linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 2/2] fs: record I_DIRTY_TIME even if inode already has I_DIRTY

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Message-ID: <YuNcd7q6a33tqkAf@sol.localdomain>
Date:   Thu, 28 Jul 2022 21:05:11 -0700
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, jlayton@...nel.org, tytso@....edu,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] fs: record I_DIRTY_TIME even if inode already has
 I_DIRTY_INODE

On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 03:39:14PM +0200, Lukas Czerner wrote:
> Currently the I_DIRTY_TIME will never get set if the inode already has
> I_DIRTY_INODE with assumption that it supersedes I_DIRTY_TIME.  That's
> true, however ext4 will only update the on-disk inode in
> ->dirty_inode(), not on actual writeback. As a result if the inode
> already has I_DIRTY_INODE state by the time we get to
> __mark_inode_dirty() only with I_DIRTY_TIME, the time was already filled
> into on-disk inode and will not get updated until the next I_DIRTY_INODE
> update, which might never come if we crash or get a power failure.
> 
> The problem can be reproduced on ext4 by running xfstest generic/622
> with -o iversion mount option. Fix it by setting I_DIRTY_TIME even if
> the inode already has I_DIRTY_INODE.
> 
> Also clear the I_DIRTY_TIME after ->dirty_inode() otherwise it may never
> get cleared.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>

If you're going to change the meaning of I_* flags, please update the comment in
include/linux/fs.h that describes what they mean.

- Eric