linux-kernel - Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: clear cold data flag if IO is not counted

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Date:   Mon, 15 Oct 2018 20:38:01 +0800
From:   Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>
To:     Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: clear cold data flag if IO is not
 counted

On 2018/10/11 5:22, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> If we clear the cold data flag out of the writeback flow, we can miscount
> -1 by end_io.

I didn't get it, which count do you mean?

Thanks,

> 
> Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
> ---
>  fs/f2fs/data.c | 4 ----
>  1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
> index 29a9d3b8f709..4102799b5558 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
> @@ -2636,10 +2636,6 @@ static int f2fs_set_data_page_dirty(struct page *page)
>  	if (!PageUptodate(page))
>  		SetPageUptodate(page);
>  
> -	/* don't remain PG_checked flag which was set during GC */
> -	if (is_cold_data(page))
> -		clear_cold_data(page);
> -
>  	if (f2fs_is_atomic_file(inode) && !f2fs_is_commit_atomic_write(inode)) {
>  		if (!IS_ATOMIC_WRITTEN_PAGE(page)) {
>  			f2fs_register_inmem_page(inode, page);
>