Re: [PATCH v2] f2fs: fix to avoid racing in between read and OPU dio write

From: Wu Bo
Date: Wed May 15 2024 - 04:19:09 EST


On Fri, May 10, 2024 at 10:39:06AM +0800, Chao Yu wrote:
> If lfs mode is on, buffered read may race w/ OPU dio write as below,
> it may cause buffered read hits unwritten data unexpectly, and for
> dio read, the race condition exists as well.
>
> Thread A Thread B
> - f2fs_file_write_iter
> - f2fs_dio_write_iter
> - __iomap_dio_rw
> - f2fs_iomap_begin
> - f2fs_map_blocks
> - __allocate_data_block
> - allocated blkaddr #x
> - iomap_dio_submit_bio
> - f2fs_file_read_iter
> - filemap_read
> - f2fs_read_data_folio
> - f2fs_mpage_readpages
> - f2fs_map_blocks
> : get blkaddr #x
> - f2fs_submit_read_bio
> IRQ
> - f2fs_read_end_io
> : read IO on blkaddr #x complete
> IRQ
> - iomap_dio_bio_end_io
> : direct write IO on blkaddr #x complete
>
Looks like every COW filesystem would meet this situation. What's the solution
of other FS?
> This patch introduces a new per-inode i_opu_rwsem lock to avoid
> such race condition.
>