ocfs2: fix rare stale inode errors when exporting via nfs

For nfs exporting, ocfs2_get_dentry() returns the dentry for fh.
ocfs2_get_dentry() may read from disk when the inode is not in memory,
without any cross cluster lock. this leads to the file system loading a
stale inode.

This patch fixes above problem.

Solution is that in case of inode is not in memory, we get the cluster
lock(PR) of alloc inode where the inode in question is allocated from (this
causes node on which deletion is done sync the alloc inode) before reading
out the inode itsself. then we check the bitmap in the group (the inode in
question allcated from) to see if the bit is clear. if it's clear then it's
stale. if the bit is set, we then check generation as the existing code
does.

We have to read out the inode in question from disk first to know its alloc
slot and allot bit. And if its not stale we read it out using ocfs2_iget().
The second read should then be from cache.

And also we have to add a per superblock nfs_sync_lock to cover the lock for
alloc inode and that for inode in question. this is because ocfs2_get_dentry()
and ocfs2_delete_inode() lock on them in reverse order. nfs_sync_lock is locked
in EX mode in ocfs2_get_dentry() and in PR mode in ocfs2_delete_inode(). so
that mutliple ocfs2_delete_inode() can run concurrently in normal case.

[mfasheh@suse.com: build warning fixes and comment cleanups]
Signed-off-by: Wengang Wang <wen.gang.wang@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.h b/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
index e1978ac..ea71525 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.h
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ void ocfs2_drop_inode(struct inode *inode);
 /* Flags for ocfs2_iget() */
 #define OCFS2_FI_FLAG_SYSFILE		0x1
 #define OCFS2_FI_FLAG_ORPHAN_RECOVERY	0x2
+struct inode *ocfs2_ilookup(struct super_block *sb, u64 feoff);
 struct inode *ocfs2_iget(struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 feoff, unsigned flags,
 			 int sysfile_type);
 int ocfs2_inode_init_private(struct inode *inode);