read, resulting in deadlock. So move the allocation up before taking the lock. This path is not performance-critical, so it doesn't matter that we allocate memory and free it if we find that we won't need it. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2008-10-21dm snapshot: drop unused last_percentMikulas Patocka
The last_percent field is unused - remove it. (It dates from when events were triggered as each X% filled up.) Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2008-10-21dm snapshot: fix primary_pe raceMikulas Patocka
Fix a race condition with primary_pe ref_count handling. put_pending_exception runs under dm_snapshot->lock, it does atomic_dec_and_test on primary_pe->ref_count, and later does atomic_read primary_pe->ref_count. __origin_write does atomic_dec_and_test on primary_pe->ref_count without holding dm_snapshot->lock. This opens the following race condition: Assume two CPUs, CPU1 is executing put_pending_exception (and holding dm_snapshot->lock). CPU2 is executing __origin_write in parallel. primary_pe->ref_count == 2. CPU1: if (primary_pe && atomic_dec_and_test(&primary_pe->ref_count)) origin_bios = bio_list_get(&primary_pe->origin_bios); ... decrements primary_pe->ref_count to 1. Doesn't load origin_bios CPU2: if (first && atomic_dec_and_test(&primary_pe->ref_count)) { flush_bios(bio_list_get(&primary_pe->origin_bios)); free_pending_exception(primary_pe); /* If we got here, pe_queue is necessarily empty. */ return r; } ... decrements primary_pe->ref_count to 0, submits pending bios, frees primary_pe. CPU1: if (!primary_pe || primary_pe != pe) free_pending_exception(pe); ... this has no effect. if (primary_pe && !atomic_read(&primary_pe->ref_count)) free_pending_exception(primary_pe); ... sees ref_count == 0 (written by CPU 2), does double free !! This bug can happen only if someone is simultaneously writing to both the origin and the snapshot. If someone is writing only to the origin, __origin_write will submit kcopyd request after it decrements primary_pe->ref_count (so it can't happen that the finished copy races with primary_pe->ref_count decrementation). If someone is writing only to the snapshot, __origin_write isn't invoked at all and the race can't happen. The race happens when someone writes to the snapshot --- this creates pending_exception with primary_pe == NULL and starts copying. Then, someone writes to the same chunk in the snapshot, and __origin_write races with termination of already submitted request in pending_complete (that calls put_pending_exception). This race may be reason for bugs: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11636 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=465825 The patch fixes the code to make sure that: 1. If atomic_dec_and_test(&primary_pe->ref_count) returns false, the process must no longer dereference primary_pe (because someone else may free it under us). 2. If atomic_dec_and_test(&primary_pe->ref_count) returns true, the process is responsible for freeing primary_pe. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org
2008-07-21dm snapshot: use per device mempoolsMikulas Patocka
Change snapshot per-module mempool to per-device mempool. Per-module mempools could cause a deadlock if multiple snapshot devices are stacked above each other. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>