Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/8] ext4/xfs: add page refcount helper

[Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com>]

* Alex Sierra <alex.sierra@amd.com> [210607 16:43]:
> From: Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@nvidia.com>
> 
> There are several places where ZONE_DEVICE struct pages assume a reference
> count == 1 means the page is idle and free. Instead of open coding this,
> add a helper function to hide this detail.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@nvidia.com>
> ---
>  fs/dax.c            |  4 ++--
>  fs/ext4/inode.c     |  5 +----
>  fs/xfs/xfs_file.c   |  4 +---
>  include/linux/dax.h | 10 ++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
> index 26d5dcd2d69e..321f4ddc6643 100644
> --- a/fs/dax.c
> +++ b/fs/dax.c
> @@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ static void dax_disassociate_entry(void *entry, struct address_space *mapping,
>  	for_each_mapped_pfn(entry, pfn) {
>  		struct page *page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
>  
> -		WARN_ON_ONCE(trunc && page_ref_count(page) > 1);
> +		WARN_ON_ONCE(trunc && !dax_layout_is_idle_page(page));
>  		WARN_ON_ONCE(page->mapping && page->mapping != mapping);
>  		page->mapping = NULL;
>  		page->index = 0;
> @@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ static struct page *dax_busy_page(void *entry)
>  	for_each_mapped_pfn(entry, pfn) {
>  		struct page *page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
>  
> -		if (page_ref_count(page) > 1)
> +		if (!dax_layout_is_idle_page(page))
>  			return page;
>  	}
>  	return NULL;
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> index c173c8405856..9ee00186412f 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> @@ -3972,10 +3972,7 @@ int ext4_break_layouts(struct inode *inode)
>  		if (!page)
>  			return 0;
>  
> -		error = ___wait_var_event(&page->_refcount,
> -				atomic_read(&page->_refcount) == 1,
> -				TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, 0, 0,
> -				ext4_wait_dax_page(ei));
> +		error = dax_wait_page(ei, page, ext4_wait_dax_page);
>  	} while (error == 0);
>  
>  	return error;
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> index 5b0f93f73837..39565fe5f817 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> @@ -782,9 +782,7 @@ xfs_break_dax_layouts(
>  		return 0;
>  
>  	*retry = true;
> -	return ___wait_var_event(&page->_refcount,
> -			atomic_read(&page->_refcount) == 1, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE,
> -			0, 0, xfs_wait_dax_page(inode));
> +	return dax_wait_page(inode, page, xfs_wait_dax_page);
>  }
>  
>  int
> diff --git a/include/linux/dax.h b/include/linux/dax.h
> index b52f084aa643..8909a91cd381 100644
> --- a/include/linux/dax.h
> +++ b/include/linux/dax.h
> @@ -243,6 +243,16 @@ static inline bool dax_mapping(struct address_space *mapping)
>  	return mapping->host && IS_DAX(mapping->host);
>  }
>  
> +static inline bool dax_layout_is_idle_page(struct page *page)
> +{
> +	return page_ref_count(page) == 1;
> +}

If this races with page_ref_count(page) == 0, then it will return false
that a page is idle when the page is being freed.  I don't know the code
well enough to say if this is an issue or not so please let me know.

For example:
!dax_layout_is_idle_page() will return true in dax_busy_page() above
when the count is 0 and return the page.

Maybe you are sure to have at least one reference when calling this?  It
might be worth adding a comment.

> +
> +#define dax_wait_page(_inode, _page, _wait_cb)				\
> +	___wait_var_event(&(_page)->_refcount,				\
> +		dax_layout_is_idle_page(_page),				\
> +		TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, 0, 0, _wait_cb(_inode))
> +
>  #ifdef CONFIG_DEV_DAX_HMEM_DEVICES
>  void hmem_register_device(int target_nid, struct resource *r);
>  #else
> -- 
> 2.17.1
> 
>