https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205569 --- Comment #2 from Meng Xu (mengxu.gatech@xxxxxxxxx) --- (In reply to Theodore Tso from comment #1) > The writeback thread is only applicable for data files. While rmdir() is > only applicable for directories. Also, in both of these function traces, > what you referenced is i_state bits being *read*: > > [WRITE] dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY; > ^^^^^ not correct! > > That being said, there are places in fs/fs-writeback.c where i_state is > modified, and there are code paths where ext4_orphan_add() can be called on > regular data files --- just not the ones you've listed in this bug. > > Can you recheck the call traces and make sure they are correct? Hi Ted, My bad, the [WRITE] location is a few lines down the path, inode->i_state &= ~dirty; Best Regards, Meng -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching the assignee of the bug.