dm snapshot: lock snapshot while supplying status
authorMikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:18:16 +0000 (23:18 +0100)
committerAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:18:16 +0000 (23:18 +0100)
This patch locks the snapshot when returning status.  It fixes a race
when it could return an invalid number of free chunks if someone
was simultaneously modifying it.

Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
drivers/md/dm-snap.c

index 9cb392b3e920c22a4682c67a7d2fb80cfde35698..9bc814aa2bbd98d74f54bb07b8e41f3d374fff86 100644 (file)
@@ -1152,6 +1152,8 @@ static int snapshot_status(struct dm_target *ti, status_type_t type,
        unsigned sz = 0;
        struct dm_snapshot *snap = ti->private;
 
+       down_write(&snap->lock);
+
        switch (type) {
        case STATUSTYPE_INFO:
                if (!snap->valid)
@@ -1183,6 +1185,8 @@ static int snapshot_status(struct dm_target *ti, status_type_t type,
                break;
        }
 
+       up_write(&snap->lock);
+
        return 0;
 }