Re: [PATCH 6/8] btrfs: Use shared inode lock for direct writes within EOF

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On 10:42 30/06, David Sterba wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 11:20:15AM -0500, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
> > From: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@xxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > This is to parallelize direct writes within EOF or with direct I/O
> > reads. This covers the race with truncate() accidentally increasing the
> > filesize.
> 
> Please describe the race condition in more detail and how the DIO/EOF
> parallelization is supposed to work.
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@xxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  fs/btrfs/file.c | 25 +++++++------------------
> >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
> > index aa6be931620b..c446a4aeb867 100644
> > --- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
> > +++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
> > @@ -1957,12 +1957,18 @@ static ssize_t btrfs_direct_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
> >  	loff_t endbyte;
> >  	int err;
> >  	size_t count = 0;
> > -	bool relock = false;
> >  	int flags = IOMAP_DIOF_PGINVALID_FAIL;
> >  	int ilock_flags = 0;
> >  
> >  	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
> >  		ilock_flags |= BTRFS_ILOCK_TRY;
> > +	/*
> > +	 * If the write DIO within EOF,  use a shared lock
> > +	 */
> > +	if (pos + count <= i_size_read(inode))
> 
> Inode size is now read outside of the inode lock, so it could change
> until the lock is taken a few lines below.

Good catch. This should be re-checked in btrfs_write_check().
Thanks.

> 
> > +		ilock_flags |= BTRFS_ILOCK_SHARED;
> > +	else if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
> > +		return -EAGAIN;
> >  
> >  	err = btrfs_inode_lock(inode, ilock_flags);
> 
> Is it necessary to revalidate that 'pos + count < i_size' still holds
> when the lock was taken as SHARED?

Yes, and convert the lock, if not. 

-- 
Goldwyn



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