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authorEric Sandeen2009-03-31 15:23:46 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds2009-04-01 08:59:17 -0700
commitc2d7543851849a6923680cdd7e1047ed1a84a1c5 (patch)
treebf3038819d4be83a1d1e64d7b95bbb3d9d908544
parent55a63998b8967615a15e2211ba0ff3a84a565824 (diff)
filesystem freeze: allow SysRq emergency thaw to thaw frozen filesystems
Now that the filesystem freeze operation has been elevated to the VFS, and is just an ioctl away, some sort of safety net for unintentionally frozen root filesystems may be in order. The timeout thaw originally proposed did not get merged, but perhaps something like this would be useful in emergencies. For example, freeze /path/to/mountpoint may freeze your root filesystem if you forgot that you had that unmounted. I chose 'j' as the last remaining character other than 'h' which is sort of reserved for help (because help is generated on any unknown character). I've tested this on a non-root fs with multiple (nested) freezers, as well as on a system rendered unresponsive due to a frozen root fs. [randy.dunlap@oracle.com: emergency thaw only if CONFIG_BLOCK enabled] Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com> Cc: Takashi Sato <t-sato@yk.jp.nec.com> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/sysrq.txt5
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/sysrq.c19
-rw-r--r--fs/buffer.c33
-rw-r--r--include/linux/fs.h1
4 files changed, 57 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysrq.txt b/Documentation/sysrq.txt
index 9e592c718afb..afa2946892da 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysrq.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysrq.txt
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ On all - write a character to /proc/sysrq-trigger. e.g.:
'i' - Send a SIGKILL to all processes, except for init.
+'j' - Forcibly "Just thaw it" - filesystems frozen by the FIFREEZE ioctl.
+
'k' - Secure Access Key (SAK) Kills all programs on the current virtual
console. NOTE: See important comments below in SAK section.
@@ -160,6 +162,9 @@ t'E'rm and k'I'll are useful if you have some sort of runaway process you
are unable to kill any other way, especially if it's spawning other
processes.
+"'J'ust thaw it" is useful if your system becomes unresponsive due to a frozen
+(probably root) filesystem via the FIFREEZE ioctl.
+
* Sometimes SysRq seems to get 'stuck' after using it, what can I do?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
That happens to me, also. I've found that tapping shift, alt, and control
diff --git a/drivers/char/sysrq.c b/drivers/char/sysrq.c
index 33a9351c896d..5afe7316c72e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/sysrq.c
+++ b/drivers/char/sysrq.c
@@ -346,6 +346,19 @@ static struct sysrq_key_op sysrq_moom_op = {
.enable_mask = SYSRQ_ENABLE_SIGNAL,
};
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
+static void sysrq_handle_thaw(int key, struct tty_struct *tty)
+{
+ emergency_thaw_all();
+}
+static struct sysrq_key_op sysrq_thaw_op = {
+ .handler = sysrq_handle_thaw,
+ .help_msg = "thaw-filesystems(J)",
+ .action_msg = "Emergency Thaw of all frozen filesystems",
+ .enable_mask = SYSRQ_ENABLE_SIGNAL,
+};
+#endif
+
static void sysrq_handle_kill(int key, struct tty_struct *tty)
{
send_sig_all(SIGKILL);
@@ -396,9 +409,13 @@ static struct sysrq_key_op *sysrq_key_table[36] = {
&sysrq_moom_op, /* f */
/* g: May be registered by ppc for kgdb */
NULL, /* g */
- NULL, /* h */
+ NULL, /* h - reserved for help */
&sysrq_kill_op, /* i */
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
+ &sysrq_thaw_op, /* j */
+#else
NULL, /* j */
+#endif
&sysrq_SAK_op, /* k */
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
&sysrq_showallcpus_op, /* l */
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index c77b848c3d43..f5f8b15a6e40 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -547,6 +547,39 @@ repeat:
return err;
}
+void do_thaw_all(unsigned long unused)
+{
+ struct super_block *sb;
+ char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
+
+ spin_lock(&sb_lock);
+restart:
+ list_for_each_entry(sb, &super_blocks, s_list) {
+ sb->s_count++;
+ spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
+ down_read(&sb->s_umount);
+ while (sb->s_bdev && !thaw_bdev(sb->s_bdev, sb))
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "Emergency Thaw on %s\n",
+ bdevname(sb->s_bdev, b));
+ up_read(&sb->s_umount);
+ spin_lock(&sb_lock);
+ if (__put_super_and_need_restart(sb))
+ goto restart;
+ }
+ spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "Emergency Thaw complete\n");
+}
+
+/**
+ * emergency_thaw_all -- forcibly thaw every frozen filesystem
+ *
+ * Used for emergency unfreeze of all filesystems via SysRq
+ */
+void emergency_thaw_all(void)
+{
+ pdflush_operation(do_thaw_all, 0);
+}
+
/**
* sync_mapping_buffers - write out & wait upon a mapping's "associated" buffers
* @mapping: the mapping which wants those buffers written
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 87e7bfc5ebd7..61211ad823fe 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1878,6 +1878,7 @@ extern struct block_device *open_by_devnum(dev_t, fmode_t);
extern void invalidate_bdev(struct block_device *);
extern int sync_blockdev(struct block_device *bdev);
extern struct super_block *freeze_bdev(struct block_device *);
+extern void emergency_thaw_all(void);
extern int thaw_bdev(struct block_device *bdev, struct super_block *sb);
extern int fsync_bdev(struct block_device *);
extern int fsync_super(struct super_block *);