Re: [PATCH v7 4/5] buffer: set BIO_COMPLETE_IN_TASK for dropbehind writeback
From: Jan Kara
Date: Thu Jul 30 2026 - 05:44:30 EST
On Thu 30-07-26 02:57:54, Tal Zussman wrote:
> Set BIO_COMPLETE_IN_TASK in __bh_submit() for write bios when the folio
> has dropbehind set, so that buffer_head writeback completions get
> deferred to task context where folio_end_dropbehind() can safely
> invalidate folios.
>
> Read completions are not deferred since dropbehind invalidation for
> reads is handled synchronously by the reader.
>
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Tal Zussman <tz2294@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Looks good. Feel free to add:
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Honza
> ---
> fs/buffer.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
> index 9af5f061a1f8..6f099847240e 100644
> --- a/fs/buffer.c
> +++ b/fs/buffer.c
> @@ -1203,6 +1203,9 @@ static void __bh_submit(struct buffer_head *bh, blk_opf_t opf,
>
> bio = bio_alloc(bh->b_bdev, 1, opf, GFP_NOIO);
>
> + if (folio_test_dropbehind(bh->b_folio) && op_is_write(opf))
> + bio_set_flag(bio, BIO_COMPLETE_IN_TASK);
> +
> if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FS_ENCRYPTION))
> buffer_set_crypto_ctx(bio, bh, GFP_NOIO);
>
>
> --
> 2.39.5
>
--
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR