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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4] netfs: do not unlock and put the folio twice
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On 7/7/22 9:21 PM, David Howells wrote:
> Here's my take on this. I've made the error: path handle folio == NULL, so
> you don't need to split that error case. I've also changed
> ->check_write_begin() so that it returns 0, not -EAGAIN, if we drop the folio;
> the process is retried then if the folio pointer got cleared.
>
> As a result, you don't have to discard the page if you want to return an error
> and thus don't need the additional afs patch
>
> David
> ---
> commit 8489c89f6a186272593ab5e3fffbd47ea21185b7
> Author: Xiubo Li <xiubli@redhat.com>
> Date: Thu Jul 7 12:51:11 2022 +0800
>
> netfs: do not unlock and put the folio twice
>
> check_write_begin() will unlock and put the folio when return
> non-zero. So we should avoid unlocking and putting it twice in
> netfs layer.
>
> Change the way ->check_write_begin() works in the following two ways:
>
> (1) Pass it a pointer to the folio pointer, allowing it to unlock and put
> the folio prior to doing the stuff it wants to do, provided it clears
> the folio pointer.
>
> (2) Change the return values such that 0 with folio pointer set means
> continue, 0 with folio pointer cleared means re-get and all error
> codes indicating an error (no special treatment for -EAGAIN).
>
> Link: https://tracker.ceph.com/issues/56423
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220707045112.10177-2-xiubli@redhat.com/
> Signed-off-by: Xiubo Li <xiubli@redhat.com>
> Co-developed-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/netfs_library.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/netfs_library.rst
> index 4d19b19bcc08..89085e1c22db 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/netfs_library.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/netfs_library.rst
> @@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ through which it can issue requests and negotiate::
> void (*issue_read)(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq);
> bool (*is_still_valid)(struct netfs_io_request *rreq);
> int (*check_write_begin)(struct file *file, loff_t pos, unsigned len,
> - struct folio *folio, void **_fsdata);
> + struct folio **_folio, void **_fsdata);
> void (*done)(struct netfs_io_request *rreq);
> };
>
> @@ -381,8 +381,10 @@ The operations are as follows:
> allocated/grabbed the folio to be modified to allow the filesystem to flush
> conflicting state before allowing it to be modified.
>
> - It should return 0 if everything is now fine, -EAGAIN if the folio should be
> - regrabbed and any other error code to abort the operation.
> + It may unlock and discard the folio it was given and set the caller's folio
> + pointer to NULL. It should return 0 if everything is now fine (*_folio
> + left set) or the op should be retried (*_folio cleared) and any other error
> + code to abort the operation.
>
> * ``done``
>
> diff --git a/fs/afs/file.c b/fs/afs/file.c
> index 42118a4f3383..afacce797fb9 100644
> --- a/fs/afs/file.c
> +++ b/fs/afs/file.c
> @@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ static int afs_begin_cache_operation(struct netfs_io_request *rreq)
> }
>
> static int afs_check_write_begin(struct file *file, loff_t pos, unsigned len,
> - struct folio *folio, void **_fsdata)
> + struct folio **folio, void **_fsdata)
> {
> struct afs_vnode *vnode = AFS_FS_I(file_inode(file));
>
> diff --git a/fs/ceph/addr.c b/fs/ceph/addr.c
> index 6dee88815491..ab070a24ca23 100644
> --- a/fs/ceph/addr.c
> +++ b/fs/ceph/addr.c
> @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
> (CONGESTION_ON_THRESH(congestion_kb) >> 2))
>
> static int ceph_netfs_check_write_begin(struct file *file, loff_t pos, unsigned int len,
> - struct folio *folio, void **_fsdata);
> + struct folio **folio, void **_fsdata);
>
> static inline struct ceph_snap_context *page_snap_context(struct page *page)
> {
> @@ -1288,18 +1288,19 @@ ceph_find_incompatible(struct page *page)
> }
>
> static int ceph_netfs_check_write_begin(struct file *file, loff_t pos, unsigned int len,
> - struct folio *folio, void **_fsdata)
> + struct folio **folio, void **_fsdata)
> {
> struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
> struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
> struct ceph_snap_context *snapc;
>
> - snapc = ceph_find_incompatible(folio_page(folio, 0));
> + snapc = ceph_find_incompatible(folio_page(*folio, 0));
> if (snapc) {
> int r;
>
> - folio_unlock(folio);
> - folio_put(folio);
> + folio_unlock(*folio);
> + folio_put(*folio);
> + *folio = NULL;
> if (IS_ERR(snapc))
> return PTR_ERR(snapc);
>
> diff --git a/fs/netfs/buffered_read.c b/fs/netfs/buffered_read.c
> index 42f892c5712e..69bbf1c25cf4 100644
> --- a/fs/netfs/buffered_read.c
> +++ b/fs/netfs/buffered_read.c
> @@ -319,8 +319,9 @@ static bool netfs_skip_folio_read(struct folio *folio, loff_t pos, size_t len,
> * conflicting writes once the folio is grabbed and locked. It is passed a
> * pointer to the fsdata cookie that gets returned to the VM to be passed to
> * write_end. It is permitted to sleep. It should return 0 if the request
> - * should go ahead; unlock the folio and return -EAGAIN to cause the folio to
> - * be regot; or return an error.
> + * should go ahead or it may return an error. It may also unlock and put the
> + * folio, provided it sets *_folio to NULL, in which case a return of 0 will
> + * cause the folio to be re-got and the process to be retried.
> *
> * The calling netfs must initialise a netfs context contiguous to the vfs
> * inode before calling this.
> @@ -348,13 +349,13 @@ int netfs_write_begin(struct netfs_inode *ctx,
>
> if (ctx->ops->check_write_begin) {
> /* Allow the netfs (eg. ceph) to flush conflicts. */
> - ret = ctx->ops->check_write_begin(file, pos, len, folio, _fsdata);
> + ret = ctx->ops->check_write_begin(file, pos, len, &folio, _fsdata);
> if (ret < 0) {
> trace_netfs_failure(NULL, NULL, ret, netfs_fail_check_write_begin);
> - if (ret == -EAGAIN)
> - goto retry;
> goto error;
> }
> + if (!folio)
> + goto retry;
> }
>
> if (folio_test_uptodate(folio))
> @@ -416,8 +417,10 @@ int netfs_write_begin(struct netfs_inode *ctx,
> error_put:
> netfs_put_request(rreq, false, netfs_rreq_trace_put_failed);
> error:
> - folio_unlock(folio);
> - folio_put(folio);
> + if (folio) {
> + folio_unlock(folio);
> + folio_put(folio);
> + }
> _leave(" = %d", ret);
> return ret;
> }
> diff --git a/include/linux/netfs.h b/include/linux/netfs.h
> index 1773e5df8e65..6ab5d56dac74 100644
> --- a/include/linux/netfs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/netfs.h
> @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ struct netfs_request_ops {
> void (*issue_read)(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq);
> bool (*is_still_valid)(struct netfs_io_request *rreq);
> int (*check_write_begin)(struct file *file, loff_t pos, unsigned len,
> - struct folio *folio, void **_fsdata);
> + struct folio **_folio, void **_fsdata);
> void (*done)(struct netfs_io_request *rreq);
> };
>
>
This version looks good to me.

Thanks David!


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