On 1/14/25 12:03, Pavel Tikhomirov wrote:
On 12/6/24 05:55, Alexander Atanasov wrote:
@@ -411,7 +415,6 @@ static void ploop_apply_delta_mappings(struct ploop *ploop,
      if (!is_raw)
          d_md = ploop_md_first_entry(md_root);
-    write_lock_irq(&ploop->bat_rwlock);
      ploop_for_each_md_page(ploop, md, node) {
          bat_entries = md->kmpage;
          if (!is_raw)
@@ -455,7 +458,6 @@ static void ploop_apply_delta_mappings(struct ploop *ploop,
          if (!is_raw)
              d_md = ploop_md_next_entry(d_md);
      }
-    write_unlock_irq(&ploop->bat_rwlock);
  }
  int ploop_check_delta_length(struct ploop *ploop, struct file *file, loff_t *file_size)

This is not possible to remove this lock, as ploop->bat_entries rbtree is protected by it. In other words ploop_for_each_md_page should be protected by critical section against concurrent ploop_add_md_pages.


Also, in case we have some other ploop design concept that orders those places and concurrency between them is not possible (e.g.: like suspended ploop) it must be carefully checked for all places and described in commit message.

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Best regards, Tikhomirov Pavel
Senior Software Developer, Virtuozzo.

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