linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH V6 7/7] ovl: implement containerized syncfs for overlayfs

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Date:   Mon, 22 Nov 2021 11:00:38 +0800
From:   Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@...ernel.net>
To:     miklos@...redi.hu, jack@...e.cz, amir73il@...il.com
Cc:     linux-unionfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Chengguang Xu <charliecgxu@...cent.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH V6 7/7] ovl: implement containerized syncfs for overlayfs

From: Chengguang Xu <charliecgxu@...cent.com>

Now overlayfs can only sync own dirty inodes during syncfs,
so remove unnecessary sync_filesystem() on upper file system.

Signed-off-by: Chengguang Xu <charliecgxu@...cent.com>
---
 fs/overlayfs/super.c | 14 +++++---------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index ccffcd96491d..213b795a6a86 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -292,18 +292,14 @@ static int ovl_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 	/*
 	 * Not called for sync(2) call or an emergency sync (SB_I_SKIP_SYNC).
 	 * All the super blocks will be iterated, including upper_sb.
-	 *
-	 * If this is a syncfs(2) call, then we do need to call
-	 * sync_filesystem() on upper_sb, but enough if we do it when being
-	 * called with wait == 1.
 	 */
-	if (!wait)
-		return 0;
-
 	upper_sb = ovl_upper_mnt(ofs)->mnt_sb;
-
 	down_read(&upper_sb->s_umount);
-	ret = sync_filesystem(upper_sb);
+	if (wait)
+		wait_sb_inodes(upper_sb);
+	if (upper_sb->s_op->sync_fs)
+		upper_sb->s_op->sync_fs(upper_sb, wait);
+	ret = ovl_sync_upper_blockdev(upper_sb, wait);
 	up_read(&upper_sb->s_umount);
 
 	return ret;
-- 
2.27.0