[PATCH 4.2.y-ckt 57/93] dm cache metadata: fix cmd_read_lock() acquiring write lock

Kamal Mostafa kamal at canonical.com
Tue Apr 26 18:16:57 UTC 2016


4.2.8-ckt9 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Ahmed Samy <f.fallen45 at gmail.com>

commit 6545b60baaf880b0cd29a5e89dbe745a06027e89 upstream.

Commit 9567366fefdd ("dm cache metadata: fix READ_LOCK macros and
cleanup WRITE_LOCK macros") uses down_write() instead of down_read() in
cmd_read_lock(), yet up_read() is used to release the lock in
READ_UNLOCK().  Fix it.

Fixes: 9567366fefdd ("dm cache metadata: fix READ_LOCK macros and cleanup WRITE_LOCK macros")
Signed-off-by: Ahmed Samy <f.fallen45 at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer at redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c b/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c
index 141b9bc..d00d5bb 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c
@@ -890,9 +890,9 @@ static bool cmd_write_lock(struct dm_cache_metadata *cmd)
 
 static bool cmd_read_lock(struct dm_cache_metadata *cmd)
 {
-	down_write(&cmd->root_lock);
+	down_read(&cmd->root_lock);
 	if (cmd->fail_io) {
-		up_write(&cmd->root_lock);
+		up_read(&cmd->root_lock);
 		return false;
 	}
 	return true;
-- 
2.7.4





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