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As of commit 193df62457 ("btrfs: search for last logged dir index if
it's not cached in the inode"), the overwrite_item() function is always
called for a root that is from a fs/subvolume tree. In other words, now
it's only used during log replay to modify a fs/subvolume tree. Therefore
we can remove the logic that checks if we are dealing with a log tree at
overwrite_item().
So remove that logic, replacing it with an assertion and document that if
we ever need to support a log root there, we will need to clone the leaf
from the fs/subvolume tree and then release it before modifying the log
tree, which is needed to avoid a potential deadlock, similar to the one
recently fixed by a patch with the subject:
"btrfs: do not modify log tree while holding a leaf from fs tree locked"
Reviewed-by: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
Signed-off-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.