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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v5 06/10] ovl: implement overlayfs' ->write_inode operation
From: Chengguang Xu <cgxu519 () mykernel ! net>
Date: 2021-11-16 2:20:25
Message-ID: 17d268ba3ce.1199800543649.1713755891767595962 () mykernel ! net
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---- 在 星期四, 2021-10-07 21:34:19 Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> 撰写 ----
> On Thu, 7 Oct 2021 at 15:10, Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@mykernel.net> wrote:
> > > However that wasn't what I was asking about. AFAICS ->write_inode()
> > > won't start write back for dirty pages. Maybe I'm missing something,
> > > but there it looks as if nothing will actually trigger writeback for
> > > dirty pages in upper inode.
> > >
> >
> > Actually, page writeback on upper inode will be triggered by overlayfs ->writepages and
> > overlayfs' ->writepages will be called by vfs writeback function (i.e writeback_sb_inodes).
>
> Right.
>
> But wouldn't it be simpler to do this from ->write_inode()?
>
> I.e. call write_inode_now() as suggested by Jan.
>
> Also could just call mark_inode_dirty() on the overlay inode
> regardless of the dirty flags on the upper inode since it shouldn't
> matter and results in simpler logic.
>
Hi Miklos,
Sorry for delayed response for this, I've been busy with another project.
I agree with your suggesion above and further more how about just mark overlay inode dirty
when it has upper inode? This approach will make marking dirtiness simple enough.
Thanks,
Chengguang
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