From: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
To: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
sargun@sargun.me, amir73il@gmail.com, vgoyal@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RESEND] vfs: serialize updates to file->f_sb_err with f_lock
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2021 14:00:18 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <183bdfcf876e7a33586e3236d73b7ad5ba88f293.camel@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210104185717.GK3579531@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
On Mon, 2021-01-04 at 18:57 +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 04, 2021 at 01:43:47PM -0500, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > @@ -172,7 +172,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(syncfs, int, fd)
> > ret = sync_filesystem(sb);
> > up_read(&sb->s_umount);
> >
> >
> > - ret2 = errseq_check_and_advance(&sb->s_wb_err, &f.file->f_sb_err);
> > + if (errseq_check(&sb->s_wb_err, f.file->f_sb_err)) {
> > + /* Something changed, must use slow path */
> > + spin_lock(&f.file->f_lock);
> > + ret2 = errseq_check_and_advance(&sb->s_wb_err, &f.file->f_sb_err);
> > + spin_unlock(&f.file->f_lock);
> > + }
>
> Is there any point bothering with the fastpath here?
> I mean, look at the up_read() immediately prior to that thing...
It is a micro-optimization, but the vastly common case is that we will
avoid the spinlock there. That said, I'm fine with dropping the fastpath
if you prefer.
--
Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-04 19:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-04 18:43 [PATCH][RESEND] vfs: serialize updates to file->f_sb_err with f_lock Jeff Layton
2021-01-04 18:57 ` Al Viro
2021-01-04 19:00 ` Jeff Layton [this message]
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