From: Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>
To: Cen Zhang <zzzccc427@gmail.com>, jaegeuk@kernel.org
Cc: chao@kernel.org, quic_stummala@quicinc.com,
linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, baijiaju1990@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] f2fs: start discard thread after mount recovery
Date: Sat, 9 May 2026 16:54:30 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b31b24d1-f907-499f-bad5-aee5527cacfc@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260504133552.1902811-1-zzzccc427@gmail.com>
On 5/4/26 21:35, Cen Zhang wrote:
> 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.
>
>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
> Fixes: d6d2b491a82e1e411a6766fbfb87c697d8701554 ("f2fs: allow to change discard policy based on cached discard cmds")
Fixes: d6d2b491a82e ("f2fs: allow to change discard policy based on cached discard cmds")
otherwise, ./scripts/checkpatch.pl will complain as below:
ERROR: Please use git commit description style 'commit <12+ chars of sha1> ("<title line>")' - ie: 'commit d6d2b491a82e ("f2fs: allow to change discard policy based on cached discard cmds")'
Thanks,
> 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);
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-09 8:54 UTC|newest]
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