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dm cache: fix resize crash if user doesn't reload cache table

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A reload of the cache's DM table is needed during resize because
otherwise a crash will occur when attempting to access smq policy
entries associated with the portion of the cache that was recently
extended.

The reason is cache-size based data structures in the policy will not be
resized, the only way to safely extend the cache is to allow for a
proper cache policy initialization that occurs when the cache table is
loaded.  For example the smq policy's space_init(), init_allocator(),
calc_hotspot_params() must be sized based on the extended cache size.

The fix for this is to disallow cache resizes of this pattern:
1) suspend "cache" target's device
2) resize the fast device used for the cache
3) resume "cache" target's device

Instead, the last step must be a full reload of the cache's DM table.

Fixes: 66a636356 ("dm cache: add stochastic-multi-queue (smq) policy")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
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Mike Snitzer 2018-09-25 20:56:02 -04:00
parent 4561ffca88
commit 5d07384a66
1 changed files with 7 additions and 2 deletions
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drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
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@ -3009,8 +3009,13 @@ static dm_cblock_t get_cache_dev_size(struct cache *cache)
static bool can_resize(struct cache *cache, dm_cblock_t new_size)
{
if (from_cblock(new_size) > from_cblock(cache->cache_size))
return true;
if (from_cblock(new_size) > from_cblock(cache->cache_size)) {
if (cache->sized) {
DMERR("%s: unable to extend cache due to missing cache table reload",
cache_device_name(cache));
return false;
}
}
/*
* We can't drop a dirty block when shrinking the cache.