lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2017]   [Oct]   [13]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [GIT PULL 02/58] lightnvm: prevent bd removal if busy
On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 02:45:51PM +0200, Matias Bjørling wrote:
> From: Rakesh Pandit <rakesh@tuxera.com>
>
> When a virtual block device is formatted and mounted after creating
> with "nvme lnvm create... -t pblk", a removal from "nvm lnvm remove"
> would result in this:
>
> 446416.309757] bdi-block not registered
> [446416.309773] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> [446416.309780] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 4319 at fs/fs-writeback.c:2159
> __mark_inode_dirty+0x268/0x340
>
> Ideally removal should return -EBUSY as block device is mounted after
> formatting. This patch tries to address this checking if whole device
> or any partition of it already mounted or not before removal.

How is this different from any other block device that can be
removed even if a file system is mounted?

>
> Whole device is checked using "bd_super" member of block device. This
> member is always set once block device has been mounted using a
> filesystem. Another member "bd_part_count" takes care of checking any
> if any partitions are under use. "bd_part_count" is only updated
> under locks when partitions are opened or closed (first open and last
> release). This at least does take care sending -EBUSY if removal is
> being attempted while whole block device or any partition is mounted.
>

That's a massive layering violation, and a driver has no business
looking at these fields.

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2017-10-13 16:58    [W:1.170 / U:0.012 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site