[PATCH v8 3/7] fsdax: Replace mmap entry in case of CoW

From: Shiyang Ruan
Date: Sun Aug 29 2021 - 08:25:59 EST


We replace the existing entry to the newly allocated one in case of CoW.
Also, we mark the entry as PAGECACHE_TAG_TOWRITE so writeback marks this
entry as writeprotected. This helps us snapshots so new write
pagefaults after snapshots trigger a CoW.

Signed-off-by: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Shiyang Ruan <ruansy.fnst@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Ritesh Harjani <riteshh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/dax.c | 73 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
index 792116b14782..f4acb79cb811 100644
--- a/fs/dax.c
+++ b/fs/dax.c
@@ -734,6 +734,23 @@ static int copy_cow_page_dax(struct block_device *bdev, struct dax_device *dax_d
return 0;
}

+/*
+ * MAP_SYNC on a dax mapping guarantees dirty metadata is
+ * flushed on write-faults (non-cow), but not read-faults.
+ */
+static bool dax_fault_is_synchronous(const struct iomap_iter *iter,
+ struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+ return (iter->flags & IOMAP_WRITE) && (vma->vm_flags & VM_SYNC)
+ && (iter->iomap.flags & IOMAP_F_DIRTY);
+}
+
+static bool dax_fault_is_cow(const struct iomap_iter *iter)
+{
+ return (iter->flags & IOMAP_WRITE)
+ && (iter->iomap.flags & IOMAP_F_SHARED);
+}
+
/*
* By this point grab_mapping_entry() has ensured that we have a locked entry
* of the appropriate size so we don't have to worry about downgrading PMDs to
@@ -741,16 +758,19 @@ static int copy_cow_page_dax(struct block_device *bdev, struct dax_device *dax_d
* already in the tree, we will skip the insertion and just dirty the PMD as
* appropriate.
*/
-static void *dax_insert_entry(struct xa_state *xas,
- struct address_space *mapping, struct vm_fault *vmf,
- void *entry, pfn_t pfn, unsigned long flags, bool dirty)
+static void *dax_insert_entry(struct xa_state *xas, struct vm_fault *vmf,
+ const struct iomap_iter *iter, void *entry, pfn_t pfn,
+ unsigned long flags)
{
+ struct address_space *mapping = vmf->vma->vm_file->f_mapping;
void *new_entry = dax_make_entry(pfn, flags);
+ bool dirty = !dax_fault_is_synchronous(iter, vmf->vma);
+ bool cow = dax_fault_is_cow(iter);

if (dirty)
__mark_inode_dirty(mapping->host, I_DIRTY_PAGES);

- if (dax_is_zero_entry(entry) && !(flags & DAX_ZERO_PAGE)) {
+ if (cow || (dax_is_zero_entry(entry) && !(flags & DAX_ZERO_PAGE))) {
unsigned long index = xas->xa_index;
/* we are replacing a zero page with block mapping */
if (dax_is_pmd_entry(entry))
@@ -762,7 +782,7 @@ static void *dax_insert_entry(struct xa_state *xas,

xas_reset(xas);
xas_lock_irq(xas);
- if (dax_is_zero_entry(entry) || dax_is_empty_entry(entry)) {
+ if (cow || dax_is_zero_entry(entry) || dax_is_empty_entry(entry)) {
void *old;

dax_disassociate_entry(entry, mapping, false);
@@ -786,6 +806,9 @@ static void *dax_insert_entry(struct xa_state *xas,
if (dirty)
xas_set_mark(xas, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY);

+ if (cow)
+ xas_set_mark(xas, PAGECACHE_TAG_TOWRITE);
+
xas_unlock_irq(xas);
return entry;
}
@@ -1111,17 +1134,15 @@ static int dax_iomap_cow_copy(loff_t pos, uint64_t length, size_t align_size,
* If this page is ever written to we will re-fault and change the mapping to
* point to real DAX storage instead.
*/
-static vm_fault_t dax_load_hole(struct xa_state *xas,
- struct address_space *mapping, void **entry,
- struct vm_fault *vmf)
+static vm_fault_t dax_load_hole(struct xa_state *xas, struct vm_fault *vmf,
+ const struct iomap_iter *iter, void **entry)
{
- struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
+ struct inode *inode = iter->inode;
unsigned long vaddr = vmf->address;
pfn_t pfn = pfn_to_pfn_t(my_zero_pfn(vaddr));
vm_fault_t ret;

- *entry = dax_insert_entry(xas, mapping, vmf, *entry, pfn,
- DAX_ZERO_PAGE, false);
+ *entry = dax_insert_entry(xas, vmf, iter, *entry, pfn, DAX_ZERO_PAGE);

ret = vmf_insert_mixed(vmf->vma, vaddr, pfn);
trace_dax_load_hole(inode, vmf, ret);
@@ -1130,7 +1151,7 @@ static vm_fault_t dax_load_hole(struct xa_state *xas,

#ifdef CONFIG_FS_DAX_PMD
static vm_fault_t dax_pmd_load_hole(struct xa_state *xas, struct vm_fault *vmf,
- const struct iomap *iomap, void **entry)
+ const struct iomap_iter *iter, void **entry)
{
struct address_space *mapping = vmf->vma->vm_file->f_mapping;
unsigned long pmd_addr = vmf->address & PMD_MASK;
@@ -1148,8 +1169,8 @@ static vm_fault_t dax_pmd_load_hole(struct xa_state *xas, struct vm_fault *vmf,
goto fallback;

pfn = page_to_pfn_t(zero_page);
- *entry = dax_insert_entry(xas, mapping, vmf, *entry, pfn,
- DAX_PMD | DAX_ZERO_PAGE, false);
+ *entry = dax_insert_entry(xas, vmf, iter, *entry, pfn,
+ DAX_PMD | DAX_ZERO_PAGE);

if (arch_needs_pgtable_deposit()) {
pgtable = pte_alloc_one(vma->vm_mm);
@@ -1381,17 +1402,6 @@ static vm_fault_t dax_fault_return(int error)
return vmf_error(error);
}

-/*
- * MAP_SYNC on a dax mapping guarantees dirty metadata is
- * flushed on write-faults (non-cow), but not read-faults.
- */
-static bool dax_fault_is_synchronous(unsigned long flags,
- struct vm_area_struct *vma, const struct iomap *iomap)
-{
- return (flags & IOMAP_WRITE) && (vma->vm_flags & VM_SYNC)
- && (iomap->flags & IOMAP_F_DIRTY);
-}
-
/*
* When handling a synchronous page fault and the inode need a fsync, we can
* insert the PTE/PMD into page tables only after that fsync happened. Skip
@@ -1452,13 +1462,11 @@ static vm_fault_t dax_fault_iter(struct vm_fault *vmf,
const struct iomap_iter *iter, pfn_t *pfnp,
struct xa_state *xas, void **entry, bool pmd)
{
- struct address_space *mapping = vmf->vma->vm_file->f_mapping;
const struct iomap *iomap = &iter->iomap;
const struct iomap *srcmap = &iter->srcmap;
size_t size = pmd ? PMD_SIZE : PAGE_SIZE;
loff_t pos = (loff_t)xas->xa_index << PAGE_SHIFT;
- bool write = vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
- bool sync = dax_fault_is_synchronous(iter->flags, vmf->vma, iomap);
+ bool write = iter->flags & IOMAP_WRITE;
unsigned long entry_flags = pmd ? DAX_PMD : 0;
int err = 0;
pfn_t pfn;
@@ -1471,8 +1479,8 @@ static vm_fault_t dax_fault_iter(struct vm_fault *vmf,
if (!write &&
(iomap->type == IOMAP_UNWRITTEN || iomap->type == IOMAP_HOLE)) {
if (!pmd)
- return dax_load_hole(xas, mapping, entry, vmf);
- return dax_pmd_load_hole(xas, vmf, iomap, entry);
+ return dax_load_hole(xas, vmf, iter, entry);
+ return dax_pmd_load_hole(xas, vmf, iter, entry);
}

if (iomap->type != IOMAP_MAPPED && !(iomap->flags & IOMAP_F_SHARED)) {
@@ -1484,8 +1492,7 @@ static vm_fault_t dax_fault_iter(struct vm_fault *vmf,
if (err)
return pmd ? VM_FAULT_FALLBACK : dax_fault_return(err);

- *entry = dax_insert_entry(xas, mapping, vmf, *entry, pfn, entry_flags,
- write && !sync);
+ *entry = dax_insert_entry(xas, vmf, iter, *entry, pfn, entry_flags);

if (write &&
srcmap->addr != IOMAP_HOLE && srcmap->addr != iomap->addr) {
@@ -1494,7 +1501,7 @@ static vm_fault_t dax_fault_iter(struct vm_fault *vmf,
return dax_fault_return(err);
}

- if (sync)
+ if (dax_fault_is_synchronous(iter, vmf->vma))
return dax_fault_synchronous_pfnp(pfnp, pfn);

/* insert PMD pfn */
--
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