Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: synchronize atomic write aborts

[Daeho Jeong <daeho43@gmail.com>]

Hi Chao,

On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 3:37 AM Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Daeho,
>
> On 2023/1/31 0:34, Daeho Jeong wrote:
> > Hi Chao,
> >
> > I read your patch series now and I like it.
>
> Thank you for checking the patches. :)
>
> > However, how about a race condition between start_atomic_write and
> > abort_atomic_write?
>
> Yup, I noticed that issue, I guess we can avoid this race condition by
> covering these two flows w/ i_atomic_sem.
>
> > abort_atomic_write is called without inode_lock in closing filp scenarios.
> > What do you think about this?
>
> I'm fine w/ your change as it's more clean, but it's better to drop cow_inode's
> page cache if atomic_write is committed or aborted to avoid caching obsolete page?

It's better to put that part in f2fs_abort_atomic_write().
On top of that, maybe, we should move
f2fs_do_truncate_blocks(fi->cow_inode, 0, true) part from
f2fs_ioc_start_atomic_write() to f2fs_abort_atomic_write(), too.

Thanks,

>
> Thanks,
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 6:07 PM Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Daeho, Jaegeuk,
> >>
> >> Please take a look at patchset in below link:
> >>
> >> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-f2fs-devel/20230109034453.490176-1-chao@kernel.org/T/#t
> >>
> >> In PATCH 4/5, I'm trying to fix the same issue w/ alternative way, let me
> >> know your preference. :)
> >>
> >> One comment as below.
> >>
> >> On 2023/1/13 8:49, Daeho Jeong wrote:
> >>> From: Daeho Jeong <daehojeong@google.com>
> >>>
> >>> To fix a race condition between atomic write aborts, I use the inode
> >>> lock and make COW inode to be re-usable thoroughout the whole
> >>> atomic file inode lifetime.
> >>>
> >>> Reported-by: syzbot+823000d23b3400619f7c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> >>> Fixes: 3db1de0e582c ("f2fs: change the current atomic write way")
> >>> Signed-off-by: Daeho Jeong <daehojeong@google.com>
> >>> ---
> >>>    fs/f2fs/file.c    | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
> >>>    fs/f2fs/inode.c   | 11 +++++++++--
> >>>    fs/f2fs/segment.c |  3 ---
> >>>    fs/f2fs/super.c   |  2 --
> >>>    4 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
> >>> index ecbc8c135b49..ff072a9ed258 100644
> >>> --- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
> >>> +++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
> >>> @@ -1866,7 +1866,10 @@ static int f2fs_release_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
> >>>                        atomic_read(&inode->i_writecount) != 1)
> >>>                return 0;
> >>>
> >>> +     inode_lock(inode);
> >>>        f2fs_abort_atomic_write(inode, true);
> >>> +     inode_unlock(inode);
> >>> +
> >>>        return 0;
> >>>    }
> >>>
> >>> @@ -1880,8 +1883,11 @@ static int f2fs_file_flush(struct file *file, fl_owner_t id)
> >>>         * until all the writers close its file. Since this should be done
> >>>         * before dropping file lock, it needs to do in ->flush.
> >>>         */
> >>> -     if (F2FS_I(inode)->atomic_write_task == current)
> >>> +     if (F2FS_I(inode)->atomic_write_task == current) {
> >>> +             inode_lock(inode);
> >>>                f2fs_abort_atomic_write(inode, true);
> >>> +             inode_unlock(inode);
> >>> +     }
> >>>        return 0;
> >>>    }
> >>>
> >>> @@ -2087,19 +2093,28 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_start_atomic_write(struct file *filp, bool truncate)
> >>>                goto out;
> >>>        }
> >>>
> >>> -     /* Create a COW inode for atomic write */
> >>> -     pinode = f2fs_iget(inode->i_sb, fi->i_pino);
> >>> -     if (IS_ERR(pinode)) {
> >>> -             f2fs_up_write(&fi->i_gc_rwsem[WRITE]);
> >>> -             ret = PTR_ERR(pinode);
> >>> -             goto out;
> >>> -     }
> >>> +     /* Check if the inode already has a COW inode */
> >>> +     if (fi->cow_inode == NULL) {
> >>> +             /* Create a COW inode for atomic write */
> >>> +             pinode = f2fs_iget(inode->i_sb, fi->i_pino);
> >>> +             if (IS_ERR(pinode)) {
> >>> +                     f2fs_up_write(&fi->i_gc_rwsem[WRITE]);
> >>> +                     ret = PTR_ERR(pinode);
> >>> +                     goto out;
> >>> +             }
> >>>
> >>> -     ret = f2fs_get_tmpfile(mnt_userns, pinode, &fi->cow_inode);
> >>> -     iput(pinode);
> >>> -     if (ret) {
> >>> -             f2fs_up_write(&fi->i_gc_rwsem[WRITE]);
> >>> -             goto out;
> >>> +             ret = f2fs_get_tmpfile(mnt_userns, pinode, &fi->cow_inode);
> >>> +             iput(pinode);
> >>> +             if (ret) {
> >>> +                     f2fs_up_write(&fi->i_gc_rwsem[WRITE]);
> >>> +                     goto out;
> >>> +             }
> >>> +
> >>> +             set_inode_flag(fi->cow_inode, FI_COW_FILE);
> >>> +             clear_inode_flag(fi->cow_inode, FI_INLINE_DATA);
> >>> +     } else {
> >>> +             /* Reuse the already created COW inode */
> >>> +             f2fs_do_truncate_blocks(fi->cow_inode, 0, true);
> >>>        }
> >>>
> >>>        f2fs_write_inode(inode, NULL);
> >>> @@ -2107,8 +2122,6 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_start_atomic_write(struct file *filp, bool truncate)
> >>>        stat_inc_atomic_inode(inode);
> >>>
> >>>        set_inode_flag(inode, FI_ATOMIC_FILE);
> >>> -     set_inode_flag(fi->cow_inode, FI_COW_FILE);
> >>> -     clear_inode_flag(fi->cow_inode, FI_INLINE_DATA);
> >>>
> >>>        isize = i_size_read(inode);
> >>>        fi->original_i_size = isize;
> >>> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inode.c b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
> >>> index ff6cf66ed46b..4921f7209e28 100644
> >>> --- a/fs/f2fs/inode.c
> >>> +++ b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
> >>> @@ -766,11 +766,18 @@ int f2fs_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
> >>>    void f2fs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
> >>>    {
> >>>        struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_I_SB(inode);
> >>> -     nid_t xnid = F2FS_I(inode)->i_xattr_nid;
> >>> +     struct f2fs_inode_info *fi = F2FS_I(inode);
> >>> +     nid_t xnid = fi->i_xattr_nid;
> >>>        int err = 0;
> >>>
> >>>        f2fs_abort_atomic_write(inode, true);
> >>>
> >>> +     if (fi->cow_inode) {
> >>> +             clear_inode_flag(fi->cow_inode, FI_COW_FILE);
> >>> +             iput(fi->cow_inode);
> >>> +             fi->cow_inode = NULL;
> >>> +     }
> >>> +
> >>>        trace_f2fs_evict_inode(inode);
> >>>        truncate_inode_pages_final(&inode->i_data);
> >>>
> >>> @@ -857,7 +864,7 @@ void f2fs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
> >>>        stat_dec_inline_inode(inode);
> >>>        stat_dec_compr_inode(inode);
> >>>        stat_sub_compr_blocks(inode,
> >>> -                     atomic_read(&F2FS_I(inode)->i_compr_blocks));
> >>> +                     atomic_read(&fi->i_compr_blocks));
> >>>
> >>>        if (likely(!f2fs_cp_error(sbi) &&
> >>>                                !is_sbi_flag_set(sbi, SBI_CP_DISABLED)))
> >>> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> >>> index ae3c4e5474ef..536d7c674b04 100644
> >>> --- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> >>> +++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> >>> @@ -192,9 +192,6 @@ void f2fs_abort_atomic_write(struct inode *inode, bool clean)
> >>>        if (!f2fs_is_atomic_file(inode))
> >>>                return;
> >>>
> >>> -     clear_inode_flag(fi->cow_inode, FI_COW_FILE);
> >>> -     iput(fi->cow_inode);
> >>> -     fi->cow_inode = NULL;
> >>>        release_atomic_write_cnt(inode);
> >>>        clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_ATOMIC_COMMITTED);
> >>>        clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_ATOMIC_REPLACE);
> >>> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
> >>> index 1f812b9ce985..10463f084d30 100644
> >>> --- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
> >>> +++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
> >>> @@ -1430,8 +1430,6 @@ static int f2fs_drop_inode(struct inode *inode)
> >>>                        atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
> >>>                        spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
> >>>
> >>> -                     f2fs_abort_atomic_write(inode, true);
> >>
> >> In order to avoid caching obsolete page of cow_inode, how about truncating
> >> them here?
> >>
> >> if (f2fs_is_atomic_file() && cow_inode)
> >>          truncate_inode_pages_final(&cow_inode->i_data);
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >>> -
> >>>                        /* should remain fi->extent_tree for writepage */
> >>>                        f2fs_destroy_extent_node(inode);
> >>>


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