linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH -next RFC 02/14] xen/blkback: use bdev api in xen_update_blkif

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Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2023 14:56:05 +0800
From: Yu Kuai <yukuai1@...weicloud.com>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, Yu Kuai <yukuai1@...weicloud.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH -next RFC 02/14] xen/blkback: use bdev api in
 xen_update_blkif_status()

Hi,

在 2023/12/06 13:55, Christoph Hellwig 写道:
> On Tue, Dec 05, 2023 at 08:37:16PM +0800, Yu Kuai wrote:
>> diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
>> index e34219ea2b05..e645afa4af57 100644
>> --- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
>> +++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
>> @@ -104,8 +104,7 @@ static void xen_update_blkif_status(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
>>   		xenbus_dev_error(blkif->be->dev, err, "block flush");
>>   		return;
>>   	}
>> -	invalidate_inode_pages2(
>> -			blkif->vbd.bdev_handle->bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping);
>> +	invalidate_bdev(blkif->vbd.bdev_handle->bdev);
> 
> blkbak is a bdev exported.   I don't think it should ever call
> invalidate_inode_pages2, through a wrapper or not.

I'm not sure about this. I'm not familiar with xen/blkback, but I saw
that xen-blkback will open a bdev from xen_vbd_create(), hence this
looks like a dm/md for me, hence it sounds reasonable to sync +
invalidate the opened bdev while initialization. Please kindly correct
me if I'm wrong.

Thanks,
Kuai

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