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f2fs: avoid balanc_fs during evict_inode
1. Background Previously, if f2fs tries to move data blocks of an *evicting* inode during the cleaning process, it stops the process incompletely and then restarts the whole process, since it needs a locked inode to grab victim data pages in its address space. In order to get a locked inode, iget_locked() by f2fs_iget() is normally used, but, it waits if the inode is on freeing. So, here is a deadlock scenario. 1. f2fs_evict_inode() <- inode "A" 2. f2fs_balance_fs() 3. f2fs_gc() 4. gc_data_segment() 5. f2fs_iget() <- inode "A" too! If step #1 and raspberrypi#5 treat a same inode "A", step raspberrypi#5 would fall into deadlock since the inode "A" is on freeing. In order to resolve this, f2fs_iget_nowait() which skips __wait_on_freeing_inode() was introduced in step raspberrypi#5, and stops f2fs_gc() to complete f2fs_evict_inode(). 1. f2fs_evict_inode() <- inode "A" 2. f2fs_balance_fs() 3. f2fs_gc() 4. gc_data_segment() 5. f2fs_iget_nowait() <- inode "A", then stop f2fs_gc() w/ -ENOENT 2. Problem and Solution In the above scenario, however, f2fs cannot finish f2fs_evict_inode() only if: o there are not enough free sections, and o f2fs_gc() tries to move data blocks of the *evicting* inode repeatedly. So, the final solution is to use f2fs_iget() and remove f2fs_balance_fs() in f2fs_evict_inode(). The f2fs_evict_inode() actually truncates all the data and node blocks, which means that it doesn't produce any dirty node pages accordingly. So, we don't need to do f2fs_balance_fs() in practical. Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk.kim@samsung.com>
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