The following error occurred during the fsstress test: XFS: Assertion failed: VFS_I(ip)->i_nlink >= 2, file: fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c, line: 2925 The problem was that inode race condition causes incorrect i_nlink to be written to disk, and then it is read into memory. Consider the following call graph, inodes that are marked as both XFS_IFLUSHING and XFS_IRECLAIMABLE, i_nlink will be reset to 1 and then restored to original value in xfs_reinit_inode(). Therefore, the i_nlink of directory on disk may be set to 1. xfsaild xfs_inode_item_push xfs_iflush_cluster xfs_iflush xfs_inode_to_disk xfs_iget xfs_iget_cache_hit xfs_iget_recycle xfs_reinit_inode inode_init_always So skip inodes that being flushed and markded as XFS_IRECLAIMABLE, prevent concurrent read and write to inodes. Signed-off-by: Long Li <leo.lilong@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c index eae7427062cf..cc68b0ff50ce 100644 --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c @@ -514,6 +514,11 @@ xfs_iget_cache_hit( (ip->i_flags & XFS_IRECLAIMABLE)) goto out_skip; + /* Skip inodes that being flushed */ + if ((ip->i_flags & XFS_IFLUSHING) && + (ip->i_flags & XFS_IRECLAIMABLE)) + goto out_skip; + /* The inode fits the selection criteria; process it. */ if (ip->i_flags & XFS_IRECLAIMABLE) { /* Drops i_flags_lock and RCU read lock. */ -- 2.31.1