From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:44682 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2405581AbfFLMJM (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Jun 2019 08:09:12 -0400 Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 14:09:07 +0200 From: Jan Kara Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 00/10] RDMA/FS DAX truncate proposal Message-ID: <20190612120907.GC14578@quack2.suse.cz> References: <20190606014544.8339-1-ira.weiny@intel.com> <20190606104203.GF7433@quack2.suse.cz> <20190606195114.GA30714@ziepe.ca> <20190606222228.GB11698@iweiny-DESK2.sc.intel.com> <20190607103636.GA12765@quack2.suse.cz> <20190607121729.GA14802@ziepe.ca> <20190607145213.GB14559@iweiny-DESK2.sc.intel.com> <20190612102917.GB14578@quack2.suse.cz> <20190612114721.GB3876@ziepe.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190612114721.GB3876@ziepe.ca> Sender: linux-xfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: List-Id: xfs To: Jason Gunthorpe Cc: Jan Kara , Ira Weiny , Dan Williams , Theodore Ts'o , Jeff Layton , Dave Chinner , Matthew Wilcox , linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , John Hubbard , =?iso-8859-1?B?Suly9G1l?= Glisse , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org On Wed 12-06-19 08:47:21, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 12:29:17PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote: > > > > > The main objection to the current ODP & DAX solution is that very > > > > little HW can actually implement it, having the alternative still > > > > require HW support doesn't seem like progress. > > > > > > > > I think we will eventually start seein some HW be able to do this > > > > invalidation, but it won't be universal, and I'd rather leave it > > > > optional, for recovery from truely catastrophic errors (ie my DAX is > > > > on fire, I need to unplug it). > > > > > > Agreed. I think software wise there is not much some of the devices can do > > > with such an "invalidate". > > > > So out of curiosity: What does RDMA driver do when userspace just closes > > the file pointing to RDMA object? It has to handle that somehow by aborting > > everything that's going on... And I wanted similar behavior here. > > It aborts *everything* connected to that file descriptor. Destroying > everything avoids creating inconsistencies that destroying a subset > would create. > > What has been talked about for lease break is not destroying anything > but very selectively saying that one memory region linked to the GUP > is no longer functional. OK, so what I had in mind was that if RDMA app doesn't play by the rules and closes the file with existing pins (and thus layout lease) we would force it to abort everything. Yes, it is disruptive but then the app didn't obey the rule that it has to maintain file lease while holding pins. Thus such situation should never happen unless the app is malicious / buggy. Honza -- Jan Kara SUSE Labs, CR