Hi.
I updated my patch and introduction article for it by reflecting
the comment of Andrew's.
I think that this fix doesn't introduce other problems because
I only add the code which releases the pages (and buffers) which
should be released originally, and I have never experienced any
problems while performing long run test.
Please confirm them.
This patch is for 2.6.26-rc6.
---
[Problem]
After ext3-ordered files are truncated, there is a possibility
that the pages which cannot be estimated still remain. Remaining
pages can be released when the system has really few memory.
So, it is not memory leakage. But the resource management
software etc. may not work correctly.
[Description]
It is possible that journal_unmap_buffer() cannot release
the buffers, and the pages to which they belong because
they are attached to a commiting transaction and
journal_unmap_buffer() cannot release them.
To release such the buffers and the pages later,
journal_unmap_buffer() leaves it to journal_commit_transaction().
(journal_unmap_buffer() puts the mark 'BH_Freed' to the buffers
so that journal_commit_transaction() can identify whether they
can be released or not.)
In the journalled mode and the writeback mode, jbd does with only
metadata buffers. But in the ordered mode, jbd does with metadata
buffers and also data buffers.
Actually, journal_commit_transaction() releases only the metadata
buffers of which release is demanded by journal_unmap_buffer(),
and also releases the pages to which they belong if possible.
As a result, the data buffers of which release is demanded
by journal_unmap_buffer() remain after a transaction commits.
And also the pages to which they belong remain.
Such the remained pages don't have mapping any longer.
Due to this fact, there is a possibility that the pages which
cannot be estimated remain.
[How to fix]
The metadata buffers marked 'BH_Freed' and the pages to which
they belong can be released at 'JBD: commit phase 7'.
Therefore, by applying the same code into 'JBD: commit phase 2'
(where the data buffers are done with),
journal_commit_transaction() can also release the data buffers
marked 'BH_Freed' and the pages to which they belong.
As a result, all the buffers marked 'BH_Freed' can be released,
and also all the pages to which these buffers belong can be
released at journal_commit_transaction().
So, the page which cannot be estimated is lost.
<<Excerpt of code at 'JBD: commit phase 7'>>
> spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
> while (commit_transaction->t_forget) {
> transaction_t *cp_transaction;
> struct buffer_head *bh;
>
> jh = commit_transaction->t_forget;
>...
> if (buffer_freed(bh)) {
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> clear_buffer_freed(bh);
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> clear_buffer_jbddirty(bh);
> }
>
> if (buffer_jbddirty(bh)) {
> JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "add to new checkpointing trans");
> __journal_insert_checkpoint(jh, commit_transaction);
> JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "refile for checkpoint writeback");
> __journal_refile_buffer(jh);
> jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
> } else {
> J_ASSERT_BH(bh, !buffer_dirty(bh));
> ...
> JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "refile or unfile freed buffer");
> __journal_refile_buffer(jh);
> if (!jh->b_transaction) {
> jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
> /* needs a brelse */
> journal_remove_journal_head(bh);
> release_buffer_page(bh);
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> } else
> }
****************************************************************
* Apply the code of "^^^^^^" lines into 'JBD: commit phase 2' *
****************************************************************
[Additional information]
At journal_commit_transaction() code,
there is one extra message in the series of jbd debug messages.
("JBD: commit phase 2")
This patch fixes it, too.
Signed-off-by: Toshiyuki Okajima <toshi.okajima@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/jbd/commit.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
--- linux-2.6.26-rc6.org/fs/jbd/commit.c 2008-06-13 06:22:24.000000000 +0900
+++ linux-2.6.26-rc6/fs/jbd/commit.c 2008-06-25 14:51:55.000000000 +0900
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static void journal_end_buffer_io_sync(s
/*
* When an ext3-ordered file is truncated, it is possible that many pages are
- * not sucessfully freed, because they are attached to a committing transaction.
+ * not successfully freed, because they are attached to a committing transaction.
* After the transaction commits, these pages are left on the LRU, with no
* ->mapping, and with attached buffers. These pages are trivially reclaimable
* by the VM, but their apparent absence upsets the VM accounting, and it makes
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ static void journal_end_buffer_io_sync(s
* So here, we have a buffer which has just come off the forget list. Look to
* see if we can strip all buffers from the backing page.
*
- * Called under lock_journal(), and possibly under journal_datalist_lock. The
- * caller provided us with a ref against the buffer, and we drop that here.
+ * Called under journal->j_list_lock. The caller provided us with a ref
+ * against the buffer, and we drop that here.
*/
static void release_buffer_page(struct buffer_head *bh)
{
@@ -78,6 +78,19 @@ nope:
}
/*
+ * Decrement reference counter for data buffer. If it has been marked
+ * 'BH_Freed', release it and the page to which it belongs if possible.
+ */
+static void release_data_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh)
+{
+ if (buffer_freed(bh)) {
+ clear_buffer_freed(bh);
+ release_buffer_page(bh);
+ } else
+ put_bh(bh);
+}
+
+/*
* Try to acquire jbd_lock_bh_state() against the buffer, when j_list_lock is
* held. For ranking reasons we must trylock. If we lose, schedule away and
* return 0. j_list_lock is dropped in this case.
@@ -231,7 +244,7 @@ write_out_data:
if (locked)
unlock_buffer(bh);
BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "already cleaned up");
- put_bh(bh);
+ release_data_buffer(bh);
continue;
}
if (locked && test_clear_buffer_dirty(bh)) {
@@ -258,10 +271,10 @@ write_out_data:
if (locked)
unlock_buffer(bh);
journal_remove_journal_head(bh);
- /* Once for our safety reference, once for
+ /* One for our safety reference, other for
* journal_remove_journal_head() */
put_bh(bh);
- put_bh(bh);
+ release_data_buffer(bh);
}
if (need_resched() || spin_needbreak(&journal->j_list_lock)) {
@@ -443,7 +456,7 @@ void journal_commit_transaction(journal_
} else {
jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
}
- put_bh(bh);
+ release_data_buffer(bh);
cond_resched_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
}
spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
@@ -453,8 +466,6 @@ void journal_commit_transaction(journal_
journal_write_revoke_records(journal, commit_transaction);
- jbd_debug(3, "JBD: commit phase 2\n");
-
/*
* If we found any dirty or locked buffers, then we should have
* looped back up to the write_out_data label. If there weren't
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