gfs2: fix GL_SKIP node_scope problems

Before this patch, when a glock was locked, the very first holder on the
queue would unlock the lockref and call the go_instantiate glops function
(if one existed), unless GL_SKIP was specified. When we introduced the new
node-scope concept, we allowed multiple holders to lock glocks in EX mode
and share the lock.

But node-scope introduced a new problem: if the first holder has GL_SKIP
and the next one does NOT, since it is not the first holder on the queue,
the go_instantiate op was not called. Eventually the GL_SKIP holder may
call the instantiate sub-function (e.g. gfs2_rgrp_bh_get) but there was
still a window of time in which another non-GL_SKIP holder assumes the
instantiate function had been called by the first holder. In the case of
rgrp glocks, this led to a NULL pointer dereference on the buffer_heads.

This patch tries to fix the problem by introducing two new glock flags:

GLF_INSTANTIATE_NEEDED, which keeps track of when the instantiate function
needs to be called to "fill in" or "read in" the object before it is
referenced.

GLF_INSTANTIATE_IN_PROG which is used to determine when a process is
in the process of reading in the object. Whenever a function needs to
reference the object, it checks the GLF_INSTANTIATE_NEEDED flag, and if
set, it sets GLF_INSTANTIATE_IN_PROG and calls the glops "go_instantiate"
function.

As before, the gl_lockref spin_lock is unlocked during the IO operation,
which may take a relatively long amount of time to complete. While
unlocked, if another process determines go_instantiate is still needed,
it sees GLF_INSTANTIATE_IN_PROG is set, and waits for the go_instantiate
glop operation to be completed. Once GLF_INSTANTIATE_IN_PROG is cleared,
it needs to check GLF_INSTANTIATE_NEEDED again because the other process's
go_instantiate operation may not have been successful.

Functions that previously called the instantiate sub-functions now call
directly into gfs2_instantiate so the new bits are managed properly.

Signed-off-by: Bob Peterson <rpeterso@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/gfs2/incore.h b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
index af632dc65231..19a4c6132c67 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/incore.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ struct gfs2_alloc_parms {
 
 enum {
 	GLF_LOCK			= 1,
+	GLF_INSTANTIATE_NEEDED		= 2, /* needs instantiate */
 	GLF_DEMOTE			= 3,
 	GLF_PENDING_DEMOTE		= 4,
 	GLF_DEMOTE_IN_PROGRESS		= 5,
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ enum {
 	GLF_REPLY_PENDING		= 9,
 	GLF_INITIAL			= 10,
 	GLF_FROZEN			= 11,
+	GLF_INSTANTIATE_IN_PROG		= 12, /* instantiate happening now */
 	GLF_LRU				= 13,
 	GLF_OBJECT			= 14, /* Used only for tracing */
 	GLF_BLOCKING			= 15,