linux-kernel - [PATCH] f2fs: do not skip updating inode when retrying to flush node page

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Date:   Mon, 13 Jun 2022 10:23:05 -0700
From:   Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] f2fs: do not skip updating inode when retrying to flush node page

Let's try to flush dirty inode again to improve subtle i_blocks mismatch.

Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
---
 fs/f2fs/node.c | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
index 836c79a20afc..4181d03a7ef7 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -1943,7 +1943,6 @@ int f2fs_sync_node_pages(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 		for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
 			struct page *page = pvec.pages[i];
 			bool submitted = false;
-			bool may_dirty = true;
 
 			/* give a priority to WB_SYNC threads */
 			if (atomic_read(&sbi->wb_sync_req[NODE]) &&
@@ -1996,11 +1995,8 @@ int f2fs_sync_node_pages(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 			}
 
 			/* flush dirty inode */
-			if (IS_INODE(page) && may_dirty) {
-				may_dirty = false;
-				if (flush_dirty_inode(page))
-					goto lock_node;
-			}
+			if (IS_INODE(page) && flush_dirty_inode(page))
+				goto lock_node;
 write_node:
 			f2fs_wait_on_page_writeback(page, NODE, true, true);
 
-- 
2.36.1.476.g0c4daa206d-goog