Re: [PATCH v2] f2fs: wait for inode record work before clearing ino bitmaps

From: Chao Yu

Date: Wed Sep 02 2026 - 03:31:02 EST


On 9/1/26 22:08, 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>
> ---
> v2:
> - Remove the no-op wait from the ORPHAN/FLUSH cleanup loop.
> - Wait once before bitmap XArray cleanup since APPEND/UPDATE share evict_wq.
>
> fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
> index 4b59f30ef45d5..642a771e0f63c 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
> @@ -887,8 +887,6 @@ void f2fs_release_ino_entry(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, bool all)
> for (i = all ? ORPHAN_INO : FLUSH_INO; i <= FLUSH_INO; i++) {
> struct inode_management *im = &sbi->im[i];
>
> - f2fs_wait_for_inode_record(sbi, i);
> -
> spin_lock(&im->ino_lock);
> list_for_each_entry_safe(e, tmp, &im->ino_list, list) {
> list_del(&e->list);
> @@ -899,6 +897,8 @@ void f2fs_release_ino_entry(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, bool all)
> spin_unlock(&im->ino_lock);
> }
>
> + f2fs_wait_for_inode_record(sbi, APPEND_INO);

It may missed to wait UPDATE_INO?

Thanks

> +
> for (i = APPEND_INO; i < MAX_INO_ENTRY; i++) {
> struct inode_management *im = &sbi->im[i];
>