David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Luis Henriques <lhenriques@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >> [ I wonder why the timestamps don't match between the traces and the >> kernel log... ] > > I've seen that. I wonder if the timestamping of printk lines is delayed by > the serial driver outputting things. > >> So, can we infer from this trace that an evict could actually be on-going >> but the old cookie wasn't relinquished yet and hence the collision? > > It might be illuminating if you can make it print a traceline at the beginning > of v9fs_evict_inode() and in v9fs_drop_inode(). Print the cookie pointer in > both. Ok, here's what I'm getting: ... <...>-20575 [002] ...1 67.519214: fscache_acquire: c=0000000097476aaa p=000000003080d900 pu=50 pc=49 pf=22 n=9p.inod <...>-20585 [003] ...2 67.535091: 9p_fscache_cookie: v9fs_drop_inode cookie: 00000000cd0099b3 <...>-20585 [003] ...1 67.535093: 9p_fscache_cookie: v9fs_evict_inode cookie: 00000000cd0099b3 <...>-20585 [003] ...1 67.535115: fscache_relinquish: c=00000000cd0099b3 u=1 p=000000003080d900 Nc=0 Na=1 f=26 r=0 <...>-20585 [003] ...1 67.535118: fscache_cookie: PUT rlq c=00000000cd0099b3 u=0 p=000000003080d900 Nc=0 Na=0 f=16 <...>-20585 [003] ...1 67.535120: fscache_cookie: PUT prn c=000000003080d900 u=49 p=0000000042542ee5 Nc=48 Na=1 f=22 <...>-20591 [000] ...2 67.538644: fscache_cookie: GET prn c=000000003080d900 u=50 p=0000000042542ee5 Nc=48 Na=1 f=22 <...>-20591 [000] ...1 67.538645: fscache_acquire: c=0000000011fa06b1 p=000000003080d900 pu=50 pc=49 pf=22 n=9p.inod <...>-20599 [003] .N.2 67.542180: 9p_fscache_cookie: v9fs_drop_inode cookie: 0000000097476aaa <...>-20599 [003] .N.1 67.542181: 9p_fscache_cookie: v9fs_evict_inode cookie: 0000000097476aaa <...>-20591 [000] ...2 67.542980: fscache_cookie: *COLLISION* c=0000000097476aaa u=1 p=000000003080d900 Nc=0 Na=1 f=26 <...>-20599 [003] ...1 67.543098: fscache_relinquish: c=0000000097476aaa u=1 p=000000003080d900 Nc=0 Na=1 f=26 r=0 <...>-20599 [003] ...1 67.543100: fscache_cookie: PUT rlq c=0000000097476aaa u=0 p=000000003080d900 Nc=0 Na=0 f=16 (Note that I'm only tracing v9fs_{drop,evict}_inode if we have a cookie for the inode; there are a bunch of drop/evict calls where the cookie is NULL.) So, this is... annoying, I guess. Cheers, -- Luis