On Fri 08-01-21 23:58:57, Eric Biggers wrote: > From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> > > ->dirty_inode is now only called when I_DIRTY_INODE (I_DIRTY_SYNC and/or > I_DIRTY_DATASYNC) is set. However it may still be passed other dirty > flags at the same time, provided that these other flags happened to be > passed to __mark_inode_dirty() at the same time as I_DIRTY_INODE. > > This doesn't make sense because there is no reason for filesystems to > care about these extra flags. Nor are filesystems notified about all > updates to these other flags. > > Therefore, mask the flags before passing them to ->dirty_inode. > > Also properly document ->dirty_inode in vfs.rst. > > Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> Looks good to me. Feel free to add: Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Honza > --- > Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst | 5 ++++- > fs/fs-writeback.c | 2 +- > 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst > index ca52c82e5bb54..287b80948a40b 100644 > --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst > +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.rst > @@ -270,7 +270,10 @@ or bottom half). > ->alloc_inode. > > ``dirty_inode`` > - this method is called by the VFS to mark an inode dirty. > + this method is called by the VFS when an inode is marked dirty. > + This is specifically for the inode itself being marked dirty, > + not its data. If the update needs to be persisted by fdatasync(), > + then I_DIRTY_DATASYNC will be set in the flags argument. > > ``write_inode`` > this method is called when the VFS needs to write an inode to > diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c > index b7616bbd55336..2e6064012f7d3 100644 > --- a/fs/fs-writeback.c > +++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c > @@ -2259,7 +2259,7 @@ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags) > trace_writeback_dirty_inode_start(inode, flags); > > if (sb->s_op->dirty_inode) > - sb->s_op->dirty_inode(inode, flags); > + sb->s_op->dirty_inode(inode, flags & I_DIRTY_INODE); > > trace_writeback_dirty_inode(inode, flags); > > -- > 2.30.0 > -- Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx> SUSE Labs, CR
