Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH v3] f2fs: change the current atomic write way

From: Jaegeuk Kim
Date: Mon May 23 2022 - 14:30:32 EST


On 05/22, Chao Yu wrote:
> On 2022/4/29 2:18, Daeho Jeong wrote:> + *old_addr = dn.data_blkaddr;
> > + f2fs_truncate_data_blocks_range(&dn, 1);
> > + dec_valid_block_count(sbi, F2FS_I(inode)->cow_inode, count);
> > + inc_valid_block_count(sbi, inode, &count);
> > + f2fs_replace_block(sbi, &dn, dn.data_blkaddr, new_addr,
> > + ni.version, true, false);
>
> My concern is, if cow_inode's data was persisted into previous checkpoint,
> and then f2fs_replace_block() will update SSA from cow_inode to inode?

SSA for original file is intact, so we'll see the orignal file's block addresses
and SSA, if we flush cow_inode's SSA after committing the atomic writes?
It'd be good to flush any SSA for cow_inode, since we'll truncate
cow_inode after powercut by the ohphan recovery?

> it will cause inconsistent status of last valid checkpoint? Or am I mssing
> something?
>
> > - f2fs_submit_merged_write_cond(sbi, inode, NULL, 0, DATA);
> > + new = f2fs_kmem_cache_alloc(revoke_entry_slab, GFP_NOFS,
> > + true, NULL);
> > + if (!new) {
> > + f2fs_put_dnode(&dn);
> > + ret = -ENOMEM;
> > + goto out;
>
> It doesn't need to handle failure of f2fs_kmem_cache_alloc()
> due to nofail parameter is true.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
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