Re: [PATCH 3/4] xfs: writeback and inval. file range to be shifted by collapse

Dave Chinner
2014-09-09T05:13:34Z

On Sun, Sep 07, 2014 at 08:25:59AM -0400, Brian Foster wrote:
> The collapse range operation currently writes the entire file before
> starting the collapse to avoid changes in the in-core extent list due to
> writeback causing the extent count to change. Now that collapse range is
> fsb based rather than extent index based it can sustain changes in the
> extent list during the shift sequence without disruption.
>
> Modify xfs_collapse_file_space() to writeback and invalidate pages
> associated with the range of the file to be shifted.
> xfs_free_file_space() currently has similar behavior, but the space free
> need only affect the region of the file that is freed and this could
> change in the future.
>
> Also update the comments to reflect the current implementation. We
> retain the eofblocks trim permanently as a best option for dealing with
> delalloc extents. We don't shift delalloc extents because this scenario
> only occurs with post-eof preallocation (since data must be flushed such
> that the cache can be invalidated and data can be shifted). That means
> said space must also be initialized before being shifted into the
> accessible region of the file only to be immediately truncated off as
> the last part of the collapse. In other words, the eofblocks trim will
> happen anyways, we just run it first to ensure the file remains in a
> consistent state throughout the collapse.
>
> Finally, BUG() in the event of a delalloc extent during the extent shift
> such that a failure is obvious. The implementation explicitly does not
> support delalloc extents and the caller is expected to prevent this
> scenario in advance as is done by collapse.
>
> Signed-off-by: Brian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com>
> ---
> fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c | 2 ++
> fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_util.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++-------------
> 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
> index 449a016..1dd04c2 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
> @@ -5617,6 +5617,8 @@ xfs_bmap_shift_extents(
> */
> total_extents = ifp->if_bytes / sizeof(xfs_bmbt_rec_t);
> while (nexts++ < num_exts && current_ext < total_extents) {
> + /* can't handle delalloc extents */
> + BUG_ON(isnullstartblock(got.br_startblock));

XFS_WANT_CORRUPTED_GOTO() would be better, I think.

Otherwise OK.

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
david@fromorbit.com