On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 4:47 PM, Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> wrote: > I think something like the following patch (totally untested, > just an idea) should fix the issue, right? I think that is not enough. > > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c > index c4893e226fd8..555fcae9a18f 100644 > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c > @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ xfs_file_fsync( > struct xfs_inode *ip = XFS_I(inode); > struct xfs_mount *mp = ip->i_mount; > int error = 0; > - int log_flushed = 0; > + unsigned int flushseq; > xfs_lsn_t lsn = 0; > > trace_xfs_file_fsync(ip); > @@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ xfs_file_fsync( > error = file_write_and_wait_range(file, start, end); > if (error) > return error; > + flushseq = READ_ONCE(mp->m_flushseq); imagine that flush was submitted and completed before file_write_and_wait_range() but m_flushseq incremented after. maybe here READ m_flush_submitted_seq... > > if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp)) > return -EIO; > @@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ xfs_file_fsync( > } > > if (lsn) { > - error = _xfs_log_force_lsn(mp, lsn, XFS_LOG_SYNC, &log_flushed); > + error = _xfs_log_force_lsn(mp, lsn, XFS_LOG_SYNC, NULL); > ip->i_itemp->ili_fsync_fields = 0; > } > xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED); > @@ -193,8 +194,9 @@ xfs_file_fsync( > * an already allocated file and thus do not have any metadata to > * commit. > */ > - if (!log_flushed && !XFS_IS_REALTIME_INODE(ip) && > - mp->m_logdev_targp == mp->m_ddev_targp) > + if (!XFS_IS_REALTIME_INODE(ip) && > + mp->m_logdev_targp == mp->m_ddev_targp && > + flushseq == READ_ONCE(mp->m_flushseq)) ... and here READ m_flush_completed_seq if (m_flush_completed_seq > m_flush_submitted_seq) it is safe to skip issue flush. Then probably READ_ONCE() is not enough and need smb_rmb? > xfs_blkdev_issue_flush(mp->m_ddev_targp); > > return error; > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c > index bcb2f860e508..3c0cbb98581e 100644 > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c > @@ -2922,6 +2922,8 @@ xlog_state_done_syncing( > iclog->ic_state = XLOG_STATE_DONE_SYNC; > } > > + log->l_mp->m_flushseq++; I recon this should use WRITE_ONCE or smp_wmb() and then also increment m_flush_submitted_seq *before* issueing flush If state machine does not allow more than a single flush to be in flight (?) then the 2 seq counters could be reduced to single seq counter with (m_flushseq % 2) == 1 for submitted and (m_flushseq % 2) == 0 for completed and the test in fsync would be (flushseq % 2) == (READ_ONCE(mp->m_flushseq) % 2) ... maybe? Amir. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-xfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html