From: Joanne Koong <joannelkoong@gmail.com>
To: brauner@kernel.org
Cc: bfoster@redhat.com, hch@infradead.org, djwong@kernel.org,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/2] iomap: fix race when reading in all bytes of a folio
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 11:11:33 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251028181133.1285219-3-joannelkoong@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251028181133.1285219-1-joannelkoong@gmail.com>
There is a race where if all bytes in a folio need to get read in and
the filesystem finishes reading the bytes in before the call to
iomap_read_end(), then bytes_not_submitted in iomap_read_end() will be 0
and the following "ifs->read_bytes_pending -= bytes_not_submitted" will
also be 0 which will trigger an extra folio_end_read() call. This extra
folio_end_read() unlocks the folio for the 2nd time, which sets the lock
bit on the folio, resulting in a permanent lockup.
Fix this by adding a +1 bias when doing the initialization for
ifs->read_bytes_pending. The bias will be subtracted in
iomap_read_end(). This ensures the folio is locked when
iomap_read_end() is called, even if the IO helper has finished reading
in the entire folio.
Additionally, add some comments to clarify how this logic works.
Signed-off-by: Joanne Koong <joannelkoong@gmail.com>
Fixes: 51311f045375 ("iomap: track pending read bytes more optimally")
Reported-by: Brian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com>
---
fs/iomap/buffered-io.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c b/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c
index 4c0d66612a67..5d6c578338dd 100644
--- a/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c
+++ b/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c
@@ -358,12 +358,42 @@ static void iomap_read_init(struct folio *folio)
if (ifs) {
size_t len = folio_size(folio);
+ /*
+ * ifs->read_bytes_pending is used to track how many bytes are
+ * read in asynchronously by the IO helper. We need to track
+ * this so that we can know when the IO helper has finished
+ * reading in all the necessary ranges of the folio and can end
+ * the read.
+ *
+ * Increase ->read_bytes_pending by the folio size to start, and
+ * add a +1 bias. We'll subtract the bias and any uptodate/zeroed
+ * ranges that did not require IO in iomap_read_end() after we're
+ * done processing the folio.
+ *
+ * We do this because otherwise, we would have to increment
+ * ifs->read_bytes_pending every time a range in the folio needs
+ * to be read in, which can get expensive since the spinlock
+ * needs to be held whenever modifying ifs->read_bytes_pending.
+ *
+ * We add the bias to ensure the folio is still locked when
+ * iomap_read_end() is called, even if the IO helper has already
+ * finished reading in the entire folio.
+ */
spin_lock_irq(&ifs->state_lock);
- ifs->read_bytes_pending += len;
+ ifs->read_bytes_pending += len + 1;
spin_unlock_irq(&ifs->state_lock);
}
}
+/*
+ * This ends IO if no bytes were submitted to an IO helper.
+ *
+ * Otherwise, this calibrates ifs->read_bytes_pending to represent only the
+ * submitted bytes (see comment in iomap_read_init()). If all bytes submitted
+ * have already been completed by the IO helper, then this will end the read.
+ * Else the IO helper will end the read after all submitted ranges have been
+ * read.
+ */
static void iomap_read_end(struct folio *folio, size_t bytes_submitted)
{
struct iomap_folio_state *ifs;
@@ -381,7 +411,12 @@ static void iomap_read_end(struct folio *folio, size_t bytes_submitted)
ifs = folio->private;
if (ifs) {
bool end_read, uptodate;
- size_t bytes_not_submitted = folio_size(folio) -
+ /*
+ * Subtract any bytes that were initially accounted to
+ * read_bytes_pending but skipped for IO.
+ * The +1 accounts for the bias we added in iomap_read_init().
+ */
+ size_t bytes_not_submitted = folio_size(folio) + 1 -
bytes_submitted;
spin_lock_irq(&ifs->state_lock);
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-28 18:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-28 18:11 [PATCH v3 0/2] vfs-6.19.iomap commit 51311f045375 fixups Joanne Koong
2025-10-28 18:11 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] iomap: rename bytes_pending/bytes_accounted to bytes_submitted/bytes_not_submitted Joanne Koong
2025-10-29 5:56 ` Darrick J. Wong
2025-10-29 8:36 ` Christoph Hellwig
2025-10-29 8:37 ` Christoph Hellwig
2025-10-28 18:11 ` Joanne Koong [this message]
2025-10-29 8:38 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] iomap: fix race when reading in all bytes of a folio Christoph Hellwig
2025-10-31 20:34 ` Joanne Koong
2025-10-31 12:39 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] vfs-6.19.iomap commit 51311f045375 fixups Christian Brauner
2025-10-31 20:38 ` Joanne Koong
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