From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
To: Christian Brauner <christian@brauner.io>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org>,
netfs@lists.linux.dev, linux-afs@lists.infradead.org,
linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org, ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 23/24] netfs, afs: Fix write skipping in dir/link writepages
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:17:53 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260428131756.922303-24-dhowells@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260428131756.922303-1-dhowells@redhat.com>
Fix netfs_write_single() and afs_single_writepages() to better handle a
write that would be skipped due to lock contention and WB_SYNC_NONE by
returning 1 from netfs_write_single() if it skipped and making
afs_single_writepages() skip also. If a skip occurs, the inode must be
re-marked as the VFS may have cleared the mark.
This is really only theoretical for directories in netfs_write_single() as
the only path to that is through afs_single_writepages() that takes the
->validate_lock around it, thereby serialising it.
Fixes: 6dd80936618c ("afs: Use netfslib for directories")
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
cc: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com>
cc: linux-afs@lists.infradead.org
cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
---
fs/afs/dir.c | 11 ++++++++++-
fs/netfs/write_issue.c | 7 ++++++-
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index aaaa55878ffd..d1542a1a50bf 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -2206,7 +2206,14 @@ int afs_single_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
/* Need to lock to prevent the folio queue and folios from being thrown
* away.
*/
- down_read(&dvnode->validate_lock);
+ if (!down_read_trylock(&dvnode->validate_lock)) {
+ if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE) {
+ /* The VFS will have undirtied the inode. */
+ netfs_single_mark_inode_dirty(&dvnode->netfs.inode);
+ return 0;
+ }
+ down_read(&dvnode->validate_lock);
+ }
if (is_dir ?
test_bit(AFS_VNODE_DIR_VALID, &dvnode->flags) :
@@ -2214,6 +2221,8 @@ int afs_single_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
iov_iter_folio_queue(&iter, ITER_SOURCE, dvnode->directory, 0, 0,
i_size_read(&dvnode->netfs.inode));
ret = netfs_writeback_single(mapping, wbc, &iter);
+ if (ret == 1)
+ ret = 0; /* Skipped write due to lock conflict. */
}
up_read(&dvnode->validate_lock);
diff --git a/fs/netfs/write_issue.c b/fs/netfs/write_issue.c
index 0b07ebecb157..a85ec300b79a 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/write_issue.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/write_issue.c
@@ -823,6 +823,9 @@ static int netfs_write_folio_single(struct netfs_io_request *wreq,
*
* Write a monolithic, non-pagecache object back to the server and/or
* the cache.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 if successful; 1 if skipped due to lock conflict and WB_SYNC_NONE;
+ * or a negative error code.
*/
int netfs_writeback_single(struct address_space *mapping,
struct writeback_control *wbc,
@@ -839,8 +842,10 @@ int netfs_writeback_single(struct address_space *mapping,
if (!mutex_trylock(&ictx->wb_lock)) {
if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE) {
+ /* The VFS will have undirtied the inode. */
+ netfs_single_mark_inode_dirty(&ictx->inode);
netfs_stat(&netfs_n_wb_lock_skip);
- return 0;
+ return 1;
}
netfs_stat(&netfs_n_wb_lock_wait);
mutex_lock(&ictx->wb_lock);
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-28 13:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-28 13:17 [PATCH v5 00/24] netfs: Miscellaneous fixes David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 01/24] netfs: Fix cancellation of a DIO and single read subrequests David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 02/24] netfs: Fix missing locking around retry adding new subreqs David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 03/24] netfs: Fix missing barriers when accessing stream->subrequests locklessly David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 04/24] netfs: Fix netfs_read_to_pagecache() to pause on subreq failure David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 05/24] netfs: Fix potential for tearing in ->remote_i_size and ->zero_point David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 06/24] netfs: Fix zeropoint update where i_size > remote_i_size David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 07/24] netfs: fix VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO() issue in netfs_write_begin() call David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 08/24] netfs: fix error handling in netfs_extract_user_iter() David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 09/24] netfs: Fix overrun check " David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 10/24] netfs: Fix potential uninitialised var " David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 11/24] netfs: Fix netfs_invalidate_folio() to clear dirty bit if all changes gone David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 12/24] netfs: Defer the emission of trace_netfs_folio() David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 13/24] netfs: Fix streaming write being overwritten David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 14/24] netfs: Fix potential deadlock in write-through mode David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 15/24] netfs: Fix read-gaps to remove netfs_folio from filled folio David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 16/24] netfs: Fix write streaming disablement if fd open O_RDWR David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 17/24] netfs: Fix early put of sink folio in netfs_read_gaps() David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 18/24] netfs: Fix leak of request in netfs_write_begin() error handling David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 19/24] netfs: Fix potential UAF in netfs_unlock_abandoned_read_pages() David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 20/24] netfs: Fix partial invalidation of streaming-write folio David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 21/24] netfs: Fix folio->private handling in netfs_perform_write() David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 22/24] netfs: Fix netfs_read_folio() to wait on writeback David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` David Howells [this message]
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 24/24] afs: Fix the locking used by afs_get_link() David Howells
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