The commit f7be2d7f594cbc ("xfs: push down inactive transaction
mgmt for truncate") refactored the xfs_inactive() function
in fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c. However, it also moved the call to
xfs_idestroy_fork() from inside the xfs_ilock() critical section to
outside. That was causing memory corruption and strange failures like
deferencing NULL pointers in some circumstances.
This patch moves the xfs_idestroy_fork() call back into an xfs_ilock()
critical section to avoid memory corruption problem.
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <waiman.l...@hp.com>
---
fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c | 5 ++++-
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index 6163767..31850fb 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -1900,8 +1900,11 @@ xfs_inactive(
return;
}
- if (ip->i_afp)
+ if (ip->i_afp) {
+ xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
xfs_idestroy_fork(ip, XFS_ATTR_FORK);
+ xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
+ }
ASSERT(ip->i_d.di_anextents == 0);
--
1.7.1
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