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SubjectRe: [PATCH][RESEND] vfs: serialize updates to file->f_sb_err with f_lock
On Mon, Jan 04, 2021 at 01:43:47PM -0500, Jeff Layton wrote:
> @@ -172,7 +172,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(syncfs, int, fd)
> ret = sync_filesystem(sb);
> up_read(&sb->s_umount);
>
> - ret2 = errseq_check_and_advance(&sb->s_wb_err, &f.file->f_sb_err);
> + if (errseq_check(&sb->s_wb_err, f.file->f_sb_err)) {
> + /* Something changed, must use slow path */
> + spin_lock(&f.file->f_lock);
> + ret2 = errseq_check_and_advance(&sb->s_wb_err, &f.file->f_sb_err);
> + spin_unlock(&f.file->f_lock);
> + }

Is there any point bothering with the fastpath here?
I mean, look at the up_read() immediately prior to that thing...

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