Re: [PATCH] f2fs: prevent meta updates while checkpoint is in progress

[Sahitya Tummala]

On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 04:38:00PM +0800, Chao Yu wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> On 2020/3/28 3:24, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> > Hi Sahitya,
> > 
> > On 03/26, Sahitya Tummala wrote:
> >> allocate_segment_for_resize() can cause metapage updates if
> >> it requires to change the current node/data segments for resizing.
> >> Stop these meta updates when there is a checkpoint already
> >> in progress to prevent inconsistent CP data.
> > 
> > Doesn't freeze|thaw_bdev(sbi->sb->s_bdev); work for you?
> 
> That can avoid foreground ops racing? rather than background ops like
> balance_fs() from kworker?
> 

Yes, that can only prevent foreground ops but not the background ops
invoked in the context of kworker thread.

> BTW, I found that {freeze,thaw}_bdev is not enough to freeze all
> foreground fs ops, it needs to use {freeze,thaw}_super instead.
> 

Yes, I agree.

Thanks,

> ---
>  fs/f2fs/gc.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
> index 26248c8936db..acdc8b99b543 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
> @@ -1538,7 +1538,7 @@ int f2fs_resize_fs(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, __u64 block_count)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  	}
> 
> -	freeze_bdev(sbi->sb->s_bdev);
> +	freeze_super(sbi->sb);
> 
>  	shrunk_blocks = old_block_count - block_count;
>  	secs = div_u64(shrunk_blocks, BLKS_PER_SEC(sbi));
> @@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@ int f2fs_resize_fs(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, __u64 block_count)
>  		sbi->user_block_count -= shrunk_blocks;
>  	spin_unlock(&sbi->stat_lock);
>  	if (err) {
> -		thaw_bdev(sbi->sb->s_bdev, sbi->sb);
> +		thaw_super(sbi->sb);
>  		return err;
>  	}
> 
> @@ -1613,6 +1613,6 @@ int f2fs_resize_fs(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, __u64 block_count)
>  	}
>  	clear_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_IS_RESIZEFS);
>  	mutex_unlock(&sbi->resize_mutex);
> -	thaw_bdev(sbi->sb->s_bdev, sbi->sb);
> +	thaw_super(sbi->sb);
>  	return err;
>  }
> -- 
> 2.18.0.rc1
> 
> > 
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Sahitya Tummala <stummala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >>  fs/f2fs/gc.c | 2 ++
> >>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
> >> index 5bca560..6122bad 100644
> >> --- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
> >> +++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
> >> @@ -1399,8 +1399,10 @@ static int free_segment_range(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, unsigned int start,
> >>  	int err = 0;
> >>  
> >>  	/* Move out cursegs from the target range */
> >> +	f2fs_lock_op(sbi);
> >>  	for (type = CURSEG_HOT_DATA; type < NR_CURSEG_TYPE; type++)
> >>  		allocate_segment_for_resize(sbi, type, start, end);
> >> +	f2fs_unlock_op(sbi);
> >>  
> >>  	/* do GC to move out valid blocks in the range */
> >>  	for (segno = start; segno <= end; segno += sbi->segs_per_sec) {
> >> -- 
> >> Qualcomm India Private Limited, on behalf of Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc.
> >> Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of Code Aurora Forum, a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project.
> > .
> > 

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