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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c index a8d0ed91119..becf4a97efc 100644 --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c @@ -526,7 +526,25 @@ xfs_buf_item_unpin( } xfs_buf_relse(bp); } else if (freed && remove) { + /* + * There are currently two references to the buffer - the active + * LRU reference and the buf log item. What we are about to do + * here - simulate a failed IO completion - requires 3 + * references. + * + * The LRU reference is removed by the xfs_buf_stale() call. The + * buf item reference is removed by the xfs_buf_iodone() + * callback that is run by xfs_buf_do_callbacks() during ioend + * processing (via the bp->b_iodone callback), and then finally + * the ioend processing will drop the IO reference if the buffer + * is marked XBF_ASYNC. + * + * Hence we need to take an additional reference here so that IO + * completion processing doesn't free the buffer prematurely. + */ xfs_buf_lock(bp); + xfs_buf_hold(bp); + bp->b_flags |= XBF_ASYNC; xfs_buf_ioerror(bp, EIO); XFS_BUF_UNDONE(bp); xfs_buf_stale(bp); |