aio poll V22 (aka 2.0)

aio poll V22 (aka 2.0)

[Christoph Hellwig]

Hi all,

this series adds support for the IOCB_CMD_POLL operation to poll for the
readyness of file descriptors using the aio subsystem.  The API is based
on patches that existed in RHAS2.1 and RHEL3, which means it already is
supported by libaio.

As our dear leader didn't like the ->poll_mask method this tries to
implement the behavior using plain old ->poll which is rather painful.
For one we only support ->poll instances with a single wait queue behind
them and reject the request otherwise, which isn't really different from
the previous ->poll_mask requirement, just implemented in a rathet
awkward way.
Second we had to implement a refcount on struct aio_iocb (although it
is kept as a no-op for non-poll commands) so that we can safely handle
the case of ->poll returning a mask after it got a wakeup.  This
also means there is a lot of open coded magic for the waitqueue
removals and dealing with ki_list to deal with these cases.
Last but not least to avoid a guaranteed context switch on every wakeup
we trust keyed wakeups, which from an audit of the users seems to be
good.  The only thing it loses is batching of multiple wakeups in
a short time period into a single result.

The changes were sponsored by Scylladb.

    git://git.infradead.org/users/hch/vfs.git aio-poll.22

Gitweb:

    http://git.infradead.org/users/hch/vfs.git/shortlog/refs/heads/aio-poll.22

Libaio changes:

    https://pagure.io/libaio.git io-poll

Seastar changes:

    https://github.com/avikivity/seastar/commits/aio

Changes since v21:
 - rework the cancellation and early complete logic based on feedback
   from Al

Changes since v20:
 - use a refcount_t instead of an atomic_t for ki_refcnt

Changes since v13:
 - rewritten to use ->poll

Changes since v12:
 - remove iocb from ki_list only after ki_cancel has completed
 - fix __poll_t annotations
 - turn __poll_t sparse checkin on by default
 - call fput after aio_complete
 - only add the iocb to active_reqs if we wait for it

Changes since v11:
 - simplify cancellation by completion poll requests from a workqueue
   if we can't take the ctx_lock

Changes since v10:
 - fixed a mismerge that let a sock_rps_record_flow sneak into
   tcp_poll_mask
 - remove the now unused struct proto_ops get_poll_head method

Changes since v9:
 - add to the delayed_cancel_reqs earlier to avoid a race
 - get rid of POLL_TO_PTR magic

Changes since v8:
 - make delayed cancellation conditional again
 - add a cancel_kiocb file operation to split delayed vs normal cancel

Changes since v7:
 - make delayed cancellation safe and unconditional

Changes since v6:
 - reworked cancellation

Changes since v5:
 - small changelog updates
 - rebased on top of the aio-fsync changes

Changes since v4:
 - rebased ontop of Linux 4.16-rc4

Changes since v3:
 - remove the pre-sleep ->poll_mask call in vfs_poll,
   allow ->get_poll_head to return POLL* values.

Changes since v2:
 - removed a double initialization
 - new vfs_get_poll_head helper
 - document that ->get_poll_head can return NULL
 - call ->poll_mask before sleeping
 - various ACKs
 - add conversion of random to ->poll_mask
 - add conversion of af_alg to ->poll_mask
 - lacking ->poll_mask support now returns -EINVAL for IOCB_CMD_POLL
 - reshuffled the series so that prep patches and everything not
   requiring the new in-kernel poll API is in the beginning

Changes since v1:
 - handle the NULL ->poll case in vfs_poll
 - dropped the file argument to the ->poll_mask socket operation
 - replace the ->pre_poll socket operation with ->get_poll_head as
   in the file operations

[PATCH 1/4] timerfd: add support for keyed wakeups

[Christoph Hellwig]

This prepares timerfd for use with aio poll.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Tested-by: Avi Kivity <avi@scylladb.com>
---
 fs/timerfd.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/timerfd.c b/fs/timerfd.c
index cdad49da3ff7..f6c54fd56645 100644
--- a/fs/timerfd.c
+++ b/fs/timerfd.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static void timerfd_triggered(struct timerfd_ctx *ctx)
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->wqh.lock, flags);
 	ctx->expired = 1;
 	ctx->ticks++;
-	wake_up_locked(&ctx->wqh);
+	wake_up_locked_poll(&ctx->wqh, EPOLLIN);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->wqh.lock, flags);
 }
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ void timerfd_clock_was_set(void)
 		if (ctx->moffs != moffs) {
 			ctx->moffs = KTIME_MAX;
 			ctx->ticks++;
-			wake_up_locked(&ctx->wqh);
+			wake_up_locked_poll(&ctx->wqh, EPOLLIN);
 		}
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->wqh.lock, flags);
 	}
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ static long timerfd_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg
 		spin_lock_irq(&ctx->wqh.lock);
 		if (!timerfd_canceled(ctx)) {
 			ctx->ticks = ticks;
-			wake_up_locked(&ctx->wqh);
+			wake_up_locked_poll(&ctx->wqh, EPOLLIN);
 		} else
 			ret = -ECANCELED;
 		spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->wqh.lock);
-- 
2.18.0

[PATCH 2/4] aio: add a iocb refcount

[Christoph Hellwig]

This is needed to prevent races caused by the way the ->poll API works.
To avoid introducing overhead for other users of the iocbs we initialize
it to zero and only do refcount operations if it is non-zero in the
completion path.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Tested-by: Avi Kivity <avi@scylladb.com>
---
 fs/aio.c | 17 +++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 27454594e37a..fe2018ada32c 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
 #include <linux/uio.h>
 
 #include <linux/sched/signal.h>
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@ struct aio_kiocb {
 
 	struct list_head	ki_list;	/* the aio core uses this
 						 * for cancellation */
+	refcount_t		ki_refcnt;
 
 	/*
 	 * If the aio_resfd field of the userspace iocb is not zero,
@@ -1015,6 +1017,7 @@ static inline struct aio_kiocb *aio_get_req(struct kioctx *ctx)
 
 	percpu_ref_get(&ctx->reqs);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&req->ki_list);
+	refcount_set(&req->ki_refcnt, 0);
 	req->ki_ctx = ctx;
 	return req;
 out_put:
@@ -1049,6 +1052,15 @@ static struct kioctx *lookup_ioctx(unsigned long ctx_id)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static inline void iocb_put(struct aio_kiocb *iocb)
+{
+	if (refcount_read(&iocb->ki_refcnt) == 0 ||
+	    refcount_dec_and_test(&iocb->ki_refcnt)) {
+		percpu_ref_put(&iocb->ki_ctx->reqs);
+		kmem_cache_free(kiocb_cachep, iocb);
+	}
+}
+
 /* aio_complete
  *	Called when the io request on the given iocb is complete.
  */
@@ -1118,8 +1130,6 @@ static void aio_complete(struct aio_kiocb *iocb, long res, long res2)
 		eventfd_ctx_put(iocb->ki_eventfd);
 	}
 
-	kmem_cache_free(kiocb_cachep, iocb);
-
 	/*
 	 * We have to order our ring_info tail store above and test
 	 * of the wait list below outside the wait lock.  This is
@@ -1130,8 +1140,7 @@ static void aio_complete(struct aio_kiocb *iocb, long res, long res2)
 
 	if (waitqueue_active(&ctx->wait))
 		wake_up(&ctx->wait);
-
-	percpu_ref_put(&ctx->reqs);
+	iocb_put(iocb);
 }
 
 /* aio_read_events_ring
-- 
2.18.0

[PATCH 3/4] aio: implement IOCB_CMD_POLL

[Christoph Hellwig]

Simple one-shot poll through the io_submit() interface.  To poll for
a file descriptor the application should submit an iocb of type
IOCB_CMD_POLL.  It will poll the fd for the events specified in the
the first 32 bits of the aio_buf field of the iocb.

Unlike poll or epoll without EPOLLONESHOT this interface always works
in one shot mode, that is once the iocb is completed, it will have to be
resubmitted.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Tested-by: Avi Kivity <avi@scylladb.com>
---
 fs/aio.c                     | 178 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/uapi/linux/aio_abi.h |   6 +-
 2 files changed, 180 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index fe2018ada32c..2fd19521d8a8 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  *	Implements an efficient asynchronous io interface.
  *
  *	Copyright 2000, 2001, 2002 Red Hat, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ *	Copyright 2018 Christoph Hellwig.
  *
  *	See ../COPYING for licensing terms.
  */
@@ -165,10 +166,21 @@ struct fsync_iocb {
 	bool			datasync;
 };
 
+struct poll_iocb {
+	struct file		*file;
+	struct wait_queue_head	*head;
+	__poll_t		events;
+	bool			woken;
+	bool			cancelled;
+	struct wait_queue_entry	wait;
+	struct work_struct	work;
+};
+
 struct aio_kiocb {
 	union {
 		struct kiocb		rw;
 		struct fsync_iocb	fsync;
+		struct poll_iocb	poll;
 	};
 
 	struct kioctx		*ki_ctx;
@@ -1601,6 +1613,169 @@ static int aio_fsync(struct fsync_iocb *req, struct iocb *iocb, bool datasync)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline void aio_poll_complete(struct aio_kiocb *iocb, __poll_t mask)
+{
+	struct file *file = iocb->poll.file;
+
+	aio_complete(iocb, mangle_poll(mask), 0);
+	fput(file);
+}
+
+static void aio_poll_complete_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct poll_iocb *req = container_of(work, struct poll_iocb, work);
+	struct aio_kiocb *iocb = container_of(req, struct aio_kiocb, poll);
+	struct poll_table_struct pt = { ._key = req->events };
+	struct kioctx *ctx = iocb->ki_ctx;
+	__poll_t mask = 0;
+
+	if (!READ_ONCE(req->cancelled))
+		mask = vfs_poll(req->file, &pt) & req->events;
+
+	/*
+	 * Note that ->ki_cancel callers also delete iocb from active_reqs after
+	 * calling ->ki_cancel.  We need the ctx_lock roundtrip here to
+	 * synchronize with them.  In the cancellation case the list_del_init
+	 * itself is not actually needed, but harmless so we keep it in to
+	 * avoid further branches in the fast path.
+	 */
+	spin_lock_irq(&ctx->ctx_lock);
+	if (!mask && !READ_ONCE(req->cancelled)) {
+		add_wait_queue(req->head, &req->wait);
+		spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->ctx_lock);
+		return;
+	}
+	list_del_init(&iocb->ki_list);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->ctx_lock);
+
+	aio_poll_complete(iocb, mask);
+}
+
+/* assumes we are called with irqs disabled */
+static int aio_poll_cancel(struct kiocb *iocb)
+{
+	struct aio_kiocb *aiocb = container_of(iocb, struct aio_kiocb, rw);
+	struct poll_iocb *req = &aiocb->poll;
+
+	spin_lock(&req->head->lock);
+	WRITE_ONCE(req->cancelled, true);
+	if (!list_empty(&req->wait.entry)) {
+		list_del_init(&req->wait.entry);
+		schedule_work(&aiocb->poll.work);
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&req->head->lock);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int aio_poll_wake(struct wait_queue_entry *wait, unsigned mode, int sync,
+		void *key)
+{
+	struct poll_iocb *req = container_of(wait, struct poll_iocb, wait);
+	__poll_t mask = key_to_poll(key);
+
+	req->woken = true;
+
+	/* for instances that support it check for an event match first: */
+	if (mask && !(mask & req->events))
+		return 0;
+
+	list_del_init(&req->wait.entry);
+	schedule_work(&req->work);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+struct aio_poll_table {
+	struct poll_table_struct	pt;
+	struct aio_kiocb		*iocb;
+	int				error;
+};
+
+static void
+aio_poll_queue_proc(struct file *file, struct wait_queue_head *head,
+		struct poll_table_struct *p)
+{
+	struct aio_poll_table *pt = container_of(p, struct aio_poll_table, pt);
+
+	/* multiple wait queues per file are not supported */
+	if (unlikely(pt->iocb->poll.head)) {
+		pt->error = -EINVAL;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	pt->error = 0;
+	pt->iocb->poll.head = head;
+	add_wait_queue(head, &pt->iocb->poll.wait);
+}
+
+static ssize_t aio_poll(struct aio_kiocb *aiocb, struct iocb *iocb)
+{
+	struct kioctx *ctx = aiocb->ki_ctx;
+	struct poll_iocb *req = &aiocb->poll;
+	struct aio_poll_table apt;
+	__poll_t mask;
+
+	/* reject any unknown events outside the normal event mask. */
+	if ((u16)iocb->aio_buf != iocb->aio_buf)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	/* reject fields that are not defined for poll */
+	if (iocb->aio_offset || iocb->aio_nbytes || iocb->aio_rw_flags)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	INIT_WORK(&req->work, aio_poll_complete_work);
+	req->events = demangle_poll(iocb->aio_buf) | EPOLLERR | EPOLLHUP;
+	req->file = fget(iocb->aio_fildes);
+	if (unlikely(!req->file))
+		return -EBADF;
+
+	apt.pt._qproc = aio_poll_queue_proc;
+	apt.pt._key = req->events;
+	apt.iocb = aiocb;
+	apt.error = -EINVAL; /* same as no support for IOCB_CMD_POLL */
+
+	/* initialized the list so that we can do list_empty checks */
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&req->wait.entry);
+	init_waitqueue_func_entry(&req->wait, aio_poll_wake);
+
+	/* one for removal from waitqueue, one for this function */
+	refcount_set(&aiocb->ki_refcnt, 2);
+
+	mask = vfs_poll(req->file, &apt.pt) & req->events;
+	if (unlikely(!req->head)) {
+		/* we did not manage to set up a waitqueue, done */
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&ctx->ctx_lock);
+	spin_lock(&req->head->lock);
+	if (req->woken) {
+		/* wake_up context handles the rest */
+		mask = 0;
+		apt.error = 0;
+	} else if (mask || apt.error) {
+		/* if we get an error or a mask we are done */
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(list_empty(&req->wait.entry));
+		list_del_init(&req->wait.entry);
+	} else {
+		/* actually waiting for an event */
+		list_add_tail(&aiocb->ki_list, &ctx->active_reqs);
+		aiocb->ki_cancel = aio_poll_cancel;
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&req->head->lock);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->ctx_lock);
+
+out:
+	if (unlikely(apt.error)) {
+		fput(req->file);
+		return apt.error;
+	}
+
+	if (mask)
+		aio_poll_complete(aiocb, mask);
+	iocb_put(aiocb);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int io_submit_one(struct kioctx *ctx, struct iocb __user *user_iocb,
 			 bool compat)
 {
@@ -1674,6 +1849,9 @@ static int io_submit_one(struct kioctx *ctx, struct iocb __user *user_iocb,
 	case IOCB_CMD_FDSYNC:
 		ret = aio_fsync(&req->fsync, &iocb, true);
 		break;
+	case IOCB_CMD_POLL:
+		ret = aio_poll(req, &iocb);
+		break;
 	default:
 		pr_debug("invalid aio operation %d\n", iocb.aio_lio_opcode);
 		ret = -EINVAL;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/aio_abi.h b/include/uapi/linux/aio_abi.h
index d4593a6062ef..ce43d340f010 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/aio_abi.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/aio_abi.h
@@ -38,10 +38,8 @@ enum {
 	IOCB_CMD_PWRITE = 1,
 	IOCB_CMD_FSYNC = 2,
 	IOCB_CMD_FDSYNC = 3,
-	/* These two are experimental.
-	 * IOCB_CMD_PREADX = 4,
-	 * IOCB_CMD_POLL = 5,
-	 */
+	/* 4 was the experimental IOCB_CMD_PREADX */
+	IOCB_CMD_POLL = 5,
 	IOCB_CMD_NOOP = 6,
 	IOCB_CMD_PREADV = 7,
 	IOCB_CMD_PWRITEV = 8,
-- 
2.18.0

[PATCH 4/4] aio: allow direct aio poll comletions for keyed wakeups

[Christoph Hellwig]

If we get a keyed wakeup for a aio poll waitqueue and wake can acquire the
ctx_lock without spinning we can just complete the iocb straight from the
wakeup callback to avoid a context switch.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Tested-by: Avi Kivity <avi@scylladb.com>
---
 fs/aio.c | 17 +++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 2fd19521d8a8..29f2b5b57d32 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1672,13 +1672,26 @@ static int aio_poll_wake(struct wait_queue_entry *wait, unsigned mode, int sync,
 		void *key)
 {
 	struct poll_iocb *req = container_of(wait, struct poll_iocb, wait);
+	struct aio_kiocb *iocb = container_of(req, struct aio_kiocb, poll);
 	__poll_t mask = key_to_poll(key);
 
 	req->woken = true;
 
 	/* for instances that support it check for an event match first: */
-	if (mask && !(mask & req->events))
-		return 0;
+	if (mask) {
+		if (!(mask & req->events))
+			return 0;
+
+		/* try to complete the iocb inline if we can: */
+		if (spin_trylock(&iocb->ki_ctx->ctx_lock)) {
+			list_del(&iocb->ki_list);
+			spin_unlock(&iocb->ki_ctx->ctx_lock);
+
+			list_del_init(&req->wait.entry);
+			aio_poll_complete(iocb, mask);
+			return 1;
+		}
+	}
 
 	list_del_init(&req->wait.entry);
 	schedule_work(&req->work);
-- 
2.18.0

Re: aio poll V22 (aka 2.0)

[Linus Torvalds]

On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 1:31 AM Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> wrote:
>
> As our dear leader didn't like the ->poll_mask method this tries to
> implement the behavior using plain old ->poll which is rather painful.

I'm not seeing what's painful for this. Looking at the patches, this
is *much* more straightforward than your previous patch,

It adds refcounting to aio_iocb, but that's *much* better than messing
up every other subsystem.

Or is there some follow-up patches that are pending but you didn't
post that are the painful part? Because the diffstat says that this
second version is *way* less painful, at about 200 lines of code in a
couple of files, mostly aio, vs ~700 lines of changes all over the
place, together with a performance regression.

                 Linus

Re: [PATCH 4/4] aio: allow direct aio poll comletions for keyed wakeups

[Andrew Morton]

On Mon,  6 Aug 2018 10:30:58 +0200 Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> wrote:

> If we get a keyed wakeup for a aio poll waitqueue and wake can acquire the
> ctx_lock without spinning we can just complete the iocb straight from the
> wakeup callback to avoid a context switch.

Why do we try to avoid spinning on the lock?

> --- a/fs/aio.c
> +++ b/fs/aio.c
> @@ -1672,13 +1672,26 @@ static int aio_poll_wake(struct wait_queue_entry *wait, unsigned mode, int sync,
>  		void *key)
>  {
>  	struct poll_iocb *req = container_of(wait, struct poll_iocb, wait);
> +	struct aio_kiocb *iocb = container_of(req, struct aio_kiocb, poll);
>  	__poll_t mask = key_to_poll(key);
>  
>  	req->woken = true;
>  
>  	/* for instances that support it check for an event match first: */
> -	if (mask && !(mask & req->events))
> -		return 0;
> +	if (mask) {
> +		if (!(mask & req->events))
> +			return 0;
> +
> +		/* try to complete the iocb inline if we can: */

ie, this comment explains 'what" but not "why".

(There's a typo in Subject:, btw)

> +		if (spin_trylock(&iocb->ki_ctx->ctx_lock)) {
> +			list_del(&iocb->ki_list);
> +			spin_unlock(&iocb->ki_ctx->ctx_lock);
> +
> +			list_del_init(&req->wait.entry);
> +			aio_poll_complete(iocb, mask);
> +			return 1;
> +		}
> +	}
>  
>  	list_del_init(&req->wait.entry);
>  	schedule_work(&req->work);

Re: [PATCH 4/4] aio: allow direct aio poll comletions for keyed wakeups

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Mon, Aug 06, 2018 at 03:27:05PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Mon,  6 Aug 2018 10:30:58 +0200 Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> wrote:
> 
> > If we get a keyed wakeup for a aio poll waitqueue and wake can acquire the
> > ctx_lock without spinning we can just complete the iocb straight from the
> > wakeup callback to avoid a context switch.
> 
> Why do we try to avoid spinning on the lock?

Because we are called with the lock on the waitqueue called, which
nests inside it.

> > +		/* try to complete the iocb inline if we can: */
> 
> ie, this comment explains 'what" but not "why".
> 
> (There's a typo in Subject:, btw)

Because it is faster obviously.  I can update the comment.

Re: aio poll V22 (aka 2.0)

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Mon, Aug 06, 2018 at 09:49:24AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> I'm not seeing what's painful for this. Looking at the patches, this
> is *much* more straightforward than your previous patch,
> 
> It adds refcounting to aio_iocb, but that's *much* better than messing
> up every other subsystem.
> 
> Or is there some follow-up patches that are pending but you didn't
> post that are the painful part? Because the diffstat says that this
> second version is *way* less painful, at about 200 lines of code in a
> couple of files, mostly aio, vs ~700 lines of changes all over the
> place, together with a performance regression.

It requires additional lock roundtrips and very strange life time
rules.  But we've already established that our preference here are
different, so I'm not surprised by your different view.

[PATCH 4/4 v2] aio: allow direct aio poll comletions for keyed wakeups

[Christoph Hellwig]

If we get a keyed wakeup for a aio poll waitqueue and wake can acquire the
ctx_lock without spinning we can just complete the iocb straight from the
wakeup callback to avoid a context switch.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Tested-by: Avi Kivity <avi@scylladb.com>
---

Fix a subject line typo and improve a comment.

 fs/aio.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 2fd19521d8a8..5943098a87c6 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1672,13 +1672,29 @@ static int aio_poll_wake(struct wait_queue_entry *wait, unsigned mode, int sync,
 		void *key)
 {
 	struct poll_iocb *req = container_of(wait, struct poll_iocb, wait);
+	struct aio_kiocb *iocb = container_of(req, struct aio_kiocb, poll);
 	__poll_t mask = key_to_poll(key);
 
 	req->woken = true;
 
 	/* for instances that support it check for an event match first: */
-	if (mask && !(mask & req->events))
-		return 0;
+	if (mask) {
+		if (!(mask & req->events))
+			return 0;
+
+		/*
+		 * Try to complete the iocb inline if we can to avoid a costly
+		 * context switch.
+		 */
+		if (spin_trylock(&iocb->ki_ctx->ctx_lock)) {
+			list_del(&iocb->ki_list);
+			spin_unlock(&iocb->ki_ctx->ctx_lock);
+
+			list_del_init(&req->wait.entry);
+			aio_poll_complete(iocb, mask);
+			return 1;
+		}
+	}
 
 	list_del_init(&req->wait.entry);
 	schedule_work(&req->work);
-- 
2.18.0

Re: [PATCH 4/4] aio: allow direct aio poll comletions for keyed wakeups

[Andrew Morton]

On Tue, 7 Aug 2018 09:25:55 +0200 Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 06, 2018 at 03:27:05PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Mon,  6 Aug 2018 10:30:58 +0200 Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> wrote:
> > 
> > > If we get a keyed wakeup for a aio poll waitqueue and wake can acquire the
> > > ctx_lock without spinning we can just complete the iocb straight from the
> > > wakeup callback to avoid a context switch.
> > 
> > Why do we try to avoid spinning on the lock?
> 
> Because we are called with the lock on the waitqueue called, which
> nests inside it.

Ah.

> > > +		/* try to complete the iocb inline if we can: */
> > 
> > ie, this comment explains 'what" but not "why".
> > 
> > (There's a typo in Subject:, btw)
> 
> Because it is faster obviously.  I can update the comment.

I meant the comment could explain why it's a trylock instead of a
spin_lock().

Re: [PATCH 4/4] aio: allow direct aio poll comletions for keyed wakeups

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 09:04:41AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Because it is faster obviously.  I can update the comment.
> 
> I meant the comment could explain why it's a trylock instead of a
> spin_lock().

We could something like this the patch below.

Al, do you want me to resend or can you just fold it in?

diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 5943098a87c6..84df2c2bf80b 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1684,7 +1684,8 @@ static int aio_poll_wake(struct wait_queue_entry *wait, unsigned mode, int sync,
 
 		/*
 		 * Try to complete the iocb inline if we can to avoid a costly
-		 * context switch.
+		 * context switch.  As the waitqueue lock nests inside the ctx
+		 * lock we can only do that if we can get it without waiting.
 		 */
 		if (spin_trylock(&iocb->ki_ctx->ctx_lock)) {
 			list_del(&iocb->ki_list);

[PATCH 1/4] timerfd: add support for keyed wakeups

[Christoph Hellwig]

This prepares timerfd for use with aio poll.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
---
 fs/timerfd.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/timerfd.c b/fs/timerfd.c
index cdad49da3ff7..f6c54fd56645 100644
--- a/fs/timerfd.c
+++ b/fs/timerfd.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static void timerfd_triggered(struct timerfd_ctx *ctx)
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->wqh.lock, flags);
 	ctx->expired = 1;
 	ctx->ticks++;
-	wake_up_locked(&ctx->wqh);
+	wake_up_locked_poll(&ctx->wqh, EPOLLIN);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->wqh.lock, flags);
 }
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ void timerfd_clock_was_set(void)
 		if (ctx->moffs != moffs) {
 			ctx->moffs = KTIME_MAX;
 			ctx->ticks++;
-			wake_up_locked(&ctx->wqh);
+			wake_up_locked_poll(&ctx->wqh, EPOLLIN);
 		}
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->wqh.lock, flags);
 	}
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ static long timerfd_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg
 		spin_lock_irq(&ctx->wqh.lock);
 		if (!timerfd_canceled(ctx)) {
 			ctx->ticks = ticks;
-			wake_up_locked(&ctx->wqh);
+			wake_up_locked_poll(&ctx->wqh, EPOLLIN);
 		} else
 			ret = -ECANCELED;
 		spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->wqh.lock);
-- 
2.18.0

[PATCH 1/4] timerfd: add support for keyed wakeups

[Christoph Hellwig]

This prepares timerfd for use with aio poll.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
---
 fs/timerfd.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/timerfd.c b/fs/timerfd.c
index cdad49da3ff7..f6c54fd56645 100644
--- a/fs/timerfd.c
+++ b/fs/timerfd.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static void timerfd_triggered(struct timerfd_ctx *ctx)
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->wqh.lock, flags);
 	ctx->expired = 1;
 	ctx->ticks++;
-	wake_up_locked(&ctx->wqh);
+	wake_up_locked_poll(&ctx->wqh, EPOLLIN);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->wqh.lock, flags);
 }
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ void timerfd_clock_was_set(void)
 		if (ctx->moffs != moffs) {
 			ctx->moffs = KTIME_MAX;
 			ctx->ticks++;
-			wake_up_locked(&ctx->wqh);
+			wake_up_locked_poll(&ctx->wqh, EPOLLIN);
 		}
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->wqh.lock, flags);
 	}
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ static long timerfd_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg
 		spin_lock_irq(&ctx->wqh.lock);
 		if (!timerfd_canceled(ctx)) {
 			ctx->ticks = ticks;
-			wake_up_locked(&ctx->wqh);
+			wake_up_locked_poll(&ctx->wqh, EPOLLIN);
 		} else
 			ret = -ECANCELED;
 		spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->wqh.lock);
-- 
2.18.0