From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Tristan Ye <tristan.ye@oracle.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:03:55 +0800
Subject: [Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH 1/1] Ocfs2: Teach 'coherency=full'
 O_DIRECT writes to correctly up_read i_alloc_sem.
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Tao Ma wrote:
> Hi Tristan,
>
> On 11/29/2010 05:21 PM, Tristan Ye wrote:
>> Due to newly-introduced 'coherency=full' O_DIRECT writes also takes 
>> the EX
>> rw_lock like buffered writes did(rw_level == 1), it turns out messing 
>> the
>> usage of 'level' in ocfs2_dio_end_io() up, which caused i_alloc_sem 
>> being
>> failed to get up_read'd correctly.
>>
>> This patch tries to teach ocfs2_dio_end_io to understand well on all 
>> locking
>> stuffs by explicitly introducing a new bit for i_alloc_sem in iocb's 
>> private
>> data, just like what we did for rw_lock.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tristan Ye<tristan.ye@oracle.com>
>> ---
>>   fs/ocfs2/aops.c |    6 ++++--
>>   fs/ocfs2/aops.h |    6 ++++++
>>   fs/ocfs2/file.c |    9 +++++++--
>>   3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
>> index f1e962c..857e013 100644
>> --- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
>> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
>> @@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ static void ocfs2_dio_end_io(struct kiocb *iocb,
>>                    bool is_async)
>>   {
>>       struct inode *inode = iocb->ki_filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
>> -    int level;
>> +    int level, sem_locked;
> Is sem_locked really needed here? At least from your code below, we 
> don't need it if we can change the sequence somehow.
>>
>>       /* this io's submitter should not have unlocked this before we 
>> could */
>>       BUG_ON(!ocfs2_iocb_is_rw_locked(iocb));
>> @@ -576,7 +576,9 @@ static void ocfs2_dio_end_io(struct kiocb *iocb,
>>       ocfs2_iocb_clear_rw_locked(iocb);
>>
>>       level = ocfs2_iocb_rw_locked_level(iocb);
>> -    if (!level)
>> +    sem_locked = ocfs2_iocb_is_sem_locked(iocb);
>> +    ocfs2_iocb_clear_sem_locked(iocb);
>> +    if (sem_locked)
>>           up_read(&inode->i_alloc_sem);
>>       ocfs2_rw_unlock(inode, level);
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.h b/fs/ocfs2/aops.h
>> index 76bfdfd..c7a3e5f 100644
>> --- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.h
>> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.h
>> @@ -72,4 +72,10 @@ static inline void ocfs2_iocb_set_rw_locked(struct 
>> kiocb *iocb, int level)
>>       clear_bit(0, (unsigned long *)&iocb->private)
>>   #define ocfs2_iocb_rw_locked_level(iocb) \
>>       test_bit(1, (unsigned long *)&iocb->private)
>> +#define ocfs2_iocb_set_sem_locked(iocb) \
>> +    set_bit(2, (unsigned long *)&iocb->private)
>> +#define ocfs2_iocb_clear_sem_locked(iocb) \
>> +    clear_bit(2, (unsigned long *)&iocb->private)
>> +#define ocfs2_iocb_is_sem_locked(iocb) \
>> +    test_bit(2, (unsigned long *)&iocb->private)
>>   #endif /* OCFS2_FILE_H */
>> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
>> index 77b4c04..0e9d729 100644
>> --- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
>> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
>> @@ -2246,7 +2246,10 @@ relock:
>>       if (direct_io) {
>>           down_read(&inode->i_alloc_sem);
>>           have_alloc_sem = 1;
>> -    }
>> +        /* communicate with ocfs2_dio_end_io */
>> +        ocfs2_iocb_set_sem_locked(iocb);
>> +    } else
>> +        ocfs2_iocb_clear_sem_locked(iocb);
>>
>>       /*
>>        * Concurrent O_DIRECT writes are allowed with
> Sorry, but why you clear the sem lock here? It doesn't make sense if 
> you read the code for the first time since we have't set it before. So 
> it looks a little bit strange.

Yep, an explicit clear may not needed, just for a guarantee .

>
> I guess maybe we can clear it when we do up_read(&inode->i_alloc_sem)?
>
> Or another way, why not put it with the set of rw_level.
>     /* communicate with ocfs2_dio_end_io */
>         ocfs2_iocb_set_rw_locked(iocb, rw_level);
> +    ocfs2_iocb_set_sem_locked(iocb, have_alloc_sem);

rw_lock differs from sem a little bit, we'll be facing have rw_lock or 
not, besides, EX or PR locks should be identified when we do have a rw_lock.

For sem, all we need to concern is, having it or not.


Tristan.

>
> Regards,
> Tao