Document I_SYNC and I_DATASYNC
After some archeology (see http://logfs.org/logfs/inode_state_bits) I finally figured out what the three I_DIRTY bits do. Maybe others would prefer less effort to reach this insight. Signed-off-by: Joern Engel <joern@logfs.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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* Two bits are used for locking and completion notification, I_LOCK and I_SYNC.
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* I_DIRTY_SYNC Inode itself is dirty.
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* I_DIRTY_DATASYNC Data-related inode changes pending
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* I_DIRTY_SYNC Inode is dirty, but doesn't have to be written on
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* fdatasync(). i_atime is the usual cause.
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* I_DIRTY_DATASYNC Inode is dirty and must be written on fdatasync(), f.e.
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* because i_size changed.
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* I_DIRTY_PAGES Inode has dirty pages. Inode itself may be clean.
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* I_NEW get_new_inode() sets i_state to I_LOCK|I_NEW. Both
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* are cleared by unlock_new_inode(), called from iget().
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* purpose reduces latency and prevents some filesystem-
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* specific deadlocks.
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* Q: Why does I_DIRTY_DATASYNC exist? It appears as if it could be replaced
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* by (I_DIRTY_SYNC|I_DIRTY_PAGES).
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* Q: What is the difference between I_WILL_FREE and I_FREEING?
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* Q: igrab() only checks on (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE). Should it also check on
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* I_CLEAR? If not, why?
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