[PATCH] pipe: don't update {a,c,m}time for anonymous pipes
From: Oleg Nesterov
Date: Tue Feb 04 2025 - 08:48:36 EST
These numbers are visible in fstat() but hopefully nobody uses this
information and file_accessed/file_update_time are not that cheap.
Stupid test-case:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <assert.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
static char buf[17 * 4096];
static struct timeval TW, TR;
int wr(int fd, int size)
{
int c, r;
struct timeval t0, t1;
gettimeofday(&t0, NULL);
for (c = 0; (r = write(fd, buf, size)) > 0; c += r);
gettimeofday(&t1, NULL);
timeradd(&TW, &t1, &TW);
timersub(&TW, &t0, &TW);
return c;
}
int rd(int fd, int size)
{
int c, r;
struct timeval t0, t1;
gettimeofday(&t0, NULL);
for (c = 0; (r = read(fd, buf, size)) > 0; c += r);
gettimeofday(&t1, NULL);
timeradd(&TR, &t1, &TR);
timersub(&TR, &t0, &TR);
return c;
}
int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
{
int fd[2], nb = 1, loop, size;
assert(argc == 3);
loop = atoi(argv[1]);
size = atoi(argv[2]);
assert(pipe(fd) == 0);
assert(ioctl(fd[0], FIONBIO, &nb) == 0);
assert(ioctl(fd[1], FIONBIO, &nb) == 0);
assert(size <= sizeof(buf));
while (loop--)
assert(wr(fd[1], size) == rd(fd[0], size));
struct timeval tt;
timeradd(&TW, &TR, &tt);
printf("TW = %lu.%03lu TR = %lu.%03lu TT = %lu.%03lu\n",
TW.tv_sec, TW.tv_usec/1000,
TR.tv_sec, TR.tv_usec/1000,
tt.tv_sec, tt.tv_usec/1000);
return 0;
}
Before:
# for i in 1 2 3; do /host/tmp/test 10000 100; done
TW = 8.047 TR = 5.845 TT = 13.893
TW = 8.091 TR = 5.872 TT = 13.963
TW = 8.083 TR = 5.885 TT = 13.969
After:
# for i in 1 2 3; do /host/tmp/test 10000 100; done
TW = 4.752 TR = 4.664 TT = 9.416
TW = 4.684 TR = 4.608 TT = 9.293
TW = 4.736 TR = 4.652 TT = 9.388
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/pipe.c | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index 94b59045ab44..baaa8c0817f1 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -247,6 +247,11 @@ static inline unsigned int pipe_update_tail(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
return tail;
}
+static inline bool is_pipe_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+ return inode->i_sb->s_magic == PIPEFS_MAGIC;
+}
+
static ssize_t
pipe_read(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
{
@@ -404,7 +409,7 @@ pipe_read(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
if (wake_next_reader)
wake_up_interruptible_sync_poll(&pipe->rd_wait, EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM);
kill_fasync(&pipe->fasync_writers, SIGIO, POLL_OUT);
- if (ret > 0)
+ if (ret > 0 && !is_pipe_inode(file_inode(filp)))
file_accessed(filp);
return ret;
}
@@ -604,11 +609,13 @@ pipe_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
kill_fasync(&pipe->fasync_readers, SIGIO, POLL_IN);
if (wake_next_writer)
wake_up_interruptible_sync_poll(&pipe->wr_wait, EPOLLOUT | EPOLLWRNORM);
- if (ret > 0 && sb_start_write_trylock(file_inode(filp)->i_sb)) {
- int err = file_update_time(filp);
- if (err)
- ret = err;
- sb_end_write(file_inode(filp)->i_sb);
+ if (ret > 0 && !is_pipe_inode(file_inode(filp))) {
+ if (sb_start_write_trylock(file_inode(filp)->i_sb)) {
+ int err = file_update_time(filp);
+ if (err)
+ ret = err;
+ sb_end_write(file_inode(filp)->i_sb);
+ }
}
return ret;
}
@@ -1108,7 +1115,7 @@ static void wake_up_partner(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe)
static int fifo_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
{
struct pipe_inode_info *pipe;
- bool is_pipe = inode->i_sb->s_magic == PIPEFS_MAGIC;
+ bool is_pipe = is_pipe_inode(inode);
int ret;
filp->f_pipe = 0;
--
2.25.1.362.g51ebf55