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[08/11] ext4: endless truncate due to nonlocked dio readers V2

Message ID 1348847051-6746-9-git-send-email-dmonakhov@openvz.org
State Accepted, archived
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Dmitry Monakhov Sept. 28, 2012, 3:44 p.m. UTC
If we have enough aggressive DIO readers, truncate and other dio
waiters will wait forever inside inode_dio_wait(). It is reasonable
to disable nonlock DIO read optimization during truncate.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@openvz.org>
---
 fs/ext4/inode.c |    9 +++++++--
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Jan Kara Oct. 1, 2012, 4:41 p.m. UTC | #1
On Fri 28-09-12 19:44:08, Dmitry Monakhov wrote:
> If we have enough aggressive DIO readers, truncate and other dio
> waiters will wait forever inside inode_dio_wait(). It is reasonable
> to disable nonlock DIO read optimization during truncate.
  OK, as per our previous discussion I agree. So you can add:
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>

								Honza

> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@openvz.org>
> ---
>  fs/ext4/inode.c |    9 +++++++--
>  1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> index 583cb3f..c40a98d 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> @@ -4305,9 +4305,14 @@ int ext4_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
>  	if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
>  		if (attr->ia_size != inode->i_size) {
>  			truncate_setsize(inode, attr->ia_size);
> -			/* Inode size will be reduced, wait for dio in flight */
> -			if (orphan)
> +			/* Inode size will be reduced, wait for dio in flight.
> +			 * Temporarily disable dioread_nolock to prevent
> +			 * livelock. */
> +			if (orphan) {
> +				ext4_inode_block_unlocked_dio(inode);
>  				inode_dio_wait(inode);
> +				ext4_inode_resume_unlocked_dio(inode);
> +			}
>  		}
>  		ext4_truncate(inode);
>  	}
> -- 
> 1.7.7.6
> 
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diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 583cb3f..c40a98d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4305,9 +4305,14 @@  int ext4_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 	if (attr->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
 		if (attr->ia_size != inode->i_size) {
 			truncate_setsize(inode, attr->ia_size);
-			/* Inode size will be reduced, wait for dio in flight */
-			if (orphan)
+			/* Inode size will be reduced, wait for dio in flight.
+			 * Temporarily disable dioread_nolock to prevent
+			 * livelock. */
+			if (orphan) {
+				ext4_inode_block_unlocked_dio(inode);
 				inode_dio_wait(inode);
+				ext4_inode_resume_unlocked_dio(inode);
+			}
 		}
 		ext4_truncate(inode);
 	}