Re: [PATCH] ext4: stop retrying saturated xattr cache entries
"Theodore Ts'o" <[email protected]> Thu, 6 Aug 2026 11:01:00 -0400
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-ext4,org.kernel.vger.stable |
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| Message-ID | <178602814513.965683.133971697206051481.b4-ty@b4> |
On Sun, 02 Aug 2026 14:59:41 +0800, Matthias Goergens wrote:
> ext4_xattr_block_set() retries when a cache entry selected for reuse
> has a saturated reference count after taking the buffer lock. The retry
> returns to the mbcache lookup without making that entry ineligible, so
> it can select the same unusable entry indefinitely. A task spinning
> there can hold the parent directory's i_rwsem and leave concurrent
> rmdir callers blocked.
>
> [...]
Applied, thanks!
[1/1] ext4: stop retrying saturated xattr cache entries
commit: 54b6bd40898de7906acb2bccc9a96d1b8e6b4323
Best regards,
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Theodore Ts'o <[email protected]>