Re: [PATCH 16/15] xfs: only call xfs_setsize_buftarg once per buffer target

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Fri May 02 2025 - 02:57:48 EST


On Thu, May 01, 2025 at 12:52:08PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> From: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> It's silly to call xfs_setsize_buftarg from xfs_alloc_buftarg with the
> block device LBA size because we don't need to ask the block layer to
> validate a geometry number that it provided us. Instead, set the
> preliminary bt_meta_sector* fields to the LBA size in preparation for
> reading the primary super.
>
> It's ok to lose the sync_blockdev call at buftarg creation time for the
> external log and rt devices because we don't read from them until after
> calling xfs_setup_devices. We do need an explicit sync for the data
> device because we read the primary super before calling
> xfs_setup_devices.

Should we just it for all of them in open_devices now that the sync
is decoupled from setting the block size?

Otherwise this looks good, but I guess this should go before the atomic
writes series in the end?