Re: [PATCH v2] xfs: use iomap new flag for newly allocated delalloc blocks

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On Mon, Mar 06, 2017 at 10:00:44AM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 03, 2017 at 12:23:18PM -0500, Brian Foster wrote:
> > Commit fa7f138 ("xfs: clear delalloc and cache on buffered write
> > failure") fixed one regression in the iomap error handling code and
> > exposed another. The fundamental problem is that if a buffered write
> > is a rewrite of preexisting delalloc blocks and the write fails, the
> > failure handling code can punch out preexisting blocks with valid
> > file data.
> > 
> > This was reproduced directly by sub-block writes in the LTP
> > kernel/syscalls/write/write03 test. A first 100 byte write allocates
> > a single block in a file. A subsequent 100 byte write fails and
> > punches out the block, including the data successfully written by
> > the previous write.
> > 
> > To address this problem, update the ->iomap_begin() handler to
> > distinguish newly allocated delalloc blocks from preexisting
> > delalloc blocks via the IOMAP_F_NEW flag. Use this flag in the
> > ->iomap_end() handler to decide when a failed or short write should
> > punch out delalloc blocks.
> > 
> > This introduces the subtle requirement that ->iomap_begin() should
> > never combine newly allocated delalloc blocks with existing blocks
> > in the resulting iomap descriptor. This can occur when a new
> > delalloc reservation merges with a neighboring extent that is part
> > of the current write, for example. Therefore, update
> > xfs_bmapi_reserve_delalloc() to conditionally return the allocated
> > record along with the updated 'got' record and map the former into
> > the iomap.  This ensures that preexisting delalloc blocks are always
> > handled as "found" blocks and not punched out on a failed rewrite.
> > 
> > Reported-by: Xiong Zhou <xzhou@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Brian Foster <bfoster@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > 
> > This version simply changes the interface to
> > xfs_bmapi_reserve_delalloc() for using the allocated range rather than
> > the fully up-to-date record after the allocation. Thoughts? If this is
> > still too ugly I suppose we could just do as Christoph suggested
> > originally and drop the update of got entirely. I'm just not that fond
> > of the landmine that leaves around should some future caller expect
> > 'got' to be updated, or worse, for somebody to re-add it to
> > bmapi_reserve_delalloc() without us remembering the requirement for
> > IOMAP_F_NEW and quietly breaking write failure handling again.
> 
> Could you add a comment above xfs_bmapi_reserve_delalloc summarizing
> what the function is supposed to do and capturing the justification for
> for arec?  I concede it's a little funny to mention iomap requirements
> in libxfs, but I'd rather it get written down than left as a potential
> landmine.
> 

Sure... I'm not sure we need to describe the iomap case here (the
comment at the callsite should explain what's going on there), but we
can certainly describe got and arec here.

> > Brian
> > 
> > v2:
> > - Use arec param rather than bmapi flag in xfs_bmapi_reserve_delalloc().
> > v1: http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-xfs/msg04604.html
> > 
> >  fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c | 11 ++++++++---
> >  fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.h |  3 ++-
> >  fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c       | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
> >  fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c     |  2 +-
> >  4 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
> > index a9c66d4..dcc6c13 100644
> > --- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
> > +++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
> > @@ -4159,7 +4159,8 @@ xfs_bmapi_reserve_delalloc(
> >  	xfs_filblks_t		prealloc,
> >  	struct xfs_bmbt_irec	*got,
> >  	xfs_extnum_t		*lastx,
> > -	int			eof)
> > +	int			eof,
> > +	struct xfs_bmbt_irec	*arec)
> >  {
> >  	struct xfs_mount	*mp = ip->i_mount;
> >  	struct xfs_ifork	*ifp = XFS_IFORK_PTR(ip, whichfork);
> > @@ -4236,11 +4237,15 @@ xfs_bmapi_reserve_delalloc(
> >  	got->br_startblock = nullstartblock(indlen);
> >  	got->br_blockcount = alen;
> >  	got->br_state = XFS_EXT_NORM;
> > +	if (arec)
> > +		*arec = *got;
> > +
> >  	xfs_bmap_add_extent_hole_delay(ip, whichfork, lastx, got);
> >  
> >  	/*
> > -	 * Update our extent pointer, given that xfs_bmap_add_extent_hole_delay
> > -	 * might have merged it into one of the neighbouring ones.
> > +	 * Update our extent pointer if the caller asked for entire extents.
> > +	 * xfs_bmap_add_extent_hole_delay() might have merged it into one of
> > +	 * the neighbouring ones.
> >  	 */
> >  	xfs_bmbt_get_all(xfs_iext_get_ext(ifp, *lastx), got);
> >  
> > diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.h
> > index cdef87d..c61f2a7 100644
> > --- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.h
> > +++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.h
> > @@ -243,7 +243,8 @@ int	xfs_bmap_shift_extents(struct xfs_trans *tp, struct xfs_inode *ip,
> >  int	xfs_bmap_split_extent(struct xfs_inode *ip, xfs_fileoff_t split_offset);
> >  int	xfs_bmapi_reserve_delalloc(struct xfs_inode *ip, int whichfork,
> >  		xfs_fileoff_t off, xfs_filblks_t len, xfs_filblks_t prealloc,
> > -		struct xfs_bmbt_irec *got, xfs_extnum_t *lastx, int eof);
> > +		struct xfs_bmbt_irec *got, xfs_extnum_t *lastx, int eof,
> > +		struct xfs_bmbt_irec *arec);
> >  
> >  enum xfs_bmap_intent_type {
> >  	XFS_BMAP_MAP = 1,
> > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
> > index 41662fb..bdbab0f 100644
> > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
> > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
> > @@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ xfs_file_iomap_begin_delay(
> >  		XFS_B_TO_FSB(mp, mp->m_super->s_maxbytes);
> >  	xfs_fileoff_t		end_fsb;
> >  	int			error = 0, eof = 0;
> > -	struct xfs_bmbt_irec	got;
> > +	struct xfs_bmbt_irec	got, arec;
> >  	xfs_extnum_t		idx;
> >  	xfs_fsblock_t		prealloc_blocks = 0;
> >  
> > @@ -613,7 +613,8 @@ xfs_file_iomap_begin_delay(
> >  
> >  retry:
> >  	error = xfs_bmapi_reserve_delalloc(ip, XFS_DATA_FORK, offset_fsb,
> > -			end_fsb - offset_fsb, prealloc_blocks, &got, &idx, eof);
> > +			end_fsb - offset_fsb, prealloc_blocks, &got, &idx,
> > +			eof, &arec);
> >  	switch (error) {
> >  	case 0:
> >  		break;
> > @@ -630,6 +631,15 @@ xfs_file_iomap_begin_delay(
> >  		goto out_unlock;
> >  	}
> >  
> > +	/*
> > +	 * IOMAP_F_NEW controls whether we punch out delalloc blocks if the
> > +	 * write happens to fail, which means we can't combine newly allocated
> > +	 * blocks with preexisting delalloc blocks in the same iomap. got may
> > +	 * have been merged with contiguous extents, so use arec to map only the
> > +	 * newly allocated blocks.
> > +	 */
> > +	got = arec;
> > +	iomap->flags = IOMAP_F_NEW;
> >  	trace_xfs_iomap_alloc(ip, offset, count, 0, &got);
> >  done:
> >  	if (isnullstartblock(got.br_startblock))
> > @@ -1071,16 +1081,22 @@ xfs_file_iomap_end_delalloc(
> >  	struct xfs_inode	*ip,
> >  	loff_t			offset,
> >  	loff_t			length,
> > -	ssize_t			written)
> > +	ssize_t			written,
> > +	struct iomap		*iomap)
> >  {
> >  	struct xfs_mount	*mp = ip->i_mount;
> >  	xfs_fileoff_t		start_fsb;
> >  	xfs_fileoff_t		end_fsb;
> >  	int			error = 0;
> >  
> > -	/* behave as if the write failed if drop writes is enabled */
> > -	if (xfs_mp_drop_writes(mp))
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Behave as if the write failed if drop writes is enabled. Set the NEW
> > +	 * flag to force delalloc cleanup.
> > +	 */
> > +	if (xfs_mp_drop_writes(mp)) {
> > +		iomap->flags |= IOMAP_F_NEW;
> >  		written = 0;
> > +	}
> >  
> >  	/*
> >  	 * start_fsb refers to the first unused block after a short write. If
> > @@ -1094,14 +1110,14 @@ xfs_file_iomap_end_delalloc(
> >  	end_fsb = XFS_B_TO_FSB(mp, offset + length);
> >  
> >  	/*
> > -	 * Trim back delalloc blocks if we didn't manage to write the whole
> > -	 * range reserved.
> > +	 * Trim delalloc blocks if they were allocated by this write and we
> > +	 * didn't manage to write the whole range.
> >  	 *
> >  	 * We don't need to care about racing delalloc as we hold i_mutex
> >  	 * across the reserve/allocate/unreserve calls. If there are delalloc
> >  	 * blocks in the range, they are ours.
> >  	 */
> > -	if (start_fsb < end_fsb) {
> > +	if (iomap->flags & IOMAP_F_NEW && start_fsb < end_fsb) {
> 
> Doesn't the IOMAP_F_NEW check here need parentheses?
> 

I didn't think so, but I can add parens for clarity (which I prefer
anyways, not sure why I didn't use them here) if nothing else. Thanks.

Brian

> --D
> 
> >  		truncate_pagecache_range(VFS_I(ip), XFS_FSB_TO_B(mp, start_fsb),
> >  					 XFS_FSB_TO_B(mp, end_fsb) - 1);
> >  
> > @@ -1131,7 +1147,7 @@ xfs_file_iomap_end(
> >  {
> >  	if ((flags & IOMAP_WRITE) && iomap->type == IOMAP_DELALLOC)
> >  		return xfs_file_iomap_end_delalloc(XFS_I(inode), offset,
> > -				length, written);
> > +				length, written, iomap);
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> >  
> > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c
> > index da6d08f..c29cc08 100644
> > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c
> > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c
> > @@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ xfs_reflink_reserve_cow(
> >  		return error;
> >  
> >  	error = xfs_bmapi_reserve_delalloc(ip, XFS_COW_FORK, imap->br_startoff,
> > -			imap->br_blockcount, 0, &got, &idx, eof);
> > +			imap->br_blockcount, 0, &got, &idx, eof, NULL);
> >  	if (error == -ENOSPC || error == -EDQUOT)
> >  		trace_xfs_reflink_cow_enospc(ip, imap);
> >  	if (error)
> > -- 
> > 2.7.4
> > 
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