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Currently the generation field of struct btrfs_fs_info is always modified while holding fs_info->trans_lock locked. Most readers will access this field without taking that lock but while holding a transaction handle, which is safe to do due to the transaction life cycle. However there are other readers that are neither holding the lock nor holding a transaction handle open: 1) When reading an inode from disk, at btrfs_read_locked_inode(); 2) When reading the generation to expose it to sysfs, at btrfs_generation_show(); 3) Early in the fsync path, at skip_inode_logging(); 4) When creating a hole at btrfs_cont_expand(), during write paths, truncate and reflinking; 5) In the fs_info ioctl (btrfs_ioctl_fs_info()); 6) While mounting the filesystem, in the open_ctree() path. In these cases it's safe to directly read fs_info->generation as no one can concurrently start a transaction and update fs_info->generation. In case of the fsync path, races here should be harmless, and in the worst case they may cause a fsync to log an inode when it's not really needed, so nothing bad from a functional perspective. In the other cases it's not so clear if functional problems may arise, though in case 1 rare things like a load/store tearing [1] may cause the BTRFS_INODE_NEEDS_FULL_SYNC flag not being set on an inode and therefore result in incorrect logging later on in case a fsync call is made. To avoid data race warnings from tools like KCSAN and other issues such as load and store tearing (amongst others, see [1]), create helpers to access the generation field of struct btrfs_fs_info using READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE(), and use these helpers where needed. [1] https://lwn.net/Articles/793253/ Signed-off-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com> Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com> Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
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