[PATCH 0/8 v7] No wait AIO

[PATCH 0/8 v7] No wait AIO

[Goldwyn Rodrigues]

Formerly known as non-blocking AIO.

This series adds nonblocking feature to asynchronous I/O writes.
io_submit() can be delayed because of a number of reason:
 - Block allocation for files
 - Data writebacks for direct I/O
 - Sleeping because of waiting to acquire i_rwsem
 - Congested block device

The goal of the patch series is to return -EAGAIN/-EWOULDBLOCK if
any of these conditions are met. This way userspace can push most
of the write()s to the kernel to the best of its ability to complete
and if it returns -EAGAIN, can defer it to another thread.

In order to enable this, IOCB_RW_FLAG_NOWAIT is introduced in
uapi/linux/aio_abi.h. If set for aio_rw_flags, it translates to
IOCB_NOWAIT for struct iocb, REQ_NOWAIT for bio.bi_opf and IOMAP_NOWAIT for
iomap. aio_rw_flags is a new flag replacing aio_reserved1. We could
not use aio_flags because it is not currently checked for invalidity
in the kernel.

This feature is provided for direct I/O of asynchronous I/O only. I have
tested it against xfs, ext4, and btrfs while I intend to add more filesystems.
The nowait feature is for request based devices. In the future, I intend to
add support to stacked devices such as md.

Applications will have to check supportability
by sending a async direct write and any other error besides -EAGAIN
would mean it is not supported.

Changes since v1:
 + changed name from _NONBLOCKING to *_NOWAIT
 + filemap_range_has_page call moved to closer to (just before) calling filemap_write_and_wait_range().
 + BIO_NOWAIT limited to get_request()
 + XFS fixes 
	- included reflink 
	- use of xfs_ilock_nowait() instead of a XFS_IOLOCK_NONBLOCKING flag
	- Translate the flag through IOMAP_NOWAIT (iomap) to check for
	  block allocation for the file.
 + ext4 coding style

Changes since v2:
 + Using aio_reserved1 as aio_rw_flags instead of aio_flags
 + blk-mq support
 + xfs uptodate with kernel and reflink changes

 Changes since v3:
  + Added FS_NOWAIT, which is set if the filesystem supports NOWAIT feature.
  + Checks in generic_make_request() to make sure BIO_NOWAIT comes in
    for async direct writes only.
  + Added QUEUE_FLAG_NOWAIT, which is set if the device supports BIO_NOWAIT.
    This is added (rather not set) to block devices such as dm/md currently.

 Changes since v4:
  + Ported AIO code to use RWF_* flags. Check for RWF_* flags in
    generic_file_write_iter().
  + Changed IOCB_RW_FLAGS_NOWAIT to RWF_NOWAIT.

 Changes since v5:
  + BIO_NOWAIT to REQ_NOWAIT
  + Common helper for RWF flags.

 Changes since v6:
  + REQ_NOWAIT will be ignored for request based devices since they
    cannot block. So, removed QUEUE_FLAG_NOWAIT since it is not
    required in the current implementation. It will be resurrected
    when we program for stacked devices.
  + changed kiocb_rw_flags() to kiocb_set_rw_flags() in order to accomodate
    for errors. Moved checks in the function.

-- 
Goldwyn

[PATCH 1/8] Use RWF_* flags for AIO operations

[Goldwyn Rodrigues]

From: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@suse.com>

RWF_* flags is used for preadv2/pwritev2 calls. Port to use
it for aio operations as well. For this, aio_rw_flags is
introduced in struct iocb (using aio_reserved1) which will
carry these flags.

This is a precursor to the nowait AIO calls.

Note, the only place RWF_HIPRI comes in effect is dio_await_one().
All the rest of the locations, aio code return -EIOCBQUEUED before the
checks for RWF_HIPRI.

Signed-off-by: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@suse.com>
---
 fs/aio.c                     |  8 +++++++-
 fs/read_write.c              | 12 +++---------
 include/linux/fs.h           | 14 ++++++++++++++
 include/uapi/linux/aio_abi.h |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index f52d925ee259..020fa0045e3c 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1541,7 +1541,7 @@ static int io_submit_one(struct kioctx *ctx, struct iocb __user *user_iocb,
 	ssize_t ret;
 
 	/* enforce forwards compatibility on users */
-	if (unlikely(iocb->aio_reserved1 || iocb->aio_reserved2)) {
+	if (unlikely(iocb->aio_reserved2)) {
 		pr_debug("EINVAL: reserve field set\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -1586,6 +1586,12 @@ static int io_submit_one(struct kioctx *ctx, struct iocb __user *user_iocb,
 		req->common.ki_flags |= IOCB_EVENTFD;
 	}
 
+	ret = kiocb_set_rw_flags(&req->common, iocb->aio_rw_flags);
+	if (unlikely(ret)) {
+		pr_debug("EINVAL: aio_rw_flags\n");
+		goto out_put_req;
+	}
+
 	ret = put_user(KIOCB_KEY, &user_iocb->aio_key);
 	if (unlikely(ret)) {
 		pr_debug("EFAULT: aio_key\n");
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index c4f88afbc67f..362f91cd8d66 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -678,16 +678,10 @@ static ssize_t do_iter_readv_writev(struct file *filp, struct iov_iter *iter,
 	struct kiocb kiocb;
 	ssize_t ret;
 
-	if (flags & ~(RWF_HIPRI | RWF_DSYNC | RWF_SYNC))
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-
 	init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, filp);
-	if (flags & RWF_HIPRI)
-		kiocb.ki_flags |= IOCB_HIPRI;
-	if (flags & RWF_DSYNC)
-		kiocb.ki_flags |= IOCB_DSYNC;
-	if (flags & RWF_SYNC)
-		kiocb.ki_flags |= (IOCB_DSYNC | IOCB_SYNC);
+	ret = kiocb_set_rw_flags(&kiocb, flags);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 	kiocb.ki_pos = *ppos;
 
 	if (type == READ)
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 7251f7bb45e8..869c9a6fe58d 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -3049,6 +3049,20 @@ static inline int iocb_flags(struct file *file)
 	return res;
 }
 
+static inline int kiocb_set_rw_flags(struct kiocb *ki, int flags)
+{
+	if (unlikely(flags & ~(RWF_HIPRI | RWF_DSYNC | RWF_SYNC)))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	if (flags & RWF_HIPRI)
+		ki->ki_flags |= IOCB_HIPRI;
+	if (flags & RWF_DSYNC)
+		ki->ki_flags |= IOCB_DSYNC;
+	if (flags & RWF_SYNC)
+		ki->ki_flags |= (IOCB_DSYNC | IOCB_SYNC);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static inline ino_t parent_ino(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	ino_t res;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/aio_abi.h b/include/uapi/linux/aio_abi.h
index bb2554f7fbd1..a2d4a8ac94ca 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/aio_abi.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/aio_abi.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ struct io_event {
 struct iocb {
 	/* these are internal to the kernel/libc. */
 	__u64	aio_data;	/* data to be returned in event's data */
-	__u32	PADDED(aio_key, aio_reserved1);
+	__u32	PADDED(aio_key, aio_rw_flags);
 				/* the kernel sets aio_key to the req # */
 
 	/* common fields */
-- 
2.12.0

[PATCH 2/8] nowait aio: Introduce RWF_NOWAIT

[Goldwyn Rodrigues]

From: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@suse.com>

This flag informs kernel to bail out if an AIO request will block
for reasons such as file allocations, or a writeback triggered,
or would block while allocating requests while performing
direct I/O.

Unfortunately, aio_flags is not checked for validity, which would
break existing applications which have it set to anything besides zero
or IOCB_FLAG_RESFD. So, we are using aio_reserved1 and renaming it
to aio_rw_flags.

RWF_NOWAIT is translated to IOCB_NOWAIT for iocb->ki_flags.

The check for -EOPNOTSUPP is placed in generic_file_write_iter(). This
is called by most filesystems, either through fsops.write_iter() or through
the function defined by write_iter(). If not, we perform the check defined
by .write_iter() which is called for direct IO specifically.

Filesystems xfs, btrfs and ext4 would be supported in the following patches.

Signed-off-by: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@suse.com>
---
 fs/9p/vfs_file.c        | 3 +++
 fs/aio.c                | 6 ++++++
 fs/ceph/file.c          | 3 +++
 fs/cifs/file.c          | 3 +++
 fs/fuse/file.c          | 3 +++
 fs/nfs/direct.c         | 3 +++
 fs/ocfs2/file.c         | 3 +++
 include/linux/fs.h      | 5 ++++-
 include/uapi/linux/fs.h | 1 +
 mm/filemap.c            | 3 +++
 10 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
index 3de3b4a89d89..403681db7723 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
@@ -411,6 +411,9 @@ v9fs_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 	loff_t origin;
 	int err = 0;
 
+	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	retval = generic_write_checks(iocb, from);
 	if (retval <= 0)
 		return retval;
diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 020fa0045e3c..ea9f8581d902 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1592,6 +1592,12 @@ static int io_submit_one(struct kioctx *ctx, struct iocb __user *user_iocb,
 		goto out_put_req;
 	}
 
+	if ((req->common.ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) &&
+		!(req->common.ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT)) {
+		ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		goto out_put_req;
+	}
+
 	ret = put_user(KIOCB_KEY, &user_iocb->aio_key);
 	if (unlikely(ret)) {
 		pr_debug("EFAULT: aio_key\n");
diff --git a/fs/ceph/file.c b/fs/ceph/file.c
index 26cc95421cca..af28419b1731 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/file.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/file.c
@@ -1267,6 +1267,9 @@ static ssize_t ceph_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 	int err, want, got;
 	loff_t pos;
 
+	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	if (ceph_snap(inode) != CEPH_NOSNAP)
 		return -EROFS;
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index 21d404535739..f8858a06e119 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -2638,6 +2638,9 @@ ssize_t cifs_user_writev(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 	 * write request.
 	 */
 
+	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	rc = generic_write_checks(iocb, from);
 	if (rc <= 0)
 		return rc;
diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index ec238fb5a584..72786e798319 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -1425,6 +1425,9 @@ static ssize_t fuse_direct_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 	struct fuse_io_priv io = FUSE_IO_PRIV_SYNC(file);
 	ssize_t res;
 
+	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	if (is_bad_inode(inode))
 		return -EIO;
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c
index c1b5fed7c863..dcea0caa5cb5 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -996,6 +996,9 @@ ssize_t nfs_file_direct_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 	dfprintk(FILE, "NFS: direct write(%pD2, %zd@%Ld)\n",
 		file, iov_iter_count(iter), (long long) iocb->ki_pos);
 
+	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	result = generic_write_checks(iocb, iter);
 	if (result <= 0)
 		return result;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index bfeb647459d9..e7f8ba890305 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -2235,6 +2235,9 @@ static ssize_t ocfs2_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb,
 	if (count == 0)
 		return 0;
 
+	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	direct_io = iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT ? 1 : 0;
 
 	inode_lock(inode);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 869c9a6fe58d..4cb62e032b70 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ struct writeback_control;
 #define IOCB_DSYNC		(1 << 4)
 #define IOCB_SYNC		(1 << 5)
 #define IOCB_WRITE		(1 << 6)
+#define IOCB_NOWAIT		(1 << 7)
 
 struct kiocb {
 	struct file		*ki_filp;
@@ -3051,7 +3052,7 @@ static inline int iocb_flags(struct file *file)
 
 static inline int kiocb_set_rw_flags(struct kiocb *ki, int flags)
 {
-	if (unlikely(flags & ~(RWF_HIPRI | RWF_DSYNC | RWF_SYNC)))
+	if (unlikely(flags & ~(RWF_HIPRI | RWF_DSYNC | RWF_SYNC | RWF_NOWAIT)))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	if (flags & RWF_HIPRI)
@@ -3060,6 +3061,8 @@ static inline int kiocb_set_rw_flags(struct kiocb *ki, int flags)
 		ki->ki_flags |= IOCB_DSYNC;
 	if (flags & RWF_SYNC)
 		ki->ki_flags |= (IOCB_DSYNC | IOCB_SYNC);
+	if (flags & RWF_NOWAIT)
+		ki->ki_flags |= IOCB_NOWAIT;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
index 048a85e9f017..7bcaef101876 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
@@ -347,5 +347,6 @@ struct fscrypt_policy {
 #define RWF_HIPRI			0x00000001 /* high priority request, poll if possible */
 #define RWF_DSYNC			0x00000002 /* per-IO O_DSYNC */
 #define RWF_SYNC			0x00000004 /* per-IO O_SYNC */
+#define RWF_NOWAIT			0x00000008 /* per-IO, return -EAGAIN if operation would block */
 
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_FS_H */
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 1694623a6289..d51670b7fe6b 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -2982,6 +2982,9 @@ ssize_t generic_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 	ssize_t ret;
 
+	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	inode_lock(inode);
 	ret = generic_write_checks(iocb, from);
 	if (ret > 0)
-- 
2.12.0

[PATCH 3/8] nowait aio: return if direct write will trigger writeback

[Goldwyn Rodrigues]

From: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@suse.com>

Find out if the write will trigger a wait due to writeback. If yes,
return -EAGAIN.

This introduces a new function filemap_range_has_page() which
returns true if the file's mapping has a page within the range
mentioned.

Return -EINVAL for buffered AIO: there are multiple causes of
delay such as page locks, dirty throttling logic, page loading
from disk etc. which cannot be taken care of.

Signed-off-by: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@suse.com>
---
 include/linux/fs.h |  2 ++
 mm/filemap.c       | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 4cb62e032b70..24d5c123788f 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2514,6 +2514,8 @@ extern int filemap_fdatawait(struct address_space *);
 extern void filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors(struct address_space *);
 extern int filemap_fdatawait_range(struct address_space *, loff_t lstart,
 				   loff_t lend);
+extern int filemap_range_has_page(struct address_space *, loff_t lstart,
+				   loff_t lend);
 extern int filemap_write_and_wait(struct address_space *mapping);
 extern int filemap_write_and_wait_range(struct address_space *mapping,
 				        loff_t lstart, loff_t lend);
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index d51670b7fe6b..48b83d1d4a30 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -376,6 +376,39 @@ int filemap_flush(struct address_space *mapping)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_flush);
 
+/**
+ * filemap_range_has_page - check if a page exists in range.
+ * @mapping:		address space structure to wait for
+ * @start_byte:		offset in bytes where the range starts
+ * @end_byte:		offset in bytes where the range ends (inclusive)
+ *
+ * Find at least one page in the range supplied, usually used to check if
+ * direct writing in this range will trigger a writeback.
+ */
+int filemap_range_has_page(struct address_space *mapping,
+				loff_t start_byte, loff_t end_byte)
+{
+	pgoff_t index = start_byte >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	pgoff_t end = end_byte >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	struct pagevec pvec;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (end_byte < start_byte)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (mapping->nrpages == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
+	ret = pagevec_lookup(&pvec, mapping, index, 1);
+	if (!ret)
+		return 0;
+	ret = (pvec.pages[0]->index <= end);
+	pagevec_release(&pvec);
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_range_has_page);
+
 static int __filemap_fdatawait_range(struct address_space *mapping,
 				     loff_t start_byte, loff_t end_byte)
 {
@@ -2640,6 +2673,9 @@ inline ssize_t generic_write_checks(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 
 	pos = iocb->ki_pos;
 
+	if ((iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) && !(iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (limit != RLIM_INFINITY) {
 		if (iocb->ki_pos >= limit) {
 			send_sig(SIGXFSZ, current, 0);
@@ -2709,9 +2745,17 @@ generic_file_direct_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 	write_len = iov_iter_count(from);
 	end = (pos + write_len - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
-	written = filemap_write_and_wait_range(mapping, pos, pos + write_len - 1);
-	if (written)
-		goto out;
+	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) {
+		/* If there are pages to writeback, return */
+		if (filemap_range_has_page(inode->i_mapping, pos,
+					   pos + iov_iter_count(from)))
+			return -EAGAIN;
+	} else {
+		written = filemap_write_and_wait_range(mapping, pos,
+							pos + write_len - 1);
+		if (written)
+			goto out;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * After a write we want buffered reads to be sure to go to disk to get
-- 
2.12.0

[PATCH 4/8] nowait-aio: Introduce IOMAP_NOWAIT

[Goldwyn Rodrigues]

From: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@suse.com>

IOCB_NOWAIT translates to IOMAP_NOWAIT for iomaps.
This is used by XFS in the XFS patch.

Signed-off-by: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
---
 fs/iomap.c            | 2 ++
 include/linux/iomap.h | 1 +
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/iomap.c b/fs/iomap.c
index 141c3cd55a8b..d1c81753d411 100644
--- a/fs/iomap.c
+++ b/fs/iomap.c
@@ -885,6 +885,8 @@ iomap_dio_rw(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
 	} else {
 		dio->flags |= IOMAP_DIO_WRITE;
 		flags |= IOMAP_WRITE;
+		if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
+			flags |= IOMAP_NOWAIT;
 	}
 
 	if (mapping->nrpages) {
diff --git a/include/linux/iomap.h b/include/linux/iomap.h
index 7291810067eb..53f6af89c625 100644
--- a/include/linux/iomap.h
+++ b/include/linux/iomap.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ struct iomap {
 #define IOMAP_REPORT		(1 << 2) /* report extent status, e.g. FIEMAP */
 #define IOMAP_FAULT		(1 << 3) /* mapping for page fault */
 #define IOMAP_DIRECT		(1 << 4) /* direct I/O */
+#define IOMAP_NOWAIT		(1 << 5) /* Don't wait for writeback */
 
 struct iomap_ops {
 	/*
-- 
2.12.0

[PATCH 5/8] nowait aio: return on congested block device

[Goldwyn Rodrigues]

From: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@suse.com>

A new bio operation flag REQ_NOWAIT is introduced to identify bio's
orignating from iocb with IOCB_NOWAIT. This flag indicates
to return immediately if a request cannot be made instead
of retrying.

Stacked devices such as md (the ones with make_request_fn hooks)
currently are not supported because it may block for housekeeping.
For example, an md can have a part of the device suspended.
For this reason, only request based devices are supported.
In the future, this feature will be expanded to stacked devices
by teaching them how to handle the REQ_NOWAIT flags.

Signed-off-by: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@suse.com>
---
 block/blk-core.c          | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
 block/blk-mq-sched.c      |  3 +++
 block/blk-mq.c            |  4 ++++
 fs/direct-io.c            | 10 ++++++++--
 include/linux/bio.h       |  6 ++++++
 include/linux/blk_types.h |  2 ++
 6 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index d772c221cc17..effe934b806b 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -1232,6 +1232,11 @@ static struct request *get_request(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int op,
 	if (!IS_ERR(rq))
 		return rq;
 
+	if (op & REQ_NOWAIT) {
+		blk_put_rl(rl);
+		return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
+	}
+
 	if (!gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp_mask) || unlikely(blk_queue_dying(q))) {
 		blk_put_rl(rl);
 		return rq;
@@ -1870,6 +1875,17 @@ generic_make_request_checks(struct bio *bio)
 		goto end_io;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * For a REQ_NOWAIT based request, return -EOPNOTSUPP
+	 * if queue does not have QUEUE_FLAG_NOWAIT_SUPPORT set
+	 * and if it is not a request based queue.
+	 */
+
+	if ((bio->bi_opf & REQ_NOWAIT) && !queue_is_rq_based(q)) {
+		err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		goto end_io;
+	}
+
 	part = bio->bi_bdev->bd_part;
 	if (should_fail_request(part, bio->bi_iter.bi_size) ||
 	    should_fail_request(&part_to_disk(part)->part0,
@@ -2021,7 +2037,7 @@ blk_qc_t generic_make_request(struct bio *bio)
 	do {
 		struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(bio->bi_bdev);
 
-		if (likely(blk_queue_enter(q, false) == 0)) {
+		if (likely(blk_queue_enter(q, bio->bi_opf & REQ_NOWAIT) == 0)) {
 			struct bio_list lower, same;
 
 			/* Create a fresh bio_list for all subordinate requests */
@@ -2046,7 +2062,11 @@ blk_qc_t generic_make_request(struct bio *bio)
 			bio_list_merge(&bio_list_on_stack[0], &same);
 			bio_list_merge(&bio_list_on_stack[0], &bio_list_on_stack[1]);
 		} else {
-			bio_io_error(bio);
+			if (unlikely(!blk_queue_dying(q) &&
+					(bio->bi_opf & REQ_NOWAIT)))
+				bio_wouldblock_error(bio);
+			else
+				bio_io_error(bio);
 		}
 		bio = bio_list_pop(&bio_list_on_stack[0]);
 	} while (bio);
diff --git a/block/blk-mq-sched.c b/block/blk-mq-sched.c
index c974a1bbf4cb..019d881d62b7 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-sched.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-sched.c
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ struct request *blk_mq_sched_get_request(struct request_queue *q,
 	if (likely(!data->hctx))
 		data->hctx = blk_mq_map_queue(q, data->ctx->cpu);
 
+	if (op & REQ_NOWAIT)
+		data->flags |= BLK_MQ_REQ_NOWAIT;
+
 	if (e) {
 		data->flags |= BLK_MQ_REQ_INTERNAL;
 
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index c7836a1ded97..d7613ae6a269 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1538,6 +1538,8 @@ static blk_qc_t blk_mq_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	rq = blk_mq_sched_get_request(q, bio, bio->bi_opf, &data);
 	if (unlikely(!rq)) {
 		__wbt_done(q->rq_wb, wb_acct);
+		if (bio->bi_opf & REQ_NOWAIT)
+			bio_wouldblock_error(bio);
 		return BLK_QC_T_NONE;
 	}
 
@@ -1662,6 +1664,8 @@ static blk_qc_t blk_sq_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	rq = blk_mq_sched_get_request(q, bio, bio->bi_opf, &data);
 	if (unlikely(!rq)) {
 		__wbt_done(q->rq_wb, wb_acct);
+		if (bio->bi_opf & REQ_NOWAIT)
+			bio_wouldblock_error(bio);
 		return BLK_QC_T_NONE;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index a04ebea77de8..139ebd5ae1c7 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -480,8 +480,12 @@ static int dio_bio_complete(struct dio *dio, struct bio *bio)
 	unsigned i;
 	int err;
 
-	if (bio->bi_error)
-		dio->io_error = -EIO;
+	if (bio->bi_error) {
+		if (bio->bi_error == -EAGAIN && (bio->bi_opf & REQ_NOWAIT))
+			dio->io_error = -EAGAIN;
+		else
+			dio->io_error = -EIO;
+	}
 
 	if (dio->is_async && dio->op == REQ_OP_READ && dio->should_dirty) {
 		err = bio->bi_error;
@@ -1197,6 +1201,8 @@ do_blockdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
 	if (iov_iter_rw(iter) == WRITE) {
 		dio->op = REQ_OP_WRITE;
 		dio->op_flags = REQ_SYNC | REQ_IDLE;
+		if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
+			dio->op_flags |= REQ_NOWAIT;
 	} else {
 		dio->op = REQ_OP_READ;
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index 8e521194f6fc..1a9270744b1e 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -425,6 +425,12 @@ static inline void bio_io_error(struct bio *bio)
 	bio_endio(bio);
 }
 
+static inline void bio_wouldblock_error(struct bio *bio)
+{
+	bio->bi_error = -EAGAIN;
+	bio_endio(bio);
+}
+
 struct request_queue;
 extern int bio_phys_segments(struct request_queue *, struct bio *);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
index d703acb55d0f..5ce4da30ba43 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ enum req_flag_bits {
 	__REQ_PREFLUSH,		/* request for cache flush */
 	__REQ_RAHEAD,		/* read ahead, can fail anytime */
 	__REQ_BACKGROUND,	/* background IO */
+	__REQ_NOWAIT,		/* Don't wait if request will block */
 	__REQ_NR_BITS,		/* stops here */
 };
 
@@ -203,6 +204,7 @@ enum req_flag_bits {
 #define REQ_PREFLUSH		(1ULL << __REQ_PREFLUSH)
 #define REQ_RAHEAD		(1ULL << __REQ_RAHEAD)
 #define REQ_BACKGROUND		(1ULL << __REQ_BACKGROUND)
+#define REQ_NOWAIT		(1ULL << __REQ_NOWAIT)
 
 #define REQ_FAILFAST_MASK \
 	(REQ_FAILFAST_DEV | REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT | REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER)
-- 
2.12.0

[PATCH 6/8] nowait aio: ext4

[Goldwyn Rodrigues]

From: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@suse.com>

Return EAGAIN if any of the following checks fail for direct I/O:
  + i_rwsem is lockable
  + Writing beyond end of file (will trigger allocation)
  + Blocks are not allocated at the write location

Signed-off-by: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@suse.com>
---
 fs/ext4/file.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index cefa9835f275..2efdc6d4d3e8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -216,7 +216,13 @@ ext4_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 		return ext4_dax_write_iter(iocb, from);
 #endif
 
-	inode_lock(inode);
+	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) {
+		if (!inode_trylock(inode))
+			return -EAGAIN;
+	} else {
+		inode_lock(inode);
+	}
+
 	ret = ext4_write_checks(iocb, from);
 	if (ret <= 0)
 		goto out;
@@ -235,9 +241,15 @@ ext4_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 
 	iocb->private = &overwrite;
 	/* Check whether we do a DIO overwrite or not */
-	if (o_direct && ext4_should_dioread_nolock(inode) && !unaligned_aio &&
-	    ext4_overwrite_io(inode, iocb->ki_pos, iov_iter_count(from)))
-		overwrite = 1;
+	if (o_direct && !unaligned_aio) {
+		if (ext4_overwrite_io(inode, iocb->ki_pos, iov_iter_count(from))) {
+			if (ext4_should_dioread_nolock(inode))
+				overwrite = 1;
+		} else if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) {
+			ret = -EAGAIN;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
 
 	ret = __generic_file_write_iter(iocb, from);
 	inode_unlock(inode);
-- 
2.12.0

[PATCH 7/8] nowait aio: xfs

[Goldwyn Rodrigues]

From: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@suse.com>

If IOCB_NOWAIT is set, bail if the i_rwsem is not lockable
immediately.

IF IOMAP_NOWAIT is set, return EAGAIN in xfs_file_iomap_begin
if it needs allocation either due to file extension, writing to a hole,
or COW or waiting for other DIOs to finish.

Signed-off-by: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
---
 fs/xfs/xfs_file.c  | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
 fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
index 35703a801372..b307940e7d56 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
@@ -541,8 +541,11 @@ xfs_file_dio_aio_write(
 		iolock = XFS_IOLOCK_SHARED;
 	}
 
-	xfs_ilock(ip, iolock);
-
+	if (!xfs_ilock_nowait(ip, iolock)) {
+		if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
+			return -EAGAIN;
+		xfs_ilock(ip, iolock);
+	}
 	ret = xfs_file_aio_write_checks(iocb, from, &iolock);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
@@ -553,9 +556,15 @@ xfs_file_dio_aio_write(
 	 * otherwise demote the lock if we had to take the exclusive lock
 	 * for other reasons in xfs_file_aio_write_checks.
 	 */
-	if (unaligned_io)
-		inode_dio_wait(inode);
-	else if (iolock == XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL) {
+	if (unaligned_io) {
+		/* If we are going to wait for other DIO to finish, bail */
+		if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) {
+			if (atomic_read(&inode->i_dio_count))
+				return -EAGAIN;
+		} else {
+			inode_dio_wait(inode);
+		}
+	} else if (iolock == XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL) {
 		xfs_ilock_demote(ip, XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL);
 		iolock = XFS_IOLOCK_SHARED;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
index 288ee5b840d7..9baa65eeae9e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
@@ -1015,6 +1015,15 @@ xfs_file_iomap_begin(
 
 	if ((flags & (IOMAP_WRITE | IOMAP_ZERO)) && xfs_is_reflink_inode(ip)) {
 		if (flags & IOMAP_DIRECT) {
+			/*
+			 * A reflinked inode will result in CoW alloc.
+			 * FIXME: It could still overwrite on unshared extents
+			 * and not need allocation.
+			 */
+			if (flags & IOMAP_NOWAIT) {
+				error = -EAGAIN;
+				goto out_unlock;
+			}
 			/* may drop and re-acquire the ilock */
 			error = xfs_reflink_allocate_cow(ip, &imap, &shared,
 					&lockmode);
@@ -1032,6 +1041,14 @@ xfs_file_iomap_begin(
 
 	if ((flags & IOMAP_WRITE) && imap_needs_alloc(inode, &imap, nimaps)) {
 		/*
+		 * If nowait is set bail since we are going to make
+		 * allocations.
+		 */
+		if (flags & IOMAP_NOWAIT) {
+			error = -EAGAIN;
+			goto out_unlock;
+		}
+		/*
 		 * We cap the maximum length we map here to MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES
 		 * pages to keep the chunks of work done where somewhat symmetric
 		 * with the work writeback does. This is a completely arbitrary
-- 
2.12.0

[PATCH 8/8] nowait aio: btrfs

[Goldwyn Rodrigues]

From: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@suse.com>

Return EAGAIN if any of the following checks fail
 + i_rwsem is not lockable
 + NODATACOW or PREALLOC is not set
 + Cannot nocow at the desired location
 + Writing beyond end of file which is not allocated

Signed-off-by: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@suse.com>
Acked-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
---
 fs/btrfs/file.c  | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
 fs/btrfs/inode.c |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index 520cb7230b2d..a870e5dd2b4d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -1823,12 +1823,29 @@ static ssize_t btrfs_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb,
 	ssize_t num_written = 0;
 	bool sync = (file->f_flags & O_DSYNC) || IS_SYNC(file->f_mapping->host);
 	ssize_t err;
-	loff_t pos;
-	size_t count;
+	loff_t pos = iocb->ki_pos;
+	size_t count = iov_iter_count(from);
 	loff_t oldsize;
 	int clean_page = 0;
 
-	inode_lock(inode);
+	if ((iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) &&
+			(iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT)) {
+		/* Don't sleep on inode rwsem */
+		if (!inode_trylock(inode))
+			return -EAGAIN;
+		/*
+		 * We will allocate space in case nodatacow is not set,
+		 * so bail
+		 */
+		if (!(BTRFS_I(inode)->flags & (BTRFS_INODE_NODATACOW |
+					      BTRFS_INODE_PREALLOC)) ||
+		    check_can_nocow(BTRFS_I(inode), pos, &count) <= 0) {
+			inode_unlock(inode);
+			return -EAGAIN;
+		}
+	} else
+		inode_lock(inode);
+
 	err = generic_write_checks(iocb, from);
 	if (err <= 0) {
 		inode_unlock(inode);
@@ -1862,8 +1879,6 @@ static ssize_t btrfs_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb,
 	 */
 	update_time_for_write(inode);
 
-	pos = iocb->ki_pos;
-	count = iov_iter_count(from);
 	start_pos = round_down(pos, fs_info->sectorsize);
 	oldsize = i_size_read(inode);
 	if (start_pos > oldsize) {
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 5e71f1ea3391..47d3fcd86979 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -8625,6 +8625,9 @@ static ssize_t btrfs_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 			dio_data.overwrite = 1;
 			inode_unlock(inode);
 			relock = true;
+		} else if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) {
+			ret = -EAGAIN;
+			goto out;
 		}
 		ret = btrfs_delalloc_reserve_space(inode, offset, count);
 		if (ret)
-- 
2.12.0

Re: [PATCH 6/8] nowait aio: ext4

[Jan Kara]

On Tue 09-05-17 07:22:17, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
> From: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn-IBi9RG/b67k@public.gmane.org>
> 
> Return EAGAIN if any of the following checks fail for direct I/O:
>   + i_rwsem is lockable
>   + Writing beyond end of file (will trigger allocation)
>   + Blocks are not allocated at the write location
> 
> Signed-off-by: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn-IBi9RG/b67k@public.gmane.org>

The patch looks good. You can add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org>

								Honza

> ---
>  fs/ext4/file.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
> index cefa9835f275..2efdc6d4d3e8 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/file.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
> @@ -216,7 +216,13 @@ ext4_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
>  		return ext4_dax_write_iter(iocb, from);
>  #endif
>  
> -	inode_lock(inode);
> +	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) {
> +		if (!inode_trylock(inode))
> +			return -EAGAIN;
> +	} else {
> +		inode_lock(inode);
> +	}
> +
>  	ret = ext4_write_checks(iocb, from);
>  	if (ret <= 0)
>  		goto out;
> @@ -235,9 +241,15 @@ ext4_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
>  
>  	iocb->private = &overwrite;
>  	/* Check whether we do a DIO overwrite or not */
> -	if (o_direct && ext4_should_dioread_nolock(inode) && !unaligned_aio &&
> -	    ext4_overwrite_io(inode, iocb->ki_pos, iov_iter_count(from)))
> -		overwrite = 1;
> +	if (o_direct && !unaligned_aio) {
> +		if (ext4_overwrite_io(inode, iocb->ki_pos, iov_iter_count(from))) {
> +			if (ext4_should_dioread_nolock(inode))
> +				overwrite = 1;
> +		} else if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) {
> +			ret = -EAGAIN;
> +			goto out;
> +		}
> +	}
>  
>  	ret = __generic_file_write_iter(iocb, from);
>  	inode_unlock(inode);
> -- 
> 2.12.0
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack-IBi9RG/b67k@public.gmane.org>
SUSE Labs, CR

Re: [PATCH 1/8] Use RWF_* flags for AIO operations

[Christoph Hellwig]

Please add subsystem prefixes to your subject lines, e.g.

fs:

for all the generic fs ones,

xfs:

for XFS,

block:

for block layer changes, etc.

>  
> -	if (flags & ~(RWF_HIPRI | RWF_DSYNC | RWF_SYNC))
> -		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> -
>  	init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, filp);
> -	if (flags & RWF_HIPRI)
> -		kiocb.ki_flags |= IOCB_HIPRI;
> -	if (flags & RWF_DSYNC)
> -		kiocb.ki_flags |= IOCB_DSYNC;
> -	if (flags & RWF_SYNC)
> -		kiocb.ki_flags |= (IOCB_DSYNC | IOCB_SYNC);
> +	ret = kiocb_set_rw_flags(&kiocb, flags);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;

And please split factoring out kiocb_set_rw_flags into a separate
prep patch.

Otherwise these changes look fine:

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>

Re: [PATCH 2/8] nowait aio: Introduce RWF_NOWAIT

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Tue, May 09, 2017 at 07:22:13AM -0500, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
> From: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@suse.com>
> 
> This flag informs kernel to bail out if an AIO request will block
> for reasons such as file allocations, or a writeback triggered,
> or would block while allocating requests while performing
> direct I/O.
> 
> Unfortunately, aio_flags is not checked for validity, which would
> break existing applications which have it set to anything besides zero
> or IOCB_FLAG_RESFD. So, we are using aio_reserved1 and renaming it
> to aio_rw_flags.
> 
> RWF_NOWAIT is translated to IOCB_NOWAIT for iocb->ki_flags.
> 
> The check for -EOPNOTSUPP is placed in generic_file_write_iter(). This
> is called by most filesystems, either through fsops.write_iter() or through
> the function defined by write_iter(). If not, we perform the check defined
> by .write_iter() which is called for direct IO specifically.
> 
> Filesystems xfs, btrfs and ext4 would be supported in the following patches.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@suse.com>
> ---
>  fs/9p/vfs_file.c        | 3 +++
>  fs/aio.c                | 6 ++++++
>  fs/ceph/file.c          | 3 +++
>  fs/cifs/file.c          | 3 +++
>  fs/fuse/file.c          | 3 +++
>  fs/nfs/direct.c         | 3 +++
>  fs/ocfs2/file.c         | 3 +++
>  include/linux/fs.h      | 5 ++++-
>  include/uapi/linux/fs.h | 1 +
>  mm/filemap.c            | 3 +++
>  10 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
> index 3de3b4a89d89..403681db7723 100644
> --- a/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
> +++ b/fs/9p/vfs_file.c
> @@ -411,6 +411,9 @@ v9fs_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
>  	loff_t origin;
>  	int err = 0;
>  
> +	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +
>  	retval = generic_write_checks(iocb, from);
>  	if (retval <= 0)
>  		return retval;
> diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
> index 020fa0045e3c..ea9f8581d902 100644
> --- a/fs/aio.c
> +++ b/fs/aio.c
> @@ -1592,6 +1592,12 @@ static int io_submit_one(struct kioctx *ctx, struct iocb __user *user_iocb,
>  		goto out_put_req;
>  	}
>  
> +	if ((req->common.ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) &&
> +		!(req->common.ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT)) {

Weird indentation.  Either align after the opening if brace:

	if ((req->common.ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) &&
	    !(req->common.ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT)) {

or using two tabs:

	if ((req->common.ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) &&
			!(req->common.ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT)) {

if the first version looks confusing, but never using the same
indentation level as the following code.

Except for that the patch looks fine to me:

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>

Re: [PATCH 3/8] nowait aio: return if direct write will trigger writeback

[Christoph Hellwig]

It might make sense to move filemap_range_has_page into a separate
prep patch.

Otherwise this looks fine:

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>

Re: [PATCH 5/8] nowait aio: return on congested block device

[Christoph Hellwig]

Looks fine,

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>

Although lifting the make_request limit is something a lot of users
would appreciate in the near future..

Re: [PATCH 7/8] nowait aio: xfs

[Christoph Hellwig]

Looks fine,

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>

Re: [PATCH 5/8] nowait aio: return on congested block device

[Goldwyn Rodrigues]

On 05/11/2017 02:44 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Looks fine,
> 
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch-jcswGhMUV9g@public.gmane.org>
> 
> Although lifting the make_request limit is something a lot of users
> would appreciate in the near future..
> 

Yes, I understand. That will be on my todo list next on priority.

-- 
Goldwyn

[PATCH 6/8] nowait aio: ext4

[Goldwyn Rodrigues]

From: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@suse.com>

Return EAGAIN if any of the following checks fail for direct I/O:
  + i_rwsem is lockable
  + Writing beyond end of file (will trigger allocation)
  + Blocks are not allocated at the write location

Signed-off-by: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@suse.com>
---
 fs/ext4/file.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index cefa9835f275..2efdc6d4d3e8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -216,7 +216,13 @@ ext4_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 		return ext4_dax_write_iter(iocb, from);
 #endif
 
-	inode_lock(inode);
+	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) {
+		if (!inode_trylock(inode))
+			return -EAGAIN;
+	} else {
+		inode_lock(inode);
+	}
+
 	ret = ext4_write_checks(iocb, from);
 	if (ret <= 0)
 		goto out;
@@ -235,9 +241,15 @@ ext4_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 
 	iocb->private = &overwrite;
 	/* Check whether we do a DIO overwrite or not */
-	if (o_direct && ext4_should_dioread_nolock(inode) && !unaligned_aio &&
-	    ext4_overwrite_io(inode, iocb->ki_pos, iov_iter_count(from)))
-		overwrite = 1;
+	if (o_direct && !unaligned_aio) {
+		if (ext4_overwrite_io(inode, iocb->ki_pos, iov_iter_count(from))) {
+			if (ext4_should_dioread_nolock(inode))
+				overwrite = 1;
+		} else if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) {
+			ret = -EAGAIN;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
 
 	ret = __generic_file_write_iter(iocb, from);
 	inode_unlock(inode);
-- 
2.12.0

Re: [PATCH 6/8] nowait aio: ext4

[Jan Kara]

On Mon 10-04-17 07:39:43, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 02:37:50PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> > I don't understand here. Do you want that all filesystems support NOWAIT
> > direct IO?
> 
> No.  Per-file_system_type is way to coarse grained.  All feature flag
> needs to be per-file_operation at least for cases like ext4 with our
> without extents (or journal) XFS v4 vs v5, different NFS versions, etc.

Ah, I see your point now. Thanks for patience. I think we could make this
work by making generic_file_write/read_iter() refuse NOWAIT IO with
EOPNOTSUPP and then only modify those few filesystems that implement their
own iter helpers and will not initially support NOWAIT IO. Sounds easy
enough.

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
SUSE Labs, CR

Re: [PATCH 6/8] nowait aio: ext4

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 02:37:50PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> I don't understand here. Do you want that all filesystems support NOWAIT
> direct IO?

No.  Per-file_system_type is way to coarse grained.  All feature flag
needs to be per-file_operation at least for cases like ext4 with our
without extents (or journal) XFS v4 vs v5, different NFS versions, etc.

For RWF_* each file operation simply declares if the feature is
supported not by rejecting unknown ones.  FIEMAP does the same as do
a few other interfaces.

Re: [PATCH 6/8] nowait aio: ext4

[Jan Kara]

On Mon 10-04-17 00:45:39, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 04, 2017 at 01:41:09PM -0500, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
> > I am working on incorporating RWF_* flags. However, I am not sure how
> > RWF_* flags would get rid of FS_NOWAIT/FS_NOWAIT_IO. Since most of
> > "blocking" information is with the filesystem, it is a per-filesystem
> > flag to block out (EOPNOTSUPP) the filesystems which do not support it.
> 
> You need to check the flag in the actual read/write methods as the
> support for features on Linux is not a per-file_system_type thing.

I don't understand here. Do you want that all filesystems support NOWAIT
direct IO? IMO that's not realistic and also not necessary. In reality
different filesystems support different sets or operations and we have a
precedens for that in various fallocate operations, rename exchange, or
O_TMPFILE support...

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack-IBi9RG/b67k@public.gmane.org>
SUSE Labs, CR

Re: [PATCH 6/8] nowait aio: ext4

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Tue, Apr 04, 2017 at 01:41:09PM -0500, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
> I am working on incorporating RWF_* flags. However, I am not sure how
> RWF_* flags would get rid of FS_NOWAIT/FS_NOWAIT_IO. Since most of
> "blocking" information is with the filesystem, it is a per-filesystem
> flag to block out (EOPNOTSUPP) the filesystems which do not support it.

You need to check the flag in the actual read/write methods as the
support for features on Linux is not a per-file_system_type thing.

Re: [PATCH 6/8] nowait aio: ext4

[Goldwyn Rodrigues]

On 04/04/2017 03:41 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 04, 2017 at 09:58:53AM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
>> FS_NOWAIT looks a bit too generic given these are filesystem feature flags.
>> Can we call it FS_NOWAIT_IO?
> 
> It's way to generic as it's a feature of the particular file_operations
> instance.  But once we switch to using RWF_* we can just the existing
> per-op feature checks for thos and the per-fs flag should just go away.
> 

I am working on incorporating RWF_* flags. However, I am not sure how
RWF_* flags would get rid of FS_NOWAIT/FS_NOWAIT_IO. Since most of
"blocking" information is with the filesystem, it is a per-filesystem
flag to block out (EOPNOTSUPP) the filesystems which do not support it.

-- 
Goldwyn

Re: [PATCH 6/8] nowait aio: ext4

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Tue, Apr 04, 2017 at 09:58:53AM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> FS_NOWAIT looks a bit too generic given these are filesystem feature flags.
> Can we call it FS_NOWAIT_IO?

It's way to generic as it's a feature of the particular file_operations
instance.  But once we switch to using RWF_* we can just the existing
per-op feature checks for thos and the per-fs flag should just go away.

Re: [PATCH 6/8] nowait aio: ext4

[Jan Kara]

On Mon 03-04-17 13:53:05, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
> From: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@suse.com>
> 
> Return EAGAIN if any of the following checks fail for direct I/O:
>  + i_rwsem is lockable
>  + Writing beyond end of file (will trigger allocation)
>  + Blocks are not allocated at the write location

Patches seem to be missing your Signed-off-by tag...

> @@ -235,9 +237,21 @@ ext4_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
>  
>  	iocb->private = &overwrite;
>  	/* Check whether we do a DIO overwrite or not */
> -	if (o_direct && ext4_should_dioread_nolock(inode) && !unaligned_aio &&
> -	    ext4_overwrite_io(inode, iocb->ki_pos, iov_iter_count(from)))
> -		overwrite = 1;
> +	if (o_direct && !unaligned_aio) {
> +		struct ext4_map_blocks map;
> +		if (ext4_blocks_mapped(inode, iocb->ki_pos,
> +				      iov_iter_count(from), &map)) {
> +	 		/* To exclude unwritten extents, we need to check
> +			 * m_flags.
> +			 */
> +			if (ext4_should_dioread_nolock(inode) &&
> +			    (map.m_flags & EXT4_MAP_MAPPED))
> +				overwrite = 1;
> +		} else if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) {
> +			ret = -EAGAIN;
> +			goto out;
> +		}
> +	}

Actually, overwriting unwritten extents is relatively complex in ext4 as
well. In particular we need to start a transaction and split out the
written part of the extent. So I don't think we can easily support this
without blocking. As a result I'd keep the condition for IOCB_NOWAIT the
same as for overwrite IO.

> --- a/fs/ext4/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
> @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static struct file_system_type ext2_fs_type = {
>  	.name		= "ext2",
>  	.mount		= ext4_mount,
>  	.kill_sb	= kill_block_super,
> -	.fs_flags	= FS_REQUIRES_DEV,
> +	.fs_flags	= FS_REQUIRES_DEV | FS_NOWAIT,

FS_NOWAIT looks a bit too generic given these are filesystem feature flags.
Can we call it FS_NOWAIT_IO?

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
SUSE Labs, CR

[PATCH 6/8] nowait aio: ext4

[Goldwyn Rodrigues]

From: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@suse.com>

Return EAGAIN if any of the following checks fail for direct I/O:
 + i_rwsem is lockable
 + Writing beyond end of file (will trigger allocation)
 + Blocks are not allocated at the write location
---
 fs/ext4/file.c  | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 fs/ext4/super.c |  6 +++---
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index 8210c1f..e223b9f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -127,27 +127,22 @@ ext4_unaligned_aio(struct inode *inode, struct iov_iter *from, loff_t pos)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* Is IO overwriting allocated and initialized blocks? */
-static bool ext4_overwrite_io(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos, loff_t len)
+/* Are IO blocks allocated */
+static bool ext4_blocks_mapped(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos, loff_t len,
+				struct ext4_map_blocks *map)
 {
-	struct ext4_map_blocks map;
 	unsigned int blkbits = inode->i_blkbits;
 	int err, blklen;
 
 	if (pos + len > i_size_read(inode))
 		return false;
 
-	map.m_lblk = pos >> blkbits;
-	map.m_len = EXT4_MAX_BLOCKS(len, pos, blkbits);
-	blklen = map.m_len;
+	map->m_lblk = pos >> blkbits;
+	map->m_len = EXT4_MAX_BLOCKS(len, pos, blkbits);
+	blklen = map->m_len;
 
-	err = ext4_map_blocks(NULL, inode, &map, 0);
-	/*
-	 * 'err==len' means that all of the blocks have been preallocated,
-	 * regardless of whether they have been initialized or not. To exclude
-	 * unwritten extents, we need to check m_flags.
-	 */
-	return err == blklen && (map.m_flags & EXT4_MAP_MAPPED);
+	err = ext4_map_blocks(NULL, inode, map, 0);
+	return err == blklen;
 }
 
 static ssize_t ext4_write_checks(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
@@ -204,6 +199,7 @@ ext4_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp);
 	int o_direct = iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT;
+	int nowait = iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT;
 	int unaligned_aio = 0;
 	int overwrite = 0;
 	ssize_t ret;
@@ -216,7 +212,13 @@ ext4_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 		return ext4_dax_write_iter(iocb, from);
 #endif
 
-	inode_lock(inode);
+	if (o_direct && nowait) {
+		if (!inode_trylock(inode))
+			return -EAGAIN;
+	} else {
+		inode_lock(inode);
+	}
+
 	ret = ext4_write_checks(iocb, from);
 	if (ret <= 0)
 		goto out;
@@ -235,9 +237,21 @@ ext4_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 
 	iocb->private = &overwrite;
 	/* Check whether we do a DIO overwrite or not */
-	if (o_direct && ext4_should_dioread_nolock(inode) && !unaligned_aio &&
-	    ext4_overwrite_io(inode, iocb->ki_pos, iov_iter_count(from)))
-		overwrite = 1;
+	if (o_direct && !unaligned_aio) {
+		struct ext4_map_blocks map;
+		if (ext4_blocks_mapped(inode, iocb->ki_pos,
+				      iov_iter_count(from), &map)) {
+	 		/* To exclude unwritten extents, we need to check
+			 * m_flags.
+			 */
+			if (ext4_should_dioread_nolock(inode) &&
+			    (map.m_flags & EXT4_MAP_MAPPED))
+				overwrite = 1;
+		} else if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) {
+			ret = -EAGAIN;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
 
 	ret = __generic_file_write_iter(iocb, from);
 	inode_unlock(inode);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index a9448db..e1d424a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static struct file_system_type ext2_fs_type = {
 	.name		= "ext2",
 	.mount		= ext4_mount,
 	.kill_sb	= kill_block_super,
-	.fs_flags	= FS_REQUIRES_DEV,
+	.fs_flags	= FS_REQUIRES_DEV | FS_NOWAIT,
 };
 MODULE_ALIAS_FS("ext2");
 MODULE_ALIAS("ext2");
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static struct file_system_type ext3_fs_type = {
 	.name		= "ext3",
 	.mount		= ext4_mount,
 	.kill_sb	= kill_block_super,
-	.fs_flags	= FS_REQUIRES_DEV,
+	.fs_flags	= FS_REQUIRES_DEV | FS_NOWAIT,
 };
 MODULE_ALIAS_FS("ext3");
 MODULE_ALIAS("ext3");
@@ -5623,7 +5623,7 @@ static struct file_system_type ext4_fs_type = {
 	.name		= "ext4",
 	.mount		= ext4_mount,
 	.kill_sb	= kill_block_super,
-	.fs_flags	= FS_REQUIRES_DEV,
+	.fs_flags	= FS_REQUIRES_DEV | FS_NOWAIT,
 };
 MODULE_ALIAS_FS("ext4");
 
-- 
2.10.2

[PATCH 6/8] nowait aio: ext4

[Goldwyn Rodrigues]

From: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@suse.com>

Return EAGAIN if any of the following checks fail for direct I/O:
 + i_rwsem is lockable
 + Writing beyond end of file (will trigger allocation)
 + Blocks are not allocated at the write location

Signed-off-by: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@suse.com>
---
 fs/ext4/file.c | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index 8210c1f..e223b9f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -127,27 +127,22 @@ ext4_unaligned_aio(struct inode *inode, struct iov_iter *from, loff_t pos)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* Is IO overwriting allocated and initialized blocks? */
-static bool ext4_overwrite_io(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos, loff_t len)
+/* Are IO blocks allocated */
+static bool ext4_blocks_mapped(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos, loff_t len,
+				struct ext4_map_blocks *map)
 {
-	struct ext4_map_blocks map;
 	unsigned int blkbits = inode->i_blkbits;
 	int err, blklen;
 
 	if (pos + len > i_size_read(inode))
 		return false;
 
-	map.m_lblk = pos >> blkbits;
-	map.m_len = EXT4_MAX_BLOCKS(len, pos, blkbits);
-	blklen = map.m_len;
+	map->m_lblk = pos >> blkbits;
+	map->m_len = EXT4_MAX_BLOCKS(len, pos, blkbits);
+	blklen = map->m_len;
 
-	err = ext4_map_blocks(NULL, inode, &map, 0);
-	/*
-	 * 'err==len' means that all of the blocks have been preallocated,
-	 * regardless of whether they have been initialized or not. To exclude
-	 * unwritten extents, we need to check m_flags.
-	 */
-	return err == blklen && (map.m_flags & EXT4_MAP_MAPPED);
+	err = ext4_map_blocks(NULL, inode, map, 0);
+	return err == blklen;
 }
 
 static ssize_t ext4_write_checks(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
@@ -204,6 +199,7 @@ ext4_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp);
 	int o_direct = iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT;
+	int nowait = iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT;
 	int unaligned_aio = 0;
 	int overwrite = 0;
 	ssize_t ret;
@@ -216,7 +212,13 @@ ext4_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 		return ext4_dax_write_iter(iocb, from);
 #endif
 
-	inode_lock(inode);
+	if (o_direct && nowait) {
+		if (!inode_trylock(inode))
+			return -EAGAIN;
+	} else {
+		inode_lock(inode);
+	}
+
 	ret = ext4_write_checks(iocb, from);
 	if (ret <= 0)
 		goto out;
@@ -235,9 +237,21 @@ ext4_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 
 	iocb->private = &overwrite;
 	/* Check whether we do a DIO overwrite or not */
-	if (o_direct && ext4_should_dioread_nolock(inode) && !unaligned_aio &&
-	    ext4_overwrite_io(inode, iocb->ki_pos, iov_iter_count(from)))
-		overwrite = 1;
+	if (o_direct && !unaligned_aio) {
+		struct ext4_map_blocks map;
+		if (ext4_blocks_mapped(inode, iocb->ki_pos,
+				      iov_iter_count(from), &map)) {
+	 		/* To exclude unwritten extents, we need to check
+			 * m_flags.
+			 */
+			if (ext4_should_dioread_nolock(inode) &&
+			    (map.m_flags & EXT4_MAP_MAPPED))
+				overwrite = 1;
+		} else if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) {
+			ret = -EAGAIN;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
 
 	ret = __generic_file_write_iter(iocb, from);
 	inode_unlock(inode);
-- 
2.10.2