RE: [PATCH 2/2] exfat: remove exfat_update_parent_info()

From: Sungjong Seo
Date: Fri Apr 01 2022 - 06:34:29 EST


> exfat_update_parent_info() is a workaround for the wrong parent directory
> information being used after renaming. Now that bug is fixed, this is no
> longer needed, so remove it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yuezhang Mo <Yuezhang.Mo@xxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Andy Wu <Andy.Wu@xxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Aoyama Wataru <wataru.aoyama@xxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Daniel Palmer <daniel.palmer@xxxxxxxx>

As you said, exfat_update_parent_info() seems to be a workaround
that exists from the legacy code to resolve the inconsistency of
parent node information.

Thanks for your patch!
Reviewed-by: Sungjong Seo <sj1557.seo@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> fs/exfat/namei.c | 26 --------------------------
> 1 file changed, 26 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/exfat/namei.c b/fs/exfat/namei.c index
> e7adb6bfd9d5..76acc3721951 100644
> --- a/fs/exfat/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/exfat/namei.c
> @@ -1168,28 +1168,6 @@ static int exfat_move_file(struct inode *inode,
> struct exfat_chain *p_olddir,
> return 0;
> }
>
> -static void exfat_update_parent_info(struct exfat_inode_info *ei,
> - struct inode *parent_inode)
> -{
> - struct exfat_sb_info *sbi = EXFAT_SB(parent_inode->i_sb);
> - struct exfat_inode_info *parent_ei = EXFAT_I(parent_inode);
> - loff_t parent_isize = i_size_read(parent_inode);
> -
> - /*
> - * the problem that struct exfat_inode_info caches wrong parent
> info.
> - *
> - * because of flag-mismatch of ei->dir,
> - * there is abnormal traversing cluster chain.
> - */
> - if (unlikely(parent_ei->flags != ei->dir.flags ||
> - parent_isize != EXFAT_CLU_TO_B(ei->dir.size, sbi) ||
> - parent_ei->start_clu != ei->dir.dir)) {
> - exfat_chain_set(&ei->dir, parent_ei->start_clu,
> - EXFAT_B_TO_CLU_ROUND_UP(parent_isize, sbi),
> - parent_ei->flags);
> - }
> -}
> -
> /* rename or move a old file into a new file */ static int
> __exfat_rename(struct inode *old_parent_inode,
> struct exfat_inode_info *ei, struct inode *new_parent_inode,
> @@ -1220,8 +1198,6 @@ static int __exfat_rename(struct inode
> *old_parent_inode,
> return -ENOENT;
> }
>
> - exfat_update_parent_info(ei, old_parent_inode);
> -
> exfat_chain_dup(&olddir, &ei->dir);
> dentry = ei->entry;
>
> @@ -1242,8 +1218,6 @@ static int __exfat_rename(struct inode
> *old_parent_inode,
> goto out;
> }
>
> - exfat_update_parent_info(new_ei, new_parent_inode);
> -
> p_dir = &(new_ei->dir);
> new_entry = new_ei->entry;
> ep = exfat_get_dentry(sb, p_dir, new_entry, &new_bh);
> --
> 2.25.1