If we create a snapshot of a snapshot currently being used by a send
operation, we can end up with send failing unexpectedly (returning
-ENOENT error to user space for example). The following diagram shows
how this happens.
CPU 1 CPU2 CPU3
btrfs_ioctl_send()
(...)
create_snapshot()
-> creates snapshot of a
root used by the send
task
btrfs_commit_transaction()
create_pending_snapshot()
__get_inode_info()
btrfs_search_slot()
btrfs_search_slot_get_root()
down_read commit_root_sem
get reference on eb of the
commit root
-> eb with bytenr == X
up_read commit_root_sem
btrfs_cow_block(root node)
btrfs_free_tree_block()
-> creates delayed ref to
free the extent
btrfs_run_delayed_refs()
-> runs the delayed ref,
adds extent to
fs_info->pinned_extents
btrfs_finish_extent_commit()
unpin_extent_range()
-> marks extent as free
in the free space cache
transaction commit finishes
btrfs_start_transaction()
(...)
btrfs_cow_block()
btrfs_alloc_tree_block()
btrfs_reserve_extent()
-> allocates extent at
bytenr == X
btrfs_init_new_buffer(bytenr X)
btrfs_find_create_tree_block()
alloc_extent_buffer(bytenr X)
find_extent_buffer(bytenr X)
-> returns existing eb,
which the send task got
(...)
-> modifies content of the
eb with bytenr == X
-> uses an eb that now
belongs to some other
tree and no more matches
the commit root of the
snapshot, resuts will be
unpredictable
The consequences of this race can be various, and can lead to searches in
the commit root performed by the send task failing unexpectedly (unable to
find inode items, returning -ENOENT to user space, for example) or not
failing because an inode item with the same number was added to the tree
that reused the metadata extent, in which case send can behave incorrectly
in the worst case or just fail later for some reason.
Fix this by performing a copy of the commit root's extent buffer when doing
a search in the context of a send operation.
CC: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.4.x: 1fc28d8e2e: Btrfs: move get root out of btrfs_search_slot to a helper
CC: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.4.x: f9ddfd0592: Btrfs: remove unused check of skip_locking
CC: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.4.x
Signed-off-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
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