Re: [PATCH 1/3] ext4: replace kthread freezing with auto fs freezing

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On Sun 07-05-23 18:19:25, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> The kernel power management now supports allowing the VFS
> to handle filesystem freezing freezes and thawing. Take advantage
> of that and remove the kthread freezing. This is needed so that we
> properly really stop IO in flight without races after userspace
> has been frozen. Without this we rely on kthread freezing and
> its semantics are loose and error prone.
> 
> The filesystem therefore is in charge of properly dealing with
> quiescing of the filesystem through its callbacks if it thinks
> it knows better than how the VFS handles it.
> 
> The following Coccinelle rule was used as to remove the now superfluous
> freezer calls:
> 
> make coccicheck MODE=patch SPFLAGS="--in-place --no-show-diff" COCCI=./fs-freeze-cleanup.cocci M=fs/ext4
> 
> virtual patch
> 
> @ remove_set_freezable @
> expression time;
> statement S, S2;
> expression task, current;
> @@
> 
> (
> -       set_freezable();
> |
> -       if (try_to_freeze())
> -               continue;
> |
> -       try_to_freeze();
> |
> -       freezable_schedule();
> +       schedule();
> |
> -       freezable_schedule_timeout(time);
> +       schedule_timeout(time);
> |
> -       if (freezing(task)) { S }
> |
> -       if (freezing(task)) { S }
> -       else
> 	    { S2 }
> |
> -       freezing(current)
> )
> 
> @ remove_wq_freezable @
> expression WQ_E, WQ_ARG1, WQ_ARG2, WQ_ARG3, WQ_ARG4;
> identifier fs_wq_fn;
> @@
> 
> (
>     WQ_E = alloc_workqueue(WQ_ARG1,
> -                              WQ_ARG2 | WQ_FREEZABLE,
> +                              WQ_ARG2,
> 			   ...);
> |
>     WQ_E = alloc_workqueue(WQ_ARG1,
> -                              WQ_ARG2 | WQ_FREEZABLE | WQ_ARG3,
> +                              WQ_ARG2 | WQ_ARG3,
> 			   ...);
> |
>     WQ_E = alloc_workqueue(WQ_ARG1,
> -                              WQ_ARG2 | WQ_ARG3 | WQ_FREEZABLE,
> +                              WQ_ARG2 | WQ_ARG3,
> 			   ...);
> |
>     WQ_E = alloc_workqueue(WQ_ARG1,
> -                              WQ_ARG2 | WQ_ARG3 | WQ_FREEZABLE | WQ_ARG4,
> +                              WQ_ARG2 | WQ_ARG3 | WQ_ARG4,
> 			   ...);
> |
> 	    WQ_E =
> -               WQ_ARG1 | WQ_FREEZABLE
> +               WQ_ARG1
> |
> 	    WQ_E =
> -               WQ_ARG1 | WQ_FREEZABLE | WQ_ARG3
> +               WQ_ARG1 | WQ_ARG3
> |
>     fs_wq_fn(
> -               WQ_FREEZABLE | WQ_ARG2 | WQ_ARG3
> +               WQ_ARG2 | WQ_ARG3
>     )
> |
>     fs_wq_fn(
> -               WQ_FREEZABLE | WQ_ARG2
> +               WQ_ARG2
>     )
> |
>     fs_wq_fn(
> -               WQ_FREEZABLE
> +               0
>     )
> )
> 
> @ add_auto_flag @
> expression E1;
> identifier fs_type;
> @@
> 
> struct file_system_type fs_type = {
> 	.fs_flags = E1
> +                   | FS_AUTOFREEZE
> 	,
> };
> 
> Generated-by: Coccinelle SmPL
> Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>

I guess we can also usually remove the #include <linux/freezer.h> line? At
least in ext4 it is the case I believe. Otherwise this looks good.

								Honza

> ---
>  fs/ext4/super.c | 9 +++------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
> index d39f386e9baf..1f436938d8be 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
> @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static struct file_system_type ext2_fs_type = {
>  	.init_fs_context	= ext4_init_fs_context,
>  	.parameters		= ext4_param_specs,
>  	.kill_sb		= kill_block_super,
> -	.fs_flags		= FS_REQUIRES_DEV,
> +	.fs_flags		= FS_REQUIRES_DEV | FS_AUTOFREEZE,
>  };
>  MODULE_ALIAS_FS("ext2");
>  MODULE_ALIAS("ext2");
> @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static struct file_system_type ext3_fs_type = {
>  	.init_fs_context	= ext4_init_fs_context,
>  	.parameters		= ext4_param_specs,
>  	.kill_sb		= kill_block_super,
> -	.fs_flags		= FS_REQUIRES_DEV,
> +	.fs_flags		= FS_REQUIRES_DEV | FS_AUTOFREEZE,
>  };
>  MODULE_ALIAS_FS("ext3");
>  MODULE_ALIAS("ext3");
> @@ -3790,7 +3790,6 @@ static int ext4_lazyinit_thread(void *arg)
>  	unsigned long next_wakeup, cur;
>  
>  	BUG_ON(NULL == eli);
> -	set_freezable();
>  
>  cont_thread:
>  	while (true) {
> @@ -3842,8 +3841,6 @@ static int ext4_lazyinit_thread(void *arg)
>  		}
>  		mutex_unlock(&eli->li_list_mtx);
>  
> -		try_to_freeze();
> -
>  		cur = jiffies;
>  		if ((time_after_eq(cur, next_wakeup)) ||
>  		    (MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET == next_wakeup)) {
> @@ -7245,7 +7242,7 @@ static struct file_system_type ext4_fs_type = {
>  	.init_fs_context	= ext4_init_fs_context,
>  	.parameters		= ext4_param_specs,
>  	.kill_sb		= kill_block_super,
> -	.fs_flags		= FS_REQUIRES_DEV | FS_ALLOW_IDMAP,
> +	.fs_flags		= FS_REQUIRES_DEV | FS_ALLOW_IDMAP | FS_AUTOFREEZE,
>  };
>  MODULE_ALIAS_FS("ext4");
>  
> -- 
> 2.39.2
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR

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