Re: [PATCH v4] jbd2: Fix data missing when reusing bh which is ready to be checkpointed

From: Theodore Ts'o
Date: Sun Feb 19 2023 - 00:41:43 EST


On Tue, 10 Jan 2023 09:53:27 +0800, Zhihao Cheng wrote:
> Following process will make data lost and could lead to a filesystem
> corrupted problem:
>
> 1. jh(bh) is inserted into T1->t_checkpoint_list, bh is dirty, and
> jh->b_transaction = NULL
> 2. T1 is added into journal->j_checkpoint_transactions.
> 3. Get bh prepare to write while doing checkpoing:
> PA PB
> do_get_write_access jbd2_log_do_checkpoint
> spin_lock(&jh->b_state_lock)
> if (buffer_dirty(bh))
> clear_buffer_dirty(bh) // clear buffer dirty
> set_buffer_jbddirty(bh)
> transaction =
> journal->j_checkpoint_transactions
> jh = transaction->t_checkpoint_list
> if (!buffer_dirty(bh))
> __jbd2_journal_remove_checkpoint(jh)
> // bh won't be flushed
> jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail
> __jbd2_journal_file_buffer(jh, transaction, BJ_Reserved)
> 4. Aborting journal/Power-cut before writing latest bh on journal area.
>
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] jbd2: Fix data missing when reusing bh which is ready to be checkpointed
commit: e6b9bd7290d334451ce054e98e752abc055e0034

Best regards,
--
Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>