Re: [PATCH v2 3/8] fsdax: zero the edges if source is HOLE or UNWRITTEN

From: Darrick J. Wong
Date: Thu Dec 01 2022 - 18:58:31 EST


On Thu, Dec 01, 2022 at 03:28:53PM +0000, Shiyang Ruan wrote:
> If srcmap contains invalid data, such as HOLE and UNWRITTEN, the dest
> page should be zeroed. Otherwise, since it's a pmem, old data may
> remains on the dest page, the result of CoW will be incorrect.
>
> The function name is also not easy to understand, rename it to
> "dax_iomap_copy_around()", which means it copys data around the range.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shiyang Ruan <ruansy.fnst@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/dax.c | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
> 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
> index 482dda85ccaf..6b6e07ad8d80 100644
> --- a/fs/dax.c
> +++ b/fs/dax.c
> @@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ static int dax_iomap_direct_access(const struct iomap *iomap, loff_t pos,
> }
>
> /**
> - * dax_iomap_cow_copy - Copy the data from source to destination before write
> + * dax_iomap_copy_around - Copy the data from source to destination before write

* dax_iomap_copy_around - Prepare for an unaligned write to a
* shared/cow page by copying the data before and after the range to be
* written.

Other than that, this make sense,
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx>

--D

> * @pos: address to do copy from.
> * @length: size of copy operation.
> * @align_size: aligned w.r.t align_size (either PMD_SIZE or PAGE_SIZE)
> @@ -1101,35 +1101,50 @@ static int dax_iomap_direct_access(const struct iomap *iomap, loff_t pos,
> *
> * This can be called from two places. Either during DAX write fault (page
> * aligned), to copy the length size data to daddr. Or, while doing normal DAX
> - * write operation, dax_iomap_actor() might call this to do the copy of either
> + * write operation, dax_iomap_iter() might call this to do the copy of either
> * start or end unaligned address. In the latter case the rest of the copy of
> - * aligned ranges is taken care by dax_iomap_actor() itself.
> + * aligned ranges is taken care by dax_iomap_iter() itself.
> + * If the srcmap contains invalid data, such as HOLE and UNWRITTEN, zero the
> + * area to make sure no old data remains.
> */
> -static int dax_iomap_cow_copy(loff_t pos, uint64_t length, size_t align_size,
> +static int dax_iomap_copy_around(loff_t pos, uint64_t length, size_t align_size,
> const struct iomap *srcmap, void *daddr)
> {
> loff_t head_off = pos & (align_size - 1);
> size_t size = ALIGN(head_off + length, align_size);
> loff_t end = pos + length;
> loff_t pg_end = round_up(end, align_size);
> + /* copy_all is usually in page fault case */
> bool copy_all = head_off == 0 && end == pg_end;
> + /* zero the edges if srcmap is a HOLE or IOMAP_UNWRITTEN */
> + bool zero_edge = srcmap->flags & IOMAP_F_SHARED ||
> + srcmap->type == IOMAP_UNWRITTEN;
> void *saddr = 0;
> int ret = 0;
>
> - ret = dax_iomap_direct_access(srcmap, pos, size, &saddr, NULL);
> - if (ret)
> - return ret;
> + if (!zero_edge) {
> + ret = dax_iomap_direct_access(srcmap, pos, size, &saddr, NULL);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> + }
>
> if (copy_all) {
> - ret = copy_mc_to_kernel(daddr, saddr, length);
> - return ret ? -EIO : 0;
> + if (zero_edge)
> + memset(daddr, 0, size);
> + else
> + ret = copy_mc_to_kernel(daddr, saddr, length);
> + goto out;
> }
>
> /* Copy the head part of the range */
> if (head_off) {
> - ret = copy_mc_to_kernel(daddr, saddr, head_off);
> - if (ret)
> - return -EIO;
> + if (zero_edge)
> + memset(daddr, 0, head_off);
> + else {
> + ret = copy_mc_to_kernel(daddr, saddr, head_off);
> + if (ret)
> + return -EIO;
> + }
> }
>
> /* Copy the tail part of the range */
> @@ -1137,12 +1152,19 @@ static int dax_iomap_cow_copy(loff_t pos, uint64_t length, size_t align_size,
> loff_t tail_off = head_off + length;
> loff_t tail_len = pg_end - end;
>
> - ret = copy_mc_to_kernel(daddr + tail_off, saddr + tail_off,
> - tail_len);
> - if (ret)
> - return -EIO;
> + if (zero_edge)
> + memset(daddr + tail_off, 0, tail_len);
> + else {
> + ret = copy_mc_to_kernel(daddr + tail_off,
> + saddr + tail_off, tail_len);
> + if (ret)
> + return -EIO;
> + }
> }
> - return 0;
> +out:
> + if (zero_edge)
> + dax_flush(srcmap->dax_dev, daddr, size);
> + return ret ? -EIO : 0;
> }
>
> /*
> @@ -1241,13 +1263,10 @@ static int dax_memzero(struct iomap_iter *iter, loff_t pos, size_t size)
> if (ret < 0)
> return ret;
> memset(kaddr + offset, 0, size);
> - if (srcmap->addr != iomap->addr) {
> - ret = dax_iomap_cow_copy(pos, size, PAGE_SIZE, srcmap,
> - kaddr);
> - if (ret < 0)
> - return ret;
> - dax_flush(iomap->dax_dev, kaddr, PAGE_SIZE);
> - } else
> + if (iomap->flags & IOMAP_F_SHARED)
> + ret = dax_iomap_copy_around(pos, size, PAGE_SIZE, srcmap,
> + kaddr);
> + else
> dax_flush(iomap->dax_dev, kaddr + offset, size);
> return ret;
> }
> @@ -1401,8 +1420,8 @@ static loff_t dax_iomap_iter(const struct iomap_iter *iomi,
> }
>
> if (cow) {
> - ret = dax_iomap_cow_copy(pos, length, PAGE_SIZE, srcmap,
> - kaddr);
> + ret = dax_iomap_copy_around(pos, length, PAGE_SIZE,
> + srcmap, kaddr);
> if (ret)
> break;
> }
> @@ -1547,7 +1566,7 @@ static vm_fault_t dax_fault_iter(struct vm_fault *vmf,
> struct xa_state *xas, void **entry, bool pmd)
> {
> const struct iomap *iomap = &iter->iomap;
> - const struct iomap *srcmap = &iter->srcmap;
> + const struct iomap *srcmap = iomap_iter_srcmap(iter);
> size_t size = pmd ? PMD_SIZE : PAGE_SIZE;
> loff_t pos = (loff_t)xas->xa_index << PAGE_SHIFT;
> bool write = iter->flags & IOMAP_WRITE;
> @@ -1578,9 +1597,8 @@ static vm_fault_t dax_fault_iter(struct vm_fault *vmf,
>
> *entry = dax_insert_entry(xas, vmf, iter, *entry, pfn, entry_flags);
>
> - if (write &&
> - srcmap->type != IOMAP_HOLE && srcmap->addr != iomap->addr) {
> - err = dax_iomap_cow_copy(pos, size, size, srcmap, kaddr);
> + if (write && iomap->flags & IOMAP_F_SHARED) {
> + err = dax_iomap_copy_around(pos, size, size, srcmap, kaddr);
> if (err)
> return dax_fault_return(err);
> }
> --
> 2.38.1
>