On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 10:14:22AM +1100, Nathan Scott wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 10:42:19PM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 09:30:42AM +1100, Nathan Scott wrote:
> > > Not for reads AFAICT - __generic_file_aio_read + own-locking
> > > should always have released i_mutex at the end of the direct
> > > read - are you thinking of writes or have I missed something?
> >
> > if an error occurs before a_ops->direct_IO is called __generic_file_aio_read
> > will return with i_mutex still locked. Note that checking for negative
> > return values is not enough as __blockdev_direct_IO can return errors
> > aswell.
>
> *groan* - right you are. Another option may be to have the
> generic dio+own-locking case reacquire i_mutex if it drops
> it, before returning... thoughts? Seems alot less invasive
> than the filemap.c code dup'ing thing.
Something like this (works OK for me)...
cheers.
--
Nathan
Index: 2.6.x-xfs/fs/direct-io.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6.x-xfs.orig/fs/direct-io.c
+++ 2.6.x-xfs/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -1155,15 +1155,16 @@ direct_io_worker(int rw, struct kiocb *i
* For writes, i_mutex is not held on entry; it is never taken.
*
* DIO_LOCKING (simple locking for regular files)
- * For writes we are called under i_mutex and return with i_mutex held, even though
- * it is internally dropped.
+ * For writes we are called under i_mutex and return with i_mutex held, even
+ * though it is internally dropped.
* For reads, i_mutex is not held on entry, but it is taken and dropped before
* returning.
*
* DIO_OWN_LOCKING (filesystem provides synchronisation and handling of
* uninitialised data, allowing parallel direct readers and writers)
* For writes we are called without i_mutex, return without it, never touch it.
- * For reads, i_mutex is held on entry and will be released before returning.
+ * For reads we are called under i_mutex and return with i_mutex held, even
+ * though it may be internally dropped.
*
* Additional i_alloc_sem locking requirements described inline below.
*/
@@ -1182,7 +1183,8 @@ __blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kioc
ssize_t retval = -EINVAL;
loff_t end = offset;
struct dio *dio;
- int reader_with_isem = (rw == READ && dio_lock_type == DIO_OWN_LOCKING);
+ int release_i_mutex = 0;
+ int acquire_i_mutex = 0;
if (rw & WRITE)
current->flags |= PF_SYNCWRITE;
@@ -1225,7 +1227,6 @@ __blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kioc
* writers need to grab i_alloc_sem only (i_mutex is already held)
* For regular files using DIO_OWN_LOCKING,
* neither readers nor writers take any locks here
- * (i_mutex is already held and release for writers here)
*/
dio->lock_type = dio_lock_type;
if (dio_lock_type != DIO_NO_LOCKING) {
@@ -1236,7 +1237,7 @@ __blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kioc
mapping = iocb->ki_filp->f_mapping;
if (dio_lock_type != DIO_OWN_LOCKING) {
mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
- reader_with_isem = 1;
+ release_i_mutex = 1;
}
retval = filemap_write_and_wait_range(mapping, offset,
@@ -1248,7 +1249,7 @@ __blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kioc
if (dio_lock_type == DIO_OWN_LOCKING) {
mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
- reader_with_isem = 0;
+ acquire_i_mutex = 1;
}
}
@@ -1269,11 +1270,13 @@ __blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kioc
nr_segs, blkbits, get_blocks, end_io, dio);
if (rw == READ && dio_lock_type == DIO_LOCKING)
- reader_with_isem = 0;
+ release_i_mutex = 0;
out:
- if (reader_with_isem)
+ if (release_i_mutex)
mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+ else if (acquire_i_mutex)
+ mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
if (rw & WRITE)
current->flags &= ~PF_SYNCWRITE;
return retval;
-
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