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Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2019 11:40:29 +0200
From: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To: Pankaj Gupta <pagupta@...hat.com>
Cc: "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>, linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org,
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xiaoguangrong eric <xiaoguangrong.eric@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 5/5] xfs: disable map_sync for async flush
On Thu 04-04-19 05:09:10, Pankaj Gupta wrote:
>
> > > On Thu, Apr 04, 2019 at 09:09:12AM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Apr 03, 2019 at 04:10:18PM +0530, Pankaj Gupta wrote:
> > > > > Virtio pmem provides asynchronous host page cache flush
> > > > > mechanism. we don't support 'MAP_SYNC' with virtio pmem
> > > > > and xfs.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Pankaj Gupta <pagupta@...hat.com>
> > > > > ---
> > > > > fs/xfs/xfs_file.c | 8 ++++++++
> > > > > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> > > > > index 1f2e2845eb76..dced2eb8c91a 100644
> > > > > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> > > > > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> > > > > @@ -1203,6 +1203,14 @@ xfs_file_mmap(
> > > > > if (!IS_DAX(file_inode(filp)) && (vma->vm_flags & VM_SYNC))
> > > > > return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> > > > >
> > > > > + /* We don't support synchronous mappings with DAX files if
> > > > > + * dax_device is not synchronous.
> > > > > + */
> > > > > + if (IS_DAX(file_inode(filp)) && !dax_synchronous(
> > > > > + xfs_find_daxdev_for_inode(file_inode(filp))) &&
> > > > > + (vma->vm_flags & VM_SYNC))
> > > > > + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> > > > > +
> > > > > file_accessed(filp);
> > > > > vma->vm_ops = &xfs_file_vm_ops;
> > > > > if (IS_DAX(file_inode(filp)))
> > > >
> > > > All this ad hoc IS_DAX conditional logic is getting pretty nasty.
> > > >
> > > > xfs_file_mmap(
> > > > ....
> > > > {
> > > > struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
> > > >
> > > > if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SYNC) {
> > > > if (!IS_DAX(inode))
> > > > return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> > > > if (!dax_synchronous(xfs_find_daxdev_for_inode(inode))
> > > > return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > file_accessed(filp);
> > > > vma->vm_ops = &xfs_file_vm_ops;
> > > > if (IS_DAX(inode))
> > > > vma->vm_flags |= VM_HUGEPAGE;
> > > > return 0;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Even better, factor out all the "MAP_SYNC supported" checks into a
> > > > helper so that the filesystem code just doesn't have to care about
> > > > the details of checking for DAX+MAP_SYNC support....
> > >
> > > Seconded, since ext4 has nearly the same flag validation logic.
> >
>
> Only issue with this I see is we need the helper function only for supported
> filesystems ext4 & xfs (right now). If I create the function in "fs.h" it
> will be compiled for every filesystem, even for those don't need it.
>
> Sample patch below, does below patch is near to what you have in mind?
So I would put the helper in include/linux/dax.h and have it like:
bool daxdev_mapping_supported(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
struct dax_device *dax_dev)
{
if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_SYNC))
return true;
if (!IS_DAX(file_inode(vma->vm_file)))
return false;
return dax_synchronous(dax_dev);
}
Honza
>
> =================
>
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> index 1f2e2845eb76..614995170cac 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> @@ -1196,12 +1196,17 @@ xfs_file_mmap(
> struct file *filp,
> struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> {
> + struct dax_device *dax_dev = xfs_find_daxdev_for_inode(file_inode(filp));
> +
> /*
> - * We don't support synchronous mappings for non-DAX files. At least
> - * until someone comes with a sensible use case.
> + * We don't support synchronous mappings for non-DAX files and
> + * for DAX files if underneath dax_device is not synchronous.
> */
> - if (!IS_DAX(file_inode(filp)) && (vma->vm_flags & VM_SYNC))
> - return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> + if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SYNC) {
> + int err = is_synchronous(filp, dax_dev);
> + if (err)
> + return err;
> + }
>
> file_accessed(filp);
> vma->vm_ops = &xfs_file_vm_ops;
> diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
> index 8b42df09b04c..add017de3dd7 100644
> --- a/include/linux/fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/fs.h
> @@ -2162,6 +2162,20 @@ static inline void file_accessed(struct file *file)
> touch_atime(&file->f_path);
> }
>
> +struct dax_device;
> +extern bool dax_synchronous(struct dax_device *dax_dev);
> +static inline int is_synchronous(struct file *filp, struct dax_device *dax_dev)
> +{
> + struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
> +
> + if (!IS_DAX(inode))
> + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> + if (!dax_synchronous(dax_dev))
> + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> int sync_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc);
> int sync_inode_metadata(struct inode *inode, int wait);
>
> ---------
>
> Thanks,
> Pankaj
>
>
>
--
Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
SUSE Labs, CR
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