We do some unlocked reads of writeback statistics like avg_write_bandwidth, dirty_ratelimit, or bw_time_stamp. Generally we are fine with getting somewhat out-of-date values but actually getting different values in various parts of the functions because the compiler decided to reload value from original memory location could confuse calculations. Use READ_ONCE for these unlocked accesses and WRITE_ONCE for the updates to be on the safe side. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- mm/page-writeback.c | 28 +++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c index ee5e43a7453e..8ffd8ed37a23 100644 --- a/mm/page-writeback.c +++ b/mm/page-writeback.c @@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static struct fprop_local_percpu *wb_memcg_completions(struct bdi_writeback *wb) static void wb_min_max_ratio(struct bdi_writeback *wb, unsigned long *minp, unsigned long *maxp) { - unsigned long this_bw = wb->avg_write_bandwidth; + unsigned long this_bw = READ_ONCE(wb->avg_write_bandwidth); unsigned long tot_bw = atomic_long_read(&wb->bdi->tot_write_bandwidth); unsigned long long min = wb->bdi->min_ratio; unsigned long long max = wb->bdi->max_ratio; @@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ static long long pos_ratio_polynom(unsigned long setpoint, static void wb_position_ratio(struct dirty_throttle_control *dtc) { struct bdi_writeback *wb = dtc->wb; - unsigned long write_bw = wb->avg_write_bandwidth; + unsigned long write_bw = READ_ONCE(wb->avg_write_bandwidth); unsigned long freerun = dirty_freerun_ceiling(dtc->thresh, dtc->bg_thresh); unsigned long limit = hard_dirty_limit(dtc_dom(dtc), dtc->thresh); unsigned long wb_thresh = dtc->wb_thresh; @@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ static void wb_update_write_bandwidth(struct bdi_writeback *wb, &wb->bdi->tot_write_bandwidth) <= 0); } wb->write_bandwidth = bw; - wb->avg_write_bandwidth = avg; + wb->avg_write_bandwidth = WRITE_ONCE(avg); } static void update_dirty_limit(struct dirty_throttle_control *dtc) @@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ static void wb_update_dirty_ratelimit(struct dirty_throttle_control *dtc, else dirty_ratelimit -= step; - wb->dirty_ratelimit = max(dirty_ratelimit, 1UL); + wb->dirty_ratelimit = WRITE_ONCE(max(dirty_ratelimit, 1UL)); wb->balanced_dirty_ratelimit = balanced_dirty_ratelimit; trace_bdi_dirty_ratelimit(wb, dirty_rate, task_ratelimit); @@ -1342,11 +1342,12 @@ static void __wb_update_bandwidth(struct dirty_throttle_control *gdtc, { struct bdi_writeback *wb = gdtc->wb; unsigned long now = jiffies; - unsigned long elapsed = now - wb->bw_time_stamp; + unsigned long elapsed; unsigned long dirtied; unsigned long written; spin_lock(&wb->list_lock); + elapsed = now - wb->bw_time_stamp; dirtied = percpu_counter_read(&wb->stat[WB_DIRTIED]); written = percpu_counter_read(&wb->stat[WB_WRITTEN]); @@ -1367,7 +1368,7 @@ static void __wb_update_bandwidth(struct dirty_throttle_control *gdtc, wb->dirtied_stamp = dirtied; wb->written_stamp = written; - wb->bw_time_stamp = now; + wb->bw_time_stamp = WRITE_ONCE(now); spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock); } @@ -1391,7 +1392,7 @@ static void wb_bandwidth_estimate_start(struct bdi_writeback *wb) spin_lock(&wb->list_lock); wb->dirtied_stamp = wb_stat(wb, WB_DIRTIED); wb->written_stamp = wb_stat(wb, WB_WRITTEN); - wb->bw_time_stamp = now; + wb->bw_time_stamp = WRITE_ONCE(now); spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock); } } @@ -1416,7 +1417,7 @@ static unsigned long dirty_poll_interval(unsigned long dirty, static unsigned long wb_max_pause(struct bdi_writeback *wb, unsigned long wb_dirty) { - unsigned long bw = wb->avg_write_bandwidth; + unsigned long bw = READ_ONCE(wb->avg_write_bandwidth); unsigned long t; /* @@ -1438,8 +1439,8 @@ static long wb_min_pause(struct bdi_writeback *wb, unsigned long dirty_ratelimit, int *nr_dirtied_pause) { - long hi = ilog2(wb->avg_write_bandwidth); - long lo = ilog2(wb->dirty_ratelimit); + long hi = ilog2(READ_ONCE(wb->avg_write_bandwidth)); + long lo = ilog2(READ_ONCE(wb->dirty_ratelimit)); long t; /* target pause */ long pause; /* estimated next pause */ int pages; /* target nr_dirtied_pause */ @@ -1719,12 +1720,12 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct bdi_writeback *wb, if (dirty_exceeded && !wb->dirty_exceeded) wb->dirty_exceeded = 1; - if (time_is_before_jiffies(wb->bw_time_stamp + + if (time_is_before_jiffies(READ_ONCE(wb->bw_time_stamp) + BANDWIDTH_INTERVAL)) __wb_update_bandwidth(gdtc, mdtc, true); /* throttle according to the chosen dtc */ - dirty_ratelimit = wb->dirty_ratelimit; + dirty_ratelimit = READ_ONCE(wb->dirty_ratelimit); task_ratelimit = ((u64)dirty_ratelimit * sdtc->pos_ratio) >> RATELIMIT_CALC_SHIFT; max_pause = wb_max_pause(wb, sdtc->wb_dirty); @@ -2365,7 +2366,8 @@ int do_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc) * but if there's constant writeback being submitted, this makes sure * writeback bandwidth is updated once in a while. */ - if (time_is_before_jiffies(wb->bw_time_stamp + BANDWIDTH_INTERVAL)) + if (time_is_before_jiffies(READ_ONCE(wb->bw_time_stamp) + + BANDWIDTH_INTERVAL)) wb_update_bandwidth(wb); return ret; } -- 2.26.2