From: Cen Zhang <zzzccc427@gmail.com>
To: jaegeuk@kernel.org, chao@kernel.org
Cc: quic_stummala@quicinc.com,
linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, baijiaju1990@gmail.com,
Cen Zhang <zzzccc427@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] f2fs: start discard thread after mount recovery
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 21:35:52 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260504133552.1902811-1-zzzccc427@gmail.com> (raw)
create_discard_cmd_control() is called from f2fs_build_segment_manager(),
before f2fs_build_node_manager() and mount recovery have completed. It
currently starts the discard thread immediately, so issue_discard_thread()
can run while f2fs_fill_super() is still initializing mount-time state.
This is not the failure-unwind case where free_nm stops the discard
thread before f2fs_destroy_node_manager() frees nm_info. The window is
earlier: the thread may run while f2fs_build_node_manager() has published
sbi->nm_info but init_node_manager() is still initializing it. After
commit d6d2b491a82e, issue_discard_thread() may call
f2fs_available_free_memory() and read fields such as nm_i->ram_thresh.
The same early-start window also lets the discard thread observe the
superblock read-only state while mount recovery is still making temporary
SB_RDONLY transitions.
Keep the discard command control available early, but start the discard
thread later in f2fs_fill_super(), after node-manager initialization and
mount recovery have completed.
Fixes: d6d2b491a82e1e411a6766fbfb87c697d8701554 ("f2fs: allow to change discard policy based on cached discard cmds")
Signed-off-by: Cen Zhang <zzzccc427@gmail.com>
---
fs/f2fs/segment.c | 17 ++++-------------
fs/f2fs/super.c | 12 ++++++++++++
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
index 8390994a8826..deb98f564165 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
@@ -2302,12 +2302,10 @@ int f2fs_start_discard_thread(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
static int create_discard_cmd_control(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
{
struct discard_cmd_control *dcc;
- int err = 0, i;
+ int i;
- if (SM_I(sbi)->dcc_info) {
- dcc = SM_I(sbi)->dcc_info;
- goto init_thread;
- }
+ if (SM_I(sbi)->dcc_info)
+ return 0;
dcc = f2fs_kzalloc(sbi, sizeof(struct discard_cmd_control), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!dcc)
@@ -2344,14 +2342,7 @@ static int create_discard_cmd_control(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
init_waitqueue_head(&dcc->discard_wait_queue);
SM_I(sbi)->dcc_info = dcc;
-init_thread:
- err = f2fs_start_discard_thread(sbi);
- if (err) {
- kfree(dcc);
- SM_I(sbi)->dcc_info = NULL;
- }
-
- return err;
+ return 0;
}
static void destroy_discard_cmd_control(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index 40079fd7886b..8228be53d036 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -5340,6 +5340,15 @@ static int f2fs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
f2fs_tuning_parameters(sbi);
+ /*
+ * After POR and mount-time recovery, we can run the discard thread. It
+ * reads node-manager memory thresholds and the superblock read-only
+ * state, so keep it out of the fill_super() initialization window.
+ */
+ err = f2fs_start_discard_thread(sbi);
+ if (err)
+ goto leave_shrinker;
+
f2fs_notice(sbi, "Mounted with checkpoint version = %llx",
cur_cp_version(F2FS_CKPT(sbi)));
f2fs_update_time(sbi, CP_TIME);
@@ -5349,6 +5358,9 @@ static int f2fs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
sbi->umount_lock_holder = NULL;
return 0;
+leave_shrinker:
+ f2fs_leave_shrinker(sbi);
+ f2fs_stop_gc_thread(sbi);
sync_free_meta:
/* safe to flush all the data */
sync_filesystem(sbi->sb);
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-05-04 13:36 UTC|newest]
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2026-05-04 13:35 Cen Zhang [this message]
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