Re: [PATCH v2] virtiofsd/passthrough_ll: don't remove O_DIRECT when cache=none

[Catherine Ho <catherine.hecx@gmail.com>]

Ping :)

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B.R.
Catherine

On Sat, 11 Apr 2020 at 16:41, Catherine Ho <catherine.hecx@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> cache=none means to bypass host cache. So we can't remove O_DIRECT flag in
> unconditionally in update_open_flags();
>
> Signed-off-by: Catherine Ho <catherine.hecx@gmail.com>
> ---
> v2: Fix to keep flags unchanged if cache=none, otherwise changed the file
>     without O_DIRECT incorrectly.
>  tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c |   14 ++++++++------
>  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c b/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
> index 4c35c95..59e64dd 100644
> --- a/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
> +++ b/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
> @@ -1677,7 +1677,8 @@ static void lo_releasedir(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t ino,
>      fuse_reply_err(req, 0);
>  }
>
> -static void update_open_flags(int writeback, struct fuse_file_info *fi)
> +static void update_open_flags(int writeback, int cache_mode,
> +                              struct fuse_file_info *fi)
>  {
>      /*
>       * With writeback cache, kernel may send read requests even
> @@ -1702,10 +1703,11 @@ static void update_open_flags(int writeback, struct fuse_file_info *fi)
>
>      /*
>       * O_DIRECT in guest should not necessarily mean bypassing page
> -     * cache on host as well. If somebody needs that behavior, it
> -     * probably should be a configuration knob in daemon.
> +     * cache on host as well. If cache=none, keep the flag unchanged
>       */
> -    fi->flags &= ~O_DIRECT;
> +    if (cache_mode != CACHE_NONE) {
> +        fi->flags &= ~O_DIRECT;
> +    }
>  }
>
>  static void lo_create(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t parent, const char *name,
> @@ -1737,7 +1739,7 @@ static void lo_create(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t parent, const char *name,
>          goto out;
>      }
>
> -    update_open_flags(lo->writeback, fi);
> +    update_open_flags(lo->writeback, lo->cache, fi);
>
>      fd = openat(parent_inode->fd, name, (fi->flags | O_CREAT) & ~O_NOFOLLOW,
>                  mode);
> @@ -1947,7 +1949,7 @@ static void lo_open(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t ino, struct fuse_file_info *fi)
>      fuse_log(FUSE_LOG_DEBUG, "lo_open(ino=%" PRIu64 ", flags=%d)\n", ino,
>               fi->flags);
>
> -    update_open_flags(lo->writeback, fi);
> +    update_open_flags(lo->writeback, lo->cache, fi);
>
>      sprintf(buf, "%i", lo_fd(req, ino));
>      fd = openat(lo->proc_self_fd, buf, fi->flags & ~O_NOFOLLOW);
> --
> 1.7.1
>