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>
unsigned sz = 0;
struct dm_snapshot *snap = ti->private;
+ down_write(&snap->lock);
+
switch (type) {
case STATUSTYPE_INFO:
if (!snap->valid)
break;
}
+ up_write(&snap->lock);
+
return 0;
}