Re: [PATCH 1/7] ext4: Modify ei->i_flags before calling ext4_mark_iloc_dirty()

From: Julian Sun
Date: Mon Jan 06 2025 - 21:54:07 EST


Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> 于2025年1月6日周一 23:25写道:
>
> On Fri 20-12-24 23:16:19, Julian Sun wrote:
> > Modify ei->i_flags before calling ext4_mark_iloc_dirty() so that
> > the modifications to ei->i_flags can be reflected in the raw_inode
> > during the call to ext4_mark_iloc_dirty()->ext4_do_update_inode()
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Julian Sun <sunjunchao2870@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > fs/ext4/inline.c | 3 +--
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
> > index 3536ca7e4fcc..d479495d03aa 100644
> > --- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
> > +++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
> > @@ -465,11 +465,10 @@ static int ext4_destroy_inline_data_nolock(handle_t *handle,
> > ext4_clear_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_INLINE_DATA);
> >
> > get_bh(is.iloc.bh);
> > - error = ext4_mark_iloc_dirty(handle, inode, &is.iloc);
> > -
> > EXT4_I(inode)->i_inline_off = 0;
> > EXT4_I(inode)->i_inline_size = 0;
> > ext4_clear_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA);
> > + error = ext4_mark_iloc_dirty(handle, inode, &is.iloc);
>
> I don't see what difference this makes since ext4_clear_inode_state() does
> not modify ei->i_flags but ei->i_state_flags which is not stored on disk...

Yes, you are correct. On my machine, BITS_PER_LONG is 64, so
ext4_clear_inode_state() modifies the high 32 bits of ei->i_flags
which are also not stored on disk.
>
> Honza
> --
> Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
> SUSE Labs, CR


Thanks,
--
Julian Sun <sunjunchao2870@xxxxxxxxx>