From 880b9577855edddda1e732748e849c63199d489b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Darrick J. Wong" Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 09:00:09 -0700 Subject: fs: distinguish between user initiated freeze and kernel initiated freeze Userspace can freeze a filesystem using the FIFREEZE ioctl or by suspending the block device; this state persists until userspace thaws the filesystem with the FITHAW ioctl or resuming the block device. Since commit 18e9e5104fcd ("Introduce freeze_super and thaw_super for the fsfreeze ioctl") we only allow the first freeze command to succeed. The kernel may decide that it is necessary to freeze a filesystem for its own internal purposes, such as suspends in progress, filesystem fsck activities, or quiescing a device prior to removal. Userspace thaw commands must never break a kernel freeze, and kernel thaw commands shouldn't undo userspace's freeze command. Introduce a couple of freeze holder flags and wire it into the sb_writers state. One kernel and one userspace freeze are allowed to coexist at the same time; the filesystem will not thaw until both are lifted. I wonder if the f2fs/gfs2 code should be using a kernel freeze here, but for now we'll use FREEZE_HOLDER_USERSPACE to preserve existing behaviors. Cc: mcgrof@kernel.org Cc: jack@suse.cz Cc: hch@infradead.org Cc: ruansy.fnst@fujitsu.com Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner Reviewed-by: Jan Kara --- Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems') diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst index cb2a97e49872..176dd4606d10 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst @@ -260,9 +260,11 @@ filesystem. The following members are defined: void (*evict_inode) (struct inode *); void (*put_super) (struct super_block *); int (*sync_fs)(struct super_block *sb, int wait); - int (*freeze_super) (struct super_block *); + int (*freeze_super) (struct super_block *sb, + enum freeze_holder who); int (*freeze_fs) (struct super_block *); - int (*thaw_super) (struct super_block *); + int (*thaw_super) (struct super_block *sb, + enum freeze_wholder who); int (*unfreeze_fs) (struct super_block *); int (*statfs) (struct dentry *, struct kstatfs *); int (*remount_fs) (struct super_block *, int *, char *); -- cgit v1.2.3