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Re: [PATCH 6/6] xfs: rename XFS_BUF_ZEROFLAGS macro

To: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] xfs: rename XFS_BUF_ZEROFLAGS macro
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2016 01:16:32 -0800
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
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In-reply-to: <20160208223120.GM27429@dastard>
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On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 09:31:20AM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
> > xlog_sync already sets a lot of these flags again, and is called on an
> > iclog buffer which never has the READ or XBF_WRITE_FAIL set, so just
> > replacing it with an opencoded
> > 
> >     bp->b_flags &= (XBF_FUA | XBF_FLUSH);
> 
> We can't do that because there are internal flags like _XBF_PAGES
> that are set on log buffers. Clearing such flags will cause problems
> when the iclog buffer is finally released on unmount. Hence I'd
> prefer to keep the code as it stands.

Sorry - meabt to write:

        bp->b_flags &= ~(XBF_FUA | XBF_FLUSH);

which is all we'll need.  All other flags cleared by XFS_BUF_ZEROFLAGS
are either never set for log buffers (XBF_READ, XBF_WRITE_FAIL), or
always set for log buffers (XBF_WRITE, XBF_ASYNC, XBF_SYNCIO).

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