Re: [PATCH] f2fs: wait for inode record work before clearing ino bitmaps

[Chao Yu]

On 8/31/26 21:39, Wenjie Qi wrote:
> APPEND/UPDATE inode state recording was moved to the inode eviction
> workqueue. These entries were later converted to bitmap values stored in
> XArrays, but the workqueue drain was left behind in the list cleanup loop
> where it is now a no-op.
> 
> During unmount, inode eviction work can therefore remain queued when
> f2fs_release_ino_entry() destroys the bitmap XArrays. A delayed worker can
> repopulate them before the workqueue is finally destroyed, leaking newly
> allocated XArray nodes when the F2FS superblock is freed.
> 
> Wait for APPEND/UPDATE inode record work before destroying each bitmap
> XArray, restoring the required ordering.
> 
> Fixes: 9a9ee7408a1f ("f2fs: reduce memory footprint of ino management")
> Signed-off-by: Wenjie Qi <qiwenjie@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
> index 4b59f30ef45d..400eab730c14 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
> @@ -902,6 +902,8 @@ void f2fs_release_ino_entry(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, bool all)
>  	for (i = APPEND_INO; i < MAX_INO_ENTRY; i++) {
>  		struct inode_management *im = &sbi->im[i];
>  
> +		f2fs_wait_for_inode_record(sbi, i);

We need to remove f2fs_wait_for_inode_record(sbi, i) from above loop for cleanup?


Thanks,

> +
>  		spin_lock(&im->ino_lock);
>  		xa_destroy(&im->ino_root);
>  		spin_unlock(&im->ino_lock);