On Mon, Nov 25, 2024 at 09:14:07PM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Mon, Nov 25, 2024 at 05:28:53PM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote: > > From: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Superblock counter updates are tracked via per-transaction counters in > > the xfs_trans object. These changes are then turned into dirty log > > items in xfs_trans_apply_sb_deltas just prior to commiting the log items > > to the CIL. > > > > However, updating the per-transaction counter deltas do not cause > > XFS_TRANS_DIRTY to be set on the transaction. In other words, a pure sb > > counter update will be silently discarded if there are no other dirty > > log items attached to the transaction. > > > > This is currently not the case anywhere in the filesystem because sb > > counter updates always dirty at least one other metadata item, but let's > > not leave a logic bomb. > > xfs_trans_mod_sb is the only place that sets XFS_TRANS_SB_DIRTY, and > always forces XFS_TRANS_DIRTY. So this seems kinda intentional, even > if this new version is much cleaner. So the change looks fine: <nod> I don't think this one was absolutely necessary, it just seemed like a cleanup to put anything that set TRANS_DIRTY before the TRANS_DIRTY check. > Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> > > But I don't think the Fixes tag is really warranted. Dropped. --D