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dm thin: commit metadata before creating metadata snapshot
authorJoe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Tue, 3 Jul 2012 11:55:31 +0000 (12:55 +0100)
committerAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Tue, 3 Jul 2012 11:55:31 +0000 (12:55 +0100)
commitffbfd5df1f0f5a06c5c05814d76792d2fe9e8b37
tree0a6da552aefa121af0856fb17da8cb6847d10342
parent3b15e0f7495f5dcfda3ad9d09b0aa6894191804f
dm thin: commit metadata before creating metadata snapshot

Userland sometimes sees a corrupt metadata block if metadata is changing
rapidly when a metadata snapshot is reserved for userland,  To make the
problem go away, commit before we take the metadata snapshot (which is a
sensible thing to do anyway).

The checksums mean userland spots this corruption immediately so there's
no risk of acting on incorrect data.  No corruption exists from the
kernel's point of view, and thin_check passes after pool shutdown.

I believe this is to do with shared blocks at the first level of the
{device, mapping} btree.  Prior to the metadata-snap support no sharing
at this level was possible, so this patch is only required after commit
7eddafbb0b6357f74f4420f3062b8579a91cf581 ("dm thin: provide userspace
access to pool metadata").

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
drivers/md/dm-thin.c