Commit db3e24a
nilfs2: make block erasure safe in nilfs_finish_roll_forward()
The implementation of writing a zero-fill block in
nilfs_finish_roll_forward() is not safe. The buffer is being cleared
without acquiring a lock or setting the uptodate flag, so theoretically,
between the time the buffer's data is cleared and the time it is written
back to the block device using sync_dirty_buffer(), that zero data can be
undone by concurrent block device reads.
Since this buffer points to a location that has been read from disk once,
the uptodate flag will most likely remain, but since it was obtained with
__getblk(), that is not guaranteed. In other words, this is exceptional,
and this function itself is not normally called (only once when mounting
after a specific pattern of unclean shutdown), so it is highly unlikely
that this will actually cause a problem.
Anyway, eliminate this potential race issue by protecting the clearing of
buffer data with a buffer lock and setting the buffer's uptodate flag
within the protected section.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>1 parent 28d2188 commit db3e24a
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