RE: [PATCH 4/5] xfs: xfs_inode_free() isn't RCU safe

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Hello Dave,
 
Looking at the patch, I see that now we call xfs_idestroy_fork() in RCU callback. This can do the following chain:
 
xfs_iext_destroy => xfs_iext_irec_remove => xfs_iext_realloc_indirect=> kmem_realloc => kmem_alloc => kmem_alloc => congestion_wait()
 
At least according to documentation, the RCU callback cannot block, since it may be called from softirq context. Is this fine?
 
Thanks,
Alex.
 
P.S.: I have submitted a patch called “[PATCH] xfs: optimize destruction of the indirection array”, which changes xfs_iext_destroy to call only kmem_free(). But this patch got stuck in the spam filter of the mailing list, and Brent is working to release it from there.
 
 
 
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