[PATCH 5.6 007/118] ext4: dont set dioread_nolock by default for blocksize < pagesize

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Wed May 13 2020 - 06:00:12 EST


From: Ritesh Harjani <riteshh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 626b035b816b61a7a7b4d2205a6807e2f11a18c1 upstream.

Currently on calling echo 3 > drop_caches on host machine, we see
FS corruption in the guest. This happens on Power machine where
blocksize < pagesize.

So as a temporary workaound don't enable dioread_nolock by default
for blocksize < pagesize until we identify the root cause.

Also emit a warning msg in case if this mount option is manually
enabled for blocksize < pagesize.

Reported-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ritesh Harjani <riteshh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200327200744.12473-1-riteshh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/super.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 446158ab507dd..70796de7c4682 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -2181,6 +2181,14 @@ static int parse_options(char *options, struct super_block *sb,
}
}
#endif
+ if (test_opt(sb, DIOREAD_NOLOCK)) {
+ int blocksize =
+ BLOCK_SIZE << le32_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_log_block_size);
+ if (blocksize < PAGE_SIZE)
+ ext4_msg(sb, KERN_WARNING, "Warning: mounting with an "
+ "experimental mount option 'dioread_nolock' "
+ "for blocksize < PAGE_SIZE");
+ }
return 1;
}

@@ -3787,7 +3795,6 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
set_opt(sb, NO_UID32);
/* xattr user namespace & acls are now defaulted on */
set_opt(sb, XATTR_USER);
- set_opt(sb, DIOREAD_NOLOCK);
#ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL
set_opt(sb, POSIX_ACL);
#endif
@@ -3837,6 +3844,10 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
sbi->s_li_wait_mult = EXT4_DEF_LI_WAIT_MULT;

blocksize = BLOCK_SIZE << le32_to_cpu(es->s_log_block_size);
+
+ if (blocksize == PAGE_SIZE)
+ set_opt(sb, DIOREAD_NOLOCK);
+
if (blocksize < EXT4_MIN_BLOCK_SIZE ||
blocksize > EXT4_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE) {
ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
--
2.20.1