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Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 13:01:59 +1100
From: Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
To: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/18] fs: Protect inode->i_state with th einode->i_lock
On Sat, Oct 09, 2010 at 08:52:27AM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 07:04:28PM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
> > > > @@ -884,9 +897,9 @@ struct inode *new_inode(struct super_block *sb)
> > > > inode = alloc_inode(sb);
> > > > if (inode) {
> > > > spin_lock(&inode_lock);
> > > > - __inode_add_to_lists(sb, NULL, inode);
> > > > inode->i_ino = ++last_ino;
> > > > inode->i_state = 0;
> > > > + __inode_add_to_lists(sb, NULL, inode);
> > > > spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
> > > > }
> > > > return inode;
> > >
> > > What's the point in doing this move?
> >
> > hmmmm, let me think on that....
> >
> > >
> > > > @@ -953,8 +966,8 @@ static struct inode *get_new_inode(struct super_block *sb,
> > > > if (set(inode, data))
> > > > goto set_failed;
> > > >
> > > > - __inode_add_to_lists(sb, b, inode);
> > > > inode->i_state = I_NEW;
> > > > + __inode_add_to_lists(sb, b, inode);
> > >
> > > Same here.
> >
> > Ah, done thinking now! I was so the i_state field had been set
> > before the inode was added to various lists and potentially
> > accessable to other threads. I should probably add a comment to that
> > effect, right?
>
> If that can happen, don't we need a wmb() between the assignment to
> i_state and the list_add too? If so, that's a good comment :-)
No, because the locking on the lists will provide the memory
barrier.
Cheers,
Dave.
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Dave Chinner
david@...morbit.com
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