NFS: Fix cache consistency races If the data cache has been marked as potentially invalid by nfs_refresh_inode, we should invalidate it rather than assume that changes are due to our own activity. Also ensure that we always start with a valid cache before declaring it to be protected by a delegation. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust --- delegation.c | 4 ++++ file.c | 3 ++- inode.c | 7 ++----- 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6.14-rc4/fs/nfs/delegation.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.14-rc4.orig/fs/nfs/delegation.c +++ linux-2.6.14-rc4/fs/nfs/delegation.c @@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ int nfs_inode_set_delegation(struct inod struct nfs_delegation *delegation; int status = 0; + /* Ensure we first revalidate the attributes and page cache! */ + if ((nfsi->cache_validity & (NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE|NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR))) + __nfs_revalidate_inode(NFS_SERVER(inode), inode); + delegation = nfs_alloc_delegation(); if (delegation == NULL) return -ENOMEM; Index: linux-2.6.14-rc4/fs/nfs/file.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.14-rc4.orig/fs/nfs/file.c +++ linux-2.6.14-rc4/fs/nfs/file.c @@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ static int nfs_revalidate_file(struct in struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode); int retval = 0; - if ((nfsi->cache_validity & NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE) || nfs_attribute_timeout(inode)) + if ((nfsi->cache_validity & (NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE|NFS_INO_INVALID_ATTR)) + || nfs_attribute_timeout(inode)) retval = __nfs_revalidate_inode(NFS_SERVER(inode), inode); nfs_revalidate_mapping(inode, filp->f_mapping); return 0; Index: linux-2.6.14-rc4/fs/nfs/inode.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.14-rc4.orig/fs/nfs/inode.c +++ linux-2.6.14-rc4/fs/nfs/inode.c @@ -1224,10 +1224,6 @@ int nfs_refresh_inode(struct inode *inod loff_t cur_size, new_isize; int data_unstable; - /* Do we hold a delegation? */ - if (nfs_have_delegation(inode, FMODE_READ)) - return 0; - spin_lock(&inode->i_lock); /* Are we in the process of updating data on the server? */ @@ -1348,7 +1344,8 @@ static int nfs_update_inode(struct inode nfsi->read_cache_jiffies = fattr->timestamp; /* Are we racing with known updates of the metadata on the server? */ - data_unstable = ! nfs_verify_change_attribute(inode, verifier); + data_unstable = ! (nfs_verify_change_attribute(inode, verifier) || + (nfsi->cache_validity & NFS_INO_REVAL_PAGECACHE)); /* Check if our cached file size is stale */ new_isize = nfs_size_to_loff_t(fattr->size);