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From: hch <hch@lst.de>
To: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>
Cc: Hans Holmberg <Hans.Holmberg@wdc.com>,
	"linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org" <linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org>,
	Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>,
	Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>, hch <hch@lst.de>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] xfs: free the item in xfs_mru_cache_insert on failure
Date: Mon, 5 May 2025 07:45:49 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250505054549.GA21045@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250502200646.GT25675@frogsfrogsfrogs>

On Fri, May 02, 2025 at 01:06:46PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> >  	atomic_inc(&pag_group(args->pag)->xg_active_ref);
> >  	item->pag = args->pag;
> > -	error = xfs_mru_cache_insert(mp->m_filestream, pino, &item->mru);
> > -	if (error)
> > -		goto out_free_item;
> > +	xfs_mru_cache_insert(mp->m_filestream, pino, &item->mru);
> 
> Hmm, don't you still need to check for -ENOMEM returns?  Or if truly
> none of the callers care anymore, then can we get rid of the return
> value for xfs_mru_cache_insert?

Both for file streams and the zone association in the next patch the
mru cache is just a hint, so we ignore all errors (see the return 0
in the error handling boilerplate in the existing code).  But hardcoding
that assumption into the core mru cache helpers seems a bit weird.


  reply	other threads:[~2025-05-05  5:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-04-30  8:41 [RFC PATCH 0/2] Add mru cache for inode to zone allocation mapping Hans Holmberg
2025-04-30  8:41 ` [RFC PATCH 1/2] xfs: free the item in xfs_mru_cache_insert on failure Hans Holmberg
2025-05-02 20:06   ` Darrick J. Wong
2025-05-05  5:45     ` hch [this message]
2025-05-05 15:07       ` Darrick J. Wong
2025-04-30  8:41 ` [RFC PATCH 2/2] xfs: add inode to zone caching for data placement Hans Holmberg
2025-05-02 20:04   ` Darrick J. Wong
2025-05-05  5:55     ` hch
2025-05-05  5:57 ` [RFC PATCH 0/2] Add mru cache for inode to zone allocation mapping hch

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