linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] f2fs: handle newly created page when revoking inmem pages

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Date:   Wed, 10 Jan 2018 07:22:03 +0000
From:   Daeho Jeong <daeho.jeong@...sung.com>
To:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
        <linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] f2fs: handle newly created page when revoking inmem
 pages

Hi Chao,

> Original intention here is to recover status to the timing before
> committing atomic write. As at that timing blkaddr in dnode should be
> cur->old_addr(NEW_ADDR), so we need to change to call:
 
> f2fs_update_data_blkaddr(&dn, NEW_ADDR);

Ok, I'll change NULL_ADDR to NEW_ADDR.

Thanks,
 
> Otherwise, metadata will become inconsistent, because blkaddr value is
> NULL_ADDR means that current block is not preallocated, but
> total_valid_block_count has already been updated. Right?
 
> Thanks,