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author | Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> | 2009-09-28 01:46:11 +0900 |
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committer | Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp> | 2009-09-29 20:12:56 +0900 |
commit | 1f28fcd925b2b3157411bbd08f0024b55b70d8dd (patch) | |
tree | 339976516f9d8c25f4efb3ba8bbffcc395d58c83 /fs/befs/linuxvfs.c | |
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nilfs2: fix missing zero-fill initialization of btree node cache
This will fix file system corruption which infrequently happens after
mount. The problem was reported from users with the title "[NILFS
users] Fail to mount NILFS." (Message-ID:
<200908211918.34720.yuri@itinteg.net>), and so forth. I've also
experienced the corruption multiple times on kernel 2.6.30 and 2.6.31.
The problem turned out to be caused due to discordance between
mapping->nrpages of a btree node cache and the actual number of pages
hung on the cache; if the mapping->nrpages becomes zero even as it has
pages, truncate_inode_pages() returns without doing anything. Usually
this is harmless except it may cause page leak, but garbage collection
fairly infrequently sees a stale page remained in the btree node cache
of DAT (i.e. disk address translation file of nilfs), and induces the
corruption.
I identified a missing initialization in btree node caches was the
root cause. This corrects the bug.
I've tested this for kernel 2.6.30 and 2.6.31.
Reported-by: Yuri Chislov <yuri@itinteg.net>
Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
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