writeback: synchronize sync(2) against cgroup writeback membership switches

sync_inodes_sb() can race against cgwb (cgroup writeback) membership
switches and fail to writeback some inodes.  For example, if an inode
switches to another wb while sync_inodes_sb() is in progress, the new
wb might not be visible to bdi_split_work_to_wbs() at all or the inode
might jump from a wb which hasn't issued writebacks yet to one which
already has.

This patch adds backing_dev_info->wb_switch_rwsem to synchronize cgwb
switch path against sync_inodes_sb() so that sync_inodes_sb() is
guaranteed to see all the target wbs and inodes can't jump wbs to
escape syncing.

v2: Fixed misplaced rwsem init.  Spotted by Jiufei.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Jiufei Xue <xuejiufei@gmail.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/dc694ae2-f07f-61e1-7097-7c8411cee12d@gmail.com
Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
This commit is contained in:
Tejun Heo
2017-12-12 08:38:30 -08:00
committed by Jens Axboe
parent 698cef1739
commit 7fc5854f8c
3 changed files with 40 additions and 2 deletions

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@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ struct backing_dev_info {
struct radix_tree_root cgwb_tree; /* radix tree of active cgroup wbs */
struct rb_root cgwb_congested_tree; /* their congested states */
struct mutex cgwb_release_mutex; /* protect shutdown of wb structs */
struct rw_semaphore wb_switch_rwsem; /* no cgwb switch while syncing */
#else
struct bdi_writeback_congested *wb_congested;
#endif