On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 5:59 PM Trond Myklebust <trondmy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2021-06-28 at 17:12 -0400, David Wysochanski wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 3:09 PM Trond Myklebust
> > <trondmy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, 2021-06-28 at 13:39 -0400, Dave Wysochanski wrote:
> > > > Earlier commits refactored some NFS read code and removed
> > > > nfs_readpage_async(), but neglected to properly fixup
> > > > nfs_readpage_from_fscache_complete(). The code path is
> > > > only hit when something unusual occurs with the cachefiles
> > > > backing filesystem, such as an IO error or while a cookie
> > > > is being invalidated.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > > fs/nfs/fscache.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
> > > > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/fs/nfs/fscache.c b/fs/nfs/fscache.c
> > > > index c4c021c6ebbd..d308cb7e1dd4 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/nfs/fscache.c
> > > > +++ b/fs/nfs/fscache.c
> > > > @@ -381,15 +381,25 @@ static void
> > > > nfs_readpage_from_fscache_complete(struct page *page,
> > > > void *context,
> > > > int error)
> > > > {
> > > > + struct nfs_readdesc desc;
> > > > + struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
> > > > +
> > > > dfprintk(FSCACHE,
> > > > "NFS: readpage_from_fscache_complete
> > > > (0x%p/0x%p/%d)\n",
> > > > page, context, error);
> > > >
> > > > - /* if the read completes with an error, we just unlock
> > > > the
> > > > page and let
> > > > - * the VM reissue the readpage */
> > > > if (!error) {
> > > > SetPageUptodate(page);
> > > > unlock_page(page);
> > > > + } else {
> > > > + desc.ctx = context;
> > > > + nfs_pageio_init_read(&desc.pgio, inode, false,
> > > > +
> > > > &nfs_async_read_completion_ops);
> > > > + error = readpage_async_filler(&desc, page);
> > > > + if (error)
> > > > + return;
> > >
> > > This code path can clearly fail too. Why can we not fix this code
> > > to
> > > allow it to return that reported error so that we can handle the
> > > failure case in nfs_readpage() instead of dead-ending here?
> > >
> >
> > Maybe the below patch is what you had in mind? That way if fscache
> > is enabled, nfs_readpage() should behave the same way as if it's not,
> > for the case where an IO error occurs in the NFS read completion
> > path.
> >
> > If we call into fscache and we get back that the IO has been
> > submitted,
> > wait until it is completed, so we'll catch any IO errors in the read
> > completion
> > path. This does not solve the "catch the internal errors", IOW, the
> > ones that show up as pg_error, that will probably require copying
> > pg_error into nfs_open_context.error field.
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/nfs/read.c b/fs/nfs/read.c
> > index 78b9181e94ba..28e3318080e0 100644
> > --- a/fs/nfs/read.c
> > +++ b/fs/nfs/read.c
> > @@ -357,13 +357,13 @@ int nfs_readpage(struct file *file, struct page
> > *page)
> > } else
> > desc.ctx =
> > get_nfs_open_context(nfs_file_open_context(file));
> >
> > + xchg(&desc.ctx->error, 0);
> > if (!IS_SYNC(inode)) {
> > ret = nfs_readpage_from_fscache(desc.ctx, inode,
> > page);
> > if (ret == 0)
> > - goto out;
> > + goto out_wait;
> > }
> >
> > - xchg(&desc.ctx->error, 0);
> > nfs_pageio_init_read(&desc.pgio, inode, false,
> > &nfs_async_read_completion_ops);
> >
> > @@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ int nfs_readpage(struct file *file, struct page
> > *page)
> >
> > nfs_pageio_complete_read(&desc.pgio);
> > ret = desc.pgio.pg_error < 0 ? desc.pgio.pg_error : 0;
> > +out_wait:
> > if (!ret) {
> > ret = wait_on_page_locked_killable(page);
> > if (!PageUptodate(page) && !ret)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > > +
> > > > + nfs_pageio_complete_read(&desc.pgio);
> > > > }
> > > > }
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Trond Myklebust
> > > Linux NFS client maintainer, Hammerspace
> > > trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > >
> >
>
> Yes, please. This avoids that duplication of NFS read code in the
> fscache layer.
>
If you mean patch 4 we still need that - I don't see anyway to
avoid it. The above just will make the fscache enabled
path waits for the IO to complete, same as the non-fscache case.
> --
> Trond Myklebust
> Linux NFS client maintainer, Hammerspace
> trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
