[PATCH] xfs: test for shut down fs in xfs_dir_fsync()

Eric Sandeen sandeen at sandeen.net
Fri Sep 12 14:29:53 CDT 2014


On 4/28/14 11:35 AM, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> Similar to xfs_file_fsync(), I think xfs_dir_fsync() needs
> to test for a shut down fs, lest we go down paths we'll
> never be able to complete; Boris reported that during some
> stress tests he had threads stuck in xlog_cil_force_lsn
> via xfs_dir_fsync().

(re-ping)

So Dave, you fixed this with:

So, you did solve the problem properly I guess, in 
commit ac983517ec5941da0c58cacdbad10a231dc4e001
Author: Dave Chinner <dchinner at redhat.com>
Date:   Wed May 7 08:05:50 2014 +1000

    xfs: don't sleep in xlog_cil_force_lsn on shutdown
    

But should my patch still go in, if only to be consistent
with file_fsync() paths?

-Eric



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