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Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfs: reinstate the old i_version counter as
 STATX_CHANGE_COOKIE
From:   Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
To:     "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>
Cc:     Chandan Babu R <chandan.babu@oracle.com>,
        Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>,
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Date:   Wed, 11 Oct 2023 11:51:08 -0400
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On Wed, 2023-10-11 at 08:49 -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 09:09:38AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > On Fri, 2023-09-29 at 14:43 -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > > The handling of STATX_CHANGE_COOKIE was moved into generic_fillattr i=
n
> > > commit 0d72b92883c6 (fs: pass the request_mask to generic_fillattr), =
but
> > > we didn't account for the fact that xfs doesn't call generic_fillattr=
 at
> > > all.
> > >=20
> > > Make XFS report its i_version as the STATX_CHANGE_COOKIE.
> > >=20
> > > Fixes: 0d72b92883c6 (fs: pass the request_mask to generic_fillattr)
> > > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
> > > ---
> > > I had hoped to fix this in a better way with the multigrain patches, =
but
> > > it's taking longer than expected (if it even pans out at this point).
> > >=20
> > > Until then, make sure we use XFS's i_version as the STATX_CHANGE_COOK=
IE,
> > > even if it's bumped due to atime updates. Too many invalidations is
> > > preferable to not enough.
> > > ---
> > >  fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c | 5 +++++
> > >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> > >=20
> > > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
> > > index 1c1e6171209d..2b3b05c28e9e 100644
> > > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
> > > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
> > > @@ -584,6 +584,11 @@ xfs_vn_getattr(
> > >  		}
> > >  	}
> > > =20
> > > +	if ((request_mask & STATX_CHANGE_COOKIE) && IS_I_VERSION(inode)) {
> > > +		stat->change_cookie =3D inode_query_iversion(inode);
> > > +		stat->result_mask |=3D STATX_CHANGE_COOKIE;
> > > +	}
> > > +
> > >  	/*
> > >  	 * Note: If you add another clause to set an attribute flag, please
> > >  	 * update attributes_mask below.
> > >=20
> > > ---
> > > base-commit: df964ce9ef9fea10cf131bf6bad8658fde7956f6
> > > change-id: 20230929-xfs-iversion-819fa2c18591
> > >=20
> > > Best regards,
> >=20
> > Ping?
> >=20
> > This patch is needed in v6.6 to prevent a regression when serving XFS
> > via NFSD. I'd prefer this go in via the xfs tree, but let me know if
> > you need me to get this merged this via a different one.
>=20
> Oh!   Right, this is needed because the "hide a state in the high bit of
> tv_nsec" stuff got reverted in -rc3, correct?  So now nfsd needs some
> way to know that something changed in the file, and better to have too
> many client invalidations than not enough?  And I guess bumping
> i_version will keep nfsd sane for now?
>=20
> If the answers are [yes, yes, yes] then:
> Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>

Yes, yes, and yes. Can you guys shepherd this into mainline?

Thanks for the R-b!
--=20
Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>