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Date:   Thu, 07 Oct 2021 20:28:39 +0800
From:   Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@mykernel.net>
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To:     "Miklos Szeredi" <miklos@szeredi.hu>
Cc:     "Jan Kara" <jack@suse.cz>, "Amir Goldstein" <amir73il@gmail.com>,
        "linux-fsdevel" <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v5 06/10] ovl: implement overlayfs' ->write_inode
 operation
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 ---- =E5=9C=A8 =E6=98=9F=E6=9C=9F=E5=9B=9B, 2021-10-07 17:23:06 Miklos Sze=
redi <miklos@szeredi.hu> =E6=92=B0=E5=86=99 ----
 > On Thu, 23 Sept 2021 at 15:08, Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@mykernel.net> wrot=
e:
 > >
 > > Implement overlayfs' ->write_inode to sync dirty data
 > > and redirty overlayfs' inode if necessary.
 > >
 > > Signed-off-by: Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@mykernel.net>
 > > ---
 > >  fs/overlayfs/super.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 > >  1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)
 > >
 > > diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
 > > index 2ab77adf7256..cddae3ca2fa5 100644
 > > --- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
 > > +++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
 > > @@ -412,12 +412,42 @@ static void ovl_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 > >         clear_inode(inode);
 > >  }
 > >
 > > +static int ovl_write_inode(struct inode *inode,
 > > +                          struct writeback_control *wbc)
 > > +{
 > > +       struct ovl_fs *ofs =3D inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
 > > +       struct inode *upper =3D ovl_inode_upper(inode);
 > > +       unsigned long iflag =3D 0;
 > > +       int ret =3D 0;
 > > +
 > > +       if (!upper)
 > > +               return 0;
 > > +
 > > +       if (!ovl_should_sync(ofs))
 > > +               return 0;
 > > +
 > > +       if (upper->i_sb->s_op->write_inode)
 > > +               ret =3D upper->i_sb->s_op->write_inode(inode, wbc);
 >=20
 > Where is page writeback on upper inode triggered?
 >=20

Should pass upper inode instead of overlay inode here.

Thanks,
Chengguang