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Re: [PATCH] make inode reclaim wait for log I/O to complete

To: David Chinner <dgc@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] make inode reclaim wait for log I/O to complete
From: Lachlan McIlroy <lachlan@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 18:23:40 +1000
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David Chinner wrote:
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 01:42:47PM +1000, Lachlan McIlroy wrote:
David Chinner wrote:
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 03:24:57PM +1000, Lachlan McIlroy wrote:
An xfs inode can be destroyed before log I/O involving that inode
is complete.  We need to wait for the inode to be unpinned before
tearing it down.
.....
--- fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c_1.757 2008-05-12 12:02:45.000000000 +1000
+++ fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c       2008-05-12 12:28:15.000000000 +1000
@@ -3324,6 +3324,7 @@ xfs_finish_reclaim(
                         * because we're gonna reclaim the inode anyway.
                         */
                        if (error) {
+                               xfs_iunpin_wait(ip);
                                xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
                                goto reclaim;
                        }
We can't get an error from xfs_iflush() from here that hasn't
already passed through xfs_iunpin_wait() in xfs_iflush().
Hence we should never see a pinned inode through this path.
Okay, good point.  I'll remove that one.  I thought about removing
the XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN() and dirty inode checks from xfs_finish_reclaim()
and calling xfs_iflush() anyway.  It will abort if it's a clean inode
or it will do the unpin and then abort if it's a forced shutdown.
It would make the code in xfs_finish_reclaim() a bit cleaner.  I also
wouldn't need to export xfs_iunpin_wait().  Thoughts?

Sounds like a fine plan. Please comment it appropriately, though.

Sounded too easy. Hit this assert with an inode that's still in the AIL on a forced shutdown.

        /*
         * If the inode isn't dirty, then just release the inode
         * flush lock and do nothing.
         */
        if (xfs_inode_clean(ip)) {
                ASSERT((iip != NULL) ?
                         !(iip->ili_item.li_flags & XFS_LI_IN_AIL) : 1);
                xfs_ifunlock(ip);
                return 0;
        }


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