Re: [PATCH v4 01/10] ext4: remove writable userspace mappings before truncating page cache

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On 2024/12/18 17:56, Ojaswin Mujoo wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 16, 2024 at 09:39:06AM +0800, Zhang Yi wrote:
>> From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> When zeroing a range of folios on the filesystem which block size is
>> less than the page size, the file's mapped blocks within one page will
>> be marked as unwritten, we should remove writable userspace mappings to
>> ensure that ext4_page_mkwrite() can be called during subsequent write
>> access to these partial folios. Otherwise, data written by subsequent
>> mmap writes may not be saved to disk.
>>
>>  $mkfs.ext4 -b 1024 /dev/vdb
>>  $mount /dev/vdb /mnt
>>  $xfs_io -t -f -c "pwrite -S 0x58 0 4096" -c "mmap -rw 0 4096" \
>>                -c "mwrite -S 0x5a 2048 2048" -c "fzero 2048 2048" \
>>                -c "mwrite -S 0x59 2048 2048" -c "close" /mnt/foo
>>
>>  $od -Ax -t x1z /mnt/foo
>>  000000 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58
>>  *
>>  000800 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59
>>  *
>>  001000
>>
>>  $umount /mnt && mount /dev/vdb /mnt
>>  $od -Ax -t x1z /mnt/foo
>>  000000 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58
>>  *
>>  000800 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
>>  *
>>  001000
>>
>> Fix this by introducing ext4_truncate_page_cache_block_range() to remove
>> writable userspace mappings when truncating a partial folio range.
>> Additionally, move the journal data mode-specific handlers and
>> truncate_pagecache_range() into this function, allowing it to serve as a
>> common helper that correctly manages the page cache in preparation for
>> block range manipulations.
> 
> Hi Zhang,
> 
> Thanks for the fix, just to confirm my understanding, the issue arises
> because of the following flow:
> 
> 1. page_mkwrite() makes folio dirty when we write to the mmap'd region
> 
> 2. ext4_zero_range (2kb to 4kb)
>     truncate_pagecache_range
>       truncate_inode_pages_range
>         truncate_inode_partial_folio
>           folio_zero_range (2kb to 4kb)
>             folio_invalidate
>               ext4_invalidate_folio
>                 block_invalidate_folio -> clear the bh dirty bit
> 
> 3. mwrite (2kb to 4kb): Again we write in pagecache but the bh is not
>    dirty hence after a remount the data is not seen on disk
> 
> Also, we won't see this issue if we are zeroing a page aligned range
> since we end up unmapping the pages from the proccess address space in 
> that case. Correct?

Thank you for review! Yes, it's correct.

> 
> I have also tested the patch in PowerPC with 64k pagesize and 4k blocks
> size and can confirm that it fixes the data loss issue. That being said,
> I have a few minor comments on the patch below:
> 

Thank you for the test.

>>
>> Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  fs/ext4/ext4.h    |  2 ++
>>  fs/ext4/extents.c | 19 ++++-----------
>>  fs/ext4/inode.c   | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  3 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
>> index 74f2071189b2..8843929b46ce 100644
>> --- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
>> +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
>> @@ -3016,6 +3016,8 @@ extern int ext4_inode_attach_jinode(struct inode *inode);
>>  extern int ext4_can_truncate(struct inode *inode);
>>  extern int ext4_truncate(struct inode *);
>>  extern int ext4_break_layouts(struct inode *);
>> +extern int ext4_truncate_page_cache_block_range(struct inode *inode,
>> +						loff_t start, loff_t end);
>>  extern int ext4_punch_hole(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t length);
>>  extern void ext4_set_inode_flags(struct inode *, bool init);
>>  extern int ext4_alloc_da_blocks(struct inode *inode);
>> diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
>> index a07a98a4b97a..8dc6b4271b15 100644
>> --- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
>> +++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
>> @@ -4667,22 +4667,13 @@ static long ext4_zero_range(struct file *file, loff_t offset,
>>  			goto out_mutex;
>>  		}
>>  
>> -		/*
>> -		 * For journalled data we need to write (and checkpoint) pages
>> -		 * before discarding page cache to avoid inconsitent data on
>> -		 * disk in case of crash before zeroing trans is committed.
>> -		 */
>> -		if (ext4_should_journal_data(inode)) {
>> -			ret = filemap_write_and_wait_range(mapping, start,
>> -							   end - 1);
>> -			if (ret) {
>> -				filemap_invalidate_unlock(mapping);
>> -				goto out_mutex;
>> -			}
>> +		/* Now release the pages and zero block aligned part of pages */
>> +		ret = ext4_truncate_page_cache_block_range(inode, start, end);
>> +		if (ret) {
>> +			filemap_invalidate_unlock(mapping);
>> +			goto out_mutex;
>>  		}
>>  
>> -		/* Now release the pages and zero block aligned part of pages */
>> -		truncate_pagecache_range(inode, start, end - 1);
>>  		inode_set_mtime_to_ts(inode, inode_set_ctime_current(inode));
>>  
>>  		ret = ext4_alloc_file_blocks(file, lblk, max_blocks, new_size,
>> diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
>> index 89aade6f45f6..c68a8b841148 100644
>> --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
>> +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
>> @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
>>  #include <linux/writeback.h>
>>  #include <linux/pagevec.h>
>>  #include <linux/mpage.h>
>> +#include <linux/rmap.h>
>>  #include <linux/namei.h>
>>  #include <linux/uio.h>
>>  #include <linux/bio.h>
>> @@ -3902,6 +3903,67 @@ int ext4_update_disksize_before_punch(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset,
>>  	return ret;
>>  }
>>  
>> +static inline void ext4_truncate_folio(struct inode *inode,
>> +				       loff_t start, loff_t end)
>> +{
>> +	unsigned long blocksize = i_blocksize(inode);
>> +	struct folio *folio;
>> +
>> +	/* Nothing to be done if no complete block needs to be truncated. */
>> +	if (round_up(start, blocksize) >= round_down(end, blocksize))
>> +		return;
>> +
>> +	folio = filemap_lock_folio(inode->i_mapping, start >> PAGE_SHIFT);
>> +	if (IS_ERR(folio))
>> +		return;
>> +
>> +	if (folio_mkclean(folio))
>> +		folio_mark_dirty(folio);
>> +	folio_unlock(folio);
>> +	folio_put(folio);
>> +}
>> +
>> +int ext4_truncate_page_cache_block_range(struct inode *inode,
>> +					 loff_t start, loff_t end)
>> +{
>> +	unsigned long blocksize = i_blocksize(inode);
>> +	int ret;
>> +
>> +	/*
>> +	 * For journalled data we need to write (and checkpoint) pages
>> +	 * before discarding page cache to avoid inconsitent data on disk
>> +	 * in case of crash before freeing or unwritten converting trans
>> +	 * is committed.
>> +	 */
>> +	if (ext4_should_journal_data(inode)) {
>> +		ret = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, start,
>> +						   end - 1);
>> +		if (ret)
>> +			return ret;
>> +		goto truncate_pagecache;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	/*
>> +	 * If the block size is less than the page size, the file's mapped
>> +	 * blocks within one page could be freed or converted to unwritten.
>> +	 * So it's necessary to remove writable userspace mappings, and then
>> +	 * ext4_page_mkwrite() can be called during subsequent write access
>> +	 * to these partial folios.
>> +	 */
>> +	if (blocksize < PAGE_SIZE && start < inode->i_size) {
> 
> Maybe we should only call ext4_truncate_folio() if the range is not page
> aligned, rather than calling it everytime for bs < ps?

I agree with you, so how about below?

	if (!IS_ALIGNED(start | end, PAGE_SIZE) &&
	    blocksize < PAGE_SIZE && start < inode->i_size && )

> 
>> +		loff_t start_boundary = round_up(start, PAGE_SIZE);
> 
> I think page_boundary seems like a more suitable name for the variable.

Yeah, it looks fine to me.

Thanks,
Yi.





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