Re: [PATCH 5/6] Btrfs: fix race setting block group back to RW mode during device replace

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On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 12:45 AM,  <fdmanana@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@xxxxxxxx>
>
> After it finishes processing a device extent, the device replace code sets
> back the block group to RW mode and then after that it sets the left cursor
> to match the logical end address of the block group, so that future writes
> into extents belonging to the block group go both the source (old) and
> target (new) devices. However from the moment we turn the block group
> back to RW mode we have a short time window, that lasts until we update
> the left cursor's value, where extents can be allocated from the block
> group and written to, in which case they will not be copied/written to
> the target (new) device. Fix this by updating the left cursor's value
> before turning the block group back to RW mode.
>
> Signed-off-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@xxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Josef Bacik <jbacik@xxxxxx>

Thanks,

Josef
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