Re: [PATCH] xfs: reinstate the old i_version counter as STATX_CHANGE_COOKIE

[Chandan Babu R <chandanbabu@kernel.org>]

On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 12:12:00 PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 11:51:08AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
>> On Wed, 2023-10-11 at 08:49 -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
>> > On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 09:09:38AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
>> > > On Fri, 2023-09-29 at 14:43 -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
>> > > > The handling of STATX_CHANGE_COOKIE was moved into generic_fillattr in
>> > > > commit 0d72b92883c6 (fs: pass the request_mask to generic_fillattr), but
>> > > > we didn't account for the fact that xfs doesn't call generic_fillattr at
>> > > > all.
>> > > > 
>> > > > Make XFS report its i_version as the STATX_CHANGE_COOKIE.
>> > > > 
>> > > > Fixes: 0d72b92883c6 (fs: pass the request_mask to generic_fillattr)
>> > > > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
>> > > > ---
>> > > > I had hoped to fix this in a better way with the multigrain patches, but
>> > > > it's taking longer than expected (if it even pans out at this point).
>> > > > 
>> > > > Until then, make sure we use XFS's i_version as the STATX_CHANGE_COOKIE,
>> > > > even if it's bumped due to atime updates. Too many invalidations is
>> > > > preferable to not enough.
>> > > > ---
>> > > >  fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c | 5 +++++
>> > > >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>> > > > 
>> > > > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
>> > > > index 1c1e6171209d..2b3b05c28e9e 100644
>> > > > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
>> > > > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
>> > > > @@ -584,6 +584,11 @@ xfs_vn_getattr(
>> > > >  		}
>> > > >  	}
>> > > >  
>> > > > +	if ((request_mask & STATX_CHANGE_COOKIE) && IS_I_VERSION(inode)) {
>> > > > +		stat->change_cookie = inode_query_iversion(inode);
>> > > > +		stat->result_mask |= STATX_CHANGE_COOKIE;
>> > > > +	}
>> > > > +
>> > > >  	/*
>> > > >  	 * Note: If you add another clause to set an attribute flag, please
>> > > >  	 * update attributes_mask below.
>> > > > 
>> > > > ---
>> > > > base-commit: df964ce9ef9fea10cf131bf6bad8658fde7956f6
>> > > > change-id: 20230929-xfs-iversion-819fa2c18591
>> > > > 
>> > > > Best regards,
>> > > 
>> > > Ping?
>> > > 
>> > > This patch is needed in v6.6 to prevent a regression when serving XFS
>> > > via NFSD. I'd prefer this go in via the xfs tree, but let me know if
>> > > you need me to get this merged this via a different one.
>> > 
>> > Oh!   Right, this is needed because the "hide a state in the high bit of
>> > tv_nsec" stuff got reverted in -rc3, correct?  So now nfsd needs some
>> > way to know that something changed in the file, and better to have too
>> > many client invalidations than not enough?  And I guess bumping
>> > i_version will keep nfsd sane for now?
>> > 
>> > If the answers are [yes, yes, yes] then:
>> > Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
>> 
>> Yes, yes, and yes. Can you guys shepherd this into mainline?
>
> Chandan, can you queue this (and the other xfs fixes I sent) for -rc6?
>

I have pulled in your fixes and also the current patch. I will have to execute
fstests for atleast one day before updating xfs-linux's for-next branch.

-- 
Chandan