linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4/xfs: add page refcount helper

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Date:   Wed, 7 Oct 2020 08:36:19 -0700
From:   "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
To:     Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@...dia.com>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4/xfs: add page refcount helper

On Tue, Oct 06, 2020 at 04:09:30PM -0700, Ralph Campbell wrote:
> There are several places where ZONE_DEVICE struct pages assume a reference
> count == 1 means the page is idle and free. Instead of open coding this,
> add a helper function to hide this detail.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@...dia.com>
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> ---
> 
> I'm resending this as a separate patch since I think it is ready to
> merge. Originally, this was part of an RFC and is unchanged from v3:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20201001181715.17416-1-rcampbell@nvidia.com
> 
> It applies cleanly to linux-5.9.0-rc7-mm1 but doesn't really
> depend on anything, just simple merge conflicts when applied to
> other trees.
> I'll let the various maintainers decide which tree and when to merge.
> It isn't urgent since it is a clean up patch.
> 
>  fs/dax.c            |  4 ++--
>  fs/ext4/inode.c     |  5 +----
>  fs/xfs/xfs_file.c   |  4 +---
>  include/linux/dax.h | 10 ++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
> index 5b47834f2e1b..85c63f735909 100644
> --- a/fs/dax.c
> +++ b/fs/dax.c
> @@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ static void dax_disassociate_entry(void *entry, struct address_space *mapping,
>  	for_each_mapped_pfn(entry, pfn) {
>  		struct page *page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
>  
> -		WARN_ON_ONCE(trunc && page_ref_count(page) > 1);
> +		WARN_ON_ONCE(trunc && !dax_layout_is_idle_page(page));
>  		WARN_ON_ONCE(page->mapping && page->mapping != mapping);
>  		page->mapping = NULL;
>  		page->index = 0;
> @@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ static struct page *dax_busy_page(void *entry)
>  	for_each_mapped_pfn(entry, pfn) {
>  		struct page *page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
>  
> -		if (page_ref_count(page) > 1)
> +		if (!dax_layout_is_idle_page(page))
>  			return page;
>  	}
>  	return NULL;
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> index 771ed8b1fadb..132620cbfa13 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> @@ -3937,10 +3937,7 @@ int ext4_break_layouts(struct inode *inode)
>  		if (!page)
>  			return 0;
>  
> -		error = ___wait_var_event(&page->_refcount,
> -				atomic_read(&page->_refcount) == 1,
> -				TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, 0, 0,
> -				ext4_wait_dax_page(ei));
> +		error = dax_wait_page(ei, page, ext4_wait_dax_page);
>  	} while (error == 0);
>  
>  	return error;
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> index 3d1b95124744..a5304aaeaa3a 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> @@ -749,9 +749,7 @@ xfs_break_dax_layouts(
>  		return 0;
>  
>  	*retry = true;
> -	return ___wait_var_event(&page->_refcount,
> -			atomic_read(&page->_refcount) == 1, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE,
> -			0, 0, xfs_wait_dax_page(inode));
> +	return dax_wait_page(inode, page, xfs_wait_dax_page);

I don't mind this open-coded soup getting cleaned up into a macro,
though my general opinion is that if the mm/dax developers are ok with
this then:

Acked-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>

--D

>  }
>  
>  int
> diff --git a/include/linux/dax.h b/include/linux/dax.h
> index b52f084aa643..8909a91cd381 100644
> --- a/include/linux/dax.h
> +++ b/include/linux/dax.h
> @@ -243,6 +243,16 @@ static inline bool dax_mapping(struct address_space *mapping)
>  	return mapping->host && IS_DAX(mapping->host);
>  }
>  
> +static inline bool dax_layout_is_idle_page(struct page *page)
> +{
> +	return page_ref_count(page) == 1;
> +}
> +
> +#define dax_wait_page(_inode, _page, _wait_cb)				\
> +	___wait_var_event(&(_page)->_refcount,				\
> +		dax_layout_is_idle_page(_page),				\
> +		TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, 0, 0, _wait_cb(_inode))
> +
>  #ifdef CONFIG_DEV_DAX_HMEM_DEVICES
>  void hmem_register_device(int target_nid, struct resource *r);
>  #else
> -- 
> 2.20.1
>