linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nilfs2: only call unlock_new_inode() if I

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Date:   Tue, 28 Jul 2020 01:59:43 +0900
From:   Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@...il.com>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-nilfs <linux-nilfs@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nilfs2: only call unlock_new_inode() if I_NEW

Yeah, I sent this to Andrew a little while ago:

  https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/7/27/976

Thanks,
Ryusuke Konishi

On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 1:50 AM Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 12:01:52AM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> > From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
> >
> > unlock_new_inode() is only meant to be called after a new inode has
> > already been inserted into the hash table.  But nilfs_new_inode() can
> > call it even before it has inserted the inode, triggering the WARNING in
> > unlock_new_inode().  Fix this by only calling unlock_new_inode() if the
> > inode has the I_NEW flag set, indicating that it's in the table.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
>
> Ping.  Ryusuke, any interest in taking this patch?
>
> - Eric