dm exception store: fix misordered writes We must zero the next chunk on disk *before* writing out the current chunk, not after. Otherwise if the machine crashes at the wrong time, the "end of metadata" marker may be missing. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c b/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c index fe6cef8..6179bf7 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c
@@ -611,17 +611,22 @@ return; /* + * If we completely filled the current area, then wipe the next one. + */ + if ((ps->current_committed == ps->exceptions_per_area) && + zero_disk_area(ps, ps->current_area + 1)) + ps->valid = 0; + + /* * Commit exceptions to disk. */ - if (area_io(ps, WRITE)) + if (ps->valid && area_io(ps, WRITE)) ps->valid = 0; /* * Advance to the next area if this one is full. */ if (ps->current_committed == ps->exceptions_per_area) { - if (zero_disk_area(ps, ps->current_area + 1)) - ps->valid = 0; ps->current_committed = 0; ps->current_area++; zero_memory_area(ps);