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dm snapshot: lock snapshot while supplying status

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>
Mikulas Patocka vor 15 Jahren
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      drivers/md/dm-snap.c

+ 4 - 0
drivers/md/dm-snap.c

@@ -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;
 }