Call mark_buffer_dirty() for segment summary and super root block buffers on the backing device's page cache, thereby indirectly calling inode_attach_wb(). Then remove the no longer needed call to inode_attach_wb() in nilfs_attach_log_writer(), resolving the concern about its layer-violating use. Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nilfs2/segment.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c index a92609816bc9..36e0bb38e1aa 100644 --- a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c +++ b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c @@ -1678,6 +1678,7 @@ static void nilfs_prepare_write_logs(struct list_head *logs, u32 seed) list_for_each_entry(segbuf, logs, sb_list) { list_for_each_entry(bh, &segbuf->sb_segsum_buffers, b_assoc_buffers) { + mark_buffer_dirty(bh); if (bh->b_folio == bd_folio) continue; if (bd_folio) { @@ -1694,6 +1695,7 @@ static void nilfs_prepare_write_logs(struct list_head *logs, u32 seed) /* Prepare to write super root block */ bh = NILFS_LAST_SEGBUF(logs)->sb_super_root; if (bh) { + mark_buffer_dirty(bh); if (bh->b_folio != bd_folio) { folio_lock(bd_folio); folio_wait_writeback(bd_folio); @@ -2843,8 +2845,6 @@ int nilfs_attach_log_writer(struct super_block *sb, struct nilfs_root *root) if (!nilfs->ns_writer) return -ENOMEM; - inode_attach_wb(nilfs->ns_bdev->bd_mapping->host, NULL); - err = nilfs_segctor_start_thread(nilfs->ns_writer); if (unlikely(err)) nilfs_detach_log_writer(sb); -- 2.34.1