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When freeing a tree block we may end up adding its extent back to the free space cache/tree, as long as there are no more references for it, it was created in the current transaction and writeback for it never happened. This is generally fine, however when we have tree mod log operations it can result in inconsistent versions of a btree after unwinding extent buffers with the recorded tree mod log operations. This is because: * We only log operations for nodes (adding and removing key/pointers), for leaves we don't do anything; * This means that we can log a MOD_LOG_KEY_REMOVE_WHILE_FREEING operation for a node that points to a leaf that was deleted; * Before we apply the logged operation to unwind a node, we can have that leaf's extent allocated again, either as a node or as a leaf, and possibly for another btree. This is possible if the leaf was created in the current transaction and writeback for it never started, in which case btrfs_free_tree_block() returns its extent back to the free space cache/tree; * Then, before applying the tree mod log operation, some task allocates the metadata extent just freed before, and uses it either as a leaf or as a node for some btree (can be the same or another one, it does not matter); * After applying the MOD_LOG_KEY_REMOVE_WHILE_FREEING operation we now get the target node with an item pointing to the metadata extent that now has content different from what it had before the leaf was deleted. It might now belong to a different btree and be a node and not a leaf anymore. As a consequence, the results of searches after the unwinding can be unpredictable and produce unexpected results. So make sure we pin extent buffers corresponding to leaves when there are tree mod log users. CC: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.14+ Signed-off-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com> Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com> |
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.