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    dm thin: commit metadata before creating metadata snapshot · 0d200aef
    Joe Thornber authored
    Userland sometimes sees a corrupt metadata block if metadata is changing
    rapidly when a metadata snapshot is reserved for userland,  To make the
    problem go away, commit before we take the metadata snapshot (which is a
    sensible thing to do anyway).
    
    The checksums mean userland spots this corruption immediately so there's
    no risk of acting on incorrect data.  No corruption exists from the
    kernel's point of view, and thin_check passes after pool shutdown.
    
    I believe this is to do with shared blocks at the first level of the
    {device, mapping} btree.  Prior to the metadata-snap support no sharing
    at this level was possible, so this patch is only required after commit
    cc8394d8
    
     ("dm thin: provide userspace
    access to pool metadata").
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJoe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
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