linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] writeback: initialize inode members that track writeback history

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Date:	Tue, 16 Feb 2016 16:13:04 -0500
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>
Cc:	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] writeback: initialize inode members that track writeback
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On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 11:10:35AM -0800, Tahsin Erdogan wrote:
> inode struct members that track cgroup writeback information
> should be reinitialized when inode gets allocated from
> kmem_cache. Otherwise, their values remain and get used by the
> new inode.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>

 Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>

It might make sense to route this through block with the other
writeback fix.  Can you please repost with Jens Axboe
<axboe@...nel.dk> cc'd?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun