include/linux/pagemap.h | 1 + mm/filemap.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 49 insertions(+)
mm, netfs: Provide a means of invalidation without using launder_folio
Implement a replacement for launder_folio. The key feature of
invalidate_inode_pages2() is that it locks each folio individually, unmaps
it to prevent mmap'd accesses interfering and calls the ->launder_folio()
address_space op to flush it. This has problems: firstly, each folio is
written individually as one or more small writes; secondly, adjacent folios
cannot be added so easily into the laundry; thirdly, it's yet another op to
implement.
Instead, use the invalidate lock to cause anyone wanting to add a folio to
the inode to wait, then unmap all the folios if we have mmaps, then,
conditionally, use ->writepages() to flush any dirty data back and then
discard all pages.
The invalidate lock prevents ->read_iter(), ->write_iter() and faulting
through mmap all from adding pages for the duration.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com>
cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
cc: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
cc: netfs@lists.linux.dev
cc: v9fs@lists.linux.dev
cc: linux-afs@lists.infradead.org
cc: ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org
cc: linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org
cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org
cc: devel@lists.orangefs.org
---
include/linux/pagemap.h | 1 +
mm/filemap.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 49 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/pagemap.h b/include/linux/pagemap.h
index 2df35e65557d..4eb3d4177a53 100644
--- a/include/linux/pagemap.h
+++ b/include/linux/pagemap.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ int filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors(struct address_space *mapping);
int filemap_fdatawait_range(struct address_space *, loff_t lstart, loff_t lend);
int filemap_fdatawait_range_keep_errors(struct address_space *mapping,
loff_t start_byte, loff_t end_byte);
+int filemap_invalidate_inode(struct inode *inode, bool flush);
static inline int filemap_fdatawait(struct address_space *mapping)
{
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 25983f0f96e3..98f439bedb44 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -4134,6 +4134,54 @@ bool filemap_release_folio(struct folio *folio, gfp_t gfp)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_release_folio);
+/**
+ * filemap_invalidate_inode - Invalidate/forcibly write back an inode's pagecache
+ * @inode: The inode to flush
+ * @flush: Set to write back rather than simply invalidate.
+ *
+ * Invalidate all the folios on an inode, possibly writing them back first.
+ * Whilst the operation is undertaken, the invalidate lock is held to prevent
+ * new folios from being installed.
+ */
+int filemap_invalidate_inode(struct inode *inode, bool flush)
+{
+ struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
+
+ if (!mapping || !mapping->nrpages)
+ goto out;
+
+ /* Prevent new folios from being added to the inode. */
+ filemap_invalidate_lock(mapping);
+
+ if (!mapping->nrpages)
+ goto unlock;
+
+ /* Assume there are probably PTEs only if there are mmaps. */
+ if (unlikely(!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&mapping->i_mmap.rb_root)))
+ unmap_mapping_pages(mapping, 0, ULONG_MAX, false);
+
+ /* Write back the data if we're asked to. */
+ if (flush) {
+ struct writeback_control wbc = {
+ .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
+ .nr_to_write = LONG_MAX,
+ .range_start = 0,
+ .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
+ };
+
+ filemap_fdatawrite_wbc(mapping, &wbc);
+ }
+
+ /* Wait for writeback to complete on all folios and discard. */
+ truncate_inode_pages_range(mapping, 0, LLONG_MAX);
+
+unlock:
+ filemap_invalidate_unlock(mapping);
+out:
+ return filemap_check_errors(mapping);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_invalidate_inode);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_CACHESTAT_SYSCALL
/**
* filemap_cachestat() - compute the page cache statistics of a mapping
On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 05:55:45PM +0000, David Howells wrote:
> +int filemap_invalidate_inode(struct inode *inode, bool flush)
> +{
> + struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
> +
> + if (!mapping || !mapping->nrpages)
> + goto out;
> +
> + /* Prevent new folios from being added to the inode. */
> + filemap_invalidate_lock(mapping);
I'm kind of surprised that the callers wouldn't want to hold that lock
over a call to this function. I guess you're working on the callers,
so you'd know better than I would, but I would have used lockdep to
assert that invalidate_lock was held.
> + if (!mapping->nrpages)
> + goto unlock;
> +
> + /* Assume there are probably PTEs only if there are mmaps. */
> + if (unlikely(!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&mapping->i_mmap.rb_root)))
> + unmap_mapping_pages(mapping, 0, ULONG_MAX, false);
Is this optimisation worth it? We're already doing some expensive
operations here, does saving cycling the i_mmap_lock really help
anything? You'll note that unmap_mapping_pages() already does this
check inside the lock.
Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> wrote: > > + /* Prevent new folios from being added to the inode. */ > > + filemap_invalidate_lock(mapping); > > I'm kind of surprised that the callers wouldn't want to hold that lock > over a call to this function. I guess you're working on the callers, > so you'd know better than I would, but I would have used lockdep to > assert that invalidate_lock was held. I'm not sure. None of the places that look like they'd be calling this currently take that lock (though possibly they should). Also, should I provide it with explicit range, I wonder? > > + if (unlikely(!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&mapping->i_mmap.rb_root))) > > + unmap_mapping_pages(mapping, 0, ULONG_MAX, false); > > Is this optimisation worth it? Perhaps not. David
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