Re: [PATCH v11 14/16] xfs: add xfs_calc_atomic_write_unit_max()

Darrick J. Wong
2025-05-05T05:25:35Z

On Sun, May 04, 2025 at 08:59:21AM +0000, John Garry wrote:
> Now that CoW-based atomic writes are supported, update the max size of an
> atomic write for the data device.
>
> The limit of a CoW-based atomic write will be the limit of the number of
> logitems which can fit into a single transaction.
>
> In addition, the max atomic write size needs to be aligned to the agsize.
> Limit the size of atomic writes to the greatest power-of-two factor of the
> agsize so that allocations for an atomic write will always be aligned
> compatibly with the alignment requirements of the storage.
>
> Function xfs_atomic_write_logitems() is added to find the limit the number
> of log items which can fit in a single transaction.
>
> Amend the max atomic write computation to create a new transaction
> reservation type, and compute the maximum size of an atomic write
> completion (in fsblocks) based on this new transaction reservation.
> Initially, tr_atomic_write is a clone of tr_itruncate, which provides a
> reasonable level of parallelism. In the next patch, we'll add a mount
> option so that sysadmins can configure their own limits.
>
> [djwong: use a new reservation type for atomic write ioends, refactor
> group limit calculations]
>
> Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
> [jpg: rounddown power-of-2 always]
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
> Signed-off-by: John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com>
> ---
> fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_resv.c | 94 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_resv.h | 2 +
> fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c | 81 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h | 6 +++
> fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c | 16 ++++++
> fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.h | 2 +
> fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> 7 files changed, 261 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_resv.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_resv.c
> index a841432abf83..e73c09fbd24c 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_resv.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_resv.c
> @@ -22,6 +22,12 @@
> #include "xfs_rtbitmap.h"
> #include "xfs_attr_item.h"
> #include "xfs_log.h"
> +#include "xfs_defer.h"
> +#include "xfs_bmap_item.h"
> +#include "xfs_extfree_item.h"
> +#include "xfs_rmap_item.h"
> +#include "xfs_refcount_item.h"
> +#include "xfs_trace.h"
>
> #define _ALLOC true
> #define _FREE false
> @@ -1394,3 +1400,91 @@ xfs_trans_resv_calc(
> */
> xfs_calc_default_atomic_ioend_reservation(mp, resp);
> }
> +
> +/*
> + * Return the per-extent and fixed transaction reservation sizes needed to
> + * complete an atomic write.
> + */
> +STATIC unsigned int
> +xfs_calc_atomic_write_ioend_geometry(
> + struct xfs_mount *mp,
> + unsigned int *step_size)
> +{
> + const unsigned int efi = xfs_efi_log_space(1);
> + const unsigned int efd = xfs_efd_log_space(1);
> + const unsigned int rui = xfs_rui_log_space(1);
> + const unsigned int rud = xfs_rud_log_space();
> + const unsigned int cui = xfs_cui_log_space(1);
> + const unsigned int cud = xfs_cud_log_space();
> + const unsigned int bui = xfs_bui_log_space(1);
> + const unsigned int bud = xfs_bud_log_space();
> +
> + /*
> + * Maximum overhead to complete an atomic write ioend in software:
> + * remove data fork extent + remove cow fork extent + map extent into
> + * data fork.
> + *
> + * tx0: Creates a BUI and a CUI and that's all it needs.
> + *
> + * tx1: Roll to finish the BUI. Need space for the BUD, an RUI, and
> + * enough space to relog the CUI (== CUI + CUD).
> + *
> + * tx2: Roll again to finish the RUI. Need space for the RUD and space
> + * to relog the CUI.
> + *
> + * tx3: Roll again, need space for the CUD and possibly a new EFI.
> + *
> + * tx4: Roll again, need space for an EFD.
> + *
> + * If the extent referenced by the pair of BUI/CUI items is not the one
> + * being currently processed, then we need to reserve space to relog
> + * both items.
> + */
> + const unsigned int tx0 = bui + cui;
> + const unsigned int tx1 = bud + rui + cui + cud;
> + const unsigned int tx2 = rud + cui + cud;
> + const unsigned int tx3 = cud + efi;
> + const unsigned int tx4 = efd;
> + const unsigned int relog = bui + bud + cui + cud;
> +
> + const unsigned int per_intent = max(max3(tx0, tx1, tx2),
> + max3(tx3, tx4, relog));
> +
> + /* Overhead to finish one step of each intent item type */
> + const unsigned int f1 = xfs_calc_finish_efi_reservation(mp, 1);
> + const unsigned int f2 = xfs_calc_finish_rui_reservation(mp, 1);
> + const unsigned int f3 = xfs_calc_finish_cui_reservation(mp, 1);
> + const unsigned int f4 = xfs_calc_finish_bui_reservation(mp, 1);
> +
> + /* We only finish one item per transaction in a chain */
> + *step_size = max(f4, max3(f1, f2, f3));
> +
> + return per_intent;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Compute the maximum size (in fsblocks) of atomic writes that we can complete
> + * given the existing log reservations.
> + */
> +xfs_extlen_t
> +xfs_calc_max_atomic_write_fsblocks(
> + struct xfs_mount *mp)
> +{
> + const struct xfs_trans_res *resv = &M_RES(mp)->tr_atomic_ioend;
> + unsigned int per_intent = 0;
> + unsigned int step_size = 0;
> + unsigned int ret = 0;
> +
> + if (resv->tr_logres > 0) {
> + per_intent = xfs_calc_atomic_write_ioend_geometry(mp,
> + &step_size);
> +
> + if (resv->tr_logres >= step_size)
> + ret = (resv->tr_logres - step_size) / per_intent;
> + }
> +
> + trace_xfs_calc_max_atomic_write_fsblocks(mp, per_intent, step_size,
> + resv->tr_logres, ret);
> +
> + return ret;
> +}
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_resv.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_resv.h
> index 670045d417a6..a6d303b83688 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_resv.h
> +++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_resv.h
> @@ -121,4 +121,6 @@ unsigned int xfs_calc_itruncate_reservation_minlogsize(struct xfs_mount *mp);
> unsigned int xfs_calc_write_reservation_minlogsize(struct xfs_mount *mp);
> unsigned int xfs_calc_qm_dqalloc_reservation_minlogsize(struct xfs_mount *mp);
>
> +xfs_extlen_t xfs_calc_max_atomic_write_fsblocks(struct xfs_mount *mp);
> +
> #endif /* __XFS_TRANS_RESV_H__ */
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
> index 00b53f479ece..9c40914afabd 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
> @@ -666,6 +666,80 @@ xfs_agbtree_compute_maxlevels(
> mp->m_agbtree_maxlevels = max(levels, mp->m_refc_maxlevels);
> }
>
> +/* Maximum atomic write IO size that the kernel allows. */
> +static inline xfs_extlen_t xfs_calc_atomic_write_max(struct xfs_mount *mp)
> +{
> + return rounddown_pow_of_two(XFS_B_TO_FSB(mp, MAX_RW_COUNT));
> +}
> +
> +static inline unsigned int max_pow_of_two_factor(const unsigned int nr)
> +{
> + return 1 << (ffs(nr) - 1);
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * If the data device advertises atomic write support, limit the size of data
> + * device atomic writes to the greatest power-of-two factor of the AG size so
> + * that every atomic write unit aligns with the start of every AG. This is
> + * required so that the per-AG allocations for an atomic write will always be
> + * aligned compatibly with the alignment requirements of the storage.
> + *
> + * If the data device doesn't advertise atomic writes, then there are no
> + * alignment restrictions and the largest out-of-place write we can do
> + * ourselves is the number of blocks that user files can allocate from any AG.
> + */
> +static inline xfs_extlen_t xfs_calc_perag_awu_max(struct xfs_mount *mp)
> +{
> + if (mp->m_ddev_targp->bt_bdev_awu_min > 0)
> + return max_pow_of_two_factor(mp->m_sb.sb_agblocks);
> + return rounddown_pow_of_two(mp->m_ag_max_usable);
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Reflink on the realtime device requires rtgroups, and atomic writes require
> + * reflink.
> + *
> + * If the realtime device advertises atomic write support, limit the size of
> + * data device atomic writes to the greatest power-of-two factor of the rtgroup
> + * size so that every atomic write unit aligns with the start of every rtgroup.
> + * This is required so that the per-rtgroup allocations for an atomic write
> + * will always be aligned compatibly with the alignment requirements of the
> + * storage.
> + *
> + * If the rt device doesn't advertise atomic writes, then there are no
> + * alignment restrictions and the largest out-of-place write we can do
> + * ourselves is the number of blocks that user files can allocate from any
> + * rtgroup.
> + */
> +static inline xfs_extlen_t xfs_calc_rtgroup_awu_max(struct xfs_mount *mp)
> +{
> + struct xfs_groups *rgs = &mp->m_groups[XG_TYPE_RTG];
> +
> + if (mp->m_rtdev_targp && mp->m_rtdev_targp->bt_bdev_awu_min > 0)
> + return max_pow_of_two_factor(rgs->blocks);
> + return rounddown_pow_of_two(rgs->blocks);

Ok so I even attached the reply to the WRONG VERSION. Something in
these changes cause xfs/289 to barf up this UBSAN warning, even on a
realtime + rtgroups volume:

[ 1160.539004] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 1160.540701] UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in /storage/home/djwong/cdev/work/linux-djw/include/linux/log2.h:67:13
[ 1160.544597] shift exponent 4294967295 is too large for 64-bit type 'long unsigned int'
[ 1160.547038] CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 288421 Comm: mount Not tainted 6.15.0-rc5-djwx #rc5 PREEMPT(lazy) 6f606c17703b80ffff7378e7041918eca24b3e68
[ 1160.547045] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.0-4.module+el8.8.0+21164+ed375313 04/01/2014
[ 1160.547047] Call Trace:
[ 1160.547049] <TASK>
[ 1160.547051] dump_stack_lvl+0x4f/0x60
[ 1160.547060] __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x1bc/0x380
[ 1160.547066] xfs_set_max_atomic_write_opt.cold+0x22d/0x252 [xfs 1f657532c3dee9b1d567597a31645929273d3283]
[ 1160.547249] xfs_mountfs+0xa5c/0xb50 [xfs 1f657532c3dee9b1d567597a31645929273d3283]
[ 1160.547434] xfs_fs_fill_super+0x7eb/0xb30 [xfs 1f657532c3dee9b1d567597a31645929273d3283]
[ 1160.547616] ? xfs_open_devices+0x240/0x240 [xfs 1f657532c3dee9b1d567597a31645929273d3283]
[ 1160.547797] get_tree_bdev_flags+0x132/0x1d0
[ 1160.547801] vfs_get_tree+0x17/0xa0
[ 1160.547803] path_mount+0x720/0xa80
[ 1160.547807] __x64_sys_mount+0x10c/0x140
[ 1160.547810] do_syscall_64+0x47/0x100
[ 1160.547814] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
[ 1160.547817] RIP: 0033:0x7fde55d62e0a
[ 1160.547820] Code: 48 8b 0d f9 7f 0c 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 49 89 ca b8 a5 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d c6 7f 0c 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48
[ 1160.547823] RSP: 002b:00007fff11920ce8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a5
[ 1160.547826] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000556a10cd1de0 RCX: 00007fde55d62e0a
[ 1160.547828] RDX: 0000556a10cd2010 RSI: 0000556a10cd2090 RDI: 0000556a10ce2590
[ 1160.547829] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00007fff11920d50
[ 1160.547830] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000556a10ce2590
[ 1160.547832] R13: 0000556a10cd2010 R14: 00007fde55eca264 R15: 0000556a10cd1ef8
[ 1160.547834] </TASK>
[ 1160.547835] ---[ end trace ]---

John, can you please figure this one out, seeing as it's 10:30pm on
Sunday night here?

--D

> +}
> +
> +/* Compute the maximum atomic write unit size for each section. */
> +static inline void
> +xfs_calc_atomic_write_unit_max(
> + struct xfs_mount *mp)
> +{
> + struct xfs_groups *ags = &mp->m_groups[XG_TYPE_AG];
> + struct xfs_groups *rgs = &mp->m_groups[XG_TYPE_RTG];
> +
> + const xfs_extlen_t max_write = xfs_calc_atomic_write_max(mp);
> + const xfs_extlen_t max_ioend = xfs_reflink_max_atomic_cow(mp);
> + const xfs_extlen_t max_agsize = xfs_calc_perag_awu_max(mp);
> + const xfs_extlen_t max_rgsize = xfs_calc_rtgroup_awu_max(mp);
> +
> + ags->awu_max = min3(max_write, max_ioend, max_agsize);
> + rgs->awu_max = min3(max_write, max_ioend, max_rgsize);
> +
> + trace_xfs_calc_atomic_write_unit_max(mp, max_write, max_ioend,
> + max_agsize, max_rgsize);
> +}
> +
> /* Compute maximum possible height for realtime btree types for this fs. */
> static inline void
> xfs_rtbtree_compute_maxlevels(
> @@ -1082,6 +1156,13 @@ xfs_mountfs(
> xfs_zone_gc_start(mp);
> }
>
> + /*
> + * Pre-calculate atomic write unit max. This involves computations
> + * derived from transaction reservations, so we must do this after the
> + * log is fully initialized.
> + */
> + xfs_calc_atomic_write_unit_max(mp);
> +
> return 0;
>
> out_agresv:
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
> index e67bc3e91f98..e2abf31438e0 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
> @@ -119,6 +119,12 @@ struct xfs_groups {
> * SMR hard drives.
> */
> xfs_fsblock_t start_fsb;
> +
> + /*
> + * Maximum length of an atomic write for files stored in this
> + * collection of allocation groups, in fsblocks.
> + */
> + xfs_extlen_t awu_max;
> };
>
> struct xfs_freecounter {
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c
> index 218dee76768b..ad3bcb76d805 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c
> @@ -1040,6 +1040,22 @@ xfs_reflink_end_atomic_cow(
> return error;
> }
>
> +/* Compute the largest atomic write that we can complete through software. */
> +xfs_extlen_t
> +xfs_reflink_max_atomic_cow(
> + struct xfs_mount *mp)
> +{
> + /* We cannot do any atomic writes without out of place writes. */
> + if (!xfs_can_sw_atomic_write(mp))
> + return 0;
> +
> + /*
> + * Atomic write limits must always be a power-of-2, according to
> + * generic_atomic_write_valid.
> + */
> + return rounddown_pow_of_two(xfs_calc_max_atomic_write_fsblocks(mp));
> +}
> +
> /*
> * Free all CoW staging blocks that are still referenced by the ondisk refcount
> * metadata. The ondisk metadata does not track which inode created the
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.h
> index 412e9b6f2082..36cda724da89 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.h
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.h
> @@ -68,4 +68,6 @@ extern int xfs_reflink_update_dest(struct xfs_inode *dest, xfs_off_t newlen,
>
> bool xfs_reflink_supports_rextsize(struct xfs_mount *mp, unsigned int rextsize);
>
> +xfs_extlen_t xfs_reflink_max_atomic_cow(struct xfs_mount *mp);
> +
> #endif /* __XFS_REFLINK_H */
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
> index 9554578c6da4..d5ae00f8e04c 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
> @@ -170,6 +170,66 @@ DEFINE_ATTR_LIST_EVENT(xfs_attr_list_notfound);
> DEFINE_ATTR_LIST_EVENT(xfs_attr_leaf_list);
> DEFINE_ATTR_LIST_EVENT(xfs_attr_node_list);
>
> +TRACE_EVENT(xfs_calc_atomic_write_unit_max,
> + TP_PROTO(struct xfs_mount *mp, unsigned int max_write,
> + unsigned int max_ioend, unsigned int max_agsize,
> + unsigned int max_rgsize),
> + TP_ARGS(mp, max_write, max_ioend, max_agsize, max_rgsize),
> + TP_STRUCT__entry(
> + __field(dev_t, dev)
> + __field(unsigned int, max_write)
> + __field(unsigned int, max_ioend)
> + __field(unsigned int, max_agsize)
> + __field(unsigned int, max_rgsize)
> + __field(unsigned int, data_awu_max)
> + __field(unsigned int, rt_awu_max)
> + ),
> + TP_fast_assign(
> + __entry->dev = mp->m_super->s_dev;
> + __entry->max_write = max_write;
> + __entry->max_ioend = max_ioend;
> + __entry->max_agsize = max_agsize;
> + __entry->max_rgsize = max_rgsize;
> + __entry->data_awu_max = mp->m_groups[XG_TYPE_AG].awu_max;
> + __entry->rt_awu_max = mp->m_groups[XG_TYPE_RTG].awu_max;
> + ),
> + TP_printk("dev %d:%d max_write %u max_ioend %u max_agsize %u max_rgsize %u data_awu_max %u rt_awu_max %u",
> + MAJOR(__entry->dev), MINOR(__entry->dev),
> + __entry->max_write,
> + __entry->max_ioend,
> + __entry->max_agsize,
> + __entry->max_rgsize,
> + __entry->data_awu_max,
> + __entry->rt_awu_max)
> +);
> +
> +TRACE_EVENT(xfs_calc_max_atomic_write_fsblocks,
> + TP_PROTO(struct xfs_mount *mp, unsigned int per_intent,
> + unsigned int step_size, unsigned int logres,
> + unsigned int blockcount),
> + TP_ARGS(mp, per_intent, step_size, logres, blockcount),
> + TP_STRUCT__entry(
> + __field(dev_t, dev)
> + __field(unsigned int, per_intent)
> + __field(unsigned int, step_size)
> + __field(unsigned int, logres)
> + __field(unsigned int, blockcount)
> + ),
> + TP_fast_assign(
> + __entry->dev = mp->m_super->s_dev;
> + __entry->per_intent = per_intent;
> + __entry->step_size = step_size;
> + __entry->logres = logres;
> + __entry->blockcount = blockcount;
> + ),
> + TP_printk("dev %d:%d per_intent %u step_size %u logres %u blockcount %u",
> + MAJOR(__entry->dev), MINOR(__entry->dev),
> + __entry->per_intent,
> + __entry->step_size,
> + __entry->logres,
> + __entry->blockcount)
> +);
> +
> TRACE_EVENT(xlog_intent_recovery_failed,
> TP_PROTO(struct xfs_mount *mp, const struct xfs_defer_op_type *ops,
> int error),
> --
> 2.31.1
>
>