Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:03:10 +0300 | From | Artem Bityutskiy <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] writeback: skip new or to-be-freed inodes |
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Wu Fengguang wrote: > The above race and warning didn't turn up because writeback_inodes() holds > the s_umount lock, so generic_forget_inode() finds MS_ACTIVE and returns > early. But we are not sure the UBIFS calls and future callers will guarantee > that. So skip I_WILL_FREE inodes for the sake of safety.
The inode states are a bit vague for me, but vs. UBIFS - feel free to ask questions.
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