Re: [PATCH 25/30] xfs: attach inodes to the cluster buffer when dirtied

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On Tue, Jun 02, 2020 at 07:42:46AM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote:
> From: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Rather than attach inodes to the cluster buffer just when we are
> doing IO, attach the inodes to the cluster buffer when they are
> dirtied. The means the buffer always carries a list of dirty inodes
> that reference it, and we can use that list to make more fundamental
> changes to inode writeback that aren't otherwise possible.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx>

Looks straightforward.
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>

--D

> ---
>  fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c |  9 ++++++---
>  fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c           |  1 +
>  fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c             |  1 +
>  fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c              | 24 +++++-------------------
>  fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c         | 14 ++++++++------
>  5 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c
> index 1e7147b90725e..5e7634c13ce78 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c
> @@ -164,13 +164,16 @@ xfs_trans_log_inode(
>  		/*
>  		 * We need an explicit buffer reference for the log item but
>  		 * don't want the buffer to remain attached to the transaction.
> -		 * Hold the buffer but release the transaction reference.
> +		 * Hold the buffer but release the transaction reference once
> +		 * we've attached the inode log item to the buffer log item
> +		 * list.
>  		 */
>  		xfs_buf_hold(bp);
> -		xfs_trans_brelse(tp, bp);
> -
>  		spin_lock(&iip->ili_lock);
>  		iip->ili_item.li_buf = bp;
> +		bp->b_flags |= _XBF_INODES;
> +		list_add_tail(&iip->ili_item.li_bio_list, &bp->b_li_list);
> +		xfs_trans_brelse(tp, bp);
>  	}
>  
>  	/*
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
> index 9739d64a46443..6e7a2d460a675 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
> @@ -465,6 +465,7 @@ xfs_buf_item_unpin(
>  		if (bip->bli_flags & XFS_BLI_STALE_INODE) {
>  			xfs_buf_item_done(bp);
>  			xfs_iflush_done(bp);
> +			ASSERT(list_empty(&bp->b_li_list));
>  		} else {
>  			xfs_trans_ail_delete(lip, SHUTDOWN_LOG_IO_ERROR);
>  			xfs_buf_item_relse(bp);
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
> index 4fe6f250e8448..ed386bc930977 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
> @@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ __xfs_inode_free(
>  {
>  	/* asserts to verify all state is correct here */
>  	ASSERT(atomic_read(&ip->i_pincount) == 0);
> +	ASSERT(!ip->i_itemp || list_empty(&ip->i_itemp->ili_item.li_bio_list));
>  	XFS_STATS_DEC(ip->i_mount, vn_active);
>  
>  	call_rcu(&VFS_I(ip)->i_rcu, xfs_inode_free_callback);
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
> index fb4c614c64fda..af65acd24ec4e 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
> @@ -2584,27 +2584,24 @@ xfs_ifree_mark_inode_stale(
>  		ASSERT(iip->ili_last_fields);
>  		goto out_iunlock;
>  	}
> -	ASSERT(!iip || list_empty(&iip->ili_item.li_bio_list));
>  
>  	/*
> -	 * Clean inodes can be released immediately.  Everything else has to go
> -	 * through xfs_iflush_abort() on journal commit as the flock
> -	 * synchronises removal of the inode from the cluster buffer against
> -	 * inode reclaim.
> +	 * Inodes not attached to the buffer can be released immediately.
> +	 * Everything else has to go through xfs_iflush_abort() on journal
> +	 * commit as the flock synchronises removal of the inode from the
> +	 * cluster buffer against inode reclaim.
>  	 */
> -	if (xfs_inode_clean(ip)) {
> +	if (!iip || list_empty(&iip->ili_item.li_bio_list)) {
>  		xfs_ifunlock(ip);
>  		goto out_iunlock;
>  	}
>  
>  	/* we have a dirty inode in memory that has not yet been flushed. */
> -	ASSERT(iip->ili_fields);
>  	spin_lock(&iip->ili_lock);
>  	iip->ili_last_fields = iip->ili_fields;
>  	iip->ili_fields = 0;
>  	iip->ili_fsync_fields = 0;
>  	spin_unlock(&iip->ili_lock);
> -	list_add_tail(&iip->ili_item.li_bio_list, &bp->b_li_list);
>  	ASSERT(iip->ili_last_fields);
>  
>  out_iunlock:
> @@ -3819,19 +3816,8 @@ xfs_iflush_int(
>  	xfs_trans_ail_copy_lsn(mp->m_ail, &iip->ili_flush_lsn,
>  				&iip->ili_item.li_lsn);
>  
> -	/*
> -	 * Attach the inode item callback to the buffer whether the flush
> -	 * succeeded or not. If not, the caller will shut down and fail I/O
> -	 * completion on the buffer to remove the inode from the AIL and release
> -	 * the flush lock.
> -	 */
> -	bp->b_flags |= _XBF_INODES;
> -	list_add_tail(&iip->ili_item.li_bio_list, &bp->b_li_list);
> -
>  	/* generate the checksum. */
>  	xfs_dinode_calc_crc(mp, dip);
> -
> -	ASSERT(!list_empty(&bp->b_li_list));
>  	return error;
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
> index 0a7720b7a821a..66675b75de3ec 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
> @@ -665,10 +665,7 @@ xfs_inode_item_destroy(
>   *
>   * Note: Now that we attach the log item to the buffer when we first log the
>   * inode in memory, we can have unflushed inodes on the buffer list here. These
> - * inodes will have a zero ili_last_fields, so skip over them here. We do
> - * this check -after- we've checked for stale inodes, because we're guaranteed
> - * to have XFS_ISTALE set in the case that dirty inodes are in the CIL and have
> - * not yet had their dirtying transactions committed to disk.
> + * inodes will have a zero ili_last_fields, so skip over them here.
>   */
>  void
>  xfs_iflush_done(
> @@ -686,8 +683,8 @@ xfs_iflush_done(
>  	 */
>  	list_for_each_entry_safe(lip, n, &bp->b_li_list, li_bio_list) {
>  		iip = INODE_ITEM(lip);
> +
>  		if (xfs_iflags_test(iip->ili_inode, XFS_ISTALE)) {
> -			list_del_init(&lip->li_bio_list);
>  			xfs_iflush_abort(iip->ili_inode);
>  			continue;
>  		}
> @@ -740,12 +737,16 @@ xfs_iflush_done(
>  		/*
>  		 * Remove the reference to the cluster buffer if the inode is
>  		 * clean in memory. Drop the buffer reference once we've dropped
> -		 * the locks we hold.
> +		 * the locks we hold. If the inode is dirty in memory, we need
> +		 * to put the inode item back on the buffer list for another
> +		 * pass through the flush machinery.
>  		 */
>  		ASSERT(iip->ili_item.li_buf == bp);
>  		if (!iip->ili_fields) {
>  			iip->ili_item.li_buf = NULL;
>  			drop_buffer = true;
> +		} else {
> +			list_add(&lip->li_bio_list, &bp->b_li_list);
>  		}
>  		iip->ili_last_fields = 0;
>  		iip->ili_flush_lsn = 0;
> @@ -789,6 +790,7 @@ xfs_iflush_abort(
>  		iip->ili_flush_lsn = 0;
>  		bp = iip->ili_item.li_buf;
>  		iip->ili_item.li_buf = NULL;
> +		list_del_init(&iip->ili_item.li_bio_list);
>  		spin_unlock(&iip->ili_lock);
>  	}
>  	xfs_ifunlock(ip);
> -- 
> 2.26.2.761.g0e0b3e54be
> 



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