linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] virtio-fs: shared file system for virtual machines

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Date:   Tue, 3 Sep 2019 10:12:16 -0400
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
Cc:     Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        virtio-fs@...hat.com, Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>,
        "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] virtio-fs: shared file system for virtual
 machines

On Tue, Sep 03, 2019 at 10:07:52AM -0400, Vivek Goyal wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 03, 2019 at 04:31:38AM -0400, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> 
> [..]
> > +	/* TODO lock */
> > give me pause.
> > 
> > Cleanup generally seems broken to me - what pauses the FS
> 
> I am looking into device removal aspect of it now. Thinking of adding
> a reference count to virtiofs device and possibly also a bit flag to
> indicate if device is still alive. That way, we should be able to cleanup
> device more gracefully.

Generally, the way to cleanup things is to first disconnect device from
linux so linux won't send new requests, wait for old ones to finish.




> > 
> > What about the rest of TODOs in that file?
> 
> I will also take a closer look at TODOs now. Better device cleanup path
> might get rid of some of them. Some of them might not be valid anymore.
> 
> > 
> > use of usleep is hacky - can't we do better e.g. with a
> > completion?
> 
> Agreed.
> 
> Thanks
> Vivek