Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: avoid stale fi->gdirty_list pointer

[Chao Yu]

On 2017/10/17 7:06, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> On 10/16, Chao Yu wrote:
>> On 2017/10/13 10:14, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
>>> When doing fault injection test, f2fs_evict_inode() didn't remove gdirty_list
>>> which incurs a kernel panic due to wrong pointer access.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Minor thing, how about reverting judgment condition for readability?
>>
>> if (is_set_ckpt_flags(sbi, CP_ERROR_FLAG))
>> 	f2fs_inode_synced()
> 
> We don't need to expect such the errored corner case first. ;)

Alright, making compiler being aware of this by using {un,}likely? :)

Thanks,

> 
>> else
>> 	f2fs_bug_on()
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>> ---
>>>  fs/f2fs/inode.c | 2 ++
>>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inode.c b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
>>> index f6db9d533ca4..1ae5396c97d6 100644
>>> --- a/fs/f2fs/inode.c
>>> +++ b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
>>> @@ -535,6 +535,8 @@ void f2fs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
>>>  
>>>  	if (!is_set_ckpt_flags(sbi, CP_ERROR_FLAG))
>>>  		f2fs_bug_on(sbi, is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_DIRTY_INODE));
>>> +	else
>>> +		f2fs_inode_synced(inode);
>>>  
>>>  	/* ino == 0, if f2fs_new_inode() was failed t*/
>>>  	if (inode->i_ino)
>>>
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