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Commit 54fa16ee authored by Mike Snitzer's avatar Mike Snitzer
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dm thin metadata: check if in fail_io mode when setting needs_check



Check if in fail_io mode at start of dm_pool_metadata_set_needs_check().
Otherwise dm_pool_metadata_set_needs_check()'s superblock_lock() can
crash in dm_bm_write_lock() while accessing the block manager object
that was previously destroyed as part of a failed
dm_pool_abort_metadata() that ultimately set fail_io to begin with.

Also, update DMERR() message to more accurately describe
superblock_lock() failure.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: default avatarZdenek Kabelac <zkabelac@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarMike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
parent 2eba4e64
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