linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] fs: Handle I_DONTCACHE in iput_final() instead of generic_drop

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Date:   Fri, 4 Sep 2020 15:59:39 +0800
From:   Hao Li <lihao2018.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
To:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     <david@...morbit.com>, <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
        <linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org>, <lihao2018.fnst@...fujitsu.com>,
        <y-goto@...itsu.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] fs: Handle I_DONTCACHE in iput_final() instead of generic_drop_inode()

If generic_drop_inode() returns true, it means iput_final() can evict
this inode regardless of whether it is dirty or not. If we check
I_DONTCACHE in generic_drop_inode(), any inode with this bit set will be
evicted unconditionally. This is not the desired behavior because
I_DONTCACHE only means the inode shouldn't be cached on the LRU list.
As for whether we need to evict this inode, this is what
generic_drop_inode() should do. This patch corrects the usage of
I_DONTCACHE.

This patch was proposed in [1].

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20200831003407.GE12096@dread.disaster.area/

Fixes: dae2f8ed7992 ("fs: Lift XFS_IDONTCACHE to the VFS layer")
Signed-off-by: Hao Li <lihao2018.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
---
Changes in v2:
 - Adjust code format
 - Add Fixes tag in commit message

 fs/inode.c         | 4 +++-
 include/linux/fs.h | 3 +--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 72c4c347afb7..19ad823f781c 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1625,7 +1625,9 @@ static void iput_final(struct inode *inode)
 	else
 		drop = generic_drop_inode(inode);
 
-	if (!drop && (sb->s_flags & SB_ACTIVE)) {
+	if (!drop &&
+	    !(inode->i_state & I_DONTCACHE) &&
+	    (sb->s_flags & SB_ACTIVE)) {
 		inode_add_lru(inode);
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 		return;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index e019ea2f1347..93caee80ce47 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2922,8 +2922,7 @@ extern int inode_needs_sync(struct inode *inode);
 extern int generic_delete_inode(struct inode *inode);
 static inline int generic_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	return !inode->i_nlink || inode_unhashed(inode) ||
-		(inode->i_state & I_DONTCACHE);
+	return !inode->i_nlink || inode_unhashed(inode);
 }
 extern void d_mark_dontcache(struct inode *inode);
 
-- 
2.28.0