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From: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@kernel.org>
To: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>, Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>,
	linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>,
	Olga Kornievskaia <okorniev@redhat.com>,
	Dai Ngo <Dai.Ngo@oracle.com>, Tom Talpey <tom@talpey.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Subject: [PATCH v10 2/7] mm: take a folio off WB_DONTCACHE_DIRTY only if it was counted there
Date: Tue,  3 Nov 2026 16:17:49 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261103211754.35352-3-snitzer@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261103211754.35352-1-snitzer@kernel.org>

A cached lookup that finds a dropbehind folio clears the flag and
subtracts the folio from WB_DONTCACHE_DIRTY if PG_dirty is set.  That
test races with the dirtying of the folio.  filemap_dirty_folio() sets
PG_dirty before folio_account_dirtied() counts the folio, so a lookup in
between subtracts a folio that was never added.  The lookup also does
not hold the folio lock.  Every other path that subtracts a dirty folio
from the counter holds it, so the lookup can subtract the folio a second
time.  Either way the counter drifts, and once it is negative the
DONTCACHE writeback kick writes nothing.

Fix this by having filemap_clear_dropbehind() clear the uncached flag of
a folio that a cached lookup found, and take the folio off
WB_DONTCACHE_DIRTY if it is counted there.  With the folio locked and
the i_pages lock held, the folio is counted if both PG_dirty and the
dirty tag are set.  A folio that another task has locked keeps the
flag.

Fixes: 88d6f128d06d ("mm: track DONTCACHE dirty pages per bdi_writeback")
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@kernel.org>
---

Notes:
    Notes on questions from earlier reviews, with the code that answers each:
    
    - Stale dirty tag.  __folio_cancel_dirty() clears PG_dirty and takes
      the folio off the counter in folio_account_cleaned(), but leaves
      PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY set.  filemap_clear_dropbehind() subtracts the
      folio only when folio_test_dirty() and the tag are both true, so a
      stale tag does not subtract it a second time.
    - Locks.  filemap_clear_dropbehind() holds the folio lock (FGP_LOCK,
      or folio_trylock() and a check of folio->mapping) and the i_pages
      lock.  __folio_mark_dirty() counts the folio in
      folio_account_dirtied() and sets the tag under the i_pages lock.
      The paths that subtract a dirty folio (__folio_cancel_dirty(),
      folio_clear_dirty_for_io(), filemap_unaccount_folio(), the folio
      split) hold the folio lock.  inode_do_switch_wbs() moves the count
      under the i_pages lock.  inode_to_wb() accepts the i_pages lock in
      its lockdep check.
    - Trylock failure.  The folio keeps PG_dropbehind, as if the lookup
      did not occur.  The count does not change.
    - Known window.  A folio can be clean with a stale tag (for example
      after iomap_writeback_handle_eof() skips a folio beyond EOF), and
      an unlocked dirtier can set PG_dirty before it takes the i_pages
      lock.  A lookup between the two sees both bits and subtracts a
      folio that is not counted yet.  The two states look the same in
      these bits.  Only the counter, and so the size of a DONTCACHE
      writeback kick, is affected; data and page state are not.

 mm/filemap.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index c75f49563b74b..3a13289c07dc4 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -1945,22 +1945,36 @@ void *filemap_get_entry(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t index)
 	return folio;
 }
 
-/* Clear the uncached flag of a folio that a cached lookup found. */
+/*
+ * Clear the uncached flag of a folio that a cached lookup found, and take the
+ * folio off WB_DONTCACHE_DIRTY if it is counted there.  With the folio locked
+ * and the i_pages lock held, the folio is counted if both PG_dirty and the
+ * dirty tag are set.  A folio that another task has locked keeps the flag.
+ */
 static void filemap_clear_dropbehind(struct address_space *mapping,
-				     struct folio *folio)
+				     struct folio *folio, bool locked)
 {
-	if (!folio_test_clear_dropbehind(folio))
-		return;
-	if (folio_test_dirty(folio) && mapping_can_writeback(mapping)) {
-		struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
-		struct bdi_writeback *wb;
-		struct wb_lock_cookie cookie = {};
-		long nr = folio_nr_pages(folio);
+	unsigned long flags;
 
-		wb = unlocked_inode_to_wb_begin(inode, &cookie);
-		wb_stat_mod(wb, WB_DONTCACHE_DIRTY, -nr);
-		unlocked_inode_to_wb_end(inode, &cookie);
+	if (!locked) {
+		if (!folio_trylock(folio))
+			return;
+		if (unlikely(folio->mapping != mapping))
+			goto out;
 	}
+	if (!mapping_can_writeback(mapping)) {
+		folio_clear_dropbehind(folio);
+		goto out;
+	}
+	xa_lock_irqsave(&mapping->i_pages, flags);
+	if (folio_test_clear_dropbehind(folio) && folio_test_dirty(folio) &&
+	    xa_get_mark(&mapping->i_pages, folio->index, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY))
+		wb_stat_mod(inode_to_wb(mapping->host), WB_DONTCACHE_DIRTY,
+			    -folio_nr_pages(folio));
+	xa_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->i_pages, flags);
+out:
+	if (!locked)
+		folio_unlock(folio);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2094,8 +2108,8 @@ struct folio *__filemap_get_folio_mpol(struct address_space *mapping,
 	if (!folio)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 	/* not an uncached lookup, clear uncached if set */
-	if (!(fgp_flags & FGP_DONTCACHE))
-		filemap_clear_dropbehind(mapping, folio);
+	if (!(fgp_flags & FGP_DONTCACHE) && folio_test_dropbehind(folio))
+		filemap_clear_dropbehind(mapping, folio, fgp_flags & FGP_LOCK);
 	return folio;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__filemap_get_folio_mpol);
-- 
2.52.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-11-03 21:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-03 21:17 [PATCH v10 0/7] mm, iomap, NFSD: stop uncached writes reading back shared pages Mike Snitzer
2026-11-03 21:17 ` [PATCH v10 1/7] mm: move clearing the uncached flag of a found folio into a helper Mike Snitzer
2026-11-04  9:17   ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-11-03 21:17 ` Mike Snitzer [this message]
2026-11-03 21:17 ` [PATCH v10 3/7] mm: expose WB_DONTCACHE_DIRTY in bdi debugfs stats Mike Snitzer
2026-11-03 21:17 ` [PATCH v10 4/7] mm: add folio_mark_dropbehind() to mark a folio dropbehind and account it Mike Snitzer
2026-11-04 21:18   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-03 21:17 ` [PATCH v10 5/7] mm, iomap: keep a partly covered page until an uncached write completes it Mike Snitzer
2026-11-03 21:17 ` [PATCH v10 6/7] mm, iomap: let an uncached writer complete its shared pages itself Mike Snitzer
2026-11-04 21:18   ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-03 21:17 ` [PATCH v10 7/7] NFSD: drop a shared boundary page only once both WRITEs have written it Mike Snitzer
2026-11-04  9:15   ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-11-04 17:01     ` Mike Snitzer
2026-11-05  7:59       ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-11-05 13:33         ` Chuck Lever
2026-11-04  9:17 ` [PATCH v10 0/7] mm, iomap, NFSD: stop uncached writes reading back shared pages Christoph Hellwig

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