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Boris Burkov 895c6721d3 btrfs: make btrfs_discard_workfn() block_group ref explicit
Currently, the async discard machinery owns a ref to the block_group
when the block_group is queued on a discard list. However, to handle
races with discard cancellation and the discard workfn, we have a
specific logic to detect that the block_group is *currently* running in
the workfn, to protect the workfn's usage amidst cancellation.

As far as I can tell, this doesn't have any overt bugs (though
finish_discard_pass() and remove_from_discard_list() racing can have a
surprising outcome for the caller of remove_from_discard_list() in that
it is again added at the end).

But it is needlessly complicated to rely on locking and the nullity of
discard_ctl->block_group. Simplify this significantly by just taking a
refcount while we are in the workfn and unconditionally drop it in both
the remove and workfn paths, regardless of if they race.

Reviewed-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Boris Burkov <boris@bur.io>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
History 2025-03-18 20:35:51 +01:00
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