[add linux-xfs and xfsprogs maintainer to cc] On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 10:11:55AM +0200, Jan Kara wrote: > The only use of I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRE is to detect in > __writeback_single_inode() that inode got there because flush worker > decided it's time to writeback the dirty inode time stamps (either > because we are syncing or because of age). However we can detect this > directly in __writeback_single_inode() and there's no need for the > strange propagation with I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRE flag. > > Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> > --- > fs/ext4/inode.c | 2 +- > fs/fs-writeback.c | 28 +++++++++++----------------- > fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c | 4 ++-- Urrk, so I only just noticed this when I rebased my development tree onto 5.9-rc3. If you're going to change things in fs/xfs/, please cc the xfs list to keep us in the loop. Changes to fs/xfs/libxfs/ have to be ported to userspace. --D > include/linux/fs.h | 1 - > include/trace/events/writeback.h | 1 - > 5 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c > index 40ec5c7ef0d3..4db497f02ffb 100644 > --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c > +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c > @@ -4887,7 +4887,7 @@ static void __ext4_update_other_inode_time(struct super_block *sb, > (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME)) { > struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(inode); > > - inode->i_state &= ~(I_DIRTY_TIME | I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED); > + inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY_TIME; > spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); > > spin_lock(&ei->i_raw_lock); > diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c > index ae17d64a3e18..149227160ff0 100644 > --- a/fs/fs-writeback.c > +++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c > @@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@ static bool inode_dirtied_after(struct inode *inode, unsigned long t) > */ > static int move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue, > struct list_head *dispatch_queue, > - int flags, unsigned long dirtied_before) > + unsigned long dirtied_before) > { > LIST_HEAD(tmp); > struct list_head *pos, *node; > @@ -1254,8 +1254,6 @@ static int move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue, > list_move(&inode->i_io_list, &tmp); > moved++; > spin_lock(&inode->i_lock); > - if (flags & EXPIRE_DIRTY_ATIME) > - inode->i_state |= I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED; > inode->i_state |= I_SYNC_QUEUED; > spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); > if (sb_is_blkdev_sb(inode->i_sb)) > @@ -1303,11 +1301,11 @@ static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct wb_writeback_work *work, > > assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock); > list_splice_init(&wb->b_more_io, &wb->b_io); > - moved = move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty, &wb->b_io, 0, dirtied_before); > + moved = move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty, &wb->b_io, dirtied_before); > if (!work->for_sync) > time_expire_jif = jiffies - dirtytime_expire_interval * HZ; > moved += move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty_time, &wb->b_io, > - EXPIRE_DIRTY_ATIME, time_expire_jif); > + time_expire_jif); > if (moved) > wb_io_lists_populated(wb); > trace_writeback_queue_io(wb, work, dirtied_before, moved); > @@ -1483,18 +1481,14 @@ __writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc) > spin_lock(&inode->i_lock); > > dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY; > - if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME) { > - if ((dirty & I_DIRTY_INODE) || > - wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || > - unlikely(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED) || > - unlikely(time_after(jiffies, > - (inode->dirtied_time_when + > - dirtytime_expire_interval * HZ)))) { > - dirty |= I_DIRTY_TIME | I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED; > - trace_writeback_lazytime(inode); > - } > - } else > - inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED; > + if ((inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME) && > + ((dirty & I_DIRTY_INODE) || > + wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->for_sync || > + time_after(jiffies, inode->dirtied_time_when + > + dirtytime_expire_interval * HZ))) { > + dirty |= I_DIRTY_TIME; > + trace_writeback_lazytime(inode); > + } > inode->i_state &= ~dirty; > > /* > diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c > index b5dfb6654842..1b4df6636944 100644 > --- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c > +++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c > @@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ xfs_trans_log_inode( > * to log the timestamps, or will clear already cleared fields in the > * worst case. > */ > - if (inode->i_state & (I_DIRTY_TIME | I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED)) { > + if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME) { > spin_lock(&inode->i_lock); > - inode->i_state &= ~(I_DIRTY_TIME | I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED); > + inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY_TIME; > spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); > } > > diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h > index 48556efcdcf0..45eadf5bea5d 100644 > --- a/include/linux/fs.h > +++ b/include/linux/fs.h > @@ -2178,7 +2178,6 @@ static inline void kiocb_clone(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct kiocb *kiocb_src, > #define I_DIO_WAKEUP (1 << __I_DIO_WAKEUP) > #define I_LINKABLE (1 << 10) > #define I_DIRTY_TIME (1 << 11) > -#define I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED (1 << 12) > #define I_WB_SWITCH (1 << 13) > #define I_OVL_INUSE (1 << 14) > #define I_CREATING (1 << 15) > diff --git a/include/trace/events/writeback.h b/include/trace/events/writeback.h > index 7565dcd59697..e7cbccc7c14c 100644 > --- a/include/trace/events/writeback.h > +++ b/include/trace/events/writeback.h > @@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ > {I_CLEAR, "I_CLEAR"}, \ > {I_SYNC, "I_SYNC"}, \ > {I_DIRTY_TIME, "I_DIRTY_TIME"}, \ > - {I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED, "I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED"}, \ > {I_REFERENCED, "I_REFERENCED"} \ > ) > > -- > 2.16.4 >