Re: [PATCH v4 4/7] dax: add support for fsync/sync

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On Mon 14-12-15 16:31:43, Ross Zwisler wrote:
> To properly handle fsync/msync in an efficient way DAX needs to track dirty
> pages so it is able to flush them durably to media on demand.
> 
> The tracking of dirty pages is done via the radix tree in struct
> address_space.  This radix tree is already used by the page writeback
> infrastructure for tracking dirty pages associated with an open file, and
> it already has support for exceptional (non struct page*) entries.  We
> build upon these features to add exceptional entries to the radix tree for
> DAX dirty PMD or PTE pages at fault time.

In principle this looks good to me but I can finally judge only once we
resolve the possible issue with conflicting exceptional entries I have
pointed out in patch 2/7.

									Honza
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> For v4 I'm just sending out this one changed patch in an effort to not spam
> everyone.
> 
> Changes since v3:
> 
> - Rebased on top of ext4/master which provides the patches from Jan which I'm
>   building upon.  The rebased tree can be found here: 
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/zwisler/linux.git/log/?h=fsync_v4
> 
> - Removed a WARN_ONCE() and added a comment for the case where we can get a
>   dax_pfn_mkwrite() call that has lost a race with a hole punch operation.  
> 
> ---
>  fs/dax.c            | 159 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  include/linux/dax.h |   2 +
>  mm/filemap.c        |   3 +
>  3 files changed, 158 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
> index 43671b6..19347cf 100644
> --- a/fs/dax.c
> +++ b/fs/dax.c
> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
>  #include <linux/memcontrol.h>
>  #include <linux/mm.h>
>  #include <linux/mutex.h>
> +#include <linux/pagevec.h>
>  #include <linux/pmem.h>
>  #include <linux/sched.h>
>  #include <linux/uio.h>
> @@ -289,6 +290,143 @@ static int copy_user_bh(struct page *to, struct buffer_head *bh,
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +static int dax_radix_entry(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t index,
> +		void __pmem *addr, bool pmd_entry, bool dirty)
> +{
> +	struct radix_tree_root *page_tree = &mapping->page_tree;
> +	int error = 0;
> +	void *entry;
> +
> +	__mark_inode_dirty(mapping->host, I_DIRTY_PAGES);
> +
> +	spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
> +	entry = radix_tree_lookup(page_tree, index);
> +
> +	if (entry) {
> +		if (!pmd_entry || RADIX_DAX_TYPE(entry) == RADIX_DAX_PMD)
> +			goto dirty;
> +		radix_tree_delete(&mapping->page_tree, index);
> +		mapping->nrdax--;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (!addr) {
> +		/*
> +		 * This can happen during correct operation if our pfn_mkwrite
> +		 * fault raced against a hole punch operation.  If this
> +		 * happens the pte that was hole punched will have been
> +		 * unmapped and the radix tree entry will have been removed by
> +		 * the time we are called, but the call will still happen.  We
> +		 * will return all the way up to wp_pfn_shared(), where the
> +		 * pte_same() check will fail, eventually causing page fault
> +		 * to be retried by the CPU.
> +		 */
> +		goto unlock;
> +	} else if (RADIX_DAX_TYPE(addr)) {
> +		WARN_ONCE(1, "%s: invalid address %p\n", __func__, addr);
> +		goto unlock;
> +	}
> +
> +	error = radix_tree_insert(page_tree, index,
> +			RADIX_DAX_ENTRY(addr, pmd_entry));
> +	if (error)
> +		goto unlock;
> +
> +	mapping->nrdax++;
> + dirty:
> +	if (dirty)
> +		radix_tree_tag_set(page_tree, index, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY);
> + unlock:
> +	spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
> +	return error;
> +}
> +
> +static void dax_writeback_one(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t index,
> +		void *entry)
> +{
> +	struct radix_tree_root *page_tree = &mapping->page_tree;
> +	int type = RADIX_DAX_TYPE(entry);
> +	struct radix_tree_node *node;
> +	void **slot;
> +
> +	if (type != RADIX_DAX_PTE && type != RADIX_DAX_PMD) {
> +		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
> +	spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
> +	/*
> +	 * Regular page slots are stabilized by the page lock even
> +	 * without the tree itself locked.  These unlocked entries
> +	 * need verification under the tree lock.
> +	 */
> +	if (!__radix_tree_lookup(page_tree, index, &node, &slot))
> +		goto unlock;
> +	if (*slot != entry)
> +		goto unlock;
> +
> +	/* another fsync thread may have already written back this entry */
> +	if (!radix_tree_tag_get(page_tree, index, PAGECACHE_TAG_TOWRITE))
> +		goto unlock;
> +
> +	radix_tree_tag_clear(page_tree, index, PAGECACHE_TAG_TOWRITE);
> +
> +	if (type == RADIX_DAX_PMD)
> +		wb_cache_pmem(RADIX_DAX_ADDR(entry), PMD_SIZE);
> +	else
> +		wb_cache_pmem(RADIX_DAX_ADDR(entry), PAGE_SIZE);
> + unlock:
> +	spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Flush the mapping to the persistent domain within the byte range of [start,
> + * end]. This is required by data integrity operations to ensure file data is
> + * on persistent storage prior to completion of the operation.
> + */
> +void dax_writeback_mapping_range(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t start,
> +		loff_t end)
> +{
> +	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
> +	pgoff_t indices[PAGEVEC_SIZE];
> +	pgoff_t start_page, end_page;
> +	struct pagevec pvec;
> +	void *entry;
> +	int i;
> +
> +	if (inode->i_blkbits != PAGE_SHIFT) {
> +		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
> +	rcu_read_lock();
> +	entry = radix_tree_lookup(&mapping->page_tree, start & PMD_MASK);
> +	rcu_read_unlock();
> +
> +	/* see if the start of our range is covered by a PMD entry */
> +	if (entry && RADIX_DAX_TYPE(entry) == RADIX_DAX_PMD)
> +		start &= PMD_MASK;
> +
> +	start_page = start >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
> +	end_page = end >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
> +
> +	tag_pages_for_writeback(mapping, start_page, end_page);
> +
> +	pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
> +	while (1) {
> +		pvec.nr = find_get_entries_tag(mapping, start_page,
> +				PAGECACHE_TAG_TOWRITE, PAGEVEC_SIZE,
> +				pvec.pages, indices);
> +
> +		if (pvec.nr == 0)
> +			break;
> +
> +		for (i = 0; i < pvec.nr; i++)
> +			dax_writeback_one(mapping, indices[i], pvec.pages[i]);
> +	}
> +	wmb_pmem();
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_writeback_mapping_range);
> +
>  static int dax_insert_mapping(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *bh,
>  			struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
>  {
> @@ -329,7 +467,11 @@ static int dax_insert_mapping(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *bh,
>  	}
>  
>  	error = vm_insert_mixed(vma, vaddr, pfn);
> +	if (error)
> +		goto out;
>  
> +	error = dax_radix_entry(mapping, vmf->pgoff, addr, false,
> +			vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE);
>   out:
>  	i_mmap_unlock_read(mapping);
>  
> @@ -452,6 +594,7 @@ int __dax_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf,
>  		delete_from_page_cache(page);
>  		unlock_page(page);
>  		page_cache_release(page);
> +		page = NULL;
>  	}
>  
>  	/*
> @@ -539,7 +682,7 @@ int __dax_pmd_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
>  	pgoff_t size, pgoff;
>  	sector_t block, sector;
>  	unsigned long pfn;
> -	int result = 0;
> +	int error, result = 0;
>  
>  	/* dax pmd mappings are broken wrt gup and fork */
>  	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FS_DAX_PMD))
> @@ -651,6 +794,13 @@ int __dax_pmd_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
>  		}
>  
>  		result |= vmf_insert_pfn_pmd(vma, address, pmd, pfn, write);
> +
> +		if (write) {
> +			error = dax_radix_entry(mapping, pgoff, kaddr, true,
> +					true);
> +			if (error)
> +				goto fallback;
> +		}
>  	}
>  
>   out:
> @@ -702,15 +852,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_pmd_fault);
>   * dax_pfn_mkwrite - handle first write to DAX page
>   * @vma: The virtual memory area where the fault occurred
>   * @vmf: The description of the fault
> - *
>   */
>  int dax_pfn_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
>  {
> -	struct super_block *sb = file_inode(vma->vm_file)->i_sb;
> +	struct file *file = vma->vm_file;
>  
> -	sb_start_pagefault(sb);
> -	file_update_time(vma->vm_file);
> -	sb_end_pagefault(sb);
> +	dax_radix_entry(file->f_mapping, vmf->pgoff, NULL, false, true);
>  	return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_pfn_mkwrite);
> diff --git a/include/linux/dax.h b/include/linux/dax.h
> index e9d57f68..11eb183 100644
> --- a/include/linux/dax.h
> +++ b/include/linux/dax.h
> @@ -41,4 +41,6 @@ static inline bool dax_mapping(struct address_space *mapping)
>  {
>  	return mapping->host && IS_DAX(mapping->host);
>  }
> +void dax_writeback_mapping_range(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t start,
> +		loff_t end);
>  #endif
> diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
> index 99dfbc9..9577783 100644
> --- a/mm/filemap.c
> +++ b/mm/filemap.c
> @@ -482,6 +482,9 @@ int filemap_write_and_wait_range(struct address_space *mapping,
>  {
>  	int err = 0;
>  
> +	if (dax_mapping(mapping) && mapping->nrdax)
> +		dax_writeback_mapping_range(mapping, lstart, lend);
> +
>  	if (mapping->nrpages) {
>  		err = __filemap_fdatawrite_range(mapping, lstart, lend,
>  						 WB_SYNC_ALL);
> -- 
> 2.5.0
> 
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR
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