[Bug 205569] potential data race (likely benign) on inode->i_state (reading and writing to different bits)

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https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205569

--- Comment #2 from Meng Xu (mengxu.gatech@gmail.com) ---
(In reply to Theodore Tso from comment #1)
> The writeback thread is only applicable for data files.   While rmdir() is
> only applicable for directories.   Also, in both of these function traces,
> what you referenced is i_state bits being *read*:
> 
>  [WRITE] dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
>   ^^^^^ not correct!
> 
> That being said, there are places in fs/fs-writeback.c where i_state is
> modified, and there are code paths where ext4_orphan_add() can be called on
> regular data files --- just not the ones you've listed in this bug.
> 
> Can you recheck the call traces and make sure they are correct?

Hi Ted,

My bad, the [WRITE] location is a few lines down the path,
inode->i_state &= ~dirty;

Best Regards,
Meng

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