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    xfs: stabilize insert range start boundary to avoid COW writeback race · d0c22041
    Brian Foster authored
    generic/522 (fsx) occasionally fails with a file corruption due to
    an insert range operation. The primary characteristic of the
    corruption is a misplaced insert range operation that differs from
    the requested target offset. The reason for this behavior is a race
    between the extent shift sequence of an insert range and a COW
    writeback completion that causes a front merge with the first extent
    in the shift.
    
    The shift preparation function flushes and unmaps from the target
    offset of the operation to the end of the file to ensure no
    modifications can be made and page cache is invalidated before file
    data is shifted. An insert range operation then splits the extent at
    the target offset, if necessary, and begins to shift the start
    offset of each extent starting from the end of the file to the start
    offset. The shift sequence operates at extent level and so depends
    on the preparation sequence to guarantee no changes can be made to
    the target range during the shift. If the block immediately prior to
    the target offset was dirty and shared, however, it can undergo
    writeback and move from the COW fork to the data fork at any point
    during the shift. If the block is contiguous with the block at the
    start offset of the insert range, it can front merge and alter the
    start offset of the extent. Once the shift sequence reaches the
    target offset, it shifts based on the latest start offset and
    silently changes the target offset of the operation and corrupts the
    file.
    
    To address this problem, update the shift preparation code to
    stabilize the start boundary along with the full range of the
    insert. Also update the existing corruption check to fail if any
    extent is shifted with a start offset behind the target offset of
    the insert range. This prevents insert from racing with COW
    writeback completion and fails loudly in the event of an unexpected
    extent shift.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarBrian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarDarrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDarrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
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