From: Eric Biggers <[email protected]> The documentation for I_DIRTY_SYNC and I_DIRTY_DATASYNC is a bit misleading, and I_DIRTY_TIME isn't documented at all. Fix this.
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <[email protected]> --- include/linux/fs.h | 18 +++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index fd47deea7c176..45a0303b2aeb6 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -2084,8 +2084,8 @@ static inline void kiocb_clone(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct kiocb *kiocb_src, /* * Inode state bits. Protected by inode->i_lock * - * Three bits determine the dirty state of the inode, I_DIRTY_SYNC, - * I_DIRTY_DATASYNC and I_DIRTY_PAGES. + * Four bits determine the dirty state of the inode: I_DIRTY_SYNC, + * I_DIRTY_DATASYNC, I_DIRTY_PAGES, and I_DIRTY_TIME. * * Four bits define the lifetime of an inode. Initially, inodes are I_NEW, * until that flag is cleared. I_WILL_FREE, I_FREEING and I_CLEAR are set at @@ -2094,12 +2094,20 @@ static inline void kiocb_clone(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct kiocb *kiocb_src, * Two bits are used for locking and completion notification, I_NEW and I_SYNC. * * I_DIRTY_SYNC Inode is dirty, but doesn't have to be written on - * fdatasync(). i_atime is the usual cause. - * I_DIRTY_DATASYNC Data-related inode changes pending. We keep track of + * fdatasync() (unless I_DIRTY_DATASYNC is also set). + * Timestamp updates are the usual cause. + * I_DIRTY_DATASYNC Data-related inode changes pending. We keep track of * these changes separately from I_DIRTY_SYNC so that we * don't have to write inode on fdatasync() when only - * mtime has changed in it. + * e.g. the timestamps have changed. * I_DIRTY_PAGES Inode has dirty pages. Inode itself may be clean. + * I_DIRTY_TIME The inode itself only has dirty timestamps, and the + * lazytime mount option is enabled. We keep track of this + * separately from I_DIRTY_SYNC in order to implement + * lazytime. This gets cleared if I_DIRTY_INODE + * (I_DIRTY_SYNC and/or I_DIRTY_DATASYNC) gets set. I.e. + * either I_DIRTY_TIME *or* I_DIRTY_INODE can be set in + * i_state, but not both. I_DIRTY_PAGES may still be set. * I_NEW Serves as both a mutex and completion notification. * New inodes set I_NEW. If two processes both create * the same inode, one of them will release its inode and -- 2.30.0 _______________________________________________ Linux-f2fs-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-f2fs-devel
