From 4617721c502b2ddaa4e324e86da4997edf738fa5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steven Rostedt Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 09:55:01 -0400 Subject: ftrace: Synchronize the initialization of ftrace_ops There's some internal state that ftrace_ops needs to have set, but since it can be declared outside of the ftrace.c code, it calls ftrace_ops_init() on the ops in every global function. The issue is that if two tasks call it on the same ops at the same time it is possible to have the initialization of one corrupt the initialization of the other call. Create a ops_mutex to use to synchronize every initialization of the ftrace_ops. The mutex is taken within checking the ftrace_ops flag that states it was initializied but the flag is checked again after the mutex has been taken. Checking first outside the mutex allows it to shortcut having to take the mutex. But then the check needs to be done again after the mute is taken in case of races. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260902095501.6b59af20@gandalf.local.home Fixes: f04f24fb7e48d ("ftrace, kprobes: Fix a deadlock on ftrace_regex_lock") Reported-by: sashiko-bot@kernel.org Close: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260829025528.49A831F000E9@smtp.kernel.org/ Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- .../admin-guide/device-mapper/persistent-data.rst | 88 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 88 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/persistent-data.rst (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/persistent-data.rst') diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/persistent-data.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/persistent-data.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2065c3c5a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/persistent-data.rst @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ +=============== +Persistent data +=============== + +Introduction +============ + +The more-sophisticated device-mapper targets require complex metadata +that is managed in kernel. In late 2010 we were seeing that various +different targets were rolling their own data structures, for example: + +- Mikulas Patocka's multisnap implementation +- Heinz Mauelshagen's thin provisioning target +- Another btree-based caching target posted to dm-devel +- Another multi-snapshot target based on a design of Daniel Phillips + +Maintaining these data structures takes a lot of work, so if possible +we'd like to reduce the number. + +The persistent-data library is an attempt to provide a re-usable +framework for people who want to store metadata in device-mapper +targets. It's currently used by the thin-provisioning target and an +upcoming hierarchical storage target. + +Overview +======== + +The main documentation is in the header files which can all be found +under drivers/md/persistent-data. + +The block manager +----------------- + +dm-block-manager.[hc] + +This provides access to the data on disk in fixed sized-blocks. There +is a read/write locking interface to prevent concurrent accesses, and +keep data that is being used in the cache. + +Clients of persistent-data are unlikely to use this directly. + +The transaction manager +----------------------- + +dm-transaction-manager.[hc] + +This restricts access to blocks and enforces copy-on-write semantics. +The only way you can get hold of a writable block through the +transaction manager is by shadowing an existing block (ie. doing +copy-on-write) or allocating a fresh one. Shadowing is elided within +the same transaction so performance is reasonable. The commit method +ensures that all data is flushed before it writes the superblock. +On power failure your metadata will be as it was when last committed. + +The Space Maps +-------------- + +dm-space-map.h +dm-space-map-metadata.[hc] +dm-space-map-disk.[hc] + +On-disk data structures that keep track of reference counts of blocks. +Also acts as the allocator of new blocks. Currently two +implementations: a simpler one for managing blocks on a different +device (eg. thinly-provisioned data blocks); and one for managing +the metadata space. The latter is complicated by the need to store +its own data within the space it's managing. + +The data structures +------------------- + +dm-btree.[hc] +dm-btree-remove.c +dm-btree-spine.c +dm-btree-internal.h + +Currently there is only one data structure, a hierarchical btree. +There are plans to add more. For example, something with an +array-like interface would see a lot of use. + +The btree is 'hierarchical' in that you can define it to be composed +of nested btrees, and take multiple keys. For example, the +thin-provisioning target uses a btree with two levels of nesting. +The first maps a device id to a mapping tree, and that in turn maps a +virtual block to a physical block. + +Values stored in the btrees can have arbitrary size. Keys are always +64bits, although nesting allows you to use multiple keys. -- cgit v1.3.1