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Lachlan McIlroy ba87ea699e [XFS] Fix to prevent the notorious 'NULL files' problem after a crash. 
The problem that has been addressed is that of synchronising updates of
the file size with writes that extend a file. Without the fix the update
of a file's size, as a result of a write beyond eof, is independent of
when the cached data is flushed to disk. Often the file size update would
be written to the filesystem log before the data is flushed to disk. When
a system crashes between these two events and the filesystem log is
replayed on mount the file's size will be set but since the contents never
made it to disk the file is full of holes. If some of the cached data was
flushed to disk then it may just be a section of the file at the end that
has holes.

There are existing fixes to help alleviate this problem, particularly in
the case where a file has been truncated, that force cached data to be
flushed to disk when the file is closed. If the system crashes while the
file(s) are still open then this flushing will never occur.

The fix that we have implemented is to introduce a second file size,
called the in-memory file size, that represents the current file size as
viewed by the user. The existing file size, called the on-disk file size,
is the one that get's written to the filesystem log and we only update it
when it is safe to do so. When we write to a file beyond eof we only
update the in- memory file size in the write operation. Later when the I/O
operation, that flushes the cached data to disk completes, an I/O
completion routine will update the on-disk file size. The on-disk file
size will be updated to the maximum offset of the I/O or to the value of
the in-memory file size if the I/O includes eof.

SGI-PV: 958522
SGI-Modid: xfs-linux-melb:xfs-kern:28322a

Signed-off-by: Lachlan McIlroy <lachlan@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: David Chinner <dgc@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Tim Shimmin <tes@sgi.com>
2007-05-08 13:49:46 +10:00
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9p v9fs: don't use primary fid when removing file 2007-04-24 08:23:08 -07:00
adfs slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
affs slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
afs slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
autofs [PATCH] Mark struct super_operations const 2007-02-12 09:48:47 -08:00
autofs4 [PATCH] autofs4: fix race in unhashed dentry code 2007-04-12 15:31:42 -07:00
befs slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
bfs slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
cifs slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
coda slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
configfs remove "struct subsystem" as it is no longer needed 2007-05-02 18:57:59 -07:00
cramfs mm: make read_cache_page synchronous 2007-05-07 12:12:51 -07:00
debugfs remove "struct subsystem" as it is no longer needed 2007-05-02 18:57:59 -07:00
devpts [PATCH] Mark struct super_operations const 2007-02-12 09:48:47 -08:00
dlm Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/gfs2-2.6-nmw 2007-05-07 12:26:27 -07:00
ecryptfs slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
efs slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
exportfs [PATCH] VFS: Make filldir_t and struct kstat deal in 64-bit inode numbers 2006-10-03 08:03:40 -07:00
ext2 slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
ext3 slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
ext4 slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
fat slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
freevxfs mm: make read_cache_page synchronous 2007-05-07 12:12:51 -07:00
fuse Merge branch 'server-cluster-locking-api' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux 2007-05-07 12:34:24 -07:00
gfs2 Merge branch 'server-cluster-locking-api' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux 2007-05-07 12:34:24 -07:00
hfs slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
hfsplus slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
hostfs [PATCH] uml: hostfs variable renaming 2007-03-29 08:22:25 -07:00
hpfs slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
hppfs [PATCH] Mark struct super_operations const 2007-02-12 09:48:47 -08:00
hugetlbfs hugetlbfs: add NULL check in hugetlb_zero_setup() 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
isofs slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
jbd [PATCH] jbd: wait for already submitted t_sync_datalist buffer to complete 2006-12-22 08:55:51 -08:00
jbd2 [PATCH] jbd2: wait for already submitted t_sync_datalist buffer to complete 2006-12-07 08:39:42 -08:00
jffs2 slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
jfs slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
lockd Merge branch 'server-cluster-locking-api' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux 2007-05-07 12:34:24 -07:00
minix slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
msdos [PATCH] mark struct inode_operations const 2 2007-02-12 09:48:46 -08:00
ncpfs slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
nfs Merge branch 'server-cluster-locking-api' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux 2007-05-07 12:34:24 -07:00
nfs_common [PATCH] nfs_common endianness annotations 2006-10-20 10:26:41 -07:00
nfsd Merge branch 'server-cluster-locking-api' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux 2007-05-07 12:34:24 -07:00
nls [PATCH] fs: make nls_cp936.c handle some U00XY characters and U20AC correctly 2006-12-07 08:39:46 -08:00
ntfs slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
ocfs2 slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
openpromfs slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
partitions mm: optimize acorn partition truncate 2007-05-07 12:12:55 -07:00
proc slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
qnx4 slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
ramfs [PATCH] Mark struct super_operations const 2007-02-12 09:48:47 -08:00
reiserfs slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
romfs slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
smbfs slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
sysfs remove "struct subsystem" as it is no longer needed 2007-05-02 18:57:59 -07:00
sysv slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
udf slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
ufs slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
vfat [PATCH] mark struct inode_operations const 3 2007-02-12 09:48:46 -08:00
xfs [XFS] Fix to prevent the notorious 'NULL files' problem after a crash. 2007-05-08 13:49:46 +10:00
aio.c KMEM_CACHE(): simplify slab cache creation 2007-05-07 12:12:55 -07:00
attr.c
bad_inode.c [PATCH] mark struct inode_operations const 1 2007-02-12 09:48:46 -08:00
binfmt_aout.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
binfmt_elf.c [PATCH] fix page leak during core dump 2007-04-02 10:06:08 -07:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c [PATCH] fix page leak during core dump 2007-04-02 10:06:08 -07:00
binfmt_em86.c
binfmt_flat.c [PATCH] uclinux: correctly remap bin_fmtflat exe allocated mem regions 2007-02-09 10:45:33 -08:00
binfmt_misc.c [PATCH] Mark struct super_operations const 2007-02-12 09:48:47 -08:00
binfmt_script.c
binfmt_som.c [PARISC] Fix fs/binfmt_som.c 2006-10-04 06:51:26 -06:00
bio.c KMEM_CACHE(): simplify slab cache creation 2007-05-07 12:12:55 -07:00
block_dev.c slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
buffer.c slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
char_dev.c [PATCH] remove protection of LANANA-reserved majors 2007-04-04 21:12:47 -07:00
compat.c [PATCH] x86-64: Print type and size correctly for unknown compat ioctls 2007-05-02 19:27:21 +02:00
compat_ioctl.c [PATCH] x86-64: Shut up warnings for vfat compat ioctls on other file systems 2007-05-02 19:27:21 +02:00
dcache.c KMEM_CACHE(): simplify slab cache creation 2007-05-07 12:12:55 -07:00
dcookies.c [PATCH] slab: remove kmem_cache_t 2006-12-07 08:39:25 -08:00
direct-io.c [PATCH] dio: lock refcount operations 2006-12-10 09:57:21 -08:00
dnotify.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
dquot.c mm: remove destroy_dirty_buffers from invalidate_bdev() 2007-05-07 12:12:55 -07:00
drop_caches.c [PATCH] remove invalidate_inode_pages() 2007-02-11 10:51:31 -08:00
eventpoll.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
exec.c exec.c: fix coredump to pipe problem and obscure "security hole" 2007-04-17 16:36:26 -07:00
fcntl.c [PATCH] fdtable: Make fdarray and fdsets equal in size 2006-12-10 09:57:22 -08:00
fifo.c
file.c [PATCH] fdtable: Provide free_fdtable() wrapper 2006-12-22 08:55:50 -08:00
file_table.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
filesystems.c [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00
fs-writeback.c Write back inode data pages even when the inode itself is locked 2007-01-26 12:53:20 -08:00
generic_acl.c [PATCH] Generic infrastructure for acls 2006-09-29 09:18:24 -07:00
inode.c slab allocators: Remove SLAB_DEBUG_INITIAL flag 2007-05-07 12:12:57 -07:00
inotify.c [PATCH] severing fs.h, radix-tree.h -> sched.h 2006-12-04 02:00:24 -05:00
inotify_user.c [PATCH] inotify: read return val fix 2007-02-12 09:48:28 -08:00
internal.h [PATCH] CONFIG_BLOCK internal.h cleanups 2006-09-30 20:52:32 +02:00
ioctl.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
ioprio.c [PATCH] pid: replace do/while_each_task_pid with do/while_each_pid_task 2007-02-12 09:48:32 -08:00
Kconfig Merge git://git.linux-nfs.org/pub/linux/nfs-2.6 2007-05-04 19:55:11 -07:00
Kconfig.binfmt blackfin architecture 2007-05-07 12:12:58 -07:00
libfs.c [PATCH] shmem and simple const super_operations 2007-03-05 07:57:51 -08:00
locks.c Merge branch 'server-cluster-locking-api' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux 2007-05-07 12:34:24 -07:00
Makefile Remove JFFS (version 1), as scheduled. 2007-02-17 16:10:59 -05:00
mbcache.c [PATCH] slab: remove kmem_cache_t 2006-12-07 08:39:25 -08:00
mpage.c [PATCH] BLOCK: Dissociate generic_writepages() from mpage stuff [try #6] 2006-09-30 20:52:26 +02:00
namei.c mm: make read_cache_page synchronous 2007-05-07 12:12:51 -07:00
namespace.c [PATCH] Transform kmem_cache_alloc()+memset(0) -> kmem_cache_zalloc(). 2007-02-11 10:51:27 -08:00
nfsctl.c
no-block.c [PATCH] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #6] 2006-09-30 20:52:31 +02:00
open.c [PATCH] fdtable: Make fdarray and fdsets equal in size 2006-12-10 09:57:22 -08:00
pipe.c [PATCH] AUDIT_FD_PAIR 2007-02-17 21:30:15 -05:00
pnode.c [PATCH] rename struct namespace to struct mnt_namespace 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
pnode.h [PATCH] rename struct namespace to struct mnt_namespace 2006-12-08 08:28:51 -08:00
posix_acl.c [PATCH] kmemdup: some users 2006-10-01 00:39:19 -07:00
quota.c [PATCH] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #6] 2006-09-30 20:52:31 +02:00
quota_v1.c
quota_v2.c
read_write.c [PATCH] FS: speed up rw_verify_area() 2007-02-12 09:48:29 -08:00
read_write.h [PATCH] Remove readv/writev methods and use aio_read/aio_write instead 2006-10-01 00:39:28 -07:00
readdir.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
select.c [PATCH] fdtable: Make fdarray and fdsets equal in size 2006-12-10 09:57:22 -08:00
seq_file.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
splice.c [PATCH] splice: partial write fix 2007-03-29 14:26:42 +02:00
stack.c [PATCH] fs/stack.c: Copy i_nlink after all other attributes are copied 2007-02-19 14:21:50 -08:00
stat.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
super.c the overdue removal of the mount/umount uevents 2007-04-27 10:57:31 -07:00
sync.c [PATCH] Turn do_sync_file_range() into do_sync_mapping_range() 2007-04-26 15:02:26 -07:00
utimes.c [PATCH] severing fs.h, radix-tree.h -> sched.h 2006-12-04 02:00:24 -05:00
xattr.c [PATCH] VFS: change struct file to use struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:41 -08:00
xattr_acl.c [PATCH] remove many unneeded #includes of sched.h 2007-02-14 08:09:54 -08:00