linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 03/22] ext4: Do not iput inode under running transaction in ext4

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Date:   Mon, 4 Nov 2019 07:35:19 -0500
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/22] ext4: Do not iput inode under running transaction
 in ext4_mkdir()

On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 03:37:01PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> > We can certainly add it to the orphan list if it's necessary, but it's
> > extra overhead and adds a global contention point.  So if it's not
> > necessary, I'd rather avoid it if possible, and I think it's safe to
> > do so in this case.
> 
> As this is error cleanup path (only EIO and ENOSPC are realistic failure
> cases AFAICT) I don't think performance really matters here. I certainly
> don't want to add inode to orphan list in the fast path. I agree that would
> be non-starter. I'll try to write a patch and we'll see how bad it will be.
> If you still hate it, I can have a look into how bad it would be to fix
> ext4_symlink() and somehow deal with revoke reservation issues.

That seems fair; I agree, adding inodes to the list in the error path
shouldn't be an issue.

					- Ted