Re: [External] Re: [PATCH 1/2] ext4: prevent used blocks from being allocated during fast commit replay

From: Xin Yin
Date: Sat Jan 08 2022 - 22:03:01 EST


Yes , this is a little tricky, I will add some comments for it, and
send a v2 patches set

Thanks,
Xin Yin

On Sat, Jan 8, 2022 at 2:05 PM harshad shirwadkar
<harshadshirwadkar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Ah, I see okay. Yeah, that makes sense. We do need to update
> fc_regions_valid for every addition during the replay phase. I think
> it may be helpful to add some comments describing this behavior in the
> code. But other than that, I think what you're doing is fine.
>
> Reviewed-by: Harshad Shirwadkar <harshadshirwadkar@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> On Fri, Jan 7, 2022 at 6:09 PM Xin Yin <yinxin.x@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Jan 8, 2022 at 4:26 AM harshad shirwadkar
> > <harshadshirwadkar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 6:45 PM Xin Yin <yinxin.x@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > during fast commit replay procedure, we clear inode blocks bitmap in
> > > > ext4_ext_clear_bb(), this may cause ext4_mb_new_blocks_simple() allocate
> > > > blocks still in use.
> > > >
> > > > make ext4_fc_record_regions() also record physical disk regions used by
> > > > inodes during replay procedure. Then ext4_mb_new_blocks_simple() can
> > > > excludes these blocks in use.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Xin Yin <yinxin.x@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > > fs/ext4/ext4.h | 2 ++
> > > > fs/ext4/extents.c | 4 ++++
> > > > fs/ext4/fast_commit.c | 11 ++++++++---
> > > > 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> > > > index 82fa51d6f145..7b0686758691 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> > > > +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> > > > @@ -2932,6 +2932,8 @@ bool ext4_fc_replay_check_excluded(struct super_block *sb, ext4_fsblk_t block);
> > > > void ext4_fc_replay_cleanup(struct super_block *sb);
> > > > int ext4_fc_commit(journal_t *journal, tid_t commit_tid);
> > > > int __init ext4_fc_init_dentry_cache(void);
> > > > +int ext4_fc_record_regions(struct super_block *sb, int ino,
> > > > + ext4_lblk_t lblk, ext4_fsblk_t pblk, int len, int replay);
> > > >
> > > > /* mballoc.c */
> > > > extern const struct seq_operations ext4_mb_seq_groups_ops;
> > > > diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
> > > > index c3e76a5de661..9b6c76629c93 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
> > > > +++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
> > > > @@ -6096,11 +6096,15 @@ int ext4_ext_clear_bb(struct inode *inode)
> > > >
> > > > ext4_mb_mark_bb(inode->i_sb,
> > > > path[j].p_block, 1, 0);
> > > > + ext4_fc_record_regions(inode->i_sb, inode->i_ino,
> > > > + 0, path[j].p_block, 1, 1);
> > > > }
> > > > ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
> > > > kfree(path);
> > > > }
> > > > ext4_mb_mark_bb(inode->i_sb, map.m_pblk, map.m_len, 0);
> > > > + ext4_fc_record_regions(inode->i_sb, inode->i_ino,
> > > > + map.m_lblk, map.m_pblk, map.m_len, 1);
> > > > }
> > > > cur = cur + map.m_len;
> > > > }
> > > > diff --git a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
> > > > index 23d13983a281..f0cd20f5fe5e 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
> > > > +++ b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
> > > > @@ -1567,13 +1567,15 @@ static int ext4_fc_replay_create(struct super_block *sb, struct ext4_fc_tl *tl,
> > > > * Record physical disk regions which are in use as per fast commit area. Our
> > > > * simple replay phase allocator excludes these regions from allocation.
> > > > */
> > > > -static int ext4_fc_record_regions(struct super_block *sb, int ino,
> > > > - ext4_lblk_t lblk, ext4_fsblk_t pblk, int len)
> > > > +int ext4_fc_record_regions(struct super_block *sb, int ino,
> > > > + ext4_lblk_t lblk, ext4_fsblk_t pblk, int len, int replay)
> > > Can you explain a bit why this replay parameter is needed here? This
> > > function simply reallocs the regions array if it doesn't have enough
> > > space. I am not sure why we need to change that behavior.
> >
> > ext4_fc_record_regions() originally only used during scan phase, and
> > set fc_regions_valid = fc_regions_use when getting a TAIL tag. Now we
> > also use it during the replay phase, and need to update
> > fc_regions_valid in this case, because ext4_fc_replay_check_excluded()
> > uses fc_regions_valid for regions checking.
> > Please correct me if I'm wrong.
> >
> > > > {
> > > > struct ext4_fc_replay_state *state;
> > > > struct ext4_fc_alloc_region *region;
> > > >
> > > > state = &EXT4_SB(sb)->s_fc_replay_state;
> > > > + if (replay && state->fc_regions_used != state->fc_regions_valid)
> > > > + state->fc_regions_used = state->fc_regions_valid;
> > > > if (state->fc_regions_used == state->fc_regions_size) {
> > > > state->fc_regions_size +=
> > > > EXT4_FC_REPLAY_REALLOC_INCREMENT;
> > > > @@ -1591,6 +1593,9 @@ static int ext4_fc_record_regions(struct super_block *sb, int ino,
> > > > region->pblk = pblk;
> > > > region->len = len;
> > > >
> > > > + if (replay)
> > > > + state->fc_regions_valid++;
> > > > +
> > > > return 0;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > @@ -1938,7 +1943,7 @@ static int ext4_fc_replay_scan(journal_t *journal,
> > > > ret = ext4_fc_record_regions(sb,
> > > > le32_to_cpu(ext.fc_ino),
> > > > le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block), ext4_ext_pblock(ex),
> > > > - ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex));
> > > > + ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex), 0);
> > > > if (ret < 0)
> > > > break;
> > > > ret = JBD2_FC_REPLAY_CONTINUE;
> > > > --
> > > > 2.20.1
> > > >