Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 12 Feb 2020 08:10:42 -0800 | From | Ira Weiny <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 06/12] fs/xfs: Check if the inode supports DAX under lock |
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On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 07:42:20AM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote: > On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 09:55:09AM -0800, Ira Weiny wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 05:16:39PM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 08, 2020 at 11:34:39AM -0800, ira.weiny@intel.com wrote: > > > > From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com> > > > >
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> > > > > > This raciness in checking the DAX flags is the reason that > > > xfs_ioctl_setattr_xflags() redoes all the reflink vs dax checks once > > > it's called under the XFS_ILOCK_EXCL during the actual change > > > transaction.... > > > > Ok I found this by trying to make sure that the xfs_inode_supports_dax() call > > was always returning valid data. So I don't have a specific test which was > > failing. > > > > Looking at the code again, it sounds like I was wrong about which locks protect > > what and with your explanation above it looks like there is nothing to be done > > here and I can drop the patch. > > > > Would you agree? > > *nod*
Thanks! done. Ira
> > Cheers, > > Dave. > -- > Dave Chinner > david@fromorbit.com
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