We used to update a file's time on do_wp_page. This caused latency
whenever file_update_time would sleep (this happens on ext4). It is
also, IMO, less than ideal: any copy, backup, or 'make' run taken
after do_wp_page but before an mmap user finished writing would see
the new timestamp but the old contents.
With this patch, cmtime is updated after a page is written. When the
mm code transfers the dirty bit from a pte to the associated struct
page, it also sets a new page flag indicating that the page was
modified directly from userspace. The inode's time is then updated in
clear_page_dirty_for_io.
We can't update cmtime in all contexts in which ptes are unmapped:
various reclaim paths can unmap ptes from GFP_NOFS paths.
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
I'm not thrilled about using a page flag for this, but I haven't
spotted a better way. Updating the time in writepage would touch
a lot of files and would interact oddly with write.
fs/inode.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
include/linux/fs.h | 1 +
include/linux/page-flags.h | 5 ++++
mm/page-writeback.c | 19 +++++++++++++---
mm/rmap.c | 18 +++++++++++++-
5 files changed, 72 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index ec79246..ee93a25 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1461,21 +1461,8 @@ void touch_atime(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(touch_atime);
-/**
- * file_update_time - update mtime and ctime time
- * @file: file accessed
- *
- * Update the mtime and ctime members of an inode and mark the inode
- * for writeback. Note that this function is meant exclusively for
- * usage in the file write path of filesystems, and filesystems may
- * choose to explicitly ignore update via this function with the
- * S_NOCMTIME inode flag, e.g. for network filesystem where these
- * timestamps are handled by the server.
- */
-
-void file_update_time(struct file *file)
+static void do_inode_update_time(struct file *file, struct inode *inode)
{
- struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
struct timespec now;
enum { S_MTIME = 1, S_CTIME = 2, S_VERSION = 4 } sync_it = 0;
@@ -1497,7 +1484,7 @@ void file_update_time(struct file *file)
return;
/* Finally allowed to write? Takes lock. */
- if (mnt_want_write_file(file))
+ if (file && mnt_want_write_file(file))
return;
/* Only change inode inside the lock region */
@@ -1508,10 +1495,42 @@ void file_update_time(struct file *file)
if (sync_it & S_MTIME)
inode->i_mtime = now;
mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode);
- mnt_drop_write(file->f_path.mnt);
+
+ if (file)
+ mnt_drop_write(file->f_path.mnt);
+}
+
+/**
+ * file_update_time - update mtime and ctime time
+ * @file: file accessed
+ *
+ * Update the mtime and ctime members of an inode and mark the inode
+ * for writeback. Note that this function is meant exclusively for
+ * usage in the file write path of filesystems, and filesystems may
+ * choose to explicitly ignore update via this function with the
+ * S_NOCMTIME inode flag, e.g. for network filesystem where these
+ * timestamps are handled by the server.
+ */
+
+void file_update_time(struct file *file)
+{
+ do_inode_update_time(file, file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_update_time);
+/**
+ * inode_update_time_writable - update mtime and ctime
+ * @inode: inode accessed
+ *
+ * Same as file_update_time, except that the caller is responsible
+ * for checking that the mount is writable.
+ */
+
+void inode_update_time_writable(struct inode *inode)
+{
+ do_inode_update_time(0, inode);
+}
+
int inode_needs_sync(struct inode *inode)
{
if (IS_SYNC(inode))
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 277f497..9e28927 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2553,6 +2553,7 @@ extern int inode_newsize_ok(const struct inode *, loff_t offset);
extern void setattr_copy(struct inode *inode, const struct iattr *attr);
extern void file_update_time(struct file *file);
+extern void inode_update_time_writable(struct inode *inode);
extern int generic_show_options(struct seq_file *m, struct vfsmount *mnt);
extern void save_mount_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options);
diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
index e90a673..4eed012 100644
--- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ enum pageflags {
#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
PG_compound_lock,
#endif
+ PG_update_cmtime, /* Dirtied via writable mapping. */
__NR_PAGEFLAGS,
/* Filesystems */
@@ -273,6 +274,10 @@ PAGEFLAG_FALSE(HWPoison)
#define __PG_HWPOISON 0
#endif
+/* Whoever clears PG_update_cmtime must update the cmtime. */
+SETPAGEFLAG(UpdateCMTime, update_cmtime)
+TESTCLEARFLAG(UpdateCMTime, update_cmtime)
+
u64 stable_page_flags(struct page *page);
static inline int PageUptodate(struct page *page)
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 0e309cd..41c48ea 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -1460,7 +1460,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_page_dirty_lock);
/*
* Clear a page's dirty flag, while caring for dirty memory accounting.
- * Returns true if the page was previously dirty.
+ * Returns true if the page was previously dirty. Also updates inode time
+ * if necessary.
*
* This is for preparing to put the page under writeout. We leave the page
* tagged as dirty in the radix tree so that a concurrent write-for-sync
@@ -1474,6 +1475,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_page_dirty_lock);
*/
int clear_page_dirty_for_io(struct page *page)
{
+ int ret;
struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
@@ -1520,11 +1522,20 @@ int clear_page_dirty_for_io(struct page *page)
dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_DIRTY);
dec_bdi_stat(mapping->backing_dev_info,
BDI_RECLAIMABLE);
- return 1;
+ ret = 1;
+ goto out;
}
- return 0;
+ ret = 0;
+ goto out;
}
- return TestClearPageDirty(page);
+ ret = TestClearPageDirty(page);
+
+out:
+ /* We know that the inode (if any) is on a writable mount. */
+ if (mapping && mapping->host && TestClearPageUpdateCMTime(page))
+ inode_update_time_writable(mapping->host);
+
+ return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(clear_page_dirty_for_io);
diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
index 8005080..2ee595d 100644
--- a/mm/rmap.c
+++ b/mm/rmap.c
@@ -937,6 +937,16 @@ int page_mkclean(struct page *page)
struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
if (mapping) {
ret = page_mkclean_file(mapping, page);
+
+ /*
+ * If dirtied via shared writable mapping, cmtime
+ * needs to be updated. If dirtied only through
+ * write(), etc, then the writer already updated
+ * cmtime.
+ */
+ if (ret)
+ SetPageUpdateCMTime(page);
+
if (page_test_and_clear_dirty(page_to_pfn(page), 1))
ret = 1;
}
@@ -1203,8 +1213,10 @@ int try_to_unmap_one(struct page *page, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
pteval = ptep_clear_flush_notify(vma, address, pte);
/* Move the dirty bit to the physical page now the pte is gone. */
- if (pte_dirty(pteval))
+ if (pte_dirty(pteval)) {
+ SetPageUpdateCMTime(page);
set_page_dirty(page);
+ }
/* Update high watermark before we lower rss */
update_hiwater_rss(mm);
@@ -1388,8 +1400,10 @@ static int try_to_unmap_cluster(unsigned long cursor, unsigned int *mapcount,
set_pte_at(mm, address, pte, pgoff_to_pte(page->index));
/* Move the dirty bit to the physical page now the pte is gone. */
- if (pte_dirty(pteval))
+ if (pte_dirty(pteval)) {
+ SetPageUpdateCMTime(page);
set_page_dirty(page);
+ }
page_remove_rmap(page);
page_cache_release(page);
--
1.7.6.4
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