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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Brian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>, linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] xfs: don't unlock invalidated buf on aborted tx commit
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2018 04:05:02 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180901110502.GA29326@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180831132119.GB39825@bfoster>

On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 09:21:19AM -0400, Brian Foster wrote:
> > > +	} else if (stale) {
> > > +		/*
> > > +		 * Stale buffers remain locked until final unpin unless the bli
> > > +		 * was freed in the branch above. A freed stale bli implies an
> > > +		 * abort because buffer invalidation dirties the bli and
> > > +		 * transaction.
> > > +		 */
> > > +		ASSERT(!freed);
> > 
> > This assert doesn't make sense as we're already in the else statement
> > of the 'if (freed) check.
> > 
> 
> It was intended to be defensive. I actually considered 'else if (freed
> && stale)' so the code was more clear, but settled on this (which is
> eventually replaced).

I see you've resend it, but I still object to an ASSERT(!freed) in
an

	if (freed) {
		..
	} else if (stale) {
		ASSEET(!freed);
	}

statement.  This isn't defensive but just bogus logic.

  reply	other threads:[~2018-09-01 15:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-08-29 17:26 [PATCH v3 0/3] xfs: bli refcount fixups Brian Foster
2018-08-29 17:26 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] xfs: don't unlock invalidated buf on aborted tx commit Brian Foster
2018-08-31  7:24   ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-08-31 13:21     ` Brian Foster
2018-09-01 11:05       ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2018-09-03  0:18         ` Dave Chinner
2018-08-29 17:26 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] xfs: clean up xfs_trans_brelse() Brian Foster
2018-08-29 17:26 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] xfs: refactor xfs_buf_log_item reference count handling Brian Foster
2018-08-31  7:30   ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-08-31 13:22     ` Brian Foster

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