Re: [PATCH 1/2] ceph: conversion to new fscache API

From: Jeff Layton
Date: Wed Dec 01 2021 - 06:32:15 EST


On Mon, 2021-11-29 at 16:46 +0000, David Howells wrote:
> Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > +void ceph_fscache_unregister_inode_cookie(struct ceph_inode_info* ci)
> > {
> > - return fscache_register_netfs(&ceph_cache_netfs);
> > + struct fscache_cookie* cookie = xchg(&ci->fscache, NULL);
> > +
> > + fscache_relinquish_cookie(cookie, false);
> > }
>
> xchg() should be excessive there. This is only called from
> ceph_evict_inode(). Also, if you're going to reset the pointer, it might be
> worth poisoning it rather than nulling it.
>

Ok, makes sense. I'll make that change soon.
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Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>