From: Robert Pang <robertpang@google.com>
To: colyli@fygo.io, kent.overstreet@linux.dev
Cc: linux-bcache@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
robertpang@google.com
Subject: [PATCH] bcache: fix available bucket accounting in bucket allocation
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2026 23:04:06 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261103070407.1211071-1-robertpang@google.com> (raw)
In bch_bucket_alloc(), a cache set's avail_nbuckets is decremented whenever a
bucket is allocated, assuming that the bucket becomes unavailable once
allocated. However, when a bucket is allocated but the GC mark is unset or
reclaimable, it is available still. This false counter decrement leads to an
inflated in-use measurement, which triggers cache bypasses once CUTOFF_CACHE_ADD
is reached, persisting until the next garbage collection cycle.
Fix this by ensuring avail_nbuckets is only decremented when the allocated
bucket is already marked and not in the GC_MARK_RECLAIMABLE state.
Signed-off-by: Robert Pang <robertpang@google.com>
---
drivers/md/bcache/alloc.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/alloc.c b/drivers/md/bcache/alloc.c
index 3ec240ec685d..2d0cb9b414ac 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/alloc.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/alloc.c
@@ -446,7 +446,8 @@ long bch_bucket_alloc(struct cache *ca, unsigned int reserve, bool wait)
b->prio = INITIAL_PRIO;
}
- if (ca->set->avail_nbuckets > 0) {
+ if (ca->set->avail_nbuckets > 0 &&
+ GC_MARK(b) && GC_MARK(b) != GC_MARK_RECLAIMABLE) {
ca->set->avail_nbuckets--;
bch_update_bucket_in_use(ca->set, &ca->set->gc_stats);
}
--
2.56.0.398.g882cbad275-goog
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