linux-kernel - [PATCH] writeback: initialize inode members that track writeback history

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Date:	Tue, 16 Feb 2016 11:10:35 -0800
From:	Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] writeback: initialize inode members that track writeback history

inode struct members that track cgroup writeback information
should be reinitialized when inode gets allocated from
kmem_cache. Otherwise, their values remain and get used by the
new inode.

Signed-off-by: Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>
---
 fs/inode.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 9f62db3..69b8b52 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -154,6 +154,12 @@ int inode_init_always(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode)
 	inode->i_rdev = 0;
 	inode->dirtied_when = 0;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK
+	inode->i_wb_frn_winner = 0;
+	inode->i_wb_frn_avg_time = 0;
+	inode->i_wb_frn_history = 0;
+#endif
+
 	if (security_inode_alloc(inode))
 		goto out;
 	spin_lock_init(&inode->i_lock);
-- 
2.7.0.rc3.207.g0ac5344