Re: [RFC v2 00/83] NOVA: a new file system for persistent memory

From: Theodore Y. Ts'o
Date: Sat Mar 10 2018 - 21:14:34 EST


FYI, your patch set doesn't even compile for me without these fixups.
I'm not sure why you were trying to declare inline functions in a
header file without the function body?

- Ted

diff --git a/fs/nova/balloc.c b/fs/nova/balloc.c
index 8e992156f28c..9c7b74aa712e 100644
--- a/fs/nova/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/nova/balloc.c
@@ -74,12 +74,12 @@ static void nova_init_free_list(struct super_block *sb,
free_list->block_end -= sbi->tail_reserved_blocks;
}

-inline struct nova_range_node *nova_alloc_blocknode(struct super_block *sb)
+struct nova_range_node *nova_alloc_blocknode(struct super_block *sb)
{
return nova_alloc_range_node(sb);
}

-inline void nova_free_blocknode(struct super_block *sb,
+void nova_free_blocknode(struct super_block *sb,
struct nova_range_node *node)
{
nova_free_range_node(node);
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ int nova_insert_range_node(struct rb_root *tree,
return 0;
}

-inline int nova_insert_blocktree(struct nova_sb_info *sbi,
+int nova_insert_blocktree(struct nova_sb_info *sbi,
struct rb_root *tree, struct nova_range_node *new_node)
{
int ret;
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ static int nova_new_blocks(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long *blocknr,

// Allocate data blocks. The offset for the allocated block comes back in
// blocknr. Return the number of blocks allocated.
-inline int nova_new_data_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
+int nova_new_data_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
struct nova_inode_info_header *sih, unsigned long *blocknr,
unsigned long start_blk, unsigned int num,
enum nova_alloc_init zero, int cpu,
diff --git a/fs/nova/balloc.h b/fs/nova/balloc.h
index 463fbac99eff..aca7e8c18dde 100644
--- a/fs/nova/balloc.h
+++ b/fs/nova/balloc.h
@@ -62,18 +62,18 @@ enum alloc_type {

int nova_alloc_block_free_lists(struct super_block *sb);
void nova_delete_free_lists(struct super_block *sb);
-inline struct nova_range_node *nova_alloc_blocknode(struct super_block *sb);
-inline void nova_free_blocknode(struct super_block *sb,
+struct nova_range_node *nova_alloc_blocknode(struct super_block *sb);
+void nova_free_blocknode(struct super_block *sb,
struct nova_range_node *bnode);
extern void nova_init_blockmap(struct super_block *sb, int recovery);
extern unsigned long nova_count_free_blocks(struct super_block *sb);
-inline int nova_insert_blocktree(struct nova_sb_info *sbi,
+int nova_insert_blocktree(struct nova_sb_info *sbi,
struct rb_root *tree, struct nova_range_node *new_node);
extern int nova_free_data_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
struct nova_inode_info_header *sih, unsigned long blocknr, int num);
extern int nova_free_log_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
struct nova_inode_info_header *sih, unsigned long blocknr, int num);
-extern inline int nova_new_data_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
+extern int nova_new_data_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
struct nova_inode_info_header *sih, unsigned long *blocknr,
unsigned long start_blk, unsigned int num,
enum nova_alloc_init zero, int cpu,
diff --git a/fs/nova/inode.c b/fs/nova/inode.c
index 21be31a05d26..31ef258978ba 100644
--- a/fs/nova/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nova/inode.c
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ struct inode *nova_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
return ERR_PTR(err);
}

-inline int nova_insert_inodetree(struct nova_sb_info *sbi,
+int nova_insert_inodetree(struct nova_sb_info *sbi,
struct nova_range_node *new_node, int cpu)
{
struct rb_root *tree;
diff --git a/fs/nova/inode.h b/fs/nova/inode.h
index 086a7cba8ac3..1097e15ff7af 100644
--- a/fs/nova/inode.h
+++ b/fs/nova/inode.h
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ int nova_init_inode_table(struct super_block *sb);
int nova_get_inode_address(struct super_block *sb, u64 ino,
u64 *pi_addr, int extendable);
struct inode *nova_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino);
-inline int nova_insert_inodetree(struct nova_sb_info *sbi,
+int nova_insert_inodetree(struct nova_sb_info *sbi,
struct nova_range_node *new_node, int cpu);
u64 nova_new_nova_inode(struct super_block *sb, u64 *pi_addr);
struct inode *nova_new_vfs_inode(enum nova_new_inode_type type,
diff --git a/fs/nova/super.c b/fs/nova/super.c
index 039c003b698b..9f06ec847c95 100644
--- a/fs/nova/super.c
+++ b/fs/nova/super.c
@@ -795,23 +795,23 @@ static void nova_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
}

-inline void nova_free_range_node(struct nova_range_node *node)
+void nova_free_range_node(struct nova_range_node *node)
{
kmem_cache_free(nova_range_node_cachep, node);
}

-inline void nova_free_inode_node(struct super_block *sb,
+void nova_free_inode_node(struct super_block *sb,
struct nova_range_node *node)
{
nova_free_range_node(node);
}

-inline void nova_free_file_write_item(struct nova_file_write_item *item)
+void nova_free_file_write_item(struct nova_file_write_item *item)
{
kmem_cache_free(nova_file_write_item_cachep, item);
}

-inline struct nova_file_write_item *
+struct nova_file_write_item *
nova_alloc_file_write_item(struct super_block *sb)
{
struct nova_file_write_item *p;
diff --git a/fs/nova/super.h b/fs/nova/super.h
index bcbe862ac914..dc98346266e1 100644
--- a/fs/nova/super.h
+++ b/fs/nova/super.h
@@ -160,11 +160,11 @@ static inline struct nova_super_block *nova_get_super(struct super_block *sb)

extern void nova_error_mng(struct super_block *sb, const char *fmt, ...);
extern struct nova_range_node *nova_alloc_range_node(struct super_block *sb);
-extern inline struct nova_range_node *nova_alloc_inode_node(struct super_block *sb);
+extern struct nova_range_node *nova_alloc_inode_node(struct super_block *sb);
extern struct nova_file_write_item *
nova_alloc_file_write_item(struct super_block *sb);
extern void nova_free_range_node(struct nova_range_node *node);
-extern inline void nova_free_inode_node(struct super_block *sb,
+extern void nova_free_inode_node(struct super_block *sb,
struct nova_range_node *node);
void nova_free_file_write_item(struct nova_file_write_item *item);