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SubjectRe: [PATCH 10/11] writeback: splice dirty inode entries to default bdi on bdi_destroy()
On Wed 16-09-09 15:21:08, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 16 2009, Jan Kara wrote:
> > On Tue 15-09-09 20:16:56, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > > We cannot safely ensure that the inodes are all gone at this point
> > > in time, and we must not destroy this bdi with inodes having off it.
> > ^^^ hanging
> >
> > > So just splice our entries to the default bdi since that one will
> > > always persist.
> > BTW: Why can't we make sure all inodes on the BDI are clean when we
> > destroy it? Common sence would suggest that we better should be able to do
> > it :).
> > Maybe it's because most users of private BDI do not call bdi_unregister
> > but rather directly bdi_destroy? Is this correct behavior?
> Not sure yet, it's on the TODO. This basically works around the problem
> for now at least. With dm at least, I'm seeing inodes still hanging off
> the bdi after we have done a sync_blockdev(bdev, 1);.
Do you really mean sync_blockdev() or fsync_bdev()? Because the first one
just synces the blockdev's mapping not the filesystem...

Honza
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Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
SUSE Labs, CR


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