On tue, 6 Dec 2011 05:49:06 +0000, Al Viro wrote: > >> +void btrfs_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct btrfs_root *root, >> + unsigned long nr_pages) >> +{ >> + struct super_block *sb = root->fs_info->sb; >> + >> + if (writeback_in_progress(sb->s_bdi)) >> + return; >> + >> + /* >> + * If we can not get s_umount, it means the fs is on remounting or >> + * umounting. At this time, we just sync all the delalloc file. >> + */ >> + if (down_read_trylock(&sb->s_umount)) { >> + writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb, nr_pages); >> + up_read(&sb->s_umount); >> + } else { >> + btrfs_start_delalloc_inodes(root, 0); >> + btrfs_wait_ordered_extents(root, 0, 0); >> + } >> +} > > If that can race with umount, what prevents sb, its ->s_bdi et.al. being freed > under you? In fact, it happened. See the following mail. http://marc.info/?l=linux-btrfs&m=131495252725296&w=2 The above function is called when some one want to modify the meta-data. Btrfs will wait until all the meta-data operations end, and then free ->s_bdi and the other objects. So we needn't worry about those objects. (Maybe I misunderstood what you said. If yes, I'm sorry) Thanks Miao > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html