On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 9:24 AM Qu Wenruo <wqu@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > [BUG] > The following script can cause unexpected fsync failure: > > #!/bin/bash > > dev=/dev/test/test > mnt=/mnt/btrfs > > mkfs.btrfs -f $dev -b 512M > /dev/null > mount $dev $mnt -o nospace_cache > > # Prealloc one extent > xfs_io -f -c "falloc 8k 64m" $mnt/file1 > # Fill the remaining data space > xfs_io -f -c "pwrite 0 -b 4k 512M" $mnt/padding > sync > > # Write into the prealloc extent > xfs_io -c "pwrite 1m 16m" $mnt/file1 > > # Reflink then fsync, fsync would fail due to ENOSPC > xfs_io -c "reflink $mnt/file1 8k 0 4k" -c "fsync" $mnt/file1 > umount $dev > > The fsync fails with ENOSPC, and the last page of the buffered write is > lost. > > [CAUSE] > This is caused by two reasons: > - Btrfs' back reference only has extent level granularity > So write into shared extent must be CoWed even only part of the extent > is shared. > > - Btrfs doesn't reserve data space for NOCOW buffered write if low on > data space Confusing sentence. That's not the cause, if there's no available data space and the extent is not shared we fall into NOCOW, that's fine. The problem is caused by the first point, that part of the extent gets shared and we have no way to know that when starting writeback. That sentence gives the idea that NOCOW path is wrong because it doesn't reserve space. > > So for above script we have: > - fallocate > Create a preallocated extent where we can do NOCOW write. > > - padding buffered write to use up all data space Fill all the remaining data and unallocated space. > > - buffered write into preallocated space > As we have no data space remaining, we have to do NOCOW check and > reserve no data space. As we have not enough space available for data and the extent is not shared (yet) we fall into NOCOW mode. > > - reflink > Now part of the large preallocated extent is shared, later write > into that extent must be CoWed. > > - writeback kicks in for fsync fsync triggers writeback > buffered write into that preallocated space must be CoWed. But now the extent is shared and therefore we must fallback into COW mode, which fails with ENOSPC since there's not enough space to allocate data extents. > However we have no data space left at all, we fail > btrfs_run_delalloc_range() with ENOSPC, causing fsync failure. > > [WORKAROUND] > The workaround is to ensure any buffered write in the related extents > (not just the reflink source range) get flushed before reflink/dedupe, > so NOCOW write could reach disk as NOCOW before we increase the reference. ... so that NOCOW writes succeed that happened before reflinking succeed. > > The workaround is expensive, we could do it better by only flushing > NOCOW range, but that needs extra accounting for NOCOW range. > For now, fix the possible data loss first. > > Signed-off-by: Qu Wenruo <wqu@xxxxxxxx> > --- > changelog: > RFC->v1: > - Use better words for commit message and comment. > - Move the whole inode flushing to btrfs_remap_file_range_prep(). > This also covers dedupe. > - Update the reproducer to fail explicitly. > - Remove false statement on transaction abort. > --- > fs/btrfs/ioctl.c | 17 +++++++++++++++-- > 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c > index 6dafa857bbb9..87a0ec0591cd 100644 > --- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c > +++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c > @@ -4001,8 +4001,21 @@ static int btrfs_remap_file_range_prep(struct file *file_in, loff_t pos_in, > if (!same_inode) > inode_dio_wait(inode_out); > > - ret = btrfs_wait_ordered_range(inode_in, ALIGN_DOWN(pos_in, bs), > - wb_len); > + /* > + * Workaround to make sure NOCOW buffered write reach disk as NOCOW. > + * > + * Btrfs' back references do not have a block level granularity, they > + * work at the whole extent level. > + * NOCOW buffered write without data space reserved may not be able > + * to fall back to CoW due to lack of data space, thus could cause > + * data loss. > + * > + * Here we take a shortcut by flushing the whole inode, so that all > + * nocow write should reach disk as nocow before we increase the > + * reference of the extent. We could do better by only flushing NOCOW > + * data, but that needs extra accounting. You are doing more then flushing. You are flushing and waiting for writeback and ordered extent completion. Thanks. > + */ > + ret = btrfs_wait_ordered_range(inode_in, 0, (u64)-1); > if (ret < 0) > return ret; > ret = btrfs_wait_ordered_range(inode_out, ALIGN_DOWN(pos_out, bs), > -- > 2.21.0 > -- Filipe David Manana, “Whether you think you can, or you think you can't — you're right.”
