From: Baolin Liu <liubaolin12138@163.com>
To: tytso@mit.edu, adilger.kernel@dilger.ca, libaokun@linux.alibaba.com
Cc: ojaswin@linux.ibm.com, ritesh.list@gmail.com,
yi.zhang@huawei.com, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, wangguanyu@vivo.com,
adilger@dilger.ca, liubaolin12138@163.com,
Baolin Liu <liubaolin@kylinos.cn>
Subject: [PATCH v4 v4 2/3] ext4: use atomic operations for s_mb_stats accesses
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 17:34:27 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260508093428.5814-3-liubaolin12138@163.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260508093428.5814-1-liubaolin12138@163.com>
From: Baolin Liu <liubaolin@kylinos.cn>
s_mb_stats can be read from mballoc paths while being updated
through sysfs, which can race.
Convert it to atomic_t and use atomic_read()/atomic_set()
for all accesses.
Signed-off-by: Baolin Liu <liubaolin@kylinos.cn>
---
fs/ext4/ext4.h | 2 +-
fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 24 ++++++++++++------------
fs/ext4/sysfs.c | 9 ++++++++-
3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 293f698b7042..04bccfcb018e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -1624,7 +1624,7 @@ struct ext4_sb_info {
unsigned int s_mb_stream_request;
unsigned int s_mb_max_to_scan;
unsigned int s_mb_min_to_scan;
- unsigned int s_mb_stats;
+ atomic_t s_mb_stats;
unsigned int s_mb_order2_reqs;
unsigned int s_mb_group_prealloc;
unsigned int s_max_dir_size_kb;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 1e13ef62cb9d..95103fbc1583 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ static int ext4_mb_scan_groups_xa_range(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
xa_for_each_range(xa, group, grp, start, end - 1) {
int err;
- if (sbi->s_mb_stats)
+ if (atomic_read(&sbi->s_mb_stats))
atomic64_inc(&sbi->s_bal_cX_groups_considered[cr]);
err = ext4_mb_scan_group(ac, grp->bb_group);
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ static int ext4_mb_scan_groups_p2_aligned(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
goto wrap_around;
}
- if (sbi->s_mb_stats)
+ if (atomic_read(&sbi->s_mb_stats))
atomic64_inc(&sbi->s_bal_cX_failed[ac->ac_criteria]);
/* Increment cr and search again if no group is found */
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ static int ext4_mb_scan_groups_goal_fast(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
goto wrap_around;
}
- if (sbi->s_mb_stats)
+ if (atomic_read(&sbi->s_mb_stats))
atomic64_inc(&sbi->s_bal_cX_failed[ac->ac_criteria]);
/*
* CR_BEST_AVAIL_LEN works based on the concept that we have
@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ static int ext4_mb_scan_groups_best_avail(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
/* Reset goal length to original goal length before falling into CR_GOAL_LEN_SLOW */
ac->ac_g_ex.fe_len = ac->ac_orig_goal_len;
- if (sbi->s_mb_stats)
+ if (atomic_read(&sbi->s_mb_stats))
atomic64_inc(&sbi->s_bal_cX_failed[ac->ac_criteria]);
ac->ac_criteria = CR_GOAL_LEN_SLOW;
@@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ static int ext4_mb_scan_groups_linear(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
ac->ac_criteria++;
/* Processed all groups and haven't found blocks */
- if (sbi->s_mb_stats && i == ngroups)
+ if (atomic_read(&sbi->s_mb_stats) && i == ngroups)
atomic64_inc(&sbi->s_bal_cX_failed[cr]);
return 0;
@@ -2535,7 +2535,7 @@ void ext4_mb_simple_scan_group(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
BUG_ON(ac->ac_f_ex.fe_len != ac->ac_g_ex.fe_len);
- if (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mb_stats)
+ if (atomic_read(&EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mb_stats))
atomic_inc(&EXT4_SB(sb)->s_bal_2orders);
break;
@@ -2780,7 +2780,7 @@ static int ext4_mb_good_group_nolock(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
if (!grp)
return -EFSCORRUPTED;
- if (sbi->s_mb_stats)
+ if (atomic_read(&sbi->s_mb_stats))
atomic64_inc(&sbi->s_bal_cX_groups_considered[ac->ac_criteria]);
if (should_lock) {
ext4_lock_group(sb, group);
@@ -3091,7 +3091,7 @@ ext4_mb_regular_allocator(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac)
}
}
- if (sbi->s_mb_stats && ac->ac_status == AC_STATUS_FOUND) {
+ if (atomic_read(&sbi->s_mb_stats) && ac->ac_status == AC_STATUS_FOUND) {
atomic64_inc(&sbi->s_bal_cX_hits[ac->ac_criteria]);
if (ac->ac_flags & EXT4_MB_STREAM_ALLOC &&
ac->ac_b_ex.fe_group == ac->ac_g_ex.fe_group)
@@ -3204,7 +3204,7 @@ int ext4_seq_mb_stats_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *offset)
struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
seq_puts(seq, "mballoc:\n");
- if (!sbi->s_mb_stats) {
+ if (!atomic_read(&sbi->s_mb_stats)) {
seq_puts(seq, "\tmb stats collection turned off.\n");
seq_puts(
seq,
@@ -3783,7 +3783,7 @@ int ext4_mb_init(struct super_block *sb)
sbi->s_mb_max_to_scan = MB_DEFAULT_MAX_TO_SCAN;
sbi->s_mb_min_to_scan = MB_DEFAULT_MIN_TO_SCAN;
- sbi->s_mb_stats = MB_DEFAULT_STATS;
+ atomic_set(&sbi->s_mb_stats, MB_DEFAULT_STATS);
sbi->s_mb_stream_request = MB_DEFAULT_STREAM_THRESHOLD;
sbi->s_mb_order2_reqs = MB_DEFAULT_ORDER2_REQS;
sbi->s_mb_best_avail_max_trim_order = MB_DEFAULT_BEST_AVAIL_TRIM_ORDER;
@@ -3929,7 +3929,7 @@ void ext4_mb_release(struct super_block *sb)
kfree(sbi->s_mb_offsets);
kfree(sbi->s_mb_maxs);
iput(sbi->s_buddy_cache);
- if (sbi->s_mb_stats) {
+ if (atomic_read(&sbi->s_mb_stats)) {
ext4_msg(sb, KERN_INFO,
"mballoc: %u blocks %u reqs (%u success)",
atomic_read(&sbi->s_bal_allocated),
@@ -4694,7 +4694,7 @@ static void ext4_mb_collect_stats(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac)
{
struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(ac->ac_sb);
- if (sbi->s_mb_stats && ac->ac_g_ex.fe_len >= 1) {
+ if (atomic_read(&sbi->s_mb_stats) && ac->ac_g_ex.fe_len >= 1) {
atomic_inc(&sbi->s_bal_reqs);
atomic_add(ac->ac_b_ex.fe_len, &sbi->s_bal_allocated);
if (ac->ac_b_ex.fe_len >= ac->ac_o_ex.fe_len)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/sysfs.c b/fs/ext4/sysfs.c
index b87d7bdab06a..0f65ab372dee 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/sysfs.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/sysfs.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ EXT4_ATTR_OFFSET(mb_best_avail_max_trim_order, 0644, mb_order,
ext4_sb_info, s_mb_best_avail_max_trim_order);
EXT4_ATTR_OFFSET(err_report_sec, 0644, err_report_sec, ext4_sb_info, s_err_report_sec);
EXT4_RW_ATTR_SBI_UI(inode_goal, s_inode_goal);
-EXT4_RW_ATTR_SBI_UI(mb_stats, s_mb_stats);
+EXT4_ATTR_OFFSET(mb_stats, 0644, pointer_atomic, ext4_sb_info, s_mb_stats);
EXT4_RW_ATTR_SBI_UI(mb_max_to_scan, s_mb_max_to_scan);
EXT4_RW_ATTR_SBI_UI(mb_min_to_scan, s_mb_min_to_scan);
EXT4_RW_ATTR_SBI_UI(mb_order2_req, s_mb_order2_reqs);
@@ -493,6 +493,7 @@ static ssize_t ext4_generic_attr_store(struct ext4_attr *a,
const char *buf, size_t len)
{
int ret;
+ int i;
unsigned int t;
unsigned long lt;
void *ptr = calc_ptr(a, sbi);
@@ -540,6 +541,12 @@ static ssize_t ext4_generic_attr_store(struct ext4_attr *a,
return ret;
*((unsigned long *) ptr) = lt;
return len;
+ case attr_pointer_atomic:
+ ret = kstrtoint(skip_spaces(buf), 0, &i);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ atomic_set((atomic_t *)ptr, i);
+ return len;
}
return 0;
}
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-08 9:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-08 9:34 [PATCH v4 v4 0/3] ext4: improve mballoc statistics reporting and control Baolin Liu
2026-05-08 9:34 ` [PATCH v4 v4 1/3] ext4: add blocks_allocated to mb_stats output Baolin Liu
2026-05-08 9:34 ` Baolin Liu [this message]
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2026-05-12 2:11 ` [PATCH v4 v4 2/3] ext4: use atomic operations for s_mb_stats accesses liubaolin
2026-05-08 9:34 ` [PATCH v4 v4 3/3] ext4: allow controlling mballoc stats through proc mb_stats Baolin Liu
2026-05-08 10:31 ` [PATCH v4 v4 0/3] ext4: improve mballoc statistics reporting and control liubaolin
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