Re: [PATCH 3/6] CIFS: Make write call work with strict cache mode (try #2)

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On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:58:05 +0300
Pavel Shilovsky <piastryyy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 2010/11/28 Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> > On Sun, 28 Nov 2010 06:36:04 -0500
> > Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, 28 Nov 2010 11:12:49 +0300
> >> Pavel Shilovsky <piastryyy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> > On strict cache mode if we don't have Exclusive oplock we write a data to
> >> > the server through cifs_user_write. Then if we Level II oplock store it in
> >> > the cache, otherwise - invalidate inode pages affected by this writing.
> >> >
> >> > Signed-off-by: Pavel Shilovsky <piastryyy@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> > ---
> >> >  fs/cifs/cifsfs.c |   40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> >> >  1 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >> >
> >> > diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
> >> > index bbb5294..901c82b 100644
> >> > --- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
> >> > +++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
> >> > @@ -598,12 +598,44 @@ static ssize_t cifs_file_aio_read(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
> >> >  static ssize_t cifs_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
> >> >                                unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos)
> >> >  {
> >> > -   struct inode *inode = iocb->ki_filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
> >> > +   struct inode *inode;
> >> > +   struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb;
> >> >     ssize_t written;
> >> >
> >> > -   written = generic_file_aio_write(iocb, iov, nr_segs, pos);
> >> > -   if (!CIFS_I(inode)->clientCanCacheAll)
> >> > -           filemap_fdatawrite(inode->i_mapping);
> >> > +   inode = iocb->ki_filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
> >> > +
> >> > +   if (CIFS_I(inode)->clientCanCacheAll)
> >> > +           return generic_file_aio_write(iocb, iov, nr_segs, pos);
> >> > +
> >> > +   cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(iocb->ki_filp->f_path.dentry->d_sb);
> >> > +
> >> > +   if ((cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_STRICT_IO) == 0) {
> >> > +           int rc;
> >> > +
> >> > +           written = generic_file_aio_write(iocb, iov, nr_segs, pos);
> >> > +
> >> > +           rc = filemap_fdatawrite(inode->i_mapping);
> >> > +           if (rc)
> >> > +                   cFYI(1, "cifs_file_aio_write: %d rc on %p inode",
> >> > +                        rc, inode);
> >> > +           return written;
> >> > +   }
> >> > +
> >> > +   /* in strict cache mode we need to write the data to the server exactly
> >> > +      from the pos to pos+len-1 rather than flush all affected pages
> >> > +      because it may cause a error with mandatory locks on these pages but
> >> > +      not on the region from pos to ppos+len-1 */
> >>
> >>       Again, please fix the comment style. Here: ^^^^
> >>
> >> > +   written = cifs_user_write(iocb->ki_filp, iov->iov_base,
> >> > +                             iov->iov_len, &pos);
> >> > +
> >> > +   iocb->ki_pos = pos;
> >> > +
> >> > +   /* if we were successful - invalidate inode pages the write affected */
> >> > +   if (written > 0)
> >> > +           invalidate_mapping_pages(inode->i_mapping,
> >> > +                                         (pos-written) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT,
> >> > +                                         (pos-1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT);
> >> > +
> >> >     return written;
> >> >  }
> >> >
> >>
> >> May god have mercy on anyone who tries to mix strictcache and mmap.
> >>
> >> Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > (cc'ing Suresh so he can comment)
> >
> > Actually...I'm going to withdraw my Reviewed-by tag here for now. This
> > bare invalidate_mapping_pages doesn't deal with fscache.
> >
> > I think I need to understand what's intended when someone specifies
> > strictcache and fsc before I can ack this. The simple answer would be
> > that they are mutually exclusive, but if that's the case then the patch
> > that adds the mount option needs to deal with that appropriately.
> 
> 
> I don't think they can live together. I think we should do smth like a
> following in mount options parsing:
> 
> ...
> if (opt == fscache) {
>    vol->fscahe = 1;
>    vol->strictcache = 0;
> }
> ...
> if (opt == strictcache) {
>   vol->strictcache = 1;
>   vol->fscache = 0;
> }
> 
> So, if user specify both only the last will affect the client
> behavior. Also we should add this information into cifs manpage.
> Thoughts?
> 

That would one way to deal with it.

On the other hand though...fscache allows you to keep more data cached
than you have RAM. This could be useful in a strictcache situation as
well. Consider the case of an application on a client that has a lot of
large files open for read. The server may grant oplocks on all of them.
fscache would allow for fewer round trips to the server in such a case.

So, another way to deal with it would be to simply invalidate the
fscache whenever you'd invalidate the in-ram cache. I'm not sure what
to do for the cifs_file_aio_write case where you're invalidating just a
small range however.

-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
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