Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 5 May 2020 11:20:42 -0700 | From | Jaegeuk Kim <> | Subject | Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: get parent inode when recovering pino |
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On 05/05, Eric Biggers wrote: > On Tue, May 05, 2020 at 09:58:47AM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote: > > On Tue, May 05, 2020 at 08:31:39AM -0700, Jaegeuk Kim wrote: > > > We had to grab the inode before retrieving i_ino. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org> > > > --- > > > fs/f2fs/file.c | 8 +++++++- > > > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c > > > index a0a4413d6083b..9d4c3e3503567 100644 > > > --- a/fs/f2fs/file.c > > > +++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c > > > @@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ static const struct vm_operations_struct f2fs_file_vm_ops = { > > > static int get_parent_ino(struct inode *inode, nid_t *pino) > > > { > > > struct dentry *dentry; > > > + struct inode *parent; > > > > > > inode = igrab(inode); > > > dentry = d_find_any_alias(inode); > > > @@ -175,8 +176,13 @@ static int get_parent_ino(struct inode *inode, nid_t *pino) > > > if (!dentry) > > > return 0; > > > > > > - *pino = parent_ino(dentry); > > > + parent = igrab(d_inode(dentry->d_parent)); > > > dput(dentry); > > > + if (!parent) > > > + return 0; > > > + > > > + *pino = parent->i_ino; > > > + iput(parent); > > > return 1; > > > > This doesn't appear to be necessary. parent_ino() is: > > > > spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock); > > res = dentry->d_parent->d_inode->i_ino; > > spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock); > > > > Since dentry is locked and referenced, ->d_parent is stable and positive. > > > > In the encrypt+casefold patch I was reviewing, it's indeed necessary, but only > > because there was a check of inode->i_flags added outside the locked region. > > The following would be simpler: > > > > spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock); > > dir = dentry->d_parent->d_inode; > > *pino = dir->i_ino; > > needs_recovery = IS_ENCRYPTED(dir) && IS_CASEFOLDED(dir); > > spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock); > > > > BTW, d_find_any_alias() is unnecessary too. This code should just be using > > file_dentry(file) from f2fs_do_sync_file(). > > > > Also, what is this code trying to accomplish? If it's trying to find the parent > directory of an inode with i_nlink == 1, this isn't the correct way to do it. > The fsync could be done via a deleted file, which would make the wrong p_ino be > set. I think the correct approach would be to iterate through all the dentry's > aliases, and choose the parent directory that's !IS_DEADDIR().
The intention is to give a chance to recover the pino to avoid performance drop on fsync() by avoiding checkpoint(). And the purpose of this is to find a file having single linked file. Otherwise, we'll do checkpoint().
> > - Eric
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