RE: [PATCH v2 2/10] xfs: Add support FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE for fallocate

Namjae Jeon
2014-05-13T01:23:08Z

>
> On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 06:42:37PM +0900, Namjae Jeon wrote:
> >
> > > > +xfs_bmap_split_extent(
> > > > + struct xfs_inode *ip,
> > > > + xfs_fileoff_t split_fsb,
> > > > + xfs_extnum_t *split_ext)
> > > > +{
> > > > + struct xfs_mount *mp = ip->i_mount;
> > > > + struct xfs_trans *tp;
> > > > + struct xfs_bmap_free free_list;
> > > > + xfs_fsblock_t firstfsb;
> > > > + int committed;
> > > > + int error;
> > > > +
> > > > + tp = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_DIOSTRAT);
> > > > + error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, &M_RES(mp)->tr_write,
> > > > + XFS_DIOSTRAT_SPACE_RES(mp, 0), 0);
> > > > +
> > > > + if (error) {
> > > > + /*
> > > > + * Free the transaction structure.
> > > > + */
> > > > + ASSERT(XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp));
> > >
> > Hi, Brian.
> > > As in the other patch, we're attempting to reserve fs blocks for the
> > > transaction, so ENOSPC is a possibility that I think the assert should
> > > accommodate.
> > How about removing the ASSERT completely as suggessted by Dave
> > in other thread?
> >
>
> Yeah, that works too. If Dave prefers to just remove these asserts
> that's fine with me. I just wanted to make sure we aren't adding
> spurious asserts for valid failures.
Okay.
>
> > >
> ...
> > > > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> > > > index 97855c5..392b029 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> > > > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> > > > @@ -760,7 +760,8 @@ xfs_file_fallocate(
> > > > if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
> > > > return -EINVAL;
> > > > if (mode & ~(FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE | FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE |
> > > > - FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE | FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE))
> > > > + FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE | FALLOC_FL_ZERO_RANGE |
> > > > + FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE))
> > > > return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> > > >
> > > > xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL);
> > > > @@ -790,6 +791,40 @@ xfs_file_fallocate(
> > > > error = xfs_collapse_file_space(ip, offset, len);
> > > > if (error)
> > > > goto out_unlock;
> > > > + } else if (mode & FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE) {
> > > > + unsigned blksize_mask = (1 << inode->i_blkbits) - 1;
> > > > + struct iattr iattr;
> > > > +
> > > > + if (offset & blksize_mask || len & blksize_mask) {
> > > > + error = -EINVAL;
> > > > + goto out_unlock;
> > > > + }
> > > > +
> > > > + /* Check for wrap through zero */
> > > > + if (inode->i_size + len > inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes) {
> > > > + error = -EFBIG;
> > > > + goto out_unlock;
> > > > + }
> > > > +
> > > > + /* Offset should be less than i_size */
> > > > + if (offset >= i_size_read(inode)) {
> > > > + error = -EINVAL;
> > > > + goto out_unlock;
> > > > + }
> > > > +
> > > > + /*
> > > > + * The first thing we do is to expand file to
> > > > + * avoid data loss if there is error while shifting
> > > > + */
> > > > + iattr.ia_valid = ATTR_SIZE;
> > > > + iattr.ia_size = i_size_read(inode) + len;
> > > > + error = xfs_setattr_size(ip, &iattr);
> > > > + if (error)
> > > > + goto out_unlock;
> > >
> > > I don't necessarily know that it's problematic to do the setattr before
> > > the bmap fixup. We'll have a chance for partial completion of this
> > > operation either way. But I'm not a fan of the code duplication here.
> > > This also still skips the time update in the event of insert space
> > > failure, though perhaps that's not such a big deal if we're returning an
> > > error.
> > >
> > > I think it would be better to leave things organized as before and
> > > introduce an error2 variable and a &nrshifts or some such parameter to
> > > xfs_insert_file_space() that initializes to 0 and returns the number of
> > > record shifts. The caller can then decide whether it's appropriate to
> > > break out immediately or do the inode size update and return the error.
> > >
> > > Perhaps not the cleanest thing in the world, but also not the first
> > > place we would use 'error2' to manage error priorities (grep around for
> > > it)...
> > Yes, Right. I also thought such sequence at first. But we should consider
> > sudden power off and unplug device case during shifting extent.
> > While we are in the middle of shifitng extents and if there is sudden
> > power failure user can still think that data is lost as we won't get any
> > chance to update the file size in these cases.
> > Updating file size before the shifitng operation can start will prevent this.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> Hmm, fair point. That seems less critical to me than the general error
> sequence, but if we want to handle that case I think we could still fix
> the duplication in xfs_file_fallocate(). We could possibly factor out
> the common bits (update time and set size) into a helper, or what seems
> a bit cleaner on first thought, move the bulk of the (mode &
> FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE) block to after the common part. Then the
> function looks something like this:
>
> ...
> xfs_ilock();
>
> /* pre-inode fixup ops */
> if (mode & ...) {
> ...
> } else if (mode & FALLOC_FL_INSERT_RANGE) {
> /* comment as to what's going on here :) */
>
> /* error checks */
>
> new_size = ...;
> do_file_insert = 1;
> }
> ...
> xfs_trans_ichgtime();
> xfs_setattr_size();
> ...
>
> /*
> * Some operations are performed after the inode size is updated. For
> * example, insert range expands the address space of the file, shifts
> * all subsequent extents over and allocates space into the hole.
> * Updating the size first ensures that shifted extents aren't left
> * hanging past EOF in the event of a crash or failure.
> */
> if (do_file_insert) {
> /* alloc space */
> ...
> }
> ...
>
> That seems a bit cleaner to me, but I'm not wedded to it. Thoughts? It
> might be worth soliciting some other thoughts/ideas before reworking it.
> Thanks.
Okay, I agree about your opinion.
And I would like to get some feedback from Dave before reworking.

Thanks for your valuable review!

>
> Brian
>
> > >
> > > Brian
> > >
> > > > +
> > > > + error = xfs_insert_file_space(ip, offset, len);
> > > > + if (error)
> > > > + goto out_unlock;
> > > > } else {
> > > > if (!(mode & FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE) &&
> > > > offset + len > i_size_read(inode)) {
> >