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Message-ID: <4E4B302E.4070703@tao.ma>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:06:22 +0800
From: Tao Ma <tm@....ma>
To: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
CC: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Create helper function for EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN
and i_aiodio_unwritten.
On 08/16/2011 10:04 PM, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> On 8/16/11 2:06 AM, Tao Ma wrote:
>> From: Tao Ma <boyu.mt@...bao.com>
>>
>> EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN flag set and the increase of i_aiodio_unwritten should
>> be done simultaneously since ext4_end_io_nolock always clear the flag and
>> decrease the counter in the same time.
>>
>> We have found some bugs that the flag is set while leaving i_aiodio_unwritten
>> unchanged. So this patch just tries to creat a helper function to wrap them
>> to avoid any future bug. The idea is inspired by Eric.
>
> Although I like it a little less now that I see it in practice, sorry. ;)
>
> This:
> /*
> * Flag the inode(non aio case) or end_io struct (aio case)
> * that this IO needs to conversion to written when IO is
> * completed
> */
> if (!ext4_set_io_unwritten_flag(inode, io))
> ext4_set_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_DIO_UNWRITTEN);
>
> just reads weirdly to me.
yeah, this also looks a little bit strange. Another possible way is that
we just wrap the set of the flag and the inc of aiodio_unwritten while
leave the check there. It should look more natural and good for the reader.
>
> It encapsulates all the steps, but it really isn't intuitive to read, I think.
>
> "If we (can't? don't?) set the io unwritten flag, set the dio unwritten flag
> on the inode."
>
> I wonder if changing "io" to "endio" would make it a little more obvious.
>
> I'm not sure, maybe it's ok. What do others think?
>
> I also wonder about this, but I get lost in this code. It was originally:
>
> if (io && !(io->flag & EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN)) {
> io->flag = EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN;
> atomic_inc(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_aiodio_unwritten);
> } else
> ext4_set_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_DIO_UNWRITTEN);
>
> That means that if it is AIO ("if (io)"), but the flag is already set
> (io->flag & EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN), we don't re-set the flag or increase
> the count, which is fine - but is it then correct to set the state on the
> inode?
I will check it later.
Thanks
Tao
>
> thanks,
> -Eric
>
>> Cc: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
>> Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
>> Signed-off-by: Tao Ma <boyu.mt@...bao.com>
>> ---
>> Ted,
>> This patch is based on the patch with subject "ext4: Resolve the hang
>> of direct i/o read in handling EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN.". I meant it for the next
>> merge window, but if you think it is also ok for 3.1, go ahead.
>>
>> fs/ext4/ext4.h | 11 +++++++++++
>> fs/ext4/extents.c | 10 ++--------
>> fs/ext4/inode.c | 5 +----
>> fs/ext4/page-io.c | 6 ++----
>> 4 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
>> index e717dfd..514f670 100644
>> --- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
>> +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
>> @@ -1247,6 +1247,17 @@ static inline int ext4_valid_inum(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
>> ino <= le32_to_cpu(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es->s_inodes_count));
>> }
>>
>> +static inline int ext4_set_io_unwritten_flag(struct inode *inode,
>> + struct ext4_io_end *io_end)
>> +{
>> + if (io_end && !(io_end->flag & EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN)) {
>> + io_end->flag |= EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN;
>> + atomic_inc(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_aiodio_unwritten);
>> + return 1;
>> + }
>> +
>> + return 0;
>> +}
>> /*
>> * Inode dynamic state flags
>> */
>> diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
>> index 57cf568..c0f8655 100644
>> --- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
>> +++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
>> @@ -3190,10 +3190,7 @@ ext4_ext_handle_uninitialized_extents(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
>> * that this IO needs to conversion to written when IO is
>> * completed
>> */
>> - if (io && !(io->flag & EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN)) {
>> - io->flag = EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN;
>> - atomic_inc(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_aiodio_unwritten);
>> - } else
>> + if (!ext4_set_io_unwritten_flag(inode, io))
>> ext4_set_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_DIO_UNWRITTEN);
>> if (ext4_should_dioread_nolock(inode))
>> map->m_flags |= EXT4_MAP_UNINIT;
>> @@ -3572,10 +3569,7 @@ int ext4_ext_map_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
>> * that we need to perform conversion when IO is done.
>> */
>> if ((flags & EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_PRE_IO)) {
>> - if (io && !(io->flag & EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN)) {
>> - io->flag = EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN;
>> - atomic_inc(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_aiodio_unwritten);
>> - } else
>> + if (!ext4_set_io_unwritten_flag(inode, io))
>> ext4_set_inode_state(inode,
>> EXT4_STATE_DIO_UNWRITTEN);
>> }
>> diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
>> index 40c0b10..128493b 100644
>> --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
>> +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
>> @@ -2673,10 +2673,7 @@ static void ext4_end_io_buffer_write(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
>> * but being more careful is always safe for the future change.
>> */
>> inode = io_end->inode;
>> - if (!(io_end->flag & EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN)) {
>> - io_end->flag |= EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN;
>> - atomic_inc(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_aiodio_unwritten);
>> - }
>> + ext4_set_io_unwritten_flag(inode, io_end);
>>
>> /* Add the io_end to per-inode completed io list*/
>> spin_lock_irqsave(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_completed_io_lock, flags);
>> diff --git a/fs/ext4/page-io.c b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
>> index 78839af..edd2f7b 100644
>> --- a/fs/ext4/page-io.c
>> +++ b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
>> @@ -334,10 +334,8 @@ submit_and_retry:
>> if ((io_end->num_io_pages >= MAX_IO_PAGES) &&
>> (io_end->pages[io_end->num_io_pages-1] != io_page))
>> goto submit_and_retry;
>> - if (buffer_uninit(bh) && !(io_end->flag & EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN)) {
>> - io_end->flag |= EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN;
>> - atomic_inc(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_aiodio_unwritten);
>> - }
>> + if (buffer_uninit(bh))
>> + ext4_set_io_unwritten_flag(inode, io_end);
>> io->io_end->size += bh->b_size;
>> io->io_next_block++;
>> ret = bio_add_page(io->io_bio, bh->b_page, bh->b_size, bh_offset(bh));
>
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