Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] nfs: don't dirty ITER_BVEC pages read through direct I/O

From: Anna Schumaker
Date: Mon Jan 05 2015 - 09:41:13 EST


Hi Omar,

On 12/19/2014 10:18 PM, Omar Sandoval wrote:
> As with the generic blockdev code, kernel pages shouldn't be dirtied by
> the direct I/O path.
>
> Signed-off-by: Omar Sandoval <osandov@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/nfs/direct.c | 5 ++++-
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c
> index 10bf072..b6ca65c 100644
> --- a/fs/nfs/direct.c
> +++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c
> @@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ struct nfs_direct_req {
> struct pnfs_ds_commit_info ds_cinfo; /* Storage for cinfo */
> struct work_struct work;
> int flags;
> + int should_dirty; /* should we mark read pages dirty? */
> #define NFS_ODIRECT_DO_COMMIT (1) /* an unstable reply was received */
> #define NFS_ODIRECT_RESCHED_WRITES (2) /* write verification failed */
> struct nfs_writeverf verf; /* unstable write verifier */

Can you add should_dirty after the NFS_ODIRECT_* flags?

Thanks,
Anna

> @@ -370,7 +371,8 @@ static void nfs_direct_read_completion(struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr)
> struct nfs_page *req = nfs_list_entry(hdr->pages.next);
> struct page *page = req->wb_page;
>
> - if (!PageCompound(page) && bytes < hdr->good_bytes)
> + if (!PageCompound(page) && bytes < hdr->good_bytes &&
> + dreq->should_dirty)
> set_page_dirty(page);
> bytes += req->wb_bytes;
> nfs_list_remove_request(req);
> @@ -542,6 +544,7 @@ ssize_t nfs_file_direct_read(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
> dreq->inode = inode;
> dreq->bytes_left = count;
> dreq->ctx = get_nfs_open_context(nfs_file_open_context(iocb->ki_filp));
> + dreq->should_dirty = !iov_iter_is_bvec(iter);
> l_ctx = nfs_get_lock_context(dreq->ctx);
> if (IS_ERR(l_ctx)) {
> result = PTR_ERR(l_ctx);
>

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