linux/fs
Benjamin Marzinski 24972557b1 GFS2: remove transaction glock
GFS2 has a transaction glock, which must be grabbed for every
transaction, whose purpose is to deal with freezing the filesystem.
Aside from this involving a large amount of locking, it is very easy to
make the current fsfreeze code hang on unfreezing.

This patch rewrites how gfs2 handles freezing the filesystem. The
transaction glock is removed. In it's place is a freeze glock, which is
cached (but not held) in a shared state by every node in the cluster
when the filesystem is mounted. This lock only needs to be grabbed on
freezing, and actions which need to be safe from freezing, like
recovery.

When a node wants to freeze the filesystem, it grabs this glock
exclusively.  When the freeze glock state changes on the nodes (either
from shared to unlocked, or shared to exclusive), the filesystem does a
special log flush.  gfs2_log_flush() does all the work for flushing out
the and shutting down the incore log, and then it tries to grab the
freeze glock in a shared state again.  Since the filesystem is stuck in
gfs2_log_flush, no new transaction can start, and nothing can be written
to disk. Unfreezing the filesytem simply involes dropping the freeze
glock, allowing gfs2_log_flush() to grab and then release the shared
lock, so it is cached for next time.

However, in order for the unfreezing ioctl to occur, gfs2 needs to get a
shared lock on the filesystem root directory inode to check permissions.
If that glock has already been grabbed exclusively, fsfreeze will be
unable to get the shared lock and unfreeze the filesystem.

In order to allow the unfreeze, this patch makes gfs2 grab a shared lock
on the filesystem root directory during the freeze, and hold it until it
unfreezes the filesystem.  The functions which need to grab a shared
lock in order to allow the unfreeze ioctl to be issued now use the lock
grabbed by the freeze code instead.

The freeze and unfreeze code take care to make sure that this shared
lock will not be dropped while another process is using it.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
2014-05-14 10:04:34 +01:00
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9p mm: implement ->map_pages for page cache 2014-04-07 16:35:53 -07:00
adfs fs/adfs/super.c: add __init to init_inodecache() 2014-04-07 16:36:08 -07:00
affs affs: add mount option to avoid filename truncates 2014-04-07 16:36:08 -07:00
afs mm + fs: store shadow entries in page cache 2014-04-03 16:21:01 -07:00
autofs4 autofs4: check dev ioctl size before allocating 2014-04-08 16:48:51 -07:00
befs Major changes for 3.14 include support for the newly added ZERO_RANGE 2014-04-04 15:39:39 -07:00
bfs fs/bfs/inode.c: add __init to init_inodecache() 2014-04-07 16:36:08 -07:00
btrfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-04-12 14:49:50 -07:00
cachefiles Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-04-12 14:49:50 -07:00
ceph ceph: fix pr_fmt() redefinition 2014-04-12 15:39:53 -07:00
cifs cifs: Use min_t() when comparing "size_t" and "unsigned long" 2014-04-13 14:10:26 -07:00
coda Major changes for 3.14 include support for the newly added ZERO_RANGE 2014-04-04 15:39:39 -07:00
configfs configfs: fix race between dentry put and lookup 2013-11-21 16:42:27 -08:00
cramfs Major changes for 3.14 include support for the newly added ZERO_RANGE 2014-04-04 15:39:39 -07:00
debugfs Major changes for 3.14 include support for the newly added ZERO_RANGE 2014-04-04 15:39:39 -07:00
devpts fs: push sync_filesystem() down to the file system's remount_fs() 2014-03-13 10:14:33 -04:00
dlm net: Fix use after free by removing length arg from sk_data_ready callbacks. 2014-04-11 16:15:36 -04:00
ecryptfs Merge branch 'cross-rename' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs 2014-04-04 14:03:05 -07:00
efivarfs efivarfs: 'efivarfs_file_write' function reorganization 2014-03-04 16:16:16 +00:00
efs Major changes for 3.14 include support for the newly added ZERO_RANGE 2014-04-04 15:39:39 -07:00
exofs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.open-osd.org/linux-open-osd 2014-04-10 14:33:02 -07:00
exportfs
ext2 Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs 2014-04-07 17:59:17 -07:00
ext3 Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs 2014-04-07 17:59:17 -07:00
ext4 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-04-12 14:49:50 -07:00
f2fs Merge branch 'akpm' (incoming from Andrew) 2014-04-07 16:38:06 -07:00
fat Major changes for 3.14 include support for the newly added ZERO_RANGE 2014-04-04 15:39:39 -07:00
freevxfs Major changes for 3.14 include support for the newly added ZERO_RANGE 2014-04-04 15:39:39 -07:00
fscache FS-Cache: Handle removal of unadded object to the fscache_object_list rb tree 2014-02-17 13:47:35 -08:00
fuse Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-04-12 14:49:50 -07:00
gfs2 GFS2: remove transaction glock 2014-05-14 10:04:34 +01:00
hfs Major changes for 3.14 include support for the newly added ZERO_RANGE 2014-04-04 15:39:39 -07:00
hfsplus Major changes for 3.14 include support for the newly added ZERO_RANGE 2014-04-04 15:39:39 -07:00
hostfs mm + fs: store shadow entries in page cache 2014-04-03 16:21:01 -07:00
hpfs Major changes for 3.14 include support for the newly added ZERO_RANGE 2014-04-04 15:39:39 -07:00
hppfs
hugetlbfs mm, hugetlb: unify region structure handling 2014-04-03 16:20:59 -07:00
isofs Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs 2014-04-07 17:59:17 -07:00
jbd jbd: Revise KERN_EMERG error messages 2013-12-04 12:27:46 +01:00
jbd2 jbd2: improve error messages for inconsistent journal heads 2014-03-12 16:38:03 -04:00
jffs2 MTD updates for 3.15: 2014-04-07 10:17:30 -07:00
jfs Major changes for 3.14 include support for the newly added ZERO_RANGE 2014-04-04 15:39:39 -07:00
kernfs Merge branch 'akpm' (incoming from Andrew) 2014-04-03 16:22:16 -07:00
lockd lockd: ensure we tear down any live sockets when socket creation fails during lockd_up 2014-03-28 10:43:08 -04:00
logfs mm + fs: store shadow entries in page cache 2014-04-03 16:21:01 -07:00
minix Major changes for 3.14 include support for the newly added ZERO_RANGE 2014-04-04 15:39:39 -07:00
ncpfs Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2014-04-12 17:31:22 -07:00
nfs mm: implement ->map_pages for page cache 2014-04-07 16:35:53 -07:00
nfs_common
nfsd Merge branch 'for-3.15' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux 2014-04-08 18:28:14 -07:00
nilfs2 mm: implement ->map_pages for page cache 2014-04-07 16:35:53 -07:00
nls nls: have register_nls() set ->owner 2014-01-25 03:14:05 -05:00
notify fanotify: move unrelated handling from copy_event_to_user() 2014-04-03 16:20:51 -07:00
ntfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-04-12 14:49:50 -07:00
ocfs2 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2014-04-12 17:31:22 -07:00
omfs mm + fs: store shadow entries in page cache 2014-04-03 16:21:01 -07:00
openpromfs fs: push sync_filesystem() down to the file system's remount_fs() 2014-03-13 10:14:33 -04:00
proc Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-04-12 14:49:50 -07:00
pstore Major changes for 3.14 include support for the newly added ZERO_RANGE 2014-04-04 15:39:39 -07:00
qnx4 fs: push sync_filesystem() down to the file system's remount_fs() 2014-03-13 10:14:33 -04:00
qnx6 fs: push sync_filesystem() down to the file system's remount_fs() 2014-03-13 10:14:33 -04:00
quota Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs 2014-04-07 17:59:17 -07:00
ramfs fs/ramfs: move ramfs_aops to inode.c 2014-01-23 16:36:58 -08:00
reiserfs Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs 2014-04-07 17:59:17 -07:00
romfs fs: push sync_filesystem() down to the file system's remount_fs() 2014-03-13 10:14:33 -04:00
squashfs fs: push sync_filesystem() down to the file system's remount_fs() 2014-03-13 10:14:33 -04:00
sysfs Revert "sysfs, driver-core: remove unused {sysfs|device}_schedule_callback_owner()" 2014-03-25 20:54:57 -07:00
sysv Major changes for 3.14 include support for the newly added ZERO_RANGE 2014-04-04 15:39:39 -07:00
ubifs mm: implement ->map_pages for page cache 2014-04-07 16:35:53 -07:00
udf Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-04-12 14:49:50 -07:00
ufs fs/ufs: remove unused ufs_super_block_third pointer 2014-04-07 16:36:16 -07:00
xfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-04-12 14:49:50 -07:00
aio.c aio: v4 ensure access to ctx->ring_pages is correctly serialised for migration 2014-03-28 10:14:45 -04:00
anon_inodes.c vfs: Allocate anon_inode_inode in anon_inode_init() 2014-03-27 09:52:54 -07:00
attr.c fs: fix iversion handling 2013-12-05 16:36:21 -06:00
bad_inode.c
binfmt_aout.c
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
binfmt_elf.c exec: kill the unnecessary mm->def_flags setting in load_elf_binary() 2014-04-07 16:35:52 -07:00
binfmt_em86.c
binfmt_flat.c
binfmt_misc.c binfmt_misc: add missing 'break' statement 2014-04-03 16:21:16 -07:00
binfmt_script.c
binfmt_som.c
bio-integrity.c block: Ensure we only enable integrity metadata for reads and writes 2014-04-09 08:00:06 -06:00
bio.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-04-12 14:49:50 -07:00
block_dev.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-04-12 14:49:50 -07:00
buffer.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-04-12 14:49:50 -07:00
char_dev.c Merge branch 'for-3.13/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2013-11-14 12:08:14 +09:00
compat_binfmt_elf.c binfmt_elf: add ELF_HWCAP2 to compat auxv entries 2014-03-04 08:05:21 +00:00
compat_ioctl.c fs/compat: convert to COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE with changing parameter types 2014-03-06 16:30:44 +01:00
compat.c Merge branch 'locks-3.15' of git://git.samba.org/jlayton/linux 2014-04-04 14:21:20 -07:00
coredump.c coredump: make __get_dumpable/get_dumpable inline, kill fs/coredump.h 2014-01-23 16:37:01 -08:00
dcache.c Merge branch 'drm-next' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~airlied/linux 2014-04-08 09:52:16 -07:00
dcookies.c fs/compat: fix lookup_dcookie() parameter handling 2014-01-29 16:22:40 -08:00
direct-io.c xfs: update for 3.15-rc1 2014-04-04 15:50:08 -07:00
drop_caches.c drop_caches: add some documentation and info message 2014-04-03 16:21:04 -07:00
eventfd.c eventfd_ctx_fdget(): use fdget() instead of fget() 2014-01-25 03:13:04 -05:00
eventpoll.c epoll: do not take the nested ep->mtx on EPOLL_CTL_DEL 2014-01-02 14:40:30 -08:00
exec.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-04-12 14:49:50 -07:00
fcntl.c locks: add new fcntl cmd values for handling file private locks 2014-03-31 08:24:43 -04:00
fhandle.c
file_table.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-04-12 14:49:50 -07:00
file.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-04-12 14:49:50 -07:00
filesystems.c sys_sysfs: Add CONFIG_SYSFS_SYSCALL 2014-04-03 16:21:05 -07:00
fs_struct.c
fs-writeback.c One of the main highlights this time, is not the patches themselves 2014-04-04 14:49:16 -07:00
inode.c Major changes for 3.14 include support for the newly added ZERO_RANGE 2014-04-04 15:39:39 -07:00
internal.h
ioctl.c
ioprio.c
Kconfig kernfs: add CONFIG_KERNFS 2014-02-07 16:08:57 -08:00
Kconfig.binfmt
libfs.c consolidate simple ->d_delete() instances 2013-11-15 22:04:17 -05:00
locks.c locks: make locks_mandatory_area check for file-private locks 2014-03-31 08:24:43 -04:00
Makefile kernfs: add CONFIG_KERNFS 2014-02-07 16:08:57 -08:00
mbcache.c ext4: each filesystem creates and uses its own mb_cache 2014-03-18 19:24:49 -04:00
mount.h reduce m_start() cost... 2014-04-01 23:19:09 -04:00
mpage.c block: Abstract out bvec iterator 2013-11-23 22:33:47 -08:00
namei.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-04-12 14:49:50 -07:00
namespace.c VFS: Make delayed_free() call free_vfsmnt() 2014-04-01 23:19:18 -04:00
no-block.c
open.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-04-12 14:49:50 -07:00
pipe.c switch pipe_read() to copy_page_to_iter() 2014-04-01 23:19:22 -04:00
pnode.c smarter propagate_mnt() 2014-04-01 23:19:08 -04:00
pnode.h smarter propagate_mnt() 2014-04-01 23:19:08 -04:00
posix_acl.c One of the main highlights this time, is not the patches themselves 2014-04-04 14:49:16 -07:00
proc_namespace.c reduce m_start() cost... 2014-04-01 23:19:09 -04:00
read_write.c Merge branch 'compat' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/s390/linux 2014-03-31 14:32:17 -07:00
readdir.c
select.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-11-13 15:34:18 +09:00
seq_file.c seq_file: always clear m->count when we free m->buf 2013-11-18 19:07:53 -08:00
signalfd.c
splice.c switch vmsplice_to_user() to copy_page_to_iter() 2014-04-01 23:19:23 -04:00
stack.c
stat.c
statfs.c
super.c fs: push sync_filesystem() down to the file system's remount_fs() 2014-03-13 10:14:33 -04:00
sync.c Revert "writeback: do not sync data dirtied after sync start" 2014-02-22 02:02:28 +01:00
timerfd.c timerfd: support CLOCK_BOOTTIME clock 2014-01-23 16:57:40 -08:00
utimes.c locks: break delegations on any attribute modification 2013-11-09 00:16:44 -05:00
xattr.c