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dm exception store: fix misordered writes

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We must zero the next chunk on disk *before* writing out the current chunk, not
after.  Otherwise if the machine crashes at the wrong time, the "end of metadata"
marker may be missing.

Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
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Mikulas Patocka 2008-10-21 17:44:56 +01:00 committed by Alasdair G Kergon
parent 7c9e6c1732
commit 7acedc5b98
1 changed files with 8 additions and 3 deletions
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drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c
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@ -610,18 +610,23 @@ static void persistent_commit(struct exception_store *store,
(ps->current_committed != ps->exceptions_per_area))
return;
/*
* If we completely filled the current area, then wipe the next one.
*/
if ((ps->current_committed == ps->exceptions_per_area) &&
zero_disk_area(ps, ps->current_area + 1))
ps->valid = 0;
/*
* Commit exceptions to disk.
*/
if (area_io(ps, WRITE))
if (ps->valid && area_io(ps, WRITE))
ps->valid = 0;
/*
* Advance to the next area if this one is full.
*/
if (ps->current_committed == ps->exceptions_per_area) {
if (zero_disk_area(ps, ps->current_area + 1))
ps->valid = 0;
ps->current_committed = 0;
ps->current_area++;
zero_memory_area(ps);