On 3/29/21 1:44 AM, Chandan Babu R wrote:
On 26 Mar 2021 at 06:02, Allison Henderson wrote:
Originally we added this patch to help modularize the attr code in
preparation for delayed attributes and the state machine it requires.
However, later reviews found that this slightly alters the transaction
handling as the helper function is ambiguous as to whether the
transaction is diry or clean. This may cause a dirty transaction to be
included in the next roll, where previously it had not. To preserve the
existing code flow, we reverse apply this commit.
Indeed, In the mainline kernel, __xfs_attr_rmtval_remove() invokes
xfs_defer_finish() when the last remote block mapping has been removed. Also,
xfs_trans_roll_inode() is invoked before invoking xfs_attr_refillstate().
Hence,
Reviewed-by: Chandan Babu R <chandanrlinux@xxxxxxxxx>
Ok, thank you!
Allison
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