[lvc-project] [PATCH v5 1/2] xfs: skip inode inactivation on a shut down mount

[Carlos Maiolino]

On Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:19:03 +0300, Mikhail Lobanov wrote:
> XFS already declines to inactivate inodes on a shut down mount, but only
> at queue time: xfs_inode_mark_reclaimable() calls
> xfs_inode_needs_inactive(), which returns false when the mount is shut
> down ("If the log isn't running, push inodes straight to reclaim"), and
> then drops the dquots and marks the inode reclaimable directly.
> 
> An inode that was queued for background inactivation while the mount was
> still live is not covered by that check: the inodegc worker still calls
> xfs_inactive() on it even after the mount has been shut down in the
> meantime.  Inactivation modifies persistent metadata and runs
> transactions that cannot complete on a shut down mount, and it relies on
> subsystems (e.g. quota) that a torn down, or never fully set up, mount
> may not have available.
> 
> [...]

Applied to for-next, thanks!

[1/2] xfs: skip inode inactivation on a shut down mount
      commit: 07e2939ddab876d68d661ebad6c4eedec98193b8
[2/2] xfs: shut down the filesystem on a failed mount
      commit: 804826eac53cff44f88f42989fcc601c2612c0ed

Best regards,
-- 
Carlos Maiolino <cem at kernel.org>