[PATCH v2 02/12] btrfs: implement a nowait option for tree searches

Stefan Roesch
2022-09-08T00:26:35Z

From: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>

For NOWAIT IOCB's we'll need a way to tell search to not wait on locks
or anything. Accomplish this by adding a path->nowait flag that will
use trylocks and skip reading of metadata, returning -EWOULDBLOCK in
either of these cases. For now we only need this for reads, so only the
read side is handled. Add an ASSERT() to catch anybody trying to use
this for writes so they know they'll have to implement the write side.

Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Roesch <shr@fb.com>
---
fs/btrfs/ctree.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
fs/btrfs/ctree.h | 1 +
fs/btrfs/locking.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
fs/btrfs/locking.h | 1 +
4 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
index ebfa35fe1c38..71b238364939 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
@@ -1447,6 +1447,11 @@ read_block_for_search(struct btrfs_root *root, struct btrfs_path *p,
return 0;
}

+ if (p->nowait) {
+ free_extent_buffer(tmp);
+ return -EAGAIN;
+ }
+
if (unlock_up)
btrfs_unlock_up_safe(p, level + 1);

@@ -1467,6 +1472,8 @@ read_block_for_search(struct btrfs_root *root, struct btrfs_path *p,
ret = -EAGAIN;

goto out;
+ } else if (p->nowait) {
+ return -EAGAIN;
}

if (unlock_up) {
@@ -1634,7 +1641,13 @@ static struct extent_buffer *btrfs_search_slot_get_root(struct btrfs_root *root,
* We don't know the level of the root node until we actually
* have it read locked
*/
- b = btrfs_read_lock_root_node(root);
+ if (p->nowait) {
+ b = btrfs_try_read_lock_root_node(root);
+ if (IS_ERR(b))
+ return b;
+ } else {
+ b = btrfs_read_lock_root_node(root);
+ }
level = btrfs_header_level(b);
if (level > write_lock_level)
goto out;
@@ -1910,6 +1923,13 @@ int btrfs_search_slot(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct btrfs_root *root,
WARN_ON(p->nodes[0] != NULL);
BUG_ON(!cow && ins_len);

+ /*
+ * For now only allow nowait for read only operations. There's no
+ * strict reason why we can't, we just only need it for reads so I'm
+ * only implementing it for reads right now.
+ */
+ ASSERT(!p->nowait || !cow);
+
if (ins_len < 0) {
lowest_unlock = 2;

@@ -1936,7 +1956,12 @@ int btrfs_search_slot(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct btrfs_root *root,

if (p->need_commit_sem) {
ASSERT(p->search_commit_root);
- down_read(&fs_info->commit_root_sem);
+ if (p->nowait) {
+ if (!down_read_trylock(&fs_info->commit_root_sem))
+ return -EAGAIN;
+ } else {
+ down_read(&fs_info->commit_root_sem);
+ }
}

again:
@@ -2082,7 +2107,15 @@ int btrfs_search_slot(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct btrfs_root *root,
btrfs_tree_lock(b);
p->locks[level] = BTRFS_WRITE_LOCK;
} else {
- btrfs_tree_read_lock(b);
+ if (p->nowait) {
+ if (!btrfs_try_tree_read_lock(b)) {
+ free_extent_buffer(b);
+ ret = -EAGAIN;
+ goto done;
+ }
+ } else {
+ btrfs_tree_read_lock(b);
+ }
p->locks[level] = BTRFS_READ_LOCK;
}
p->nodes[level] = b;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 9ef162dbd4bc..d6d05450198d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ struct btrfs_path {
* header (ie. sizeof(struct btrfs_item) is not included).
*/
unsigned int search_for_extension:1;
+ unsigned int nowait:1;
};
#define BTRFS_MAX_EXTENT_ITEM_SIZE(r) ((BTRFS_LEAF_DATA_SIZE(r->fs_info) >> 4) - \
sizeof(struct btrfs_item))
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/locking.c b/fs/btrfs/locking.c
index 9063072b399b..d6c88922d3e2 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/locking.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/locking.c
@@ -285,6 +285,29 @@ struct extent_buffer *btrfs_read_lock_root_node(struct btrfs_root *root)
return eb;
}

+/*
+ * Loop around taking references on and locking the root node of the tree in
+ * nowait mode until we end up with a lock on the root node or returning to
+ * avoid blocking.
+ *
+ * Return: root extent buffer with read lock held or -EWOULDBLOCK.
+ */
+struct extent_buffer *btrfs_try_read_lock_root_node(struct btrfs_root *root)
+{
+ struct extent_buffer *eb;
+
+ while (1) {
+ eb = btrfs_root_node(root);
+ if (!btrfs_try_tree_read_lock(eb))
+ return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
+ if (eb == root->node)
+ break;
+ btrfs_tree_read_unlock(eb);
+ free_extent_buffer(eb);
+ }
+ return eb;
+}
+
/*
* DREW locks
* ==========
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/locking.h b/fs/btrfs/locking.h
index ab268be09bb5..490c7a79e995 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/locking.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/locking.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ int btrfs_try_tree_read_lock(struct extent_buffer *eb);
int btrfs_try_tree_write_lock(struct extent_buffer *eb);
struct extent_buffer *btrfs_lock_root_node(struct btrfs_root *root);
struct extent_buffer *btrfs_read_lock_root_node(struct btrfs_root *root);
+struct extent_buffer *btrfs_try_read_lock_root_node(struct btrfs_root *root);

#ifdef CONFIG_BTRFS_DEBUG
static inline void btrfs_assert_tree_write_locked(struct extent_buffer *eb)
--
2.30.2