Re: [PATCHv4 3/3] ext4: Move to shared i_rwsem even without dioread_nolock mount opt

[Ritesh Harjani <riteshh@linux.ibm.com>]

On 12/5/19 5:35 PM, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Thu 05-12-19 12:16:24, Ritesh Harjani wrote:
>> We were using shared locking only in case of dioread_nolock mount option in case
>> of DIO overwrites. This mount condition is not needed anymore with current code,
>> since:-
>>
>> 1. No race between buffered writes & DIO overwrites. Since buffIO writes takes
>> exclusive lock & DIO overwrites will take shared locking. Also DIO path will
>> make sure to flush and wait for any dirty page cache data.
>>
>> 2. No race between buffered reads & DIO overwrites, since there is no block
>> allocation that is possible with DIO overwrites. So no stale data exposure
>> should happen. Same is the case between DIO reads & DIO overwrites.
>>
>> 3. Also other paths like truncate is protected, since we wait there for any DIO
>> in flight to be over.
>>
>> 4. In case of buffIO writes followed by DIO reads:- since here also we take
>> exclusive lock in ext4_write_begin/end(). There is no risk of exposing any
>> stale data in this case. Since after ext4_write_end, iomap_dio_rw() will flush &
>> wait for any dirty page cache data to be written.
> 
> The case 4) doesn't seem to be relevant for this patch anymore? Otherwise
> the patch looks good to me. You can add:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
> 

Yup, will remove it. Thanks.


> 								Honza
> 
>> Signed-off-by: Ritesh Harjani <riteshh@linux.ibm.com>
>> ---
>>   fs/ext4/file.c | 9 +++------
>>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
>> index cbafaec9e4fc..682ed956eb02 100644
>> --- a/fs/ext4/file.c
>> +++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
>> @@ -392,8 +392,8 @@ static const struct iomap_dio_ops ext4_dio_write_ops = {
>>    * - For extending writes case we don't take the shared lock, since it requires
>>    *   updating inode i_disksize and/or orphan handling with exclusive lock.
>>    *
>> - * - shared locking will only be true mostly with overwrites in dioread_nolock
>> - *   mode. Otherwise we will switch to exclusive i_rwsem lock.
>> + * - shared locking will only be true mostly with overwrites. Otherwise we will
>> + *   switch to exclusive i_rwsem lock.
>>    */
>>   static ssize_t ext4_dio_write_checks(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from,
>>   				     bool *ilock_shared, bool *extend)
>> @@ -415,14 +415,11 @@ static ssize_t ext4_dio_write_checks(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from,
>>   		*extend = true;
>>   	/*
>>   	 * Determine whether the IO operation will overwrite allocated
>> -	 * and initialized blocks. If so, check to see whether it is
>> -	 * possible to take the dioread_nolock path.
>> -	 *
>> +	 * and initialized blocks.
>>   	 * We need exclusive i_rwsem for changing security info
>>   	 * in file_modified().
>>   	 */
>>   	if (*ilock_shared && (!IS_NOSEC(inode) || *extend ||
>> -	     !ext4_should_dioread_nolock(inode) ||
>>   	     !ext4_overwrite_io(inode, offset, count))) {
>>   		inode_unlock_shared(inode);
>>   		*ilock_shared = false;
>> -- 
>> 2.21.0
>>