Re: [PATCH] fs: make insert_inode_locked() wait for inode destruction

From: Jan Kara

Date: Mon Jan 12 2026 - 06:47:23 EST


On Sun 11-01-26 09:38:42, Mateusz Guzik wrote:
> This is the only routine which instead skipped instead of waiting.
>
> The current behavior is arguably a bug as it results in a corner case
> where the inode hash can have *two* matching inodes, one of which is on
> its way out.
>
> Ironing out this difference is an incremental step towards sanitizing
> the API.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@xxxxxxxxx>

Agreed, it's an odd difference between the two inode insertion apis. Feel
free to add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

Honza

> ---
> fs/inode.c | 10 ++++++----
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
> index f8904f813372..3b838f07cb40 100644
> --- a/fs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/inode.c
> @@ -1832,16 +1832,13 @@ int insert_inode_locked(struct inode *inode)
> while (1) {
> struct inode *old = NULL;
> spin_lock(&inode_hash_lock);
> +repeat:
> hlist_for_each_entry(old, head, i_hash) {
> if (old->i_ino != ino)
> continue;
> if (old->i_sb != sb)
> continue;
> spin_lock(&old->i_lock);
> - if (inode_state_read(old) & (I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE)) {
> - spin_unlock(&old->i_lock);
> - continue;
> - }
> break;
> }
> if (likely(!old)) {
> @@ -1852,6 +1849,11 @@ int insert_inode_locked(struct inode *inode)
> spin_unlock(&inode_hash_lock);
> return 0;
> }
> + if (inode_state_read(old) & (I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE)) {
> + __wait_on_freeing_inode(old, true);
> + old = NULL;
> + goto repeat;
> + }
> if (unlikely(inode_state_read(old) & I_CREATING)) {
> spin_unlock(&old->i_lock);
> spin_unlock(&inode_hash_lock);
> --
> 2.48.1
>
--
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR