linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2 02/12] fs: correctly document the inode dirty flags

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Message-ID: <20210111144857.GA18475@quack2.suse.cz>
Date:   Mon, 11 Jan 2021 15:48:57 +0100
From:   Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 02/12] fs: correctly document the inode dirty flags

On Fri 08-01-21 23:58:53, Eric Biggers wrote:
> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
> 
> The documentation for I_DIRTY_SYNC and I_DIRTY_DATASYNC is a bit
> misleading, and I_DIRTY_TIME isn't documented at all.  Fix this.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>

Looks good to me. You can add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

								Honza

> ---
>  include/linux/fs.h | 18 +++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
> index fd47deea7c176..45a0303b2aeb6 100644
> --- a/include/linux/fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/fs.h
> @@ -2084,8 +2084,8 @@ static inline void kiocb_clone(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct kiocb *kiocb_src,
>  /*
>   * Inode state bits.  Protected by inode->i_lock
>   *
> - * Three bits determine the dirty state of the inode, I_DIRTY_SYNC,
> - * I_DIRTY_DATASYNC and I_DIRTY_PAGES.
> + * Four bits determine the dirty state of the inode: I_DIRTY_SYNC,
> + * I_DIRTY_DATASYNC, I_DIRTY_PAGES, and I_DIRTY_TIME.
>   *
>   * Four bits define the lifetime of an inode.  Initially, inodes are I_NEW,
>   * until that flag is cleared.  I_WILL_FREE, I_FREEING and I_CLEAR are set at
> @@ -2094,12 +2094,20 @@ static inline void kiocb_clone(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct kiocb *kiocb_src,
>   * Two bits are used for locking and completion notification, I_NEW and I_SYNC.
>   *
>   * I_DIRTY_SYNC		Inode is dirty, but doesn't have to be written on
> - *			fdatasync().  i_atime is the usual cause.
> - * I_DIRTY_DATASYNC	Data-related inode changes pending. We keep track of
> + *			fdatasync() (unless I_DIRTY_DATASYNC is also set).
> + *			Timestamp updates are the usual cause.
> + * I_DIRTY_DATASYNC	Data-related inode changes pending.  We keep track of
>   *			these changes separately from I_DIRTY_SYNC so that we
>   *			don't have to write inode on fdatasync() when only
> - *			mtime has changed in it.
> + *			e.g. the timestamps have changed.
>   * I_DIRTY_PAGES	Inode has dirty pages.  Inode itself may be clean.
> + * I_DIRTY_TIME		The inode itself only has dirty timestamps, and the
> + *			lazytime mount option is enabled.  We keep track of this
> + *			separately from I_DIRTY_SYNC in order to implement
> + *			lazytime.  This gets cleared if I_DIRTY_INODE
> + *			(I_DIRTY_SYNC and/or I_DIRTY_DATASYNC) gets set.  I.e.
> + *			either I_DIRTY_TIME *or* I_DIRTY_INODE can be set in
> + *			i_state, but not both.  I_DIRTY_PAGES may still be set.
>   * I_NEW		Serves as both a mutex and completion notification.
>   *			New inodes set I_NEW.  If two processes both create
>   *			the same inode, one of them will release its inode and
> -- 
> 2.30.0
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
SUSE Labs, CR