Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] ext4: Fix reusing stale buffer heads from last failed mounting

From: Jan Kara
Date: Tue Mar 14 2023 - 08:11:48 EST


On Tue 14-03-23 20:01:46, Zhihao Cheng wrote:
> 在 2023/3/14 19:33, Jan Kara 写道:
> Hi Jan,
>
> >
> > > @@ -1271,14 +1277,8 @@ static void ext4_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
> > > sync_blockdev(sb->s_bdev);
> > > invalidate_bdev(sb->s_bdev);
>
> For journal in the inode case, journal bhs come from block device, which
> means buffers will be dropped after this line 'invalidate_bdev(sb->s_bdev)'
> being executed.

Right, I've missed that. But then why do you remove the sbi->s_journal_bdev
!= sb->s_bdev condition below?

> > > - if (sbi->s_journal_bdev && sbi->s_journal_bdev != sb->s_bdev) {
> > > - /*
> > > - * Invalidate the journal device's buffers. We don't want them
> > > - * floating about in memory - the physical journal device may
> > > - * hotswapped, and it breaks the `ro-after' testing code.
> > > - */
> > > + if (sbi->s_journal_bdev) {
> > > sync_blockdev(sbi->s_journal_bdev);
> > > - invalidate_bdev(sbi->s_journal_bdev);
> > > ext4_blkdev_remove(sbi);
> > > }
> > > Hum, but this will invalidate bhs only if journal is stored on a block
> > device. If journal is in the inode (the common case), we won't invalidate
> > anything (sbi->s_journal_bdev is NULL) and the same problem can happen?
> >

Honza
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Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR