From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-9.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F2F0C433DF for ; Thu, 27 Aug 2020 06:37:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E69B7207BC for ; Thu, 27 Aug 2020 06:37:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727821AbgH0Ghy (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Aug 2020 02:37:54 -0400 Received: from mail104.syd.optusnet.com.au ([211.29.132.246]:56106 "EHLO mail104.syd.optusnet.com.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726395AbgH0Ghy (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Aug 2020 02:37:54 -0400 Received: from dread.disaster.area (pa49-181-146-199.pa.nsw.optusnet.com.au [49.181.146.199]) by mail104.syd.optusnet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A365D823E11; Thu, 27 Aug 2020 16:37:49 +1000 (AEST) Received: from dave by dread.disaster.area with local (Exim 4.92.3) (envelope-from ) id 1kBBXg-00054k-Du; Thu, 27 Aug 2020 16:37:48 +1000 Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 16:37:48 +1000 From: Dave Chinner To: Hao Li Cc: viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, y-goto@fujitsu.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: Kill DCACHE_DONTCACHE dentry even if DCACHE_REFERENCED is set Message-ID: <20200827063748.GA12096@dread.disaster.area> References: <20200821015953.22956-1-lihao2018.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200821015953.22956-1-lihao2018.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com> X-Optus-CM-Score: 0 X-Optus-CM-Analysis: v=2.3 cv=KcmsTjQD c=1 sm=1 tr=0 cx=a_idp_d a=GorAHYkI+xOargNMzM6qxQ==:117 a=GorAHYkI+xOargNMzM6qxQ==:17 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=y4yBn9ojGxQA:10 a=omOdbC7AAAAA:8 a=7-415B0cAAAA:8 a=by_5GhPrgXZcAFhFJM8A:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=baC4JDFNLZpnPwus_NF9:22 a=biEYGPWJfzWAr4FL6Ov7:22 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 09:59:53AM +0800, Hao Li wrote: > Currently, DCACHE_REFERENCED prevents the dentry with DCACHE_DONTCACHE > set from being killed, so the corresponding inode can't be evicted. If > the DAX policy of an inode is changed, we can't make policy changing > take effects unless dropping caches manually. > > This patch fixes this problem and flushes the inode to disk to prepare > for evicting it. > > Signed-off-by: Hao Li > --- > fs/dcache.c | 3 ++- > fs/inode.c | 2 +- > 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c > index ea0485861d93..486c7409dc82 100644 > --- a/fs/dcache.c > +++ b/fs/dcache.c > @@ -796,7 +796,8 @@ static inline bool fast_dput(struct dentry *dentry) > */ > smp_rmb(); > d_flags = READ_ONCE(dentry->d_flags); > - d_flags &= DCACHE_REFERENCED | DCACHE_LRU_LIST | DCACHE_DISCONNECTED; > + d_flags &= DCACHE_REFERENCED | DCACHE_LRU_LIST | DCACHE_DISCONNECTED > + | DCACHE_DONTCACHE; Seems reasonable, but you need to update the comment above as to how this flag fits into this code.... > /* Nothing to do? Dropping the reference was all we needed? */ > if (d_flags == (DCACHE_REFERENCED | DCACHE_LRU_LIST) && !d_unhashed(dentry)) > diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c > index 72c4c347afb7..5218a8aebd7f 100644 > --- a/fs/inode.c > +++ b/fs/inode.c > @@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ static void iput_final(struct inode *inode) > } > > state = inode->i_state; > - if (!drop) { > + if (!drop || (drop && (inode->i_state & I_DONTCACHE))) { > WRITE_ONCE(inode->i_state, state | I_WILL_FREE); > spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); What's this supposed to do? We'll only get here with drop set if the filesystem is mounting or unmounting. In either case, why does having I_DONTCACHE set require the inode to be written back here before it is evicted from the cache? Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@fromorbit.com