Date:   Thu, 6 May 2021 14:18:36 -0400
From:   Leah Rumancik <leah.rumancik@...il.com>
To:     "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, tytso@....edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] ext4: add ioctl EXT4_IOC_CHECKPOINT

On Thu, May 06, 2021 at 08:58:53AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Wed, May 05, 2021 at 03:08:44PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> > On Wed, May 05, 2021 at 02:27:11PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> > > On Tue, May 04, 2021 at 04:35:49PM +0000, Leah Rumancik wrote:
> > > > ioctl EXT4_IOC_CHECKPOINT checkpoints and flushes the journal. This
> > > > includes forcing all the transactions to the log, checkpointing the
> > > > transactions, and flushing the log to disk. This ioctl takes u64 "flags"
> > > > as an argument. With the EXT4_IOC_CHECKPOINT_FLAG_DISCARD flag set, the
> > > > journal blocks are also discarded.
> > > > 
> > > > Systems that wish to achieve content deletion SLO can set up a daemon
> > > > that calls this ioctl at a regular interval such that it matches with the
> > > > SLO requirement. Thus, with this patch, the ext4_dir_entry2 wipeout
> > > > patch[1], and the Ext4 "-o discard" mount option set, Ext4 can now
> > > > guarantee that all data will be erased
> > > 
> > > Er... what specifically does "data" mean?  File data, or just the dirent
> > > blocks?
> > > 
> > > I think this is only true if discard_zeroes_data == 1, right?  The last
> > > I looked, ext4 was calling REQ_OP_DISCARD, not REQ_OP_WRITE_ZEROES.
> > > 
> > > Also, there are some SSDs that "implement" discard as nop, which means
> > > that the old contents can still be read by re-reading the LBAs.  What
> > > about those?
> > > 
> > > (Also wondering if this is where FS_SECRM_FL files should get their
> > > freed file blocks erased with REQ_OP_SECURE_ERASE...)
> > > 
> > > Like Dave says, the commit message needs to be a lot more precise about
> > > what data are being targeted, and what the user can expect afterwards.
> > > 
> > > Something like (setting aside my questions about discard for a moment):
> > > 
> > > "...and with the ext4 '-o discard' mount option set, ext4 can now
> > > guarantee that all file contents, file metadata, and directory names
> > > will not be accessible through the filesystem or raw block device reads
> > > after a file deletion."
> > > 
> > > > and discarded on deletion.  Note
> > > > that this ioctl won't write zeros if the device doesn't support discards.
> > > 
> > > AFAICT the patch doesn't call blkdev_issue_zeroout, so this statement is
> > > always true.
> > > 
> > > > The __jbd2_journal_issue_discard function could also be used to discard the
> > > > journal (if discard is supported) during journal load after recovery. This
> > > > would provide a potential solution to a journal replay bug reported earlier
> > > > this year[2] for block devices that support discard. After a successful
> > > > journal recovery, e2fsck can call this ioctl to discard the journal as
> > > > well.
> > > > 
> > > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-ext4/YIHknqxngB1sUdie@mit.edu/
> > > > [2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-ext4/YDZoaacIYStFQT8g@mit.edu/
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Leah Rumancik <leah.rumancik@...il.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >  fs/ext4/ext4.h    |  4 +++
> > > >  fs/ext4/ioctl.c   | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > >  fs/jbd2/journal.c | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > >  3 files changed, 121 insertions(+)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> > > > index 18f021c988a1..2fe8565706fc 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> > > > +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> > > > @@ -715,6 +715,7 @@ enum {
> > > >  #define EXT4_IOC_CLEAR_ES_CACHE		_IO('f', 40)
> > > >  #define EXT4_IOC_GETSTATE		_IOW('f', 41, __u32)
> > > >  #define EXT4_IOC_GET_ES_CACHE		_IOWR('f', 42, struct fiemap)
> > > > +#define EXT4_IOC_CHECKPOINT		_IOW('f', 43, __u64)
> > > >  
> > > >  #define EXT4_IOC_SHUTDOWN _IOR ('X', 125, __u32)
> > > >  
> > > > @@ -736,6 +737,9 @@ enum {
> > > >  #define EXT4_STATE_FLAG_NEWENTRY	0x00000004
> > > >  #define EXT4_STATE_FLAG_DA_ALLOC_CLOSE	0x00000008
> > > >  
> > > > +/* flag to enable discarding journal blocks through ioctl EXT4_IOC_CHECKPOINT */
> > > > +#define EXT4_IOC_CHECKPOINT_FLAG_DISCARD	1
> 
> Reiterating what I said on the ext4 concall this morning for benefit of
> everyone else following along at home:
> 
> You could add a second flag (EXT4_IOC_CHECKPOINT_DRY_RUN) to the ioctl
> that returns zero to userspace before making any state changes.  Then
> all the fstests cases that exercise this feature (and the dirent name
> zering patch that just went upstream) could call the ioctl in dry run
> mode to detect kernels that support the zeroing feature, rather than
> burning more memory on another feature support file in sysfs.

What about adding a second flag EXT4_IOC_CHECKPOINT_ZEROOUT which can
be used to call blkdev_issue_zeroout as an alternative to
blkdev_issue_discard? This could be used for testing and where this
wipeout functionality is desired but discard is not supported / discard
is a noop.

> 
> --D
> 
> > > > +
> > > >  #if defined(__KERNEL__) && defined(CONFIG_COMPAT)
> > > >  /*
> > > >   * ioctl commands in 32 bit emulation
> > > > diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
> > > > index ef809feb7e77..839ffd067357 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
> > > > +++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
> > > > @@ -794,6 +794,40 @@ static int ext4_ioctl_get_es_cache(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
> > > >  	return error;
> > > >  }
> > > >  
> > > > +static int ext4_ioctl_checkpoint(struct file *filp, unsigned long arg)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	int err = 0;
> > > > +	unsigned long long flags = 0;
> > > > +	struct super_block *sb = file_inode(filp)->i_sb;
> > > > +
> > > > +	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> > > > +		return -EPERM;
> > > > +
> > > > +	/* file argument is not the mount point */
> > > > +	if (file_dentry(filp) != sb->s_root)
> > > > +		return -EINVAL;
> > > > +
> > > > +	/* filesystem is not backed by block device */
> > > > +	if (sb->s_bdev == NULL)
> > > > +		return -EINVAL;
> > > > +
> > > > +	if (copy_from_user(&flags, (__u64 __user *)arg,
> > > > +				sizeof(__u64)))
> > > > +		return -EFAULT;
> > > > +
> > > > +	/* flags can only be 0 or EXT4_IOC_CHECKPOINT_FLAG_DISCARD */
> > > > +	if (flags & ~EXT4_IOC_CHECKPOINT_FLAG_DISCARD)
> > > > +		return -EINVAL;
> > > > +
> > > > +	if (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal) {
> > > > +		jbd2_journal_lock_updates(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
> > > > +		err = jbd2_journal_flush(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal,
> > 
> > Huh.  So we don't flush the filesystem at all, just the journal?  I
> > don't see anything in the documentation saying that syncfs() is a
> > prerequisite.

This is just for the journal, good point, I'll update the documentation.

> > 
> > > > +			flags & EXT4_IOC_CHECKPOINT_FLAG_DISCARD);
> > > > +		jbd2_journal_unlock_updates(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
> > > > +	}
> > > > +	return err;
> > > > +}
> > > > +
> > > >  static long __ext4_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
> > > >  {
> > > >  	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
> > > > @@ -1205,6 +1239,9 @@ static long __ext4_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
> > > >  		return fsverity_ioctl_read_metadata(filp,
> > > >  						    (const void __user *)arg);
> > > >  
> > > > +	case EXT4_IOC_CHECKPOINT:
> > > > +		return ext4_ioctl_checkpoint(filp, arg);
> > > > +
> > > >  	default:
> > > >  		return -ENOTTY;
> > > >  	}
> > > > @@ -1285,6 +1322,7 @@ long ext4_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
> > > >  	case EXT4_IOC_CLEAR_ES_CACHE:
> > > >  	case EXT4_IOC_GETSTATE:
> > > >  	case EXT4_IOC_GET_ES_CACHE:
> > > > +	case EXT4_IOC_CHECKPOINT:
> > > >  		break;
> > > >  	default:
> > > >  		return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
> > > > diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
> > > > index 4b7953934c82..ce33e4817aab 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
> > > > +++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
> > > > @@ -1686,6 +1686,80 @@ static void jbd2_mark_journal_empty(journal_t *journal, int write_op)
> > > >  	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
> > > >  }
> > > >  
> > > > +/* discard journal blocks excluding journal superblock */
> > > > +static int __jbd2_journal_issue_discard(journal_t *journal)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	int err = 0;
> > > > +	unsigned long block, log_offset; /* logical */
> > > > +	unsigned long long phys_block, block_start, block_stop; /* physical */
> > > > +	loff_t byte_start, byte_stop, byte_count;
> > > > +	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(journal->j_dev);
> > > > +
> > > > +	if (!q)
> > > > +		return -ENXIO;
> > > > +
> > > > +	if (!blk_queue_discard(q))
> > > > +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> > > > +
> > > > +	/* lookup block mapping and issue discard for each contiguous region */
> > > > +	log_offset = be32_to_cpu(journal->j_superblock->s_first);
> > > > +
> > > > +	err = jbd2_journal_bmap(journal, log_offset, &block_start);
> > > > +	if (err) {
> > > > +		printk(KERN_ERR "JBD2: bad block at offset %lu", log_offset);
> > > > +		return err;
> > > > +	}
> > > > +
> > > > +	/*
> > > > +	 * use block_start - 1 to meet check for contiguous with previous region:
> > > > +	 * phys_block == block_stop + 1
> > > > +	 */
> > > > +	block_stop = block_start - 1;
> > > > +
> > > > +	for (block = log_offset; block < journal->j_total_len; block++) {
> > > > +		err = jbd2_journal_bmap(journal, block, &phys_block);
> > > > +		if (err) {
> > > > +			printk(KERN_ERR "JBD2: bad block at offset %lu", block);
> > > > +			return err;
> > > > +		}
> > > > +
> > > > +		if (block == journal->j_total_len - 1)
> > > > +			block_stop = phys_block;
> > > > +		else if (phys_block == block_stop + 1) {
> > > > +			block_stop++;
> > > > +			continue;
> > > > +		}
> > > > +
> > > > +		/*
> > > > +		 * not contiguous with prior physical block or this is last
> > > > +		 * block of journal, take care of the region
> > > > +		 */
> > > > +		byte_start = block_start * journal->j_blocksize;
> > > > +		byte_stop = block_stop * journal->j_blocksize;
> > > > +		byte_count = (block_stop - block_start + 1) *
> > > > +			journal->j_blocksize;
> > > > +
> > > > +		truncate_inode_pages_range(journal->j_dev->bd_inode->i_mapping,
> > > > +			byte_start, byte_stop);
> > > > +
> > > > +		err = blkdev_issue_discard(journal->j_dev,
> > > > +			byte_start >> SECTOR_SHIFT,
> > > > +			byte_count >> SECTOR_SHIFT,
> > > > +			GFP_NOFS, 0);
> > > 
> > > Dumb style nit: I think kernel style rules say to indent second lines
> > > more than one tab.
> > > 
> > > (Dumb in the sense of "ha look at the xfs code!" :P)
> > 

Sure, will fix :)

> > I had a second thought -- this is issuing one discard per journal block.
> > Discards are expensive (especially on SATA SSDs where you have to
> > suspend all other commands while they run) and especially here since
> > we're running them serially.
> > 
> > One place where jbd2 shows its age is that it relies on bmap() to figure
> > out where the journal blocks are on disk.  For regular operation this
> > isnn't a big deal since jbd2 only writes data one fs block at a time,
> > but for a bulk operation like this, I suspect it's going to be very
> > advantageous to be able to discard/zero entire extents at once.
> > 
> > (No need to cram all that into this patch; that's something for a patch
> > 4.)

So, originally, I was calling blkdev_issue_disard once per block but it
ended up taking foooorrrrever. Hence, this block_start/block_stop stuff
to batch together contiguous physical blocks into a single call to
blkdev_issue_discard. It really would be nice to have a bulk bmap()
function though.

> > 
> > > > +
> > > > +		if (unlikely(err != 0)) {
> > > > +			printk(KERN_ERR "JBD2: unable to discard "
> > > > +				"journal at physical blocks %llu - %llu",
> > > > +				block_start, block_stop);
> > > > +			return err;
> > > > +		}
> > > > +
> > > > +		block_start = phys_block;
> > > > +		block_stop = phys_block;
> > > > +	}
> > > > +
> > > > +	return blkdev_issue_flush(journal->j_dev);
> > > > +}
> > > >  
> > > >  /**
> > > >   * jbd2_journal_update_sb_errno() - Update error in the journal.
> > > > @@ -2246,6 +2320,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_clear_features);
> > > >  /**
> > > >   * jbd2_journal_flush() - Flush journal
> > > >   * @journal: Journal to act on.
> > > > + * @discard: discard the journal blocks
> > > >   *
> > > >   * Flush all data for a given journal to disk and empty the journal.
> > > >   * Filesystems can use this when remounting readonly to ensure that
> > > > @@ -2305,6 +2380,10 @@ int jbd2_journal_flush(journal_t *journal, bool discard)
> > > >  	 * commits of data to the journal will restore the current
> > > >  	 * s_start value. */
> > > >  	jbd2_mark_journal_empty(journal, REQ_SYNC | REQ_FUA);
> > > > +
> > > > +	if (discard)
> > > > +		err = __jbd2_journal_issue_discard(journal);
> > > > +
> > > >  	mutex_unlock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
> > > >  	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
> > > >  	J_ASSERT(!journal->j_running_transaction);
> > > > -- 
> > > > 2.31.1.527.g47e6f16901-goog
> > > > 

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