Re: [PATCH] f2fs: add fi->commit_lock to protect commit GCed pages

From: Chao Yu
Date: Wed Feb 07 2018 - 07:16:44 EST


On 2018/2/6 11:49, Yunlong Song wrote:
> This patch adds fi->commit_lock to avoid the case that GCed node pages
> are committed but GCed data pages are not committed. This can avoid the
> db file run into inconsistent state when sudden-power-off happens if
> data pages of atomic file is allowed to be GCed before.

do_fsync: GC:
- mutex_lock(&fi->commit_lock);
- lock_page()
- mutex_lock(&fi->commit_lock);
- lock_page()


Well, please consider lock dependency & code complexity, IMO, reuse
fi->dio_rwsem[WRITE] will be enough as below:

---
fs/f2fs/file.c | 3 +++
fs/f2fs/gc.c | 5 -----
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 672a542e5464..1bdc11feb8d0 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -1711,6 +1711,8 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_commit_atomic_write(struct file *filp)

inode_lock(inode);

+ down_write(&F2FS_I(inode)->dio_rwsem[WRITE]);
+
if (f2fs_is_volatile_file(inode))
goto err_out;

@@ -1729,6 +1731,7 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_commit_atomic_write(struct file *filp)
ret = f2fs_do_sync_file(filp, 0, LLONG_MAX, 1, false);
}
err_out:
+ up_write(&F2FS_I(inode)->dio_rwsem[WRITE]);
inode_unlock(inode);
mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
return ret;
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
index b9d93fd532a9..e49416283563 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
@@ -622,9 +622,6 @@ static void move_data_block(struct inode *inode, block_t bidx,
if (!check_valid_map(F2FS_I_SB(inode), segno, off))
goto out;

- if (f2fs_is_atomic_file(inode))
- goto out;
-
if (f2fs_is_pinned_file(inode)) {
f2fs_pin_file_control(inode, true);
goto out;
@@ -729,8 +726,6 @@ static void move_data_page(struct inode *inode, block_t bidx, int gc_type,
if (!check_valid_map(F2FS_I_SB(inode), segno, off))
goto out;

- if (f2fs_is_atomic_file(inode))
- goto out;
if (f2fs_is_pinned_file(inode)) {
if (gc_type == FG_GC)
f2fs_pin_file_control(inode, true);
--
2.14.1.145.gb3622a4ee

Thanks,