[Devel] Re: [PATCH] incorrect direct io error handling

[Dmitriy Monakhov]

David Chinner <dgc at sgi.com> writes:

> On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 04:22:44PM +0300, Dmitriy Monakhov wrote:
>> diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
>> index 8332c77..7c571dd 100644
>> --- a/mm/filemap.c
>> +++ b/mm/filemap.c
>> @@ -2044,8 +2044,9 @@ generic_file_direct_write(struct kiocb *
>>  	/*
>>  	 * Sync the fs metadata but not the minor inode changes and
>>  	 * of course not the data as we did direct DMA for the IO.
>> -	 * i_mutex is held, which protects generic_osync_inode() from
>> -	 * livelocking.  AIO O_DIRECT ops attempt to sync metadata here.
>> +	 * i_mutex may not being held (XFS does this), if so some specific locking
>> +	 * ordering must protect generic_osync_inode() from livelocking.
>> +	 * AIO O_DIRECT ops attempt to sync metadata here.
>>  	 */
>>  	if ((written >= 0 || written == -EIOCBQUEUED) &&
>>  	    ((file->f_flags & O_SYNC) || IS_SYNC(inode))) {
>> @@ -2279,6 +2280,17 @@ __generic_file_aio_write_nolock(struct k
>>  
>>  		written = generic_file_direct_write(iocb, iov, &nr_segs, pos,
>>  							ppos, count, ocount);
>> +		/*
>> +		 * If host is not S_ISBLK generic_file_direct_write() may 
>> +		 * have instantiated a few blocks outside i_size  files
>> +		 * Trim these off again.
>> +		 */
>> +		if (unlikely(written < 0) && !S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) {
>> +			loff_t isize = i_size_read(inode);
>> +			if (pos + count > isize)
>> +				vmtruncate(inode, isize);
>> +		}
>> +
>>  		if (written < 0 || written == count)
>>  			goto out;
>
> You comment in the first hunk that i_mutex may not be held here,
> but there's no comment in __generic_file_aio_write_nolock() that the
> i_mutex must be held for !S_ISBLK devices.
Any one may call directly call generic_file_direct_write() with i_mutex not held. 
>
>> @@ -2341,6 +2353,13 @@ ssize_t generic_file_aio_write_nolock(st
>>  	ssize_t ret;
>>  
>>  	BUG_ON(iocb->ki_pos != pos);
>> +	/*
>> +	 *  generic_file_buffered_write() may be called inside 
>> +	 *  __generic_file_aio_write_nolock() even in case of
>> +	 *  O_DIRECT for non S_ISBLK files. So i_mutex must be held.
>> +	 */
>> +	if (!S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode))
>> +		BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&inode->i_mutex));
>>  
>>  	ret = __generic_file_aio_write_nolock(iocb, iov, nr_segs,
>>  			&iocb->ki_pos);
>
> I note that you comment here in generic_file_aio_write_nolock(),
> but it's not immediately obvious that this is refering to the
> vmtruncate() call in __generic_file_aio_write_nolock().
This is not about vmtruncate(). __generic_file_aio_write_nolock() may 
call generic_file_buffered_write() even in case of O_DIRECT for !S_ISBLK, and 
generic_file_buffered_write() has documented locking rules (i_mutex held).
IMHO it is important to explicitly document this . And after we realize
that i_mutex always held, vmtruncate() may be safely called.
>
> IOWs, wouldn't it be better to put this comment and check in
> __generic_file_aio_write_nolock() directly above the vmtruncate()
> call that cares about this?
>
>> @@ -2383,8 +2402,8 @@ ssize_t generic_file_aio_write(struct ki
>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_aio_write);
>>  
>>  /*
>> - * Called under i_mutex for writes to S_ISREG files.   Returns -EIO if something
>> - * went wrong during pagecache shootdown.
>> + * May be called without i_mutex for writes to S_ISREG files. XFS does this.
>> + * Returns -EIO if something went wrong during pagecache shootdown.
>>   */
>
> Not sure you need to say "XFS does this" - other filesystems may do this
> in the future.....
Yes, but where are multiple comments about "reiserfs does this" in fs/buffer.c

>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave.
> -- 
> Dave Chinner
> Principal Engineer
> SGI Australian Software Group
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