Re: [PATCH v2] fs: Handle I_DONTCACHE in iput_final() instead of generic_drop_inode()

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Hello,

Ping.

This patch need to be merged... Thanks.

On 2020/9/9 7:03, Ira Weiny wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 04, 2020 at 03:59:39PM +0800, Hao Li wrote:
>> If generic_drop_inode() returns true, it means iput_final() can evict
>> this inode regardless of whether it is dirty or not. If we check
>> I_DONTCACHE in generic_drop_inode(), any inode with this bit set will be
>> evicted unconditionally. This is not the desired behavior because
>> I_DONTCACHE only means the inode shouldn't be cached on the LRU list.
>> As for whether we need to evict this inode, this is what
>> generic_drop_inode() should do. This patch corrects the usage of
>> I_DONTCACHE.
>>
>> This patch was proposed in [1].
>>
>> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20200831003407.GE12096@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>>
>> Fixes: dae2f8ed7992 ("fs: Lift XFS_IDONTCACHE to the VFS layer")
>> Signed-off-by: Hao Li <lihao2018.fnst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>> ---
>> Changes in v2:
>>  - Adjust code format
>>  - Add Fixes tag in commit message
>>
>>  fs/inode.c         | 4 +++-
>>  include/linux/fs.h | 3 +--
>>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
>> index 72c4c347afb7..19ad823f781c 100644
>> --- a/fs/inode.c
>> +++ b/fs/inode.c
>> @@ -1625,7 +1625,9 @@ static void iput_final(struct inode *inode)
>>  	else
>>  		drop = generic_drop_inode(inode);
>>  
>> -	if (!drop && (sb->s_flags & SB_ACTIVE)) {
>> +	if (!drop &&
>> +	    !(inode->i_state & I_DONTCACHE) &&
>> +	    (sb->s_flags & SB_ACTIVE)) {
>>  		inode_add_lru(inode);
>>  		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
>>  		return;
>> diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
>> index e019ea2f1347..93caee80ce47 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/fs.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/fs.h
>> @@ -2922,8 +2922,7 @@ extern int inode_needs_sync(struct inode *inode);
>>  extern int generic_delete_inode(struct inode *inode);
>>  static inline int generic_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
>>  {
>> -	return !inode->i_nlink || inode_unhashed(inode) ||
>> -		(inode->i_state & I_DONTCACHE);
>> +	return !inode->i_nlink || inode_unhashed(inode);
>>  }
>>  extern void d_mark_dontcache(struct inode *inode);
>>  
>> -- 
>> 2.28.0
>>
>>
>>
>





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