linux-ext4 - [PATCH] ext4: make dioread

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Message-Id: <20200125022254.1101588-1-tytso@mit.edu>
Date:   Fri, 24 Jan 2020 21:22:54 -0500
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: make dioread_nolock the default

This fixes the direct I/O versus writeback race which can reveal stale
data, and it improves the tail latency of commits on slow devices.

Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
---
 fs/ext4/super.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index ecf36a23e0c4..c6fe742db798 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1592,6 +1592,7 @@ static const match_table_t tokens = {
 	{Opt_auto_da_alloc, "auto_da_alloc"},
 	{Opt_noauto_da_alloc, "noauto_da_alloc"},
 	{Opt_dioread_nolock, "dioread_nolock"},
+	{Opt_dioread_lock, "nodioread_nolock"},
 	{Opt_dioread_lock, "dioread_lock"},
 	{Opt_discard, "discard"},
 	{Opt_nodiscard, "nodiscard"},
@@ -3764,6 +3765,7 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		set_opt(sb, NO_UID32);
 	/* xattr user namespace & acls are now defaulted on */
 	set_opt(sb, XATTR_USER);
+	set_opt(sb, DIOREAD_NOLOCK);
 #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL
 	set_opt(sb, POSIX_ACL);
 #endif
@@ -3931,9 +3933,8 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 #endif
 
 	if (test_opt(sb, DATA_FLAGS) == EXT4_MOUNT_JOURNAL_DATA) {
-		printk_once(KERN_WARNING "EXT4-fs: Warning: mounting "
-			    "with data=journal disables delayed "
-			    "allocation and O_DIRECT support!\n");
+		printk_once(KERN_WARNING "EXT4-fs: Warning: mounting with data=journal disables delayed allocation, dioread_nolock, and O_DIRECT support!\n");
+		clear_opt(sb, DIOREAD_NOLOCK);
 		if (test_opt2(sb, EXPLICIT_DELALLOC)) {
 			ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "can't mount with "
 				 "both data=journal and delalloc");
-- 
2.24.1