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Message-ID: <f50150e3-f5ff-b8a1-24ec-ad4936c1b13b@huawei.com>
Date: Tue, 11 May 2021 09:33:11 +0800
From: Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>
To: Yunlei He <heyunlei@...onor.com>
CC: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>,
<linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <chao@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] f2fs: reduce expensive checkpoint trigger frequency
On 2021/5/10 23:36, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> On 05/06, Chao Yu wrote:
>> On 2021/5/6 12:43, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
>>> On 05/06, Chao Yu wrote:
>>>> On 2021/5/4 22:36, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
>>>>> On 04/27, Chao Yu wrote:
>>>>>> On 2021/4/27 1:09, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
>>>>>>> On 04/25, Chao Yu wrote:
>>>>>>>> We may trigger high frequent checkpoint for below case:
>>>>>>>> 1. mkdir /mnt/dir1; set dir1 encrypted
>>>>>>>> 2. touch /mnt/file1; fsync /mnt/file1
>>>>>>>> 3. mkdir /mnt/dir2; set dir2 encrypted
>>>>>>>> 4. touch /mnt/file2; fsync /mnt/file2
>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Although, newly created dir and file are not related, due to
>>>>>>>> commit bbf156f7afa7 ("f2fs: fix lost xattrs of directories"), we will
>>>>>>>> trigger checkpoint whenever fsync() comes after a new encrypted dir
>>>>>>>> created.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In order to avoid such condition, let's record an entry including
>>>>>>>> directory's ino into global cache when we initialize encryption policy
>>>>>>>> in a checkpointed directory, and then only trigger checkpoint() when
>>>>>>>> target file's parent has non-persisted encryption policy, for the case
>>>>>>>> its parent is not checkpointed, need_do_checkpoint() has cover that
>>>>>>>> by verifying it with f2fs_is_checkpointed_node().
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Reported-by: Yunlei He <heyunlei@...onor.com>
>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>
>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>> v2:
>>>>>>>> - fix to set ENC_DIR_INO only for encrypted directory
>>>>>>>> fs/f2fs/f2fs.h | 2 ++
>>>>>>>> fs/f2fs/file.c | 3 +++
>>>>>>>> fs/f2fs/xattr.c | 6 ++++--
>>>>>>>> include/trace/events/f2fs.h | 3 ++-
>>>>>>>> 4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
>>>>>>>> index b9d5317db0a7..0fe881309a20 100644
>>>>>>>> --- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
>>>>>>>> +++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
>>>>>>>> @@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ enum {
>>>>>>>> APPEND_INO, /* for append ino list */
>>>>>>>> UPDATE_INO, /* for update ino list */
>>>>>>>> TRANS_DIR_INO, /* for trasactions dir ino list */
>>>>>>>> + ENC_DIR_INO, /* for encrypted dir ino list */
>>>>>>>> FLUSH_INO, /* for multiple device flushing */
>>>>>>>> MAX_INO_ENTRY, /* max. list */
>>>>>>>> };
>>>>>>>> @@ -1090,6 +1091,7 @@ enum cp_reason_type {
>>>>>>>> CP_FASTBOOT_MODE,
>>>>>>>> CP_SPEC_LOG_NUM,
>>>>>>>> CP_RECOVER_DIR,
>>>>>>>> + CP_ENC_DIR,
>>>>>>>> };
>>>>>>>> enum iostat_type {
>>>>>>>> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
>>>>>>>> index a595050c56d3..62af29ec0879 100644
>>>>>>>> --- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
>>>>>>>> +++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
>>>>>>>> @@ -218,6 +218,9 @@ static inline enum cp_reason_type need_do_checkpoint(struct inode *inode)
>>>>>>>> f2fs_exist_written_data(sbi, F2FS_I(inode)->i_pino,
>>>>>>>> TRANS_DIR_INO))
>>>>>>>> cp_reason = CP_RECOVER_DIR;
>>>>>>>> + else if (f2fs_exist_written_data(sbi, F2FS_I(inode)->i_pino,
>>>>>>>> + ENC_DIR_INO))
>>>>>>>> + cp_reason = CP_ENC_DIR;
>>>>>>>> return cp_reason;
>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
>>>>>>>> index c8f34decbf8e..70615d504f7e 100644
>>>>>>>> --- a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
>>>>>>>> +++ b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
>>>>>>>> @@ -630,6 +630,7 @@ static int __f2fs_setxattr(struct inode *inode, int index,
>>>>>>>> const char *name, const void *value, size_t size,
>>>>>>>> struct page *ipage, int flags)
>>>>>>>> {
>>>>>>>> + struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_I_SB(inode);
>>>>>>>> struct f2fs_xattr_entry *here, *last;
>>>>>>>> void *base_addr, *last_base_addr;
>>>>>>>> int found, newsize;
>>>>>>>> @@ -745,8 +746,9 @@ static int __f2fs_setxattr(struct inode *inode, int index,
>>>>>>>> !strcmp(name, F2FS_XATTR_NAME_ENCRYPTION_CONTEXT))
>>>>>>>> f2fs_set_encrypted_inode(inode);
>>>>>>>> f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode, true);
>>>>>>>> - if (!error && S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
>>>>>>>> - set_sbi_flag(F2FS_I_SB(inode), SBI_NEED_CP);
>>>>>>>> + if (!error && S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && f2fs_encrypted_file(inode) &&
>>>>>>>> + f2fs_is_checkpointed_node(sbi, inode->i_ino))
>>>>>>>> + f2fs_add_ino_entry(sbi, inode->i_ino, ENC_DIR_INO);
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What will happen, if we need to checkpoint xattr_nid on this directory?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> need_do_checkpoint()
>>>>>>
>>>>>> a) else if (!f2fs_is_checkpointed_node(sbi, F2FS_I(inode)->i_pino))
>>>>>> cp_reason = CP_NODE_NEED_CP;
>>>>>
>>>>> This will change the current behavior which does checkpoint regardless of the
>>>>> parent being checkpointed. If i_pino was checkpointed but xnid wasn't, can we
>>>>> get xnid being checkpointed?
>>>>
>>>> Yes,
>>>>
>>>>>> If parent is checkpointed, after converting parent to encrypted directory
>>>>>> and create the file in parent, fsync this file will trigger checkpoint() due
>>>>>> to b)
>>>>
>>>> If i_pino was checkpointed, but xnid wasn't due to enable encryption on this
>>>
>>> I keep asking no encryption case where
>>> 1) parent is checkpointed
>>> 2) set_xattr(dir) w/ new new xnid
>>> 3) create(file)
>>> 4) fsync(file)
>>>
>>> In that case, previousely we do checkpoint, but this change does not. Yes?
>>
>> In this case, we won't checkpoint xnid, instead, just flushing file's data/node.
>>
>> So yes, actually this patch will change the policy, which looks posix compliance,
>> that mean we only persist the file's meta/data after fsync(file).
>>
>> How about keeping original policy in FSYNC_MODE_STRICT mode, and using current
>> policy in FSYNC_MODE_POSIX mode?
>
> IIRC, it'd be much important to keep directory's xnid, so worry about stability
Understood your concern.
> regression. Is that case a really performance blocker?
Hi, Yunlei, does this performance issue block anything?
Thanks,
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>>
>>>> directory, fsync() this file will trigger checkpoint() to make sure xnid
>>>> checkpointed due to b) case.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> b) else if (f2fs_exist_written_data(sbi, F2FS_I(inode)->i_pino,
>>>>>> ENC_DIR_INO))
>>>>>> cp_reason = CP_ENC_DIR;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If parent is not checkpointed, after converting parent to encrypted directory
>>>>>> and create the file in parent, fsync this file will trigger checkpoint() due
>>>>>> to a)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If parent is checkpointed, after converting parent to encrypted directory
>>>>>> and create the file in parent, fsync this file will trigger checkpoint() due
>>>>>> to b)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am I missing any cases?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> same:
>>>>>>>> if (is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_ACL_MODE)) {
>>>>>>>> diff --git a/include/trace/events/f2fs.h b/include/trace/events/f2fs.h
>>>>>>>> index 56b113e3cd6a..ca0cf12226e9 100644
>>>>>>>> --- a/include/trace/events/f2fs.h
>>>>>>>> +++ b/include/trace/events/f2fs.h
>>>>>>>> @@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(CP_RESIZE);
>>>>>>>> { CP_NODE_NEED_CP, "node needs cp" }, \
>>>>>>>> { CP_FASTBOOT_MODE, "fastboot mode" }, \
>>>>>>>> { CP_SPEC_LOG_NUM, "log type is 2" }, \
>>>>>>>> - { CP_RECOVER_DIR, "dir needs recovery" })
>>>>>>>> + { CP_RECOVER_DIR, "dir needs recovery" }, \
>>>>>>>> + { CP_ENC_DIR, "persist encryption policy" })
>>>>>>>> #define show_shutdown_mode(type) \
>>>>>>>> __print_symbolic(type, \
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> 2.29.2
>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>
>>>>> .
>>>>>
>>> .
>>>
> .
>
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