On Tue 01-11-11 16:02:24, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Fri 28-10-11 16:39:25, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> >> 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.
> > I see two problems with this patch:
> > 1) Using a page flags is really a no-go. We are rather short on page flags
> > so using them for such minor thing is a real wastage. Moreover it should be
> > rather easy to just use an inode flag instead.
>
> Am I allowed to set inode flags without holding any locks?
That's a good question. Locking of i_flags was always kind of unclear to
me. They are certainly read without any locks and in the couple of places
where setting can actually race VFS uses i_mutex for serialization which is
kind of overkill (and unusable from page fault due to locking constraints).
Probably using atomic bitops for setting i_flags would be needed.
> > 2) You cannot call inode_update_time_writable() from
> > clear_page_dirty_for_io() because that is called under a page lock and thus
> > would create lock inversion problems.
>
> Hmm. Isn't it permitted to at least read from an fs while holding the
> page lock? I thought that the page lock was held for the entire
> duration of a read and at the beginning of writeback.
You are right that page lock is held during the whole ->readpage() call.
But that does not mean any reading can be done while page lock is held...
Page lock is also held during the ->writepage() call but that is one of
reasons why several filesystems ignore that callback and use ->writepages()
callback which allows them to do some fs internal locking before taking the
page lock.
> I can push this down to the ->writepage implementations or to the
> clear_page_dirty_for_io callers, but that will result in a bigger
> patch.
Yes, I think this might be a way to go. Actually using
block_write_full_page() callback for updating times might somewhat reduce
number of filesystems that need to be modified...
Honza
> >> 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
> >>
> > --
> > Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> > SUSE Labs, CR
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Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR
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