On 06/26/2017 10:09 AM, Darrick J. Wong wrote: > On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 07:55:27AM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote: >> On 06/26/2017 03:51 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: >>> Please document the userspace API (added linux-api and linux-man >>> to CC for sugestions), especially including the odd effects of the >>> per-inode settings. >> >> Of course, I'll send in a diff for the fcntl(2) man page. >> >>> Also I would highly recommend to use different fcntl commands >>> for the file vs inode hints to avoid any strange behavior. >> >> OK, used to have that too... I can add specific _FILE versions. > > While you're at it, can you also send in an xfstest or two to check the > basic functionality of the fcntl so that we know the code reflects the > userspace API ("I set this hint and now I can query it back" and "file > hint overrides inode hint") that we want? I definitely can. I already wrote the below to verify that it behaves the way it should. /* * test-writehints.c: test file/inode write hint setting/getting */ #include <stdio.h> #include <fcntl.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <stdbool.h> #include <inttypes.h> #include <assert.h> #ifndef F_GET_RW_HINT #define F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE 1024 #define F_GET_RW_HINT (F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE + 11) #define F_SET_RW_HINT (F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE + 12) #define F_GET_FILE_RW_HINT (F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE + 13) #define F_SET_FILE_RW_HINT (F_LINUX_SPECIFIC_BASE + 14) #define RWF_WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET 0 #define RWH_WRITE_LIFE_NONE 1 #define RWH_WRITE_LIFE_SHORT 2 #define RWH_WRITE_LIFE_MEDIUM 3 #define RWH_WRITE_LIFE_LONG 4 #define RWH_WRITE_LIFE_EXTREME 5 #endif static int __get_write_hint(int fd, int cmd) { uint64_t hint; int ret; ret = fcntl(fd, cmd, &hint); if (ret < 0) { perror("fcntl: F_GET_RW_FILE_HINT"); return -1; } return hint; } static int get_file_write_hint(int fd) { return __get_write_hint(fd, F_GET_FILE_RW_HINT); } static int get_inode_write_hint(int fd) { return __get_write_hint(fd, F_GET_RW_HINT); } static void set_file_write_hint(int fd, uint64_t hint) { uint64_t set_hint = hint; int ret; ret = fcntl(fd, F_SET_FILE_RW_HINT, &set_hint); if (ret < 0) { perror("fcntl: F_RW_SET_HINT"); return; } } static void set_inode_write_hint(int fd, uint64_t hint) { uint64_t set_hint = hint; int ret; ret = fcntl(fd, F_SET_RW_HINT, &set_hint); if (ret < 0) { perror("fcntl: F_RW_SET_HINT"); return; } } int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { char filename[] = "/tmp/writehintsXXXXXX"; int ihint, fhint, fd; fd = open(filename, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | 0644); if (fd < 0) { perror("open"); return 2; } /* * Default hints for both file and inode should be NOT_SET */ fhint = get_file_write_hint(fd); if (fhint < 0) return 0; ihint = get_inode_write_hint(fd); assert(fhint == ihint); assert(fhint == RWF_WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET); /* * Set inode hint, check file hint returns the right hint */ set_inode_write_hint(fd, RWH_WRITE_LIFE_SHORT); fhint = get_file_write_hint(fd); ihint = get_inode_write_hint(fd); assert(fhint == ihint); assert(fhint == RWH_WRITE_LIFE_SHORT); /* * Now set file hint, ensure that this is now the hint we get */ set_file_write_hint(fd, RWH_WRITE_LIFE_LONG); fhint = get_file_write_hint(fd); ihint = get_inode_write_hint(fd); assert(fhint == RWH_WRITE_LIFE_LONG); assert(ihint == RWH_WRITE_LIFE_SHORT); /* * Clear inode write hint, ensure that file still returns the set hint */ set_inode_write_hint(fd, RWF_WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET); fhint = get_file_write_hint(fd); ihint = get_inode_write_hint(fd); assert(fhint == RWH_WRITE_LIFE_LONG); assert(ihint == RWF_WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET); /* * Clear file write hint, ensure that now returns cleared */ set_file_write_hint(fd, RWF_WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET); fhint = get_file_write_hint(fd); assert(fhint == RWF_WRITE_LIFE_NOT_SET); close(fd); unlink(filename); return 0; } -- Jens Axboe -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html