Re: [PATCH 07/12] xfs: use WRITE_ONCE to update b_flags

On Fri, Jul 24, 2026 at 09:53:35AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> > @@ -436,7 +451,7 @@ xfs_buf_find_lock(
> >  			return -ENOENT;
> >  		}
> >  		ASSERT((bp->b_flags & _XBF_DELWRI_Q) == 0);
> > -		bp->b_flags &= _XBF_KMEM;
> > +		xfs_buf_clear_flags(bp, ~_XBF_KMEM);
> 
> Looks ok to me, though it took me a while to figure out that this line
> correctly preserves clearing every bit *except* _XBF_KMEM.

Yeah.  And I'm still struggling why we even clear all the state here
in the lookup path and not when marking the buffer stale.  I've given
up for now, but eventually I'd love to understand it.