linux-ext4 - [PATCH 2/9] ext4: Move unlocked dio protection from ext4_alloc_file

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Date:	Tue, 10 Nov 2015 20:50:52 +0100
From:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
To:	Ted Tso <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>,
	dan.j.williams@...el.com, brian.boylston@....com,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/9] ext4: Move unlocked dio protection from ext4_alloc_file_blocks()

Currently ext4_alloc_file_blocks() was handling protection against
unlocked DIO. However we now need to sometimes call it under i_mmap_sem
and sometimes not and DIO protection ranks above it (although strictly
speaking this cannot currently create any deadlocks). Also
ext4_zero_range() was actually getting & releasing unlocked DIO
protection twice in some cases. Luckily it didn't introduce any real bug
but it was a land mine waiting to be stepped on.  So move DIO protection
out from ext4_alloc_file_blocks() into the two callsites.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
---
 fs/ext4/extents.c | 21 ++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 5be9ca5a8a7a..65b5ada2833f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -4685,10 +4685,6 @@ static int ext4_alloc_file_blocks(struct file *file, ext4_lblk_t offset,
 	if (len <= EXT_UNWRITTEN_MAX_LEN)
 		flags |= EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_NO_NORMALIZE;
 
-	/* Wait all existing dio workers, newcomers will block on i_mutex */
-	ext4_inode_block_unlocked_dio(inode);
-	inode_dio_wait(inode);
-
 	/*
 	 * credits to insert 1 extent into extent tree
 	 */
@@ -4752,8 +4748,6 @@ retry:
 		goto retry;
 	}
 
-	ext4_inode_resume_unlocked_dio(inode);
-
 	return ret > 0 ? ret2 : ret;
 }
 
@@ -4827,6 +4821,10 @@ static long ext4_zero_range(struct file *file, loff_t offset,
 	if (mode & FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE)
 		flags |= EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_KEEP_SIZE;
 
+	/* Wait all existing dio workers, newcomers will block on i_mutex */
+	ext4_inode_block_unlocked_dio(inode);
+	inode_dio_wait(inode);
+
 	/* Preallocate the range including the unaligned edges */
 	if (partial_begin || partial_end) {
 		ret = ext4_alloc_file_blocks(file,
@@ -4835,7 +4833,7 @@ static long ext4_zero_range(struct file *file, loff_t offset,
 				 round_down(offset, 1 << blkbits)) >> blkbits,
 				new_size, flags, mode);
 		if (ret)
-			goto out_mutex;
+			goto out_dio;
 
 	}
 
@@ -4844,10 +4842,6 @@ static long ext4_zero_range(struct file *file, loff_t offset,
 		flags |= (EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CONVERT_UNWRITTEN |
 			  EXT4_EX_NOCACHE);
 
-		/* Wait all existing dio workers, newcomers will block on i_mutex */
-		ext4_inode_block_unlocked_dio(inode);
-		inode_dio_wait(inode);
-
 		/*
 		 * Prevent page faults from reinstantiating pages we have
 		 * released from page cache.
@@ -4992,8 +4986,13 @@ long ext4_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 			goto out;
 	}
 
+	/* Wait all existing dio workers, newcomers will block on i_mutex */
+	ext4_inode_block_unlocked_dio(inode);
+	inode_dio_wait(inode);
+
 	ret = ext4_alloc_file_blocks(file, lblk, max_blocks, new_size,
 				     flags, mode);
+	ext4_inode_resume_unlocked_dio(inode);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
-- 
2.1.4

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