I am developing a file system that has underlying block size way larger than the number of pages VFS would request to the FUSE daemon (2MB / 4MB vs 32 pages = 128K). I currently cache the block data in user space, but it would be more ideal to have Kernel manage this with page cache, and save round-trips between VFS and FUSE daemon. So I was looking at use FUSE_NOTIFY_STORE to proactively offer the data to Kernel. However, I found that the notify store often deadlocks with user read requests. For example, say the user process is doing sequential read from offset 0. Kernel requests a 128K read to FUSE daemon and I fetch the 2MB block from underlying storage. After replying the read request, I would like to offer the rest of the 1920K data to Kernel from offset 128K. However, at this point Kernel most likely alraedy started the next read request also at offset 128K, and have those page locked: wait_on_page_locked_killable generic_file_buffered_read generic_file_read_iter On the other hand, the notify store is also waiting on locking those pages: __lock_page __find_lock_page find_or_create_page fuse_notify_store This normally deadlocks the FUSE daemon. The notify store is a pretty old feature so I'm not sure if this is really an issue or I'm using it wrong. I would be very grateful if anyone could help me with some insights on how this is intended to be used. On the other hand, I was thinking maybe we could support an async notify store requests. When the Kernel moduels gets the requests, if it can not acquire lock on the relevant pages, it could just store the user provided data in dis-attached page structs, add them to a background requetss, and try later. If people are OK with such ideas, I would be more than happy to try with an implementation. Thank you very much for help in ahead! ________________________________ Note: This email is for the confidential use of the named addressee(s) only and may contain proprietary, confidential, or privileged information and/or personal data. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited, and requested to notify the sender immediately and destroy this email and any attachments. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. The Company, therefore, does not make any guarantees as to the completeness or accuracy of this email or any attachments. This email is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a recommendation, offer, request, or solicitation of any kind to buy, sell, subscribe, redeem, or perform any type of transaction of a financial product. Personal data, as defined by applicable data protection and privacy laws, contained in this email may be processed by the Company, and any of its affiliated or related companies, for legal, compliance, and/or business-related purposes. You may have rights regarding your personal data; for information on exercising these rights or the Company’s treatment of personal data, please email datarequests@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
