[PATCH v12 07/10] erofs: introduce the page cache share feature
Gao Xiang
hsiangkao at linux.alibaba.com
Wed Jan 7 18:53:28 AEDT 2026
On 2026/1/7 15:32, Hongbo Li wrote:
>
>
> On 2026/1/7 15:27, Gao Xiang wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 2026/1/7 15:17, Hongbo Li wrote:
>>> Hi, Xiang
>>>
>>
>> ...
>>
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +bool erofs_ishare_fill_inode(struct inode *inode)
>>>>>>> +{
>>>>>>> + struct erofs_sb_info *sbi = EROFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
>>>>>>> + struct erofs_inode *vi = EROFS_I(inode);
>>>>>>> + struct erofs_inode_fingerprint fp;
>>>>>>> + struct inode *sharedinode;
>>>>>>> + unsigned long hash;
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> + if (!test_opt(&sbi->opt, INODE_SHARE))
>>>>>>> + return false;
>>>>>>> + (void)erofs_xattr_fill_ishare_fp(&fp, inode, sbi->domain_id);
>>>>>>> + if (!fp.size)
>>>>>>> + return false;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why not just:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if (erofs_xattr_fill_ishare_fp(&fp, inode, sbi->domain_id))
>>>>>> return false;
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> When erofs_sb_has_ishare_xattrs returns false, erofs_xattr_fill_ishare_fp also considers success.
>>>>
>>>> Then why !test_opt(&sbi->opt, INODE_SHARE) didn't return?
>>>>
>>>
>>> The MOUNT_INODE_SHARE flag is passed from user's mount option. And it is controllered by CONFIG_EROFS_FS_PAGE_CACHE_SHARE. I doesn't do the check when the superblock without ishare_xattrs. (It seems the mount options is static, although it is useless for mounting with inode_share on one EROFS image without ishare_xattrs).
>>> So should we check that if the superblock has not ishare_xattrs feature, and we return -ENOSUPP?
>>
>> I think you should just mask off the INODE_SHARE if the on-disk
>> compat feature is unavailable, and print a warning just like
>> FSDAX fallback.
>>
>
> Ok, it seems reasonable, and also can remove the check logic in erofs_xattr_fill_ishare_fp. I will change in next version.
I think you should move
if (!test_opt(&sbi->opt, INODE_SHARE))
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
into erofs_xattr_fill_inode_fingerprint() directly.
Thanks,
Gao Xiang
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