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Date:   Tue, 10 Sep 2019 08:59:29 +0800
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On 2019/9/9 22:34, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> On 09/09, Chao Yu wrote:
>> On 2019/9/9 16:38, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
>>> On 09/09, Chao Yu wrote:
>>>> On 2019/9/9 16:21, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
>>>>> On 09/09, Chao Yu wrote:
>>>>>> On 2019/9/9 16:01, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
>>>>>>> On 09/09, Chao Yu wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2019/9/9 15:30, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 09/09, Chao Yu wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 2019/9/9 9:25, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> If committing atomic pages is failed when doing f2fs_do_sync_file(), we can
>>>>>>>>>>> get commited pages but atomic_file being still set like:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> - inmem:    0, atomic IO:    4 (Max.   10), volatile IO:    0 (Max.    0)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> If GC selects this block, we can get an infinite loop like this:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> f2fs_submit_page_bio: dev = (253,7), ino = 2, page_index = 0x2359a8, oldaddr = 0x2359a8, newaddr = 0x2359a8, rw = READ(), type = COLD_DATA
>>>>>>>>>>> f2fs_submit_read_bio: dev = (253,7)/(253,7), rw = READ(), DATA, sector = 18533696, size = 4096
>>>>>>>>>>> f2fs_get_victim: dev = (253,7), type = No TYPE, policy = (Foreground GC, LFS-mode, Greedy), victim = 4355, cost = 1, ofs_unit = 1, pre_victim_secno = 4355, prefree = 0, free = 234
>>>>>>>>>>> f2fs_iget: dev = (253,7), ino = 6247, pino = 5845, i_mode = 0x81b0, i_size = 319488, i_nlink = 1, i_blocks = 624, i_advise = 0x2c
>>>>>>>>>>> f2fs_submit_page_bio: dev = (253,7), ino = 2, page_index = 0x2359a8, oldaddr = 0x2359a8, newaddr = 0x2359a8, rw = READ(), type = COLD_DATA
>>>>>>>>>>> f2fs_submit_read_bio: dev = (253,7)/(253,7), rw = READ(), DATA, sector = 18533696, size = 4096
>>>>>>>>>>> f2fs_get_victim: dev = (253,7), type = No TYPE, policy = (Foreground GC, LFS-mode, Greedy), victim = 4355, cost = 1, ofs_unit = 1, pre_victim_secno = 4355, prefree = 0, free = 234
>>>>>>>>>>> f2fs_iget: dev = (253,7), ino = 6247, pino = 5845, i_mode = 0x81b0, i_size = 319488, i_nlink = 1, i_blocks = 624, i_advise = 0x2c
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> In that moment, we can observe:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> [Before]
>>>>>>>>>>> Try to move 5084219 blocks (BG: 384508)
>>>>>>>>>>>   - data blocks : 4962373 (274483)
>>>>>>>>>>>   - node blocks : 121846 (110025)
>>>>>>>>>>> Skipped : atomic write 4534686 (10)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> [After]
>>>>>>>>>>> Try to move 5088973 blocks (BG: 384508)
>>>>>>>>>>>   - data blocks : 4967127 (274483)
>>>>>>>>>>>   - node blocks : 121846 (110025)
>>>>>>>>>>> Skipped : atomic write 4539440 (10)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>
>>>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>>>  fs/f2fs/file.c | 10 +++++-----
>>>>>>>>>>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
>>>>>>>>>>> index 7ae2f3bd8c2f..68b6da734e5f 100644
>>>>>>>>>>> --- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
>>>>>>>>>>> +++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
>>>>>>>>>>> @@ -1997,11 +1997,11 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_commit_atomic_write(struct file *filp)
>>>>>>>>>>>  			goto err_out;
>>>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>>>  		ret = f2fs_do_sync_file(filp, 0, LLONG_MAX, 0, true);
>>>>>>>>>>> -		if (!ret) {
>>>>>>>>>>> -			clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_ATOMIC_FILE);
>>>>>>>>>>> -			F2FS_I(inode)->i_gc_failures[GC_FAILURE_ATOMIC] = 0;
>>>>>>>>>>> -			stat_dec_atomic_write(inode);
>>>>>>>>>>> -		}
>>>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>>>> +		/* doesn't need to check error */
>>>>>>>>>>> +		clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_ATOMIC_FILE);
>>>>>>>>>>> +		F2FS_I(inode)->i_gc_failures[GC_FAILURE_ATOMIC] = 0;
>>>>>>>>>>> +		stat_dec_atomic_write(inode);
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> If there are still valid atomic write pages linked in .inmem_pages, it may cause
>>>>>>>>>> memory leak when we just clear FI_ATOMIC_FILE flag.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> f2fs_commit_inmem_pages() should have flushed them.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Oh, we failed to flush its nodes.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> However we won't clear such info if we failed to flush inmen pages, it looks
>>>>>>>> inconsistent.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Any interface needed to drop inmem pages or clear ATOMIC_FILE flag in that two
>>>>>>>> error path? I'm not very clear how sqlite handle such error.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> f2fs_drop_inmem_pages() did that, but not in this case.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What I mean is, for any error returned from atomic_commit() interface, should
>>>>>> userspace application handle it with consistent way, like trigger
>>>>>> f2fs_drop_inmem_pages(), so we don't need to handle it inside atomic_commit().
>>>>>
>>>>> f2fs_ioc_abort_volatile_write() will be triggered.
>>>>
>>>> If userspace can do this, we can get rid of this patch, or am I missing sth?
>>>
>>> We don't know when that will come. And, other threads are waiting for GC here.
>>
>> Yes, however, even atomic_write won't be called sometimes... that's why we add
>> handling logic in f2fs_gc().
> 
> We need to clean this up like:
> 
> If committing atomic pages is failed when doing f2fs_do_sync_file(), we can
> get commited pages but atomic_file being still set like:
> 
> - inmem:    0, atomic IO:    4 (Max.   10), volatile IO:    0 (Max.    0)
> 
> If GC selects this block, we can get an infinite loop like this:
> 
> f2fs_submit_page_bio: dev = (253,7), ino = 2, page_index = 0x2359a8, oldaddr = 0x2359a8, newaddr = 0x2359a8, rw = READ(), type = COLD_DATA
> f2fs_submit_read_bio: dev = (253,7)/(253,7), rw = READ(), DATA, sector = 18533696, size = 4096
> f2fs_get_victim: dev = (253,7), type = No TYPE, policy = (Foreground GC, LFS-mode, Greedy), victim = 4355, cost = 1, ofs_unit = 1, pre_victim_secno = 4355, prefree = 0, free = 234
> f2fs_iget: dev = (253,7), ino = 6247, pino = 5845, i_mode = 0x81b0, i_size = 319488, i_nlink = 1, i_blocks = 624, i_advise = 0x2c
> f2fs_submit_page_bio: dev = (253,7), ino = 2, page_index = 0x2359a8, oldaddr = 0x2359a8, newaddr = 0x2359a8, rw = READ(), type = COLD_DATA
> f2fs_submit_read_bio: dev = (253,7)/(253,7), rw = READ(), DATA, sector = 18533696, size = 4096
> f2fs_get_victim: dev = (253,7), type = No TYPE, policy = (Foreground GC, LFS-mode, Greedy), victim = 4355, cost = 1, ofs_unit = 1, pre_victim_secno = 4355, prefree = 0, free = 234
> f2fs_iget: dev = (253,7), ino = 6247, pino = 5845, i_mode = 0x81b0, i_size = 319488, i_nlink = 1, i_blocks = 624, i_advise = 0x2c
> 
> In that moment, we can observe:
> 
> [Before]
> Try to move 5084219 blocks (BG: 384508)
>   - data blocks : 4962373 (274483)
>   - node blocks : 121846 (110025)
> Skipped : atomic write 4534686 (10)
> 
> [After]
> Try to move 5088973 blocks (BG: 384508)
>   - data blocks : 4967127 (274483)
>   - node blocks : 121846 (110025)
> Skipped : atomic write 4539440 (10)
> 
> So, refactor atomic_write flow like this:
> 1. start_atomic_write
>  - add inmem_list and set atomic_file
> 
> 2. write()
>  - register it in inmem_pages
> 
> 3. commit_atomic_write
>  - if no error, f2fs_drop_inmem_pages()
>  - f2fs_commit_inmme_pages() failed
>    : __revoked_inmem_pages() was done
>  - f2fs_do_sync_file failed
>    : abort_atomic_write later
> 
> 4. abort_atomic_write
>  - f2fs_drop_inmem_pages
> 
> 5. f2fs_drop_inmem_pages
>  - clear atomic_file
>  - remove inmem_list

Looks good.

> 
> Based on this change, when GC fails to move block in atomic_file,
> f2fs_drop_inmem_pages_all() can call f2fs_drop_inmem_pages().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>
> ---
>  fs/f2fs/file.c    | 17 +++++++++++------
>  fs/f2fs/segment.c | 24 +++++-------------------
>  2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
> index 10927a0b8df3..1f499ac13d9a 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
> @@ -1830,6 +1830,7 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_start_atomic_write(struct file *filp)
>  {
>  	struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
>  	int ret;
> +	struct f2fs_inode_info *fi = F2FS_I(inode);
>  
>  	if (!inode_owner_or_capable(inode))
>  		return -EACCES;
> @@ -1871,10 +1872,17 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_start_atomic_write(struct file *filp)
>  		goto out;
>  	}
>  
> -	set_inode_flag(inode, FI_ATOMIC_FILE);
>  	clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_ATOMIC_REVOKE_REQUEST);
>  	up_write(&F2FS_I(inode)->i_gc_rwsem[WRITE]);
>  
> +	spin_lock(&sbi->inode_lock[ATOMIC_FILE]);
> +	if (list_empty(&fi->inmem_ilist))
> +		list_add_tail(&fi->inmem_ilist, &sbi->inode_list[ATOMIC_FILE]);
> +	spin_unlock(&sbi->inode_lock[ATOMIC_FILE]);
> +
> +	/* add inode in inmem_list first and set atomic_file */
> +	set_inode_flag(inode, FI_ATOMIC_FILE);

Should call up_write(&F2FS_I(inode)->i_gc_rwsem[WRITE]) here? Then in f2fs_gc(),
we can check FI_ATOMIC_FILE atomically under i_gc_rwsem.

Thanks,

> +
>  	f2fs_update_time(F2FS_I_SB(inode), REQ_TIME);
>  	F2FS_I(inode)->inmem_task = current;
>  	stat_inc_atomic_write(inode);
> @@ -1912,11 +1920,8 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_commit_atomic_write(struct file *filp)
>  			goto err_out;
>  
>  		ret = f2fs_do_sync_file(filp, 0, LLONG_MAX, 0, true);
> -		if (!ret) {
> -			clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_ATOMIC_FILE);
> -			F2FS_I(inode)->i_gc_failures[GC_FAILURE_ATOMIC] = 0;
> -			stat_dec_atomic_write(inode);
> -		}
> +		if (!ret)
> +			f2fs_drop_inmem_pages(inode);
>  	} else {
>  		ret = f2fs_do_sync_file(filp, 0, LLONG_MAX, 1, false);
>  	}
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> index 18584d4c078a..a36bc8bf04c3 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> @@ -186,7 +186,6 @@ bool f2fs_need_SSR(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
>  void f2fs_register_inmem_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page)
>  {
>  	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_I_SB(inode);
> -	struct f2fs_inode_info *fi = F2FS_I(inode);
>  	struct inmem_pages *new;
>  
>  	f2fs_trace_pid(page);
> @@ -200,15 +199,9 @@ void f2fs_register_inmem_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page)
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&new->list);
>  
>  	/* increase reference count with clean state */
> -	mutex_lock(&fi->inmem_lock);
>  	get_page(page);
>  	list_add_tail(&new->list, &fi->inmem_pages);
> -	spin_lock(&sbi->inode_lock[ATOMIC_FILE]);
> -	if (list_empty(&fi->inmem_ilist))
> -		list_add_tail(&fi->inmem_ilist, &sbi->inode_list[ATOMIC_FILE]);
> -	spin_unlock(&sbi->inode_lock[ATOMIC_FILE]);
>  	inc_page_count(F2FS_I_SB(inode), F2FS_INMEM_PAGES);
> -	mutex_unlock(&fi->inmem_lock);
>  
>  	trace_f2fs_register_inmem_page(page, INMEM);
>  }
> @@ -330,19 +323,17 @@ void f2fs_drop_inmem_pages(struct inode *inode)
>  		mutex_lock(&fi->inmem_lock);
>  		__revoke_inmem_pages(inode, &fi->inmem_pages,
>  						true, false, true);
> -
> -		if (list_empty(&fi->inmem_pages)) {
> -			spin_lock(&sbi->inode_lock[ATOMIC_FILE]);
> -			if (!list_empty(&fi->inmem_ilist))
> -				list_del_init(&fi->inmem_ilist);
> -			spin_unlock(&sbi->inode_lock[ATOMIC_FILE]);
> -		}
>  		mutex_unlock(&fi->inmem_lock);
>  	}
>  
>  	clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_ATOMIC_FILE);
>  	fi->i_gc_failures[GC_FAILURE_ATOMIC] = 0;
>  	stat_dec_atomic_write(inode);
> +
> +	spin_lock(&sbi->inode_lock[ATOMIC_FILE]);
> +	if (!list_empty(&fi->inmem_ilist))
> +		list_del_init(&fi->inmem_ilist);
> +	spin_unlock(&sbi->inode_lock[ATOMIC_FILE]);
>  }
>  
>  void f2fs_drop_inmem_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page)
> @@ -471,11 +462,6 @@ int f2fs_commit_inmem_pages(struct inode *inode)
>  
>  	mutex_lock(&fi->inmem_lock);
>  	err = __f2fs_commit_inmem_pages(inode);
> -
> -	spin_lock(&sbi->inode_lock[ATOMIC_FILE]);
> -	if (!list_empty(&fi->inmem_ilist))
> -		list_del_init(&fi->inmem_ilist);
> -	spin_unlock(&sbi->inode_lock[ATOMIC_FILE]);
>  	mutex_unlock(&fi->inmem_lock);
>  
>  	clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_ATOMIC_COMMIT);
>