On Tue, 26 Aug 2025 11:39:02 -0400, Josef Bacik wrote:

Instead of doing direct access to ->i_count, add a helper to handle
this. This will make it easier to convert i_count to a refcount later.

I moved icount_read() right after mark_inode_dirty_sync() as suggested somewhere in the thread.

---

Applied to the vfs-6.18.inode.refcount.preliminaries branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs-6.18.inode.refcount.preliminaries branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs-6.18.inode.refcount.preliminaries

[02/54] fs: add an icount_read helper
        https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/2927b1487093