Re: [RFC PATCH v6] mm, pmem, xfs: Introduce MF_MEM_REMOVE for unbind

From: Darrick J. Wong
Date: Thu Aug 18 2022 - 13:13:10 EST


On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 07:19:28PM +0800, Shiyang Ruan wrote:
>
>
> 在 2022/8/3 12:33, Darrick J. Wong 写道:
> > On Wed, Aug 03, 2022 at 02:43:20AM +0000, ruansy.fnst@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > >
> > > 在 2022/7/19 6:56, Dan Williams 写道:
> > > > Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 11:21:44AM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> > > > > > ruansy.fnst@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > > > > > This patch is inspired by Dan's "mm, dax, pmem: Introduce
> > > > > > > dev_pagemap_failure()"[1]. With the help of dax_holder and
> > > > > > > ->notify_failure() mechanism, the pmem driver is able to ask filesystem
> > > > > > > (or mapped device) on it to unmap all files in use and notify processes
> > > > > > > who are using those files.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Call trace:
> > > > > > > trigger unbind
> > > > > > > -> unbind_store()
> > > > > > > -> ... (skip)
> > > > > > > -> devres_release_all() # was pmem driver ->remove() in v1
> > > > > > > -> kill_dax()
> > > > > > > -> dax_holder_notify_failure(dax_dev, 0, U64_MAX, MF_MEM_PRE_REMOVE)
> > > > > > > -> xfs_dax_notify_failure()
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Introduce MF_MEM_PRE_REMOVE to let filesystem know this is a remove
> > > > > > > event. So do not shutdown filesystem directly if something not
> > > > > > > supported, or if failure range includes metadata area. Make sure all
> > > > > > > files and processes are handled correctly.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > ==
> > > > > > > Changes since v5:
> > > > > > > 1. Renamed MF_MEM_REMOVE to MF_MEM_PRE_REMOVE
> > > > > > > 2. hold s_umount before sync_filesystem()
> > > > > > > 3. move sync_filesystem() after SB_BORN check
> > > > > > > 4. Rebased on next-20220714
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Changes since v4:
> > > > > > > 1. sync_filesystem() at the beginning when MF_MEM_REMOVE
> > > > > > > 2. Rebased on next-20220706
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/161604050314.1463742.14151665140035795571.stgit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Shiyang Ruan <ruansy.fnst@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > > drivers/dax/super.c | 3 ++-
> > > > > > > fs/xfs/xfs_notify_failure.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
> > > > > > > include/linux/mm.h | 1 +
> > > > > > > 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/dax/super.c b/drivers/dax/super.c
> > > > > > > index 9b5e2a5eb0ae..cf9a64563fbe 100644
> > > > > > > --- a/drivers/dax/super.c
> > > > > > > +++ b/drivers/dax/super.c
> > > > > > > @@ -323,7 +323,8 @@ void kill_dax(struct dax_device *dax_dev)
> > > > > > > return;
> > > > > > > if (dax_dev->holder_data != NULL)
> > > > > > > - dax_holder_notify_failure(dax_dev, 0, U64_MAX, 0);
> > > > > > > + dax_holder_notify_failure(dax_dev, 0, U64_MAX,
> > > > > > > + MF_MEM_PRE_REMOVE);
> > > > > > > clear_bit(DAXDEV_ALIVE, &dax_dev->flags);
> > > > > > > synchronize_srcu(&dax_srcu);
> > > > > > > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_notify_failure.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_notify_failure.c
> > > > > > > index 69d9c83ea4b2..6da6747435eb 100644
> > > > > > > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_notify_failure.c
> > > > > > > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_notify_failure.c
> > > > > > > @@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ xfs_dax_failure_fn(
> > > > > > > if (XFS_RMAP_NON_INODE_OWNER(rec->rm_owner) ||
> > > > > > > (rec->rm_flags & (XFS_RMAP_ATTR_FORK | XFS_RMAP_BMBT_BLOCK))) {
> > > > > > > + /* Do not shutdown so early when device is to be removed */
> > > > > > > + if (notify->mf_flags & MF_MEM_PRE_REMOVE)
> > > > > > > + return 0;
> > > > > > > xfs_force_shutdown(mp, SHUTDOWN_CORRUPT_ONDISK);
> > > > > > > return -EFSCORRUPTED;
> > > > > > > }
> > > > > > > @@ -174,12 +177,22 @@ xfs_dax_notify_failure(
> > > > > > > struct xfs_mount *mp = dax_holder(dax_dev);
> > > > > > > u64 ddev_start;
> > > > > > > u64 ddev_end;
> > > > > > > + int error;
> > > > > > > if (!(mp->m_sb.sb_flags & SB_BORN)) {
> > > > > > > xfs_warn(mp, "filesystem is not ready for notify_failure()!");
> > > > > > > return -EIO;
> > > > > > > }
> > > > > > > + if (mf_flags & MF_MEM_PRE_REMOVE) {
> > > > > > > + xfs_info(mp, "device is about to be removed!");
> > > > > > > + down_write(&mp->m_super->s_umount);
> > > > > > > + error = sync_filesystem(mp->m_super);
> > > > > > > + up_write(&mp->m_super->s_umount);
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Are all mappings invalidated after this point?
> > > > >
> > > > > No; all this step does is pushes dirty filesystem [meta]data to pmem
> > > > > before we lose DAXDEV_ALIVE...
> > > > >
> > > > > > The goal of the removal notification is to invalidate all DAX mappings
> > > > > > that are no pointing to pfns that do not exist anymore, so just syncing
> > > > > > does not seem like enough, and the shutdown is skipped above. What am I
> > > > > > missing?
> > > > >
> > > > > ...however, the shutdown above only applies to filesystem metadata. In
> > > > > effect, we avoid the fs shutdown in MF_MEM_PRE_REMOVE mode, which
> > > > > enables the mf_dax_kill_procs calls to proceed against mapped file data.
> > > > > I have a nagging suspicion that in non-PREREMOVE mode, we can end up
> > > > > shutting down the filesytem on an xattr block and the 'return
> > > > > -EFSCORRUPTED' actually prevents us from reaching all the remaining file
> > > > > data mappings.
> > > > >
> > > > > IOWs, I think that clause above really ought to have returned zero so
> > > > > that we keep the filesystem up while we're tearing down mappings, and
> > > > > only call xfs_force_shutdown() after we've had a chance to let
> > > > > xfs_dax_notify_ddev_failure() tear down all the mappings.
> > > > >
> > > > > I missed that subtlety in the initial ~30 rounds of review, but I figure
> > > > > at this point let's just land it in 5.20 and clean up that quirk for
> > > > > -rc1.
> > > >
> > > > Sure, this is a good baseline to incrementally improve.
> > >
> > > Hi Dan, Darrick
> > >
> > > Do I need to fix somewhere on this patch? I'm not sure if it is looked good...
> >
> > Eh, wait for me to send the xfs pull request and then I'll clean things
> > up and send you a patch. :)
>
> Hi, Darrick
>
> How is your patch going on? Forgive me for being so annoying. I'm afraid
> of missing your patch, so I'm asking for confirmation.

<nod> I just sent you a patch. Sorry, it took me a few days to unbusy
enough to start testing 6.0-rc1. You're not annoying at all. :)

--D

>
> --
> Thanks,
> Ruan.
>
> >
> > --D
> >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ruan.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Notice that kill_dev_dax() does unmap_mapping_range() after invalidating
> > > > > > the dax device and that ensures that all existing mappings are gone and
> > > > > > cannot be re-established. As far as I can see a process with an existing
> > > > > > dax mapping will still be able to use it after this runs, no?
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm not sure where in akpm's tree I find kill_dev_dax()? I'm cribbing
> > > > > off of:
> > > > >
> > > > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm.git/tree/fs/xfs/xfs_notify_failure.c?h=mm-stable
> > > >
> > > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm.git/tree/drivers/dax/bus.c?h=mm-stable#n381
> > > >
> > > > Where the observation is that when device-dax is told that the device is
> > > > going away it invalidates all the active mappings to that single
> > > > character-device-inode. The hope being that in the fsdax case all the
> > > > dax-mapped filesystem inodes would experience the same irreversible
> > > > invalidation as the device is exiting.