linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] overlayfs: Report writeback errors on upper

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Date:   Tue, 22 Dec 2020 16:20:27 +0000
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-unionfs@...r.kernel.org, jlayton@...nel.org,
        amir73il@...il.com, sargun@...gun.me, miklos@...redi.hu,
        jack@...e.cz, neilb@...e.com, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, hch@....de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] overlayfs: Report writeback errors on upper

On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 02:50:55PM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote:
> +static int ovl_errseq_check_advance(struct super_block *sb, struct file *file)
> +{
> +	struct ovl_fs *ofs = sb->s_fs_info;
> +	struct super_block *upper_sb;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	if (!ovl_upper_mnt(ofs))
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	upper_sb = ovl_upper_mnt(ofs)->mnt_sb;
> +
> +	if (!errseq_check(&upper_sb->s_wb_err, file->f_sb_err))
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	/* Something changed, must use slow path */
> +	spin_lock(&file->f_lock);
> +	ret = errseq_check_and_advance(&upper_sb->s_wb_err, &file->f_sb_err);
> +	spin_unlock(&file->f_lock);

Why are you microoptimising syncfs()?  Are there really applications which
call syncfs() in a massively parallel manner on the same file descriptor?