[Linux-cachefs] [PATCH 2/3] FS-Cache: Reduce cookie ref count if submit fails.

[NeilBrown]

On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:58:21 -0400 Milosz Tanski <milosz at adfin.com> wrote:

> I've been seeing issues with disposing cookies under vma pressure. The symptom
> is that the refcount gets out of sync. In this case we fail to decrement the
> refcount if submit fails. I found this while auditing the error in and around
> cookie operations.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Milosz Tanski <milosz at adfin.com>
> ---
>  fs/fscache/object.c |    2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/fscache/object.c b/fs/fscache/object.c
> index d3b4539..e1eb1f5 100644
> --- a/fs/fscache/object.c
> +++ b/fs/fscache/object.c
> @@ -982,6 +982,8 @@ nomem:
>  submit_op_failed:
>  	clear_bit(FSCACHE_OBJECT_IS_LIVE, &object->flags);
>  	spin_unlock(&cookie->lock);
> +	if (__fscache_unuse_cookie(cookie))
> +		__fscache_wake_unused_cookie(cookie);
>  	kfree(op);
>  	_leave(" [EIO]");
>  	return transit_to(KILL_OBJECT);

Should this simple by
  +     fscache_unuse_cookie(cookie);

it does both the "unuse" and the "wake".

Otherwise they all look good to me.

NeilBrown
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