When the btrfs on a device is overwritten with a new btrfs (mkfs), the old btrfs instance in the kernel becomes stale. So with this patch if kernel finds device is overwritten, then delete the stale fsid/uuid.
Signed-off-by: Anand Jain <anand.j...@oracle.com> --- V5->V5.1: since this deals with only devices in unmounted state, don't try to remove device link fs/btrfs/volumes.c | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c index 747241f..eb57331 100644 --- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c +++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c @@ -445,6 +445,55 @@ static void pending_bios_fn(struct btrfs_work *work) run_scheduled_bios(device); } +void btrfs_free_stale_device(struct btrfs_device *cur_dev) +{ + int del = 0; + struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devs; + struct btrfs_device *dev; + + if (!rcu_str_deref(cur_dev->name)) + return; + list_for_each_entry(fs_devs, &fs_uuids, list) { + if (fs_devs->opened) + continue; + if (fs_devs->seeding) + continue; + list_for_each_entry(dev, &fs_devs->devices, dev_list) { + if (dev == cur_dev) + continue; + + /* + * Todo: This won't be enough. What if same device + * comes back with new uuid and with its mapper path? + * But for now, this does helps as mostly an admin will + * use either mapper or non mapper path throughout. + */ + if (!rcu_str_deref(dev->name)) + continue; + if (!strcmp(rcu_str_deref(dev->name), + rcu_str_deref(cur_dev->name))) { + del = 1; + break; + } + } + if (del) { + /* delete the stale */ + if (fs_devs->num_devices == 1) { + btrfs_sysfs_remove_fsid(fs_devs); + list_del(&fs_devs->list); + free_fs_devices(fs_devs); + } else { + fs_devs->num_devices--; + list_del(&dev->dev_list); + rcu_string_free(dev->name); + kfree(dev); + } + break; + } + } + return; +} + /* * Add new device to list of registered devices * @@ -560,6 +609,8 @@ static noinline int device_list_add(const char *path, if (!fs_devices->opened) device->generation = found_transid; + btrfs_free_stale_device(device); + *fs_devices_ret = fs_devices; return ret; -- 2.0.0.257.g75cc6c6 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html