On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 8:21 AM David Howells <dhowe...@redhat.com> wrote: > > David Wysochanski <dwyso...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > > > > > (4) fscache_enable/disable_cookie() have been removed. > > > > > > Call fscache_use_cookie() and fscache_unuse_cookie() when a file is > > > opened or closed to prevent a cache file from being culled and to > > > keep > > > resources to hand that are needed to do I/O. > > > > > > Unuse the cookie when a file is opened for writing. This is gated by > > > the NFS_INO_FSCACHE flag on the nfs_inode. > > > > > > A better way might be to invalidate it with FSCACHE_INVAL_DIO_WRITE > > > which will keep it unused until all open files are closed. > > > > > > > Comment still out of date here, reference > > https://marc.info/?l=linux-nfs&m=163922984027745&w=4 > > Okay, how about: > > (4) fscache_enable/disable_cookie() have been removed. > > Call fscache_use_cookie() and fscache_unuse_cookie() when a file is > opened or closed to prevent a cache file from being culled and to keep > resources to hand that are needed to do I/O. > > If a file is opened for writing, we invalidate it with > FSCACHE_INVAL_DIO_WRITE in lieu of doing writeback to the cache, > thereby making it cease caching until all currently open files are > closed. This should give the same behaviour as the uptream code. > Making the cache store local modifications isn't straightforward for > NFS, so that's left for future patches. >
Yes, that is more accurate. -- Linux-cachefs mailing list Linux-cachefs@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cachefs
