Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: move put_gc_inode into gc_mutex

[Changman Lee <cm224.lee@samsung.com>]

On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 07:55:14PM -0800, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> Hi Changman,
> 
> On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 06:42:54PM +0900, Changman Lee wrote:
> > There in no any lock to protect gc_inode list so let's move into
> > gc_mutex, otherwise it might be lost links of list.
> 
> Could you explain why the links can be lost?
> Cause the ilist is a local variable.

Hi Jaegeuk,

Oh, I missed ilist is a local variable.
Sorry, ignore this patch.

Thanks,

> 
> IIRC, the reason why put_gc_inode is called outside of gc_mutex is to avoid
> deadlock between f2fs_evict_inode and gc operations.
> I'm not sure it still has a problem, but it is unclear that we have to move
> put_gc_inode inside gc_mutex.
> 
> Are you facing with any bug on this?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Changman Lee <cm224.lee@samsung.com>
> > ---
> >  fs/f2fs/gc.c | 4 ++--
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
> > index 657683c9..99e1720 100644
> > --- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
> > +++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
> > @@ -733,9 +733,9 @@ gc_more:
> >  	if (gc_type == FG_GC)
> >  		write_checkpoint(sbi, &cpc);
> >  stop:
> > -	mutex_unlock(&sbi->gc_mutex);
> > -
> >  	put_gc_inode(&ilist);
> > +
> > +	mutex_unlock(&sbi->gc_mutex);
> >  	return ret;
> >  }
> >  
> > -- 
> > 1.9.1
> > 
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