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David Howells
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08276bdae6 |
vfs, fscache: Implement pinning of cache usage for writeback
Cachefiles has a problem in that it needs to keep the backing file for a cookie open whilst there are local modifications pending that need to be written to it. However, we don't want to keep the file open indefinitely, as that causes EMFILE/ENFILE/ENOMEM problems. Reopening the cache file, however, is a problem if this is being done due to writeback triggered by exit(). Some filesystems will oops if we try to open a file in that context because they want to access current->fs or other resources that have already been dismantled. To get around this, I added the following: (1) An inode flag, I_PINNING_FSCACHE_WB, to be set on a network filesystem inode to indicate that we have a usage count on the cookie caching that inode. (2) A flag in struct writeback_control, unpinned_fscache_wb, that is set when __writeback_single_inode() clears the last dirty page from i_pages - at which point it clears I_PINNING_FSCACHE_WB and sets this flag. This has to be done here so that clearing I_PINNING_FSCACHE_WB can be done atomically with the check of PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY that clears I_DIRTY_PAGES. (3) A function, fscache_set_page_dirty(), which if it is not set, sets I_PINNING_FSCACHE_WB and calls fscache_use_cookie() to pin the cache resources. (4) A function, fscache_unpin_writeback(), to be called by ->write_inode() to unuse the cookie. (5) A function, fscache_clear_inode_writeback(), to be called when the inode is evicted, before clear_inode() is called. This cleans up any lingering I_PINNING_FSCACHE_WB. The network filesystem can then use these tools to make sure that fscache_write_to_cache() can write locally modified data to the cache as well as to the server. For the future, I'm working on write helpers for netfs lib that should allow this facility to be removed by keeping track of the dirty regions separately - but that's incomplete at the moment and is also going to be affected by folios, one way or another, since it deals with pages Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> cc: linux-cachefs@redhat.com Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163819615157.215744.17623791756928043114.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v1 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163906917856.143852.8224898306177154573.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v2 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163967124567.1823006.14188359004568060298.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v3 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/164021524705.640689.17824932021727663017.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4 |
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David Howells
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b6e16652d6 |
fscache: Implement higher-level write I/O interface
Provide a higher-level function than fscache_write() to perform a write from an inode's pagecache to the cache, whilst fending off concurrent writes by means of the PG_fscache mark on a page: void fscache_write_to_cache(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, struct address_space *mapping, loff_t start, size_t len, loff_t i_size, netfs_io_terminated_t term_func, void *term_func_priv, bool caching); If caching is false, this function does nothing except call (*term_func)() if given. It assumes that, in such a case, PG_fscache will not have been set on the pages. Otherwise, if caching is true, this function requires the source pages to have had PG_fscache set on them before calling. start and len define the region of the file to be modified and i_size indicates the new file size. The source pages are extracted from the mapping. term_func and term_func_priv work as for fscache_write(). The PG_fscache marks will be cleared at the end of the operation, before term_func is called or the function otherwise returns. There is an additonal helper function to clear the PG_fscache bits from a range of pages: void fscache_clear_page_bits(struct fscache_cookie *cookie, struct address_space *mapping, loff_t start, size_t len, bool caching); If caching is true, the pages to be managed are expected to be located on mapping in the range defined by start and len. If caching is false, it does nothing. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> cc: linux-cachefs@redhat.com Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163819614155.215744.5528123235123721230.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v1 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163906916346.143852.15632773570362489926.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v2 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163967123599.1823006.12946816026724657428.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v3 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/164021522672.640689.4381958316198807813.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4 |
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David Howells
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d64f4554dd |
fscache: Provide a means to begin an operation
Provide a function to begin a read operation: int fscache_begin_read_operation( struct netfs_cache_resources *cres, struct fscache_cookie *cookie) This is primarily intended to be called by network filesystems on behalf of netfslib, but may also be called to use the I/O access functions directly. It attaches the resources required by the cache to cres struct from the supplied cookie. This holds access to the cache behind the cookie for the duration of the operation and forces cache withdrawal and cookie invalidation to perform synchronisation on the operation. cres->inval_counter is set from the cookie at this point so that it can be compared at the end of the operation. Note that this does not guarantee that the cache state is fully set up and able to perform I/O immediately; looking up and creation may be left in progress in the background. The operations intended to be called by the network filesystem, such as reading and writing, are expected to wait for the cookie to move to the correct state. This will, however, potentially sleep, waiting for a certain minimum state to be set or for operations such as invalidate to advance far enough that I/O can resume. Also provide a function for the cache to call to wait for the cache object to get to a state where it can be used for certain things: bool fscache_wait_for_operation(struct netfs_cache_resources *cres, enum fscache_want_stage stage); This looks at the cache resources provided by the begin function and waits for them to get to an appropriate stage. There's a choice of wanting just some parameters (FSCACHE_WANT_PARAM) or the ability to do I/O (FSCACHE_WANT_READ or FSCACHE_WANT_WRITE). Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> cc: linux-cachefs@redhat.com Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163819603692.215744.146724961588817028.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v1 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163906910672.143852.13856103384424986357.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v2 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163967110245.1823006.2239170567540431836.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v3 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/164021513617.640689.16627329360866150606.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4 |
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David Howells
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2cee6fbb7f |
fscache: Remove the contents of the fscache driver, pending rewrite
Remove the code that comprises the fscache driver as it's going to be substantially rewritten, with the majority of the code being erased in the rewrite. A small piece of linux/fscache.h is left as that is #included by a bunch of network filesystems. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> cc: linux-cachefs@redhat.com Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163819578724.215744.18210619052245724238.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v1 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163906884814.143852.6727245089843862889.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v2 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163967077097.1823006.1377665951499979089.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v3 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/164021485548.640689.13876080567388696162.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4 |
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David Howells
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26aaeffcaf |
fscache, cachefiles: Add alternate API to use kiocb for read/write to cache
Add an alternate API by which the cache can be accessed through a kiocb, doing async DIO, rather than using the current API that tells the cache where all the pages are. The new API is intended to be used in conjunction with the netfs helper library. A filesystem must pick one or the other and not mix them. Filesystems wanting to use the new API must #define FSCACHE_USE_NEW_IO_API before #including the header. This prevents them from continuing to use the old API at the same time as there are incompatibilities in how the PG_fscache page bit is used. Changes: v6: - Provide a routine to shape a write so that the start and length can be aligned for DIO[3]. v4: - Use the vfs_iocb_iter_read/write() helpers[1] - Move initial definition of fscache_begin_read_operation() here. - Remove a commented-out line[2] - Combine ki->term_func calls in cachefiles_read_complete()[2]. - Remove explicit NULL initialiser[2]. - Remove extern on func decl[2]. - Put in param names on func decl[2]. - Remove redundant else[2]. - Fill out the kdoc comment for fscache_begin_read_operation(). - Rename fs/fscache/page2.c to io.c to match later patches. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Reviewed-and-tested-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Tested-by: Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@redhat.com> Tested-By: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com> cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> cc: linux-cachefs@redhat.com cc: linux-afs@lists.infradead.org cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org cc: linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org cc: ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org cc: v9fs-developer@lists.sourceforge.net cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210216102614.GA27555@lst.de/ [1] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210216084230.GA23669@lst.de/ [2] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/161781047695.463527.7463536103593997492.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ [3] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/161118142558.1232039.17993829899588971439.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # rfc Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/161161037850.2537118.8819808229350326503.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v2 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/161340402057.1303470.8038373593844486698.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v3 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/161539545919.286939.14573472672781434757.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/161653801477.2770958.10543270629064934227.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v5 Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/161789084517.6155.12799689829859169640.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v6 |