linux-ext4 - [PATCHv4 3/3] ext4: Move to shared i_rwsem even without dioread

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Message-Id: <20191205134605.2593-1-riteshh@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Thu,  5 Dec 2019 19:16:05 +0530
From:   Ritesh Harjani <riteshh@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     jack@...e.cz, tytso@....edu, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, mbobrowski@...browski.org,
        riteshh@...ux.ibm.com, joseph.qi@...ux.alibaba.com
Subject: [PATCHv4 3/3] ext4: Move to shared i_rwsem even without dioread_nolock mount opt

We were using shared locking only in case of dioread_nolock mount option in case
of DIO overwrites. This mount condition is not needed anymore with current code,
since:-

1. No race between buffered writes & DIO overwrites. Since buffIO writes takes
exclusive lock & DIO overwrites will take shared locking. Also DIO path will
make sure to flush and wait for any dirty page cache data.

2. No race between buffered reads & DIO overwrites, since there is no block
allocation that is possible with DIO overwrites. So no stale data exposure
should happen. Same is the case between DIO reads & DIO overwrites.

3. Also other paths like truncate is protected, since we wait there for any DIO
in flight to be over.

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Signed-off-by: Ritesh Harjani <riteshh@...ux.ibm.com>
---
 fs/ext4/file.c | 9 +++------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index cbafaec9e4fc..682ed956eb02 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -392,8 +392,8 @@ static const struct iomap_dio_ops ext4_dio_write_ops = {
  * - For extending writes case we don't take the shared lock, since it requires
  *   updating inode i_disksize and/or orphan handling with exclusive lock.
  *
- * - shared locking will only be true mostly with overwrites in dioread_nolock
- *   mode. Otherwise we will switch to exclusive i_rwsem lock.
+ * - shared locking will only be true mostly with overwrites. Otherwise we will
+ *   switch to exclusive i_rwsem lock.
  */
 static ssize_t ext4_dio_write_checks(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from,
 				     bool *ilock_shared, bool *extend)
@@ -415,14 +415,11 @@ static ssize_t ext4_dio_write_checks(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from,
 		*extend = true;
 	/*
 	 * Determine whether the IO operation will overwrite allocated
-	 * and initialized blocks. If so, check to see whether it is
-	 * possible to take the dioread_nolock path.
-	 *
+	 * and initialized blocks.
 	 * We need exclusive i_rwsem for changing security info
 	 * in file_modified().
 	 */
 	if (*ilock_shared && (!IS_NOSEC(inode) || *extend ||
-	     !ext4_should_dioread_nolock(inode) ||
 	     !ext4_overwrite_io(inode, offset, count))) {
 		inode_unlock_shared(inode);
 		*ilock_shared = false;
-- 
2.21.0