Hi, Miklos, please take a look into two problems this patch points: 1)we have to set "io->async = false" in fuse_direct_IO(), when inode size is changed (we mustn't increase inode size in background); 2)we have to increment fi->writectr on all background requests. Thanks, Kirill On 06.11.2018 17:02, Kirill Tkhai wrote: > Hi, Miklos, > > this is not a well-tested patch, this is a concept, > showing the places, where it looks we have a problem. > > Commit 7879c4e58b7c made io->async careless about inode size, > and this is wrong. Asyncronuos background requests may be sent > to userspace after inode becomes unlocked, when background > queue is throttled. In this case we execute a write request > extending inode size without any protection, and this ruines > everything. Fix that. > > Also, some write background requests do not increment fi->writectr, > e.g.: > fuse_direct_IO() > fuse_direct_io() > fuse_send_write() > fuse_async_req_send() > fuse_request_send_background() > > This is a reason fuse_sync_writes() does not work as expected. > Fix that too. > > Signed-off-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > fs/fuse/file.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++-- > 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c > index cc2121b37bf5..0b71a3c96168 100644 > --- a/fs/fuse/file.c > +++ b/fs/fuse/file.c > @@ -610,6 +610,9 @@ static void fuse_aio_complete(struct fuse_io_priv *io, int err, ssize_t pos) > static void fuse_aio_complete_req(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req) > { > struct fuse_io_priv *io = req->io; > + struct kiocb *iocb = io->iocb; > + struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp; > + struct fuse_inode *fi = get_fuse_inode(file_inode(file)); > ssize_t pos = -1; > > fuse_release_user_pages(req, io->should_dirty); > @@ -625,6 +628,12 @@ static void fuse_aio_complete_req(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req) > } > > fuse_aio_complete(io, req->out.h.error, pos); > + > + if (io->write) { > + spin_lock(&fc->lock); > + fi->writectr--; > + spin_unlock(&fc->lock); > + } > } > > static size_t fuse_async_req_send(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req, > @@ -966,6 +975,7 @@ static size_t fuse_send_write(struct fuse_req *req, struct fuse_io_priv *io, > { > struct kiocb *iocb = io->iocb; > struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp; > + struct fuse_inode *fi = get_fuse_inode(file_inode(file)); > struct fuse_file *ff = file->private_data; > struct fuse_conn *fc = ff->fc; > struct fuse_write_in *inarg = &req->misc.write.in; > @@ -981,8 +991,12 @@ static size_t fuse_send_write(struct fuse_req *req, struct fuse_io_priv *io, > inarg->lock_owner = fuse_lock_owner_id(fc, owner); > } > > - if (io->async) > + if (io->async) { > + spin_lock(&fc->lock); > + fi->writectr++; > + spin_unlock(&fc->lock); > return fuse_async_req_send(fc, req, count, io); > + } > > fuse_request_send(fc, req); > return req->misc.write.out.size; > @@ -2904,8 +2918,10 @@ fuse_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter) > * We cannot asynchronously extend the size of a file. > * In such case the aio will behave exactly like sync io. > */ > - if ((offset + count > i_size) && iov_iter_rw(iter) == WRITE) > + if ((offset + count > i_size) && iov_iter_rw(iter) == WRITE) { > io->blocking = true; > + io->async = false; > + } > > if (io->async && io->blocking) { > /* >