From: Li Chen <me@linux.beauty>
To: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
Mark Fasheh <mark@fasheh.com>,
linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, ocfs2-devel@lists.linux.dev,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@dilger.ca>,
Joel Becker <jlbec@evilplan.org>,
Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/3] jbd2/ext4/ocfs2: lockless jinode dirty range
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:46:41 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260219114645.778338-1-me@linux.beauty> (raw)
This series makes the jbd2_inode dirty range tracking safe for lockless
reads in jbd2 and filesystem callbacks used by ext4 and ocfs2.
Some paths access jinode fields without holding journal->j_list_lock
(e.g. fast commit helpers and ordered truncate helpers). v1 used READ_ONCE()
on i_dirty_start/end, but Matthew pointed out that loff_t can be torn on
32-bit platforms, and Jan suggested storing the dirty range in PAGE_SIZE
units as pgoff_t.
With this series, jbd2 stores i_dirty_start/end as pgoff_t and uses
READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() for lockless access. ext4 and ocfs2 convert the
page-based dirty range back to byte offsets for writeback.
This is based on Jan's suggestion in the review of the ext4 jinode
publication race fix. [1]
Changes since v1:
- Store i_dirty_start/end in PAGE_SIZE units (pgoff_t) to avoid torn loads on
32-bit (pointed out by Matthew, suggested by Jan).
- Use WRITE_ONCE() for i_dirty_* / i_flags updates in jbd2 (per Jan).
- Drop pointless READ_ONCE() on i_vfs_inode in jbd2_wait_inode_data (per Jan).
- Convert ext4/ocfs2 callbacks to translate page range to byte offsets.
[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/4jxwogttddiaoqbstlgou5ox6zs27ngjjz5ukrxafm2z5ijxod@so4eqnykiegj/
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260130031232.60780-1-me@linux.beauty/
Li Chen (3):
jbd2: store jinode dirty range in PAGE_SIZE units
ext4: use READ_ONCE for lockless jinode reads
ocfs2: use READ_ONCE for lockless jinode reads
fs/ext4/inode.c | 12 ++++++--
fs/ext4/super.c | 19 +++++++++----
fs/jbd2/commit.c | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
fs/jbd2/journal.c | 3 +-
fs/jbd2/transaction.c | 20 ++++++++-----
fs/ocfs2/journal.c | 13 +++++++--
include/linux/jbd2.h | 17 +++++++----
7 files changed, 113 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
--
2.52.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-02-19 11:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-19 11:46 Li Chen [this message]
2026-02-19 11:46 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] jbd2: store jinode dirty range in PAGE_SIZE units Li Chen
2026-02-19 21:00 ` Andreas Dilger
2026-02-20 6:43 ` Li Chen
2026-02-23 1:11 ` Andreas Dilger
2026-02-19 11:46 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] ext4: use READ_ONCE for lockless jinode reads Li Chen
2026-02-19 11:46 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] ocfs2: " Li Chen
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