Re: [PATCH 00/13] xfs: in memory inode unlink log items

Gao Xiang
2020-08-18T20:01:58Z

On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 11:17:45AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 07:25:43PM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > This is a cleaned up version of the original RFC I posted here:
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-xfs/20200623095015.1934171-1-david@fromorbit.com/
> >
> > The original description is preserved below for quick reference,
> > I'll just walk though the changes in this version:
> >
> > - rebased on current TOT and xfs/for-next
> > - split up into many smaller patches
> > - includes Xiang's single unlinked list bucket modification
> > - uses a list_head for the in memory double unlinked inode list
> > rather than aginos and lockless inode lookups
> > - much simpler as it doesn't need to look up inodes from agino
> > values
> > - iunlink log item changed to take an xfs_inode pointer rather than
> > an imap and agino values
> > - a handful of small cleanups that breaking up into small patches
> > allowed.
>
> Two questions: How does this patchset intersect with the other one that
> changes the iunlink series? I guess the v4 of that series (when it
> appears) is intended to be applied directly after this one?

(confirmed from IRC) Yeah, I looked through this patchset these days
and sent out another rebased version and yes it can be applied directly
instead.

also put a link here:
https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200818133015.25398-1-hsiangkao@redhat.com

Sorry for that I shouldn't use --in-reply-to as deep as this way.

Thanks,
Gao Xiang