[PATCH v5 26/40] netfs: Make netfs_read_folio() handle streaming-write pages

From: David Howells
Date: Thu Dec 21 2023 - 08:40:48 EST


netfs_read_folio() needs to handle partially-valid pages that are marked
dirty, but not uptodate in the event that someone tries to read a page was
used to cache data by a streaming write.

In such a case, make netfs_read_folio() set up a bvec iterator that points
to the parts of the folio that need filling and to a sink page for the data
that should be discarded and use that instead of i_pages as the iterator to
be written to.

This requires netfs_rreq_unlock_folios() to convert the page into a normal
dirty uptodate page, getting rid of the partial write record and bumping
the group pointer over to folio->private.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: linux-cachefs@xxxxxxxxxx
cc: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
---
fs/netfs/buffered_read.c | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
include/trace/events/netfs.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/netfs/buffered_read.c b/fs/netfs/buffered_read.c
index 73a6e4d61f9d..950f63fc156a 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/buffered_read.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/buffered_read.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
void netfs_rreq_unlock_folios(struct netfs_io_request *rreq)
{
struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq;
+ struct netfs_folio *finfo;
struct folio *folio;
pgoff_t start_page = rreq->start / PAGE_SIZE;
pgoff_t last_page = ((rreq->start + rreq->len) / PAGE_SIZE) - 1;
@@ -87,6 +88,15 @@ void netfs_rreq_unlock_folios(struct netfs_io_request *rreq)

if (!pg_failed) {
flush_dcache_folio(folio);
+ finfo = netfs_folio_info(folio);
+ if (finfo) {
+ trace_netfs_folio(folio, netfs_folio_trace_filled_gaps);
+ if (finfo->netfs_group)
+ folio_change_private(folio, finfo->netfs_group);
+ else
+ folio_detach_private(folio);
+ kfree(finfo);
+ }
folio_mark_uptodate(folio);
}

@@ -239,6 +249,7 @@ int netfs_read_folio(struct file *file, struct folio *folio)
struct address_space *mapping = folio_file_mapping(folio);
struct netfs_io_request *rreq;
struct netfs_inode *ctx = netfs_inode(mapping->host);
+ struct folio *sink = NULL;
int ret;

_enter("%lx", folio_index(folio));
@@ -259,12 +270,56 @@ int netfs_read_folio(struct file *file, struct folio *folio)
trace_netfs_read(rreq, rreq->start, rreq->len, netfs_read_trace_readpage);

/* Set up the output buffer */
- iov_iter_xarray(&rreq->iter, ITER_DEST, &mapping->i_pages,
- rreq->start, rreq->len);
+ if (folio_test_dirty(folio)) {
+ /* Handle someone trying to read from an unflushed streaming
+ * write. We fiddle the buffer so that a gap at the beginning
+ * and/or a gap at the end get copied to, but the middle is
+ * discarded.
+ */
+ struct netfs_folio *finfo = netfs_folio_info(folio);
+ struct bio_vec *bvec;
+ unsigned int from = finfo->dirty_offset;
+ unsigned int to = from + finfo->dirty_len;
+ unsigned int off = 0, i = 0;
+ size_t flen = folio_size(folio);
+ size_t nr_bvec = flen / PAGE_SIZE + 2;
+ size_t part;
+
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ bvec = kmalloc_array(nr_bvec, sizeof(*bvec), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!bvec)
+ goto discard;
+
+ sink = folio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
+ if (!sink)
+ goto discard;
+
+ trace_netfs_folio(folio, netfs_folio_trace_read_gaps);
+
+ rreq->direct_bv = bvec;
+ rreq->direct_bv_count = nr_bvec;
+ if (from > 0) {
+ bvec_set_folio(&bvec[i++], folio, from, 0);
+ off = from;
+ }
+ while (off < to) {
+ part = min_t(size_t, to - off, PAGE_SIZE);
+ bvec_set_folio(&bvec[i++], sink, part, 0);
+ off += part;
+ }
+ if (to < flen)
+ bvec_set_folio(&bvec[i++], folio, flen - to, to);
+ iov_iter_bvec(&rreq->iter, ITER_DEST, bvec, i, rreq->len);
+ } else {
+ iov_iter_xarray(&rreq->iter, ITER_DEST, &mapping->i_pages,
+ rreq->start, rreq->len);
+ }

ret = netfs_begin_read(rreq, true);
+ if (sink)
+ folio_put(sink);
netfs_put_request(rreq, false, netfs_rreq_trace_put_return);
- return ret;
+ return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;

discard:
netfs_put_request(rreq, false, netfs_rreq_trace_put_discard);
diff --git a/include/trace/events/netfs.h b/include/trace/events/netfs.h
index 8308b81f36be..082a5e717b58 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/netfs.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/netfs.h
@@ -118,9 +118,11 @@
EM(netfs_folio_trace_clear_g, "clear-g") \
EM(netfs_folio_trace_copy_to_cache, "copy") \
EM(netfs_folio_trace_end_copy, "end-copy") \
+ EM(netfs_folio_trace_filled_gaps, "filled-gaps") \
EM(netfs_folio_trace_kill, "kill") \
EM(netfs_folio_trace_mkwrite, "mkwrite") \
EM(netfs_folio_trace_mkwrite_plus, "mkwrite+") \
+ EM(netfs_folio_trace_read_gaps, "read-gaps") \
EM(netfs_folio_trace_redirty, "redirty") \
EM(netfs_folio_trace_redirtied, "redirtied") \
EM(netfs_folio_trace_store, "store") \