Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH v3] f2fs: fix to force keeping write barrier for strict fsync mode

From: Jaegeuk Kim
Date: Fri Jul 30 2021 - 18:20:15 EST


On 07/29, Chao Yu wrote:
> Ping,

Added. Thanks.

>
> On 2021/7/20 9:19, Chao Yu wrote:
> > On 2021/7/20 9:15, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> > > Wasn't it supposed to be v1?
> >
> > I skip IPU case for v1, and resend it as v3, is it fine to you?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > >
> > > On 07/20, Chao Yu wrote:
> > > > [1] https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-f2fs-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg15126.html
> > > >
> > > > As [1] reported, if lower device doesn't support write barrier, in below
> > > > case:
> > > >
> > > > - write page #0; persist
> > > > - overwrite page #0
> > > > - fsync
> > > > - write data page #0 OPU into device's cache
> > > > - write inode page into device's cache
> > > > - issue flush
> > > >
> > > > If SPO is triggered during flush command, inode page can be persisted
> > > > before data page #0, so that after recovery, inode page can be recovered
> > > > with new physical block address of data page #0, however there may
> > > > contains dummy data in new physical block address.
> > > >
> > > > Then what user will see is: after overwrite & fsync + SPO, old data in
> > > > file was corrupted, if any user do care about such case, we can suggest
> > > > user to use STRICT fsync mode, in this mode, we will force to use atomic
> > > > write sematics to keep write order in between data/node and last node,
> > > > so that it avoids potential data corruption during fsync().
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <chao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > > fs/f2fs/file.c | 12 ++++++++++++
> > > > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
> > > > index 6afd4562335f..00b45876eaa1 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
> > > > +++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
> > > > @@ -301,6 +301,18 @@ static int f2fs_do_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
> > > > f2fs_exist_written_data(sbi, ino, UPDATE_INO))
> > > > goto flush_out;
> > > > goto out;
> > > > + } else {
> > > > + /*
> > > > + * for OPU case, during fsync(), node can be persisted before
> > > > + * data when lower device doesn't support write barrier, result
> > > > + * in data corruption after SPO.
> > > > + * So for strict fsync mode, force to use atomic write sematics
> > > > + * to keep write order in between data/node and last node to
> > > > + * avoid potential data corruption.
> > > > + */
> > > > + if (F2FS_OPTION(sbi).fsync_mode ==
> > > > + FSYNC_MODE_STRICT && !atomic)
> > > > + atomic = true;
> > > > }
> > > > go_write:
> > > > /*
> > > > --
> > > > 2.22.1
> >
> >
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