linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] f2fs: Fix direct IO handling

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Date:   Wed, 4 Dec 2019 09:27:43 +0800
From:   Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>
To:     Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>,
        Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@....com>
CC:     <linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Javier Gonzalez <javier@...igon.com>,
        Shinichiro Kawasaki <shinichiro.kawasaki@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] f2fs: Fix direct IO handling

On 2019/12/4 1:33, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> Thank you for checking the patch.
> I found some regressions in xfstests, so want to follow the Damien's one
> like below.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> ===
>>>From 9df6f09e3a09ed804aba4b56ff7cd9524c002e69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
> Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 15:01:42 -0800
> Subject: [PATCH] f2fs: preallocate DIO blocks when forcing buffered_io
> 
> The previous preallocation and DIO decision like below.
> 
>                          allow_outplace_dio              !allow_outplace_dio
> f2fs_force_buffered_io   (*) No_Prealloc / Buffered_IO   Prealloc / Buffered_IO
> !f2fs_force_buffered_io  No_Prealloc / DIO               Prealloc / DIO
> 
> But, Javier reported Case (*) where zoned device bypassed preallocation but
> fell back to buffered writes in f2fs_direct_IO(), resulting in stale data
> being read.
> 
> In order to fix the issue, actually we need to preallocate blocks whenever
> we fall back to buffered IO like this. No change is made in the other cases.
> 
>                          allow_outplace_dio              !allow_outplace_dio
> f2fs_force_buffered_io   (*) Prealloc / Buffered_IO      Prealloc / Buffered_IO
> !f2fs_force_buffered_io  No_Prealloc / DIO               Prealloc / DIO
> 
> Reported-and-tested-by: Javier Gonzalez <javier@...igon.com>
> Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@....com>
> Tested-by: Shin'ichiro Kawasaki <shinichiro.kawasaki@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>

Thanks,