[PATCH 2/3] xfs: move some code out of xfs_iget_recycle

From: Christoph Hellwig

Date: Fri Nov 14 2025 - 00:53:05 EST


Having a function drop locks, reacquire them and release them again
seems to confuse the clang lock analysis even more than it confuses
humans. Keep the humans and machines sanity by moving a chunk of
code into the caller to simplify the lock tracking.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
---
fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c | 31 +++++++++++++------------------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
index e44040206851..546efa6cec72 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ xfs_reinit_inode(
static int
xfs_iget_recycle(
struct xfs_perag *pag,
- struct xfs_inode *ip) __releases(&ip->i_flags_lock)
+ struct xfs_inode *ip)
{
struct xfs_mount *mp = ip->i_mount;
struct inode *inode = VFS_I(ip);
@@ -366,20 +366,6 @@ xfs_iget_recycle(

trace_xfs_iget_recycle(ip);

- if (!xfs_ilock_nowait(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL))
- return -EAGAIN;
-
- /*
- * We need to make it look like the inode is being reclaimed to prevent
- * the actual reclaim workers from stomping over us while we recycle
- * the inode. We can't clear the radix tree tag yet as it requires
- * pag_ici_lock to be held exclusive.
- */
- ip->i_flags |= XFS_IRECLAIM;
-
- spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
- rcu_read_unlock();
-
ASSERT(!rwsem_is_locked(&inode->i_rwsem));
error = xfs_reinit_inode(mp, inode);
xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
@@ -576,10 +562,19 @@ xfs_iget_cache_hit(

/* The inode fits the selection criteria; process it. */
if (ip->i_flags & XFS_IRECLAIMABLE) {
- /* Drops i_flags_lock and RCU read lock. */
- error = xfs_iget_recycle(pag, ip);
- if (error == -EAGAIN)
+ /*
+ * We need to make it look like the inode is being reclaimed to
+ * prevent the actual reclaim workers from stomping over us
+ * while we recycle the inode. We can't clear the radix tree
+ * tag yet as it requires pag_ici_lock to be held exclusive.
+ */
+ if (!xfs_ilock_nowait(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL))
goto out_skip;
+ ip->i_flags |= XFS_IRECLAIM;
+ spin_unlock(&ip->i_flags_lock);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+
+ error = xfs_iget_recycle(pag, ip);
if (error)
return error;
} else {
--
2.47.3