[linux-lvm] [PATCH] fix oops when snapshots get full
Andreas Dilger
adilger at turbolabs.com
Thu Oct 11 21:37:24 UTC 2001
On Oct 11, 2001 17:03 -0400, Chris Mason wrote:
> > 3) The alternative would be to check lv->lv_block_exception inside
> > lvm_snapshot_remap_block() instead of in the callers (returning "1"
> > if it is NULL, and we don't want to do remap). This would avoid any
> > problems in the future if someone else calls lvm_snapshot_remap_block()
> > without checking lv_block_exception first. Untested patch below which
> > should be equivalent to your previous patch.
>
> The only thing I don't like about this is that it makes it hides
> the fact that lvm_snapshot_COW and a few other calls depend on
> block_exception being valid. The code certainly looks right though,
> just a matter of style.
Well, lvm_snapshot_COW() is only called from one place, AFAICS, which
is in __remap_snapshot() after we call lvm_snapshot_remap_block(), so
we should be OK (could add a comment about this, and also the fact that
you need to hold the lv_lock to call this function in the first place.
Cheers, Andreas
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