David Chinner <[email protected]> writes:
> On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 04:22:44PM +0300, Dmitriy Monakhov wrote:
>> diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
>> index 8332c77..7c571dd 100644
>> --- a/mm/filemap.c
>> +++ b/mm/filemap.c
>> @@ -2044,8 +2044,9 @@ generic_file_direct_write(struct kiocb *
>> /*
>> * Sync the fs metadata but not the minor inode changes and
>> * of course not the data as we did direct DMA for the IO.
>> - * i_mutex is held, which protects generic_osync_inode() from
>> - * livelocking. AIO O_DIRECT ops attempt to sync metadata here.
>> + * i_mutex may not being held (XFS does this), if so some specific locking
>> + * ordering must protect generic_osync_inode() from livelocking.
>> + * AIO O_DIRECT ops attempt to sync metadata here.
>> */
>> if ((written >= 0 || written == -EIOCBQUEUED) &&
>> ((file->f_flags & O_SYNC) || IS_SYNC(inode))) {
>> @@ -2279,6 +2280,17 @@ __generic_file_aio_write_nolock(struct k
>>
>> written = generic_file_direct_write(iocb, iov, &nr_segs, pos,
>> ppos, count, ocount);
>> + /*
>> + * If host is not S_ISBLK generic_file_direct_write() may
>> + * have instantiated a few blocks outside i_size files
>> + * Trim these off again.
>> + */
>> + if (unlikely(written < 0) && !S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) {
>> + loff_t isize = i_size_read(inode);
>> + if (pos + count > isize)
>> + vmtruncate(inode, isize);
>> + }
>> +
>> if (written < 0 || written == count)
>> goto out;
>
> You comment in the first hunk that i_mutex may not be held here,
> but there's no comment in __generic_file_aio_write_nolock() that the
> i_mutex must be held for !S_ISBLK devices.
Any one may call directly call generic_file_direct_write() with i_mutex not held.
>
>> @@ -2341,6 +2353,13 @@ ssize_t generic_file_aio_write_nolock(st
>> ssize_t ret;
>>
>> BUG_ON(iocb->ki_pos != pos);
>> + /*
>> + * generic_file_buffered_write() may be called inside
>> + * __generic_file_aio_write_nolock() even in case of
>> + * O_DIRECT for non S_ISBLK files. So i_mutex must be held.
>> + */
>> + if (!S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode))
>> + BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&inode->i_mutex));
>>
>> ret = __generic_file_aio_write_nolock(iocb, iov, nr_segs,
>> &iocb->ki_pos);
>
> I note that you comment here in generic_file_aio_write_nolock(),
> but it's not immediately obvious that this is refering to the
> vmtruncate() call in __generic_file_aio_write_nolock().
This is not about vmtruncate(). __generic_file_aio_write_nolock() may
call generic_file_buffered_write() even in case of O_DIRECT for !S_ISBLK, and
generic_file_buffered_write() has documented locking rules (i_mutex held).
IMHO it is important to explicitly document this . And after we realize
that i_mutex always held, vmtruncate() may be safely called.
>
> IOWs, wouldn't it be better to put this comment and check in
> __generic_file_aio_write_nolock() directly above the vmtruncate()
> call that cares about this?
>
>> @@ -2383,8 +2402,8 @@ ssize_t generic_file_aio_write(struct ki
>> EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_aio_write);
>>
>> /*
>> - * Called under i_mutex for writes to S_ISREG files. Returns -EIO if something
>> - * went wrong during pagecache shootdown.
>> + * May be called without i_mutex for writes to S_ISREG files. XFS does this.
>> + * Returns -EIO if something went wrong during pagecache shootdown.
>> */
>
> Not sure you need to say "XFS does this" - other filesystems may do this
> in the future.....
Yes, but where are multiple comments about "reiserfs does this" in fs/buffer.c
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave.
> --
> Dave Chinner
> Principal Engineer
> SGI Australian Software Group
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