[PATCH v12 07/10] erofs: introduce the page cache share feature

Hongbo Li lihongbo22 at huawei.com
Wed Jan 7 19:51:47 AEDT 2026



On 2026/1/7 15:53, Gao Xiang wrote:
> 
> 
> 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.
> 

Ok.

Thanks,
Hongbo

> Thanks,
> Gao Xiang


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