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Author SHA1 Message Date
David Howells 4a47132ff4 FS-Cache: Retain the netfs context in the retrieval op earlier
Now that the retrieval operation may be disposed of by fscache_put_operation()
before we actually set the context, the retrieval-specific cleanup operation
can produce a NULL-pointer dereference when it tries to unconditionally clean
up the netfs context.

Given that it is expected that we'll get at least as far as the place where we
currently set the context pointer and it is unlikely we'll go through the
error handling paths prior to that point, retain the context right from the
point that the retrieval op is allocated.

Concomitant to this, we need to retain the cookie pointer in the retrieval op
also so that we can call the netfs to release its context in the release
method.

In addition, we might now get into fscache_release_retrieval_op() with the op
only initialised.  To this end, set the operation to DEAD only after the
release method has been called and skip the n_pages test upon cleanup if the
op is still in the INITIALISED state.

Without these changes, the following oops might be seen:

	BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000000000000b8
	...
	RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa0089c98>] fscache_release_retrieval_op+0xae/0x100
	...
	Call Trace:
	 [<ffffffffa0088560>] fscache_put_operation+0x117/0x2e0
	 [<ffffffffa008b8f5>] __fscache_read_or_alloc_pages+0x351/0x3ac
	 [<ffffffffa00b761f>] __nfs_readpages_from_fscache+0x59/0xbf [nfs]
	 [<ffffffffa00b06c5>] nfs_readpages+0x10c/0x185 [nfs]
	 [<ffffffff81124925>] ? alloc_pages_current+0x119/0x13e
	 [<ffffffff810ee5fd>] ? __page_cache_alloc+0xfb/0x10a
	 [<ffffffff810f87f8>] __do_page_cache_readahead+0x188/0x22c
	 [<ffffffff810f8b3a>] ondemand_readahead+0x29e/0x2af
	 [<ffffffff810f8c92>] page_cache_sync_readahead+0x38/0x3a
	 [<ffffffff810ef337>] generic_file_read_iter+0x1a2/0x55a
	 [<ffffffffa00a9dff>] ? nfs_revalidate_mapping+0xd6/0x288 [nfs]
	 [<ffffffffa00a6a23>] nfs_file_read+0x49/0x70 [nfs]
	 [<ffffffff811363be>] new_sync_read+0x78/0x9c
	 [<ffffffff81137164>] __vfs_read+0x13/0x38
	 [<ffffffff8113721e>] vfs_read+0x95/0x121
	 [<ffffffff811372f6>] SyS_read+0x4c/0x8a
	 [<ffffffff81557a52>] system_call_fastpath+0x12/0x17

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jeff.layton@primarydata.com>
2015-04-02 14:28:53 +01:00
David Howells d3b97ca4a9 FS-Cache: The operation cancellation method needs calling in more places
Any time an incomplete operation is cancelled, the operation cancellation
function needs to be called to clean up.  This is currently being passed
directly to some of the functions that might want to call it, but not all.

Instead, pass the cancellation method pointer to the fscache_operation_init()
and have that cache it in the operation struct.  Further, plug in a dummy
cancellation handler if the caller declines to set one as this allows us to
call the function unconditionally (the extra overhead isn't worth bothering
about as we don't expect to be calling this typically).

The cancellation method must thence be called everywhere the CANCELLED state
is set.  Note that we call it *before* setting the CANCELLED state such that
the method can use the old state value to guide its operation.

fscache_do_cancel_retrieval() needs moving higher up in the sources so that
the init function can use it now.

Without this, the following oops may be seen:

	FS-Cache: Assertion failed
	FS-Cache: 3 == 0 is false
	------------[ cut here ]------------
	kernel BUG at ../fs/fscache/page.c:261!
	...
	RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa0089c1b>]  fscache_release_retrieval_op+0x77/0x100
	 [<ffffffffa008853d>] fscache_put_operation+0x114/0x2da
	 [<ffffffffa008b8c2>] __fscache_read_or_alloc_pages+0x358/0x3b3
	 [<ffffffffa00b761f>] __nfs_readpages_from_fscache+0x59/0xbf [nfs]
	 [<ffffffffa00b06c5>] nfs_readpages+0x10c/0x185 [nfs]
	 [<ffffffff81124925>] ? alloc_pages_current+0x119/0x13e
	 [<ffffffff810ee5fd>] ? __page_cache_alloc+0xfb/0x10a
	 [<ffffffff810f87f8>] __do_page_cache_readahead+0x188/0x22c
	 [<ffffffff810f8b3a>] ondemand_readahead+0x29e/0x2af
	 [<ffffffff810f8c92>] page_cache_sync_readahead+0x38/0x3a
	 [<ffffffff810ef337>] generic_file_read_iter+0x1a2/0x55a
	 [<ffffffffa00a9dff>] ? nfs_revalidate_mapping+0xd6/0x288 [nfs]
	 [<ffffffffa00a6a23>] nfs_file_read+0x49/0x70 [nfs]
	 [<ffffffff811363be>] new_sync_read+0x78/0x9c
	 [<ffffffff81137164>] __vfs_read+0x13/0x38
	 [<ffffffff8113721e>] vfs_read+0x95/0x121
	 [<ffffffff811372f6>] SyS_read+0x4c/0x8a
	 [<ffffffff81557a52>] system_call_fastpath+0x12/0x17

The assertion is showing that the remaining number of pages (n_pages) is not 0
when the operation is being released.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jeff.layton@primarydata.com>
2015-04-02 14:28:53 +01:00
David Howells a39caadf06 FS-Cache: Put an aborted initialised op so that it is accounted correctly
Call fscache_put_operation() or a wrapper on any op that has gone through
fscache_operation_init() so that the accounting shown in /proc is done
correctly, specifically fscache_n_op_release.

fscache_put_operation() therefore now allows an op in the INITIALISED state as
well as in the CANCELLED and COMPLETE states.

Note that this means that an operation can get put that doesn't have its
->object pointer filled in, so anything that depends on the object needs to be
conditional in fscache_put_operation().

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jeff.layton@primarydata.com>
2015-04-02 14:28:53 +01:00
David Howells 73c04a47bf FS-Cache: Fix cancellation of in-progress operation
Cancellation of an in-progress operation needs to update the relevant counters
and start any operations that are pending waiting on this one.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jeff.layton@primarydata.com>
2015-04-02 14:28:53 +01:00
David Howells 03cdd0e4b9 FS-Cache: Count the number of initialised operations
Count and display through /proc/fs/fscache/stats the number of initialised
operations.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jeff.layton@primarydata.com>
2015-04-02 14:28:53 +01:00
David Howells 1339ec98e3 FS-Cache: Out of line fscache_operation_init()
Out of line fscache_operation_init() so that it can access internal FS-Cache
features, such as stats, in a later commit.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jeff.layton@primarydata.com>
2015-04-02 14:28:53 +01:00
David Howells 418b7eb9e1 FS-Cache: Permit fscache_cancel_op() to cancel in-progress operations too
Currently, fscache_cancel_op() only cancels pending operations - attempts to
cancel in-progress operations are ignored.  This leads to a problem in
fscache_wait_for_operation_activation() whereby the wait is terminated, but
the object has been killed.

The check at the end of the function now triggers because it's no longer
contingent on the cache having produced an I/O error since the commit that
fixed the logic error in fscache_object_is_dead().

The result of the check is that it tries to cancel the operation - but since
the object may not be pending by this point, the cancellation request may be
ignored - with the result that the the object is just put by the caller and
fscache_put_operation has an assertion failure because the operation isn't in
either the COMPLETE or the CANCELLED states.

To fix this, we permit in-progress ops to be cancelled under some
circumstances.

The bug results in an oops that looks something like this:

	FS-Cache: fscache_wait_for_operation_activation() = -ENOBUFS [obj dead 3]
	FS-Cache:
	FS-Cache: Assertion failed
	FS-Cache: 3 == 5 is false
	------------[ cut here ]------------
	kernel BUG at ../fs/fscache/operation.c:432!
	...
	RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa0088574>] fscache_put_operation+0xf2/0x2cd
	Call Trace:
	 [<ffffffffa008b92a>] __fscache_read_or_alloc_pages+0x2ec/0x3b3
	 [<ffffffffa00b761f>] __nfs_readpages_from_fscache+0x59/0xbf [nfs]
	 [<ffffffffa00b06c5>] nfs_readpages+0x10c/0x185 [nfs]
	 [<ffffffff81124925>] ? alloc_pages_current+0x119/0x13e
	 [<ffffffff810ee5fd>] ? __page_cache_alloc+0xfb/0x10a
	 [<ffffffff810f87f8>] __do_page_cache_readahead+0x188/0x22c
	 [<ffffffff810f8b3a>] ondemand_readahead+0x29e/0x2af
	 [<ffffffff810f8c92>] page_cache_sync_readahead+0x38/0x3a
	 [<ffffffff810ef337>] generic_file_read_iter+0x1a2/0x55a
	 [<ffffffffa00a9dff>] ? nfs_revalidate_mapping+0xd6/0x288 [nfs]
	 [<ffffffffa00a6a23>] nfs_file_read+0x49/0x70 [nfs]
	 [<ffffffff811363be>] new_sync_read+0x78/0x9c
	 [<ffffffff81137164>] __vfs_read+0x13/0x38
	 [<ffffffff8113721e>] vfs_read+0x95/0x121
	 [<ffffffff811372f6>] SyS_read+0x4c/0x8a
	 [<ffffffff81557a52>] system_call_fastpath+0x12/0x17

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jeff.layton@primarydata.com>
2015-04-02 14:28:53 +01:00
David Howells 6515d1dbf4 FS-Cache: Handle a new operation submitted against a killed object
Reject new operations that are being submitted against an object if that
object has failed its lookup or creation states or has been killed by the
cache backend for some other reason, such as having been culled.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jeff.layton@primarydata.com>
2015-04-02 14:28:53 +01:00
David Howells 30ceec6284 FS-Cache: When submitting an op, cancel it if the target object is dying
When submitting an operation, prefer to cancel the operation immediately
rather than queuing it for later processing if the object is marked as dying
(ie. the object state machine has reached the KILL_OBJECT state).

Whilst we're at it, change the series of related test_bit() calls into a
READ_ONCE() and bitwise-AND operators to reduce the number of load
instructions (test_bit() has a volatile address).

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jeff.layton@primarydata.com>
2015-04-02 14:28:53 +01:00
David Howells 3c3059841a FS-Cache: Move fscache_report_unexpected_submission() to make it more available
Move fscache_report_unexpected_submission() up within operation.c so that it
can be called from fscache_submit_exclusive_op() too.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jeff.layton@primarydata.com>
2015-04-02 14:28:53 +01:00
Fabian Frederick 36dfd116ed fs/fscache: convert printk to pr_foo()
All printk converted to pr_foo() except internal.h: printk(KERN_DEBUG

Coalesce formats.

Add pr_fmt

Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@skynet.be>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2014-06-04 16:53:51 -07:00
David Howells dcfae32f89 FS-Cache: Don't use spin_is_locked() in assertions
Under certain circumstances, spin_is_locked() is hardwired to 0 - even when the
code would normally be in a locked section where it should return 1.  This
means it cannot be used for an assertion that checks that a spinlock is locked.

Remove such usages from FS-Cache.

The following oops might otherwise be observed:

FS-Cache: Assertion failed
BUG: failure at fs/fscache/operation.c:270/fscache_start_operations()!
Kernel panic - not syncing: BUG!
CPU: 0 PID: 10 Comm: kworker/u2:1 Not tainted 3.10.0-rc1-00133-ge7ebb75 #2
Workqueue: fscache_operation fscache_op_work_func [fscache]
7f091c48 603c8947 7f090000 7f9b1361 7f25f080 00000001 7f26d440 7f091c90
60299eb8 7f091d90 602951c5 7f26d440 3000000008 7f091da0 7f091cc0 7f091cd0
00000007 00000007 00000006 7f091ae0 00000010 0000010e 7f9af330 7f091ae0
Call Trace:
7f091c88: [<60299eb8>] dump_stack+0x17/0x19
7f091c98: [<602951c5>] panic+0xf4/0x1e9
7f091d38: [<6002b10e>] set_signals+0x1e/0x40
7f091d58: [<6005b89e>] __wake_up+0x4e/0x70
7f091d98: [<7f9aa003>] fscache_start_operations+0x43/0x50 [fscache]
7f091da8: [<7f9aa1e3>] fscache_op_complete+0x1d3/0x220 [fscache]
7f091db8: [<60082985>] unlock_page+0x55/0x60
7f091de8: [<7fb25bb0>] cachefiles_read_copier+0x250/0x330 [cachefiles]
7f091e58: [<7f9ab03c>] fscache_op_work_func+0xac/0x120 [fscache]
7f091e88: [<6004d5b0>] process_one_work+0x250/0x3a0
7f091ef8: [<6004edc7>] worker_thread+0x177/0x2a0
7f091f38: [<6004ec50>] worker_thread+0x0/0x2a0
7f091f58: [<60054418>] kthread+0xd8/0xe0
7f091f68: [<6005bb27>] finish_task_switch.isra.64+0x37/0xa0
7f091fd8: [<600185cf>] new_thread_handler+0x8f/0xb0

Reported-by: Milosz Tanski <milosz@adfin.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-and-tested-By: Milosz Tanski <milosz@adfin.com>
2013-06-19 14:16:47 +01:00
David Howells 1362729b16 FS-Cache: Simplify cookie retention for fscache_objects, fixing oops
Simplify the way fscache cache objects retain their cookie.  The way I
implemented the cookie storage handling made synchronisation a pain (ie. the
object state machine can't rely on the cookie actually still being there).

Instead of the the object being detached from the cookie and the cookie being
freed in __fscache_relinquish_cookie(), we defer both operations:

 (*) The detachment of the object from the list in the cookie now takes place
     in fscache_drop_object() and is thus governed by the object state machine
     (fscache_detach_from_cookie() has been removed).

 (*) The release of the cookie is now in fscache_object_destroy() - which is
     called by the cache backend just before it frees the object.

This means that the fscache_cookie struct is now available to the cache all the
way through from ->alloc_object() to ->drop_object() and ->put_object() -
meaning that it's no longer necessary to take object->lock to guarantee access.

However, __fscache_relinquish_cookie() doesn't wait for the object to go all
the way through to destruction before letting the netfs proceed.  That would
massively slow down the netfs.  Since __fscache_relinquish_cookie() leaves the
cookie around, in must therefore break all attachments to the netfs - which
includes ->def, ->netfs_data and any outstanding page read/writes.

To handle this, struct fscache_cookie now has an n_active counter:

 (1) This starts off initialised to 1.

 (2) Any time the cache needs to get at the netfs data, it calls
     fscache_use_cookie() to increment it - if it is not zero.  If it was zero,
     then access is not permitted.

 (3) When the cache has finished with the data, it calls fscache_unuse_cookie()
     to decrement it.  This does a wake-up on it if it reaches 0.

 (4) __fscache_relinquish_cookie() decrements n_active and then waits for it to
     reach 0.  The initialisation to 1 in step (1) ensures that we only get
     wake ups when we're trying to get rid of the cookie.

This leaves __fscache_relinquish_cookie() a lot simpler.


***
This fixes a problem in the current code whereby if fscache_invalidate() is
followed sufficiently quickly by fscache_relinquish_cookie() then it is
possible for __fscache_relinquish_cookie() to have detached the cookie from the
object and cleared the pointer before a thread is dispatched to process the
invalidation state in the object state machine.

Since the pending write clearance was deferred to the invalidation state to
make it asynchronous, we need to either wait in relinquishment for the stores
tree to be cleared in the invalidation state or we need to handle the clearance
in relinquishment.

Further, if the relinquishment code does clear the tree, then the invalidation
state need to make the clearance contingent on still having the cookie to hand
(since that's where the tree is rooted) and we have to prevent the cookie from
disappearing for the duration.

This can lead to an oops like the following:

BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000000000000000c
...
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8151023e>] _spin_lock+0xe/0x30
...
CR2: 000000000000000c ...
...
Process kslowd002 (...)
....
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffffa01c3278>] fscache_invalidate_writes+0x38/0xd0 [fscache]
 [<ffffffff810096f0>] ? __switch_to+0xd0/0x320
 [<ffffffff8105e759>] ? find_busiest_queue+0x69/0x150
 [<ffffffff8110ddd4>] ? slow_work_enqueue+0x104/0x180
 [<ffffffffa01c1303>] fscache_object_slow_work_execute+0x5e3/0x9d0 [fscache]
 [<ffffffff81096b67>] ? bit_waitqueue+0x17/0xd0
 [<ffffffff8110e233>] slow_work_execute+0x233/0x310
 [<ffffffff8110e515>] slow_work_thread+0x205/0x360
 [<ffffffff81096ca0>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40
 [<ffffffff8110e310>] ? slow_work_thread+0x0/0x360
 [<ffffffff81096936>] kthread+0x96/0xa0
 [<ffffffff8100c0ca>] child_rip+0xa/0x20
 [<ffffffff810968a0>] ? kthread+0x0/0xa0
 [<ffffffff8100c0c0>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x20

The parameter to fscache_invalidate_writes() was object->cookie which is NULL.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Tested-By: Milosz Tanski <milosz@adfin.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
2013-06-19 14:16:47 +01:00
David Howells caaef6900b FS-Cache: Fix object state machine to have separate work and wait states
Fix object state machine to have separate work and wait states as that makes
it easier to envision.

There are now three kinds of state:

 (1) Work state.  This is an execution state.  No event processing is performed
     by a work state.  The function attached to a work state returns a pointer
     indicating the next state to which the OSM should transition.  Returning
     NO_TRANSIT repeats the current state, but goes back to the scheduler
     first.

 (2) Wait state.  This is an event processing state.  No execution is
     performed by a wait state.  Wait states are just tables of "if event X
     occurs, clear it and transition to state Y".  The dispatcher returns to
     the scheduler if none of the events in which the wait state has an
     interest are currently pending.

 (3) Out-of-band state.  This is a special work state.  Transitions to normal
     states can be overridden when an unexpected event occurs (eg. I/O error).
     Instead the dispatcher disables and clears the OOB event and transits to
     the specified work state.  This then acts as an ordinary work state,
     though object->state points to the overridden destination.  Returning
     NO_TRANSIT resumes the overridden transition.

In addition, the states have names in their definitions, so there's no need for
tables of state names.  Further, the EV_REQUEUE event is no longer necessary as
that is automatic for work states.

Since the states are now separate structs rather than values in an enum, it's
not possible to use comparisons other than (non-)equality between them, so use
some object->flags to indicate what phase an object is in.

The EV_RELEASE, EV_RETIRE and EV_WITHDRAW events have been squished into one
(EV_KILL).  An object flag now carries the information about retirement.

Similarly, the RELEASING, RECYCLING and WITHDRAWING states have been merged
into an KILL_OBJECT state and additional states have been added for handling
waiting dependent objects (JUMPSTART_DEPS and KILL_DEPENDENTS).

A state has also been added for synchronising with parent object initialisation
(WAIT_FOR_PARENT) and another for initiating look up (PARENT_READY).

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Tested-By: Milosz Tanski <milosz@adfin.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
2013-06-19 14:16:47 +01:00
David Howells 493f7bc114 FS-Cache: Wrap checks on object state
Wrap checks on object state (mostly outside of fs/fscache/object.c) with
inline functions so that the mechanism can be replaced.

Some of the state checks within object.c are left as-is as they will be
replaced.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Tested-By: Milosz Tanski <milosz@adfin.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
2013-06-19 14:16:47 +01:00
David Howells 91c7fbbf63 FS-Cache: Clear remaining page count on retrieval cancellation
Provide fscache_cancel_op() with a pointer to a function it should invoke under
lock if it cancels an operation.

Use this to clear the remaining page count upon cancellation of a pending
retrieval operation so that fscache_release_retrieval_op() doesn't get an
assertion failure (see below).  This can happen when a signal occurs, say from
CTRL-C being pressed during data retrieval.

FS-Cache: Assertion failed
3 == 0 is false
------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at fs/fscache/page.c:237!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#641] SMP
Modules linked in: cachefiles(F) nfsv4(F) nfsv3(F) nfsv2(F) nfs(F) fscache(F) auth_rpcgss(F) nfs_acl(F) lockd(F) sunrpc(F)
CPU 0
Pid: 6075, comm: slurp-q Tainted: GF     D      3.7.0-rc8-fsdevel+ #411                  /DG965RY
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa007f328>]  [<ffffffffa007f328>] fscache_release_retrieval_op+0x75/0xff [fscache]
RSP: 0000:ffff88001c6d7988  EFLAGS: 00010296
RAX: 000000000000000f RBX: ffff880014cdfe00 RCX: ffffffff6c102000
RDX: ffffffff8102d1ad RSI: ffffffff6c102000 RDI: ffffffff8102d1d6
RBP: ffff88001c6d7998 R08: 0000000000000002 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 00000000fffffe00
R13: ffff88001c6d7ab4 R14: ffff88001a8638a0 R15: ffff88001552b190
FS:  00007f877aaf0700(0000) GS:ffff88003bc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
CR2: 00007fff11378fd2 CR3: 000000001c6c6000 CR4: 00000000000007f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Process slurp-q (pid: 6075, threadinfo ffff88001c6d6000, task ffff88001c6c4080)
Stack:
 ffffffffa007ec07 ffff880014cdfe00 ffff88001c6d79c8 ffffffffa007db4d
 ffffffffa007ec07 ffff880014cdfe00 00000000fffffe00 ffff88001c6d7ab4
 ffff88001c6d7a38 ffffffffa008116d 0000000000000000 ffff88001c6c4080
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffffa007ec07>] ? fscache_cancel_op+0x194/0x1cf [fscache]
 [<ffffffffa007db4d>] fscache_put_operation+0x135/0x2ed [fscache]
 [<ffffffffa007ec07>] ? fscache_cancel_op+0x194/0x1cf [fscache]
 [<ffffffffa008116d>] __fscache_read_or_alloc_pages+0x413/0x4bc [fscache]
 [<ffffffff810ac8ae>] ? __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x195/0x75c
 [<ffffffffa00aab0f>] __nfs_readpages_from_fscache+0x86/0x13d [nfs]
 [<ffffffffa00a5fe0>] nfs_readpages+0x186/0x1bd [nfs]
 [<ffffffff810d23c8>] ? alloc_pages_current+0xc7/0xe4
 [<ffffffff810a68b5>] ? __page_cache_alloc+0x84/0x91
 [<ffffffff810af912>] ? __do_page_cache_readahead+0xa6/0x2e0
 [<ffffffff810afaa3>] __do_page_cache_readahead+0x237/0x2e0
 [<ffffffff810af912>] ? __do_page_cache_readahead+0xa6/0x2e0
 [<ffffffff810afe3e>] ra_submit+0x1c/0x20
 [<ffffffff810b019b>] ondemand_readahead+0x359/0x382
 [<ffffffff810b0279>] page_cache_sync_readahead+0x38/0x3a
 [<ffffffff810a77b5>] generic_file_aio_read+0x26b/0x637
 [<ffffffffa00f1852>] ? nfs_mark_delegation_referenced+0xb/0xb [nfsv4]
 [<ffffffffa009cc85>] nfs_file_read+0xaa/0xcf [nfs]
 [<ffffffff810db5b3>] do_sync_read+0x91/0xd1
 [<ffffffff810dbb8b>] vfs_read+0x9b/0x144
 [<ffffffff810dbc78>] sys_read+0x44/0x75
 [<ffffffff81422892>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
2012-12-20 22:35:15 +00:00
David Howells 1f372dff1d FS-Cache: Mark cancellation of in-progress operation
Mark as cancelled an operation that is in progress rather than pending at the
time it is cancelled, and call fscache_complete_op() to cancel an operation so
that blocked ops can be started.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
2012-12-20 22:34:00 +00:00
David Howells 8d76349d35 FS-Cache: Exclusive op submission can BUG if there's been an I/O error
The function to submit an exclusive op (fscache_submit_exclusive_op()) can BUG
if there's been an I/O error because it may see the parent cache object in an
unexpected state.  It should only BUG if there hasn't been an I/O error.

In this case the problem was produced by remounting the cache partition to be
R/O.  The EROFS state was detected and the cache was aborted, but not
everything handled the aborting correctly.

SysRq : Emergency Remount R/O
EXT4-fs (sda6): re-mounted. Opts: (null)
Emergency Remount complete
CacheFiles: I/O Error: Failed to update xattr with error -30
FS-Cache: Cache cachefiles stopped due to I/O error
------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at fs/fscache/operation.c:128!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP 
CPU 0 
Modules linked in: cachefiles nfs fscache auth_rpcgss nfs_acl lockd sunrpc

Pid: 6612, comm: kworker/u:2 Not tainted 3.1.0-rc8-fsdevel+ #1093                  /DG965RY
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa00739c0>]  [<ffffffffa00739c0>] fscache_submit_exclusive_op+0x2ad/0x2c2 [fscache]
RSP: 0018:ffff880000853d40  EFLAGS: 00010206
RAX: ffff880038ac72a8 RBX: ffff8800181f2260 RCX: ffffffff81f2b2b0
RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffff8179a478 RDI: ffff8800181f2280
RBP: ffff880000853d60 R08: 0000000000000002 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff880038ac7268
R13: ffff8800181f2280 R14: ffff88003a359190 R15: 000000010122b162
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88003bc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
CR2: 00000034cc4a77f0 CR3: 0000000010e96000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Process kworker/u:2 (pid: 6612, threadinfo ffff880000852000, task ffff880014c3c040)
Stack:
 ffff8800181f2260 ffff8800181f2310 ffff880038ac7268 ffff8800181f2260
 ffff880000853dc0 ffffffffa0072375 ffff880037ecfe00 ffff88003a359198
 ffff880000853dc0 0000000000000246 0000000000000000 ffff88000a91d308
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffffa0072375>] fscache_object_work_func+0x792/0xe65 [fscache]
 [<ffffffff81047e44>] process_one_work+0x1eb/0x37f
 [<ffffffff81047de6>] ? process_one_work+0x18d/0x37f
 [<ffffffffa0071be3>] ? fscache_enqueue_dependents+0xd8/0xd8 [fscache]
 [<ffffffff810482e4>] worker_thread+0x15a/0x21a
 [<ffffffff8104818a>] ? rescuer_thread+0x188/0x188
 [<ffffffff8104bf96>] kthread+0x7f/0x87
 [<ffffffff813ad6f4>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
 [<ffffffff81026b98>] ? finish_task_switch+0x45/0xc0
 [<ffffffff813abd1d>] ? retint_restore_args+0xe/0xe
 [<ffffffff8104bf17>] ? __init_kthread_worker+0x53/0x53
 [<ffffffff813ad6f0>] ? gs_change+0xb/0xb


Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
2012-12-20 22:10:58 +00:00
David Howells ef778e7ae6 FS-Cache: Provide proper invalidation
Provide a proper invalidation method rather than relying on the netfs retiring
the cookie it has and getting a new one.  The problem with this is that isn't
easy for the netfs to make sure that it has completed/cancelled all its
outstanding storage and retrieval operations on the cookie it is retiring.

Instead, have the cache provide an invalidation method that will cancel or wait
for all currently outstanding operations before invalidating the cache, and
will cause new operations to queue up behind that.  Whilst invalidation is in
progress, some requests will be rejected until the cache can stack a barrier on
the operation queue to cause new operations to be deferred behind it.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
2012-12-20 22:04:07 +00:00
David Howells 9f10523f89 FS-Cache: Fix operation state management and accounting
Fix the state management of internal fscache operations and the accounting of
what operations are in what states.

This is done by:

 (1) Give struct fscache_operation a enum variable that directly represents the
     state it's currently in, rather than spreading this knowledge over a bunch
     of flags, who's processing the operation at the moment and whether it is
     queued or not.

     This makes it easier to write assertions to check the state at various
     points and to prevent invalid state transitions.

 (2) Add an 'operation complete' state and supply a function to indicate the
     completion of an operation (fscache_op_complete()) and make things call
     it.  The final call to fscache_put_operation() can then check that an op
     in the appropriate state (complete or cancelled).

 (3) Adjust the use of object->n_ops, ->n_in_progress, ->n_exclusive to better
     govern the state of an object:

	(a) The ->n_ops is now the number of extant operations on the object
	    and is now decremented by fscache_put_operation() only.

	(b) The ->n_in_progress is simply the number of objects that have been
	    taken off of the object's pending queue for the purposes of being
	    run.  This is decremented by fscache_op_complete() only.

	(c) The ->n_exclusive is the number of exclusive ops that have been
	    submitted and queued or are in progress.  It is decremented by
	    fscache_op_complete() and by fscache_cancel_op().

     fscache_put_operation() and fscache_operation_gc() now no longer try to
     clean up ->n_exclusive and ->n_in_progress.  That was leading to double
     decrements against fscache_cancel_op().

     fscache_cancel_op() now no longer decrements ->n_ops.  That was leading to
     double decrements against fscache_put_operation().

     fscache_submit_exclusive_op() now decides whether it has to queue an op
     based on ->n_in_progress being > 0 rather than ->n_ops > 0 as the latter
     will persist in being true even after all preceding operations have been
     cancelled or completed.  Furthermore, if an object is active and there are
     runnable ops against it, there must be at least one op running.

 (4) Add a remaining-pages counter (n_pages) to struct fscache_retrieval and
     provide a function to record completion of the pages as they complete.

     When n_pages reaches 0, the operation is deemed to be complete and
     fscache_op_complete() is called.

     Add calls to fscache_retrieval_complete() anywhere we've finished with a
     page we've been given to read or allocate for.  This includes places where
     we just return pages to the netfs for reading from the server and where
     accessing the cache fails and we discard the proposed netfs page.

The bugs in the unfixed state management manifest themselves as oopses like the
following where the operation completion gets out of sync with return of the
cookie by the netfs.  This is possible because the cache unlocks and returns
all the netfs pages before recording its completion - which means that there's
nothing to stop the netfs discarding them and returning the cookie.


FS-Cache: Cookie 'NFS.fh' still has outstanding reads
------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at fs/fscache/cookie.c:519!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP
CPU 1
Modules linked in: cachefiles nfs fscache auth_rpcgss nfs_acl lockd sunrpc

Pid: 400, comm: kswapd0 Not tainted 3.1.0-rc7-fsdevel+ #1090                  /DG965RY
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa007050a>]  [<ffffffffa007050a>] __fscache_relinquish_cookie+0x170/0x343 [fscache]
RSP: 0018:ffff8800368cfb00  EFLAGS: 00010282
RAX: 000000000000003c RBX: ffff880023cc8790 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000002f2e RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffffffff813ab86c
RBP: ffff8800368cfb50 R08: 0000000000000002 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffff88003a1b7890 R11: ffff88001df6e488 R12: ffff880023d8ed98
R13: ffff880023cc8798 R14: 0000000000000004 R15: ffff88003b8bf370
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88003bd00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
CR2: 00000000008ba008 CR3: 0000000023d93000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Process kswapd0 (pid: 400, threadinfo ffff8800368ce000, task ffff88003b8bf040)
Stack:
 ffff88003b8bf040 ffff88001df6e528 ffff88001df6e528 ffffffffa00b46b0
 ffff88003b8bf040 ffff88001df6e488 ffff88001df6e620 ffffffffa00b46b0
 ffff88001ebd04c8 0000000000000004 ffff8800368cfb70 ffffffffa00b2c91
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffffa00b2c91>] nfs_fscache_release_inode_cookie+0x3b/0x47 [nfs]
 [<ffffffffa008f25f>] nfs_clear_inode+0x3c/0x41 [nfs]
 [<ffffffffa0090df1>] nfs4_evict_inode+0x2f/0x33 [nfs]
 [<ffffffff810d8d47>] evict+0xa1/0x15c
 [<ffffffff810d8e2e>] dispose_list+0x2c/0x38
 [<ffffffff810d9ebd>] prune_icache_sb+0x28c/0x29b
 [<ffffffff810c56b7>] prune_super+0xd5/0x140
 [<ffffffff8109b615>] shrink_slab+0x102/0x1ab
 [<ffffffff8109d690>] balance_pgdat+0x2f2/0x595
 [<ffffffff8103e009>] ? process_timeout+0xb/0xb
 [<ffffffff8109dba3>] kswapd+0x270/0x289
 [<ffffffff8104c5ea>] ? __init_waitqueue_head+0x46/0x46
 [<ffffffff8109d933>] ? balance_pgdat+0x595/0x595
 [<ffffffff8104bf7a>] kthread+0x7f/0x87
 [<ffffffff813ad6b4>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
 [<ffffffff81026b98>] ? finish_task_switch+0x45/0xc0
 [<ffffffff813abcdd>] ? retint_restore_args+0xe/0xe
 [<ffffffff8104befb>] ? __init_kthread_worker+0x53/0x53
 [<ffffffff813ad6b0>] ? gs_change+0xb/0xb

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
2012-12-20 21:58:26 +00:00
David Howells ef46ed888e FS-Cache: Make cookie relinquishment wait for outstanding reads
Make fscache_relinquish_cookie() log a warning and wait if there are any
outstanding reads left on the cookie it was given.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
2012-12-20 21:58:25 +00:00
Amerigo Wang e50c1f609c fscache: remove dead code under CONFIG_WORKQUEUE_DEBUGFS
There is no CONFIG_WORKQUEUE_DEBUGFS any more, so this code is dead.

Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <amwang@redhat.com>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-05-25 08:39:44 -07:00
Akshat Aranya ba28b93a52 FS-Cache: Fix operation handling
fscache_submit_exclusive_op() adds an operation to the pending list if
other operations are pending.  Fix the check for pending ops as n_ops
must be greater than 0 at the point it is checked as it is incremented
immediately before under lock.

Signed-off-by: Akshat Aranya <aranya@nec-labs.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-01-14 09:23:36 -08:00
Tejun Heo 8af7c12436 fscache: convert operation to use workqueue instead of slow-work
Make fscache operation to use only workqueue instead of combination of
workqueue and slow-work.  FSCACHE_OP_SLOW is dropped and
FSCACHE_OP_FAST is renamed to FSCACHE_OP_ASYNC and uses newly added
fscache_op_wq workqueue to execute op->processor().
fscache_operation_init_slow() is dropped and fscache_operation_init()
now takes @processor argument directly.

* Unbound workqueue is used.

* fscache_retrieval_work() is no longer necessary as OP_ASYNC now does
  the equivalent thing.

* sysctl fscache.operation_max_active added to control concurrency.
  The default value is nr_cpus clamped between 2 and
  WQ_UNBOUND_MAX_ACTIVE.

* debugfs support is dropped for now.  Tracing API based debug
  facility is planned to be added.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
2010-07-22 22:58:47 +02:00
Tejun Heo 5a0e3ad6af include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h
percpu.h is included by sched.h and module.h and thus ends up being
included when building most .c files.  percpu.h includes slab.h which
in turn includes gfp.h making everything defined by the two files
universally available and complicating inclusion dependencies.

percpu.h -> slab.h dependency is about to be removed.  Prepare for
this change by updating users of gfp and slab facilities include those
headers directly instead of assuming availability.  As this conversion
needs to touch large number of source files, the following script is
used as the basis of conversion.

  http://userweb.kernel.org/~tj/misc/slabh-sweep.py

The script does the followings.

* Scan files for gfp and slab usages and update includes such that
  only the necessary includes are there.  ie. if only gfp is used,
  gfp.h, if slab is used, slab.h.

* When the script inserts a new include, it looks at the include
  blocks and try to put the new include such that its order conforms
  to its surrounding.  It's put in the include block which contains
  core kernel includes, in the same order that the rest are ordered -
  alphabetical, Christmas tree, rev-Xmas-tree or at the end if there
  doesn't seem to be any matching order.

* If the script can't find a place to put a new include (mostly
  because the file doesn't have fitting include block), it prints out
  an error message indicating which .h file needs to be added to the
  file.

The conversion was done in the following steps.

1. The initial automatic conversion of all .c files updated slightly
   over 4000 files, deleting around 700 includes and adding ~480 gfp.h
   and ~3000 slab.h inclusions.  The script emitted errors for ~400
   files.

2. Each error was manually checked.  Some didn't need the inclusion,
   some needed manual addition while adding it to implementation .h or
   embedding .c file was more appropriate for others.  This step added
   inclusions to around 150 files.

3. The script was run again and the output was compared to the edits
   from #2 to make sure no file was left behind.

4. Several build tests were done and a couple of problems were fixed.
   e.g. lib/decompress_*.c used malloc/free() wrappers around slab
   APIs requiring slab.h to be added manually.

5. The script was run on all .h files but without automatically
   editing them as sprinkling gfp.h and slab.h inclusions around .h
   files could easily lead to inclusion dependency hell.  Most gfp.h
   inclusion directives were ignored as stuff from gfp.h was usually
   wildly available and often used in preprocessor macros.  Each
   slab.h inclusion directive was examined and added manually as
   necessary.

6. percpu.h was updated not to include slab.h.

7. Build test were done on the following configurations and failures
   were fixed.  CONFIG_GCOV_KERNEL was turned off for all tests (as my
   distributed build env didn't work with gcov compiles) and a few
   more options had to be turned off depending on archs to make things
   build (like ipr on powerpc/64 which failed due to missing writeq).

   * x86 and x86_64 UP and SMP allmodconfig and a custom test config.
   * powerpc and powerpc64 SMP allmodconfig
   * sparc and sparc64 SMP allmodconfig
   * ia64 SMP allmodconfig
   * s390 SMP allmodconfig
   * alpha SMP allmodconfig
   * um on x86_64 SMP allmodconfig

8. percpu.h modifications were reverted so that it could be applied as
   a separate patch and serve as bisection point.

Given the fact that I had only a couple of failures from tests on step
6, I'm fairly confident about the coverage of this conversion patch.
If there is a breakage, it's likely to be something in one of the arch
headers which should be easily discoverable easily on most builds of
the specific arch.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Guess-its-ok-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@hp.com>
2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
David Howells a53f4f9efa SLOW_WORK: CONFIG_SLOW_WORK_PROC should be CONFIG_SLOW_WORK_DEBUG
CONFIG_SLOW_WORK_PROC was changed to CONFIG_SLOW_WORK_DEBUG, but not in all
instances.  Change the remaining instances.  This makes the debugfs file
display the time mark and the owner's description again.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-03-29 09:14:47 -07:00
David Howells e3d4d28b1c FS-Cache: Handle read request vs lookup, creation or other cache failure
FS-Cache doesn't correctly handle the netfs requesting a read from the cache
on an object that failed or was withdrawn by the cache.  A trace similar to
the following might be seen:

	CacheFiles: Lookup failed error -105
	[exe   ] unexpected submission OP165afe [OBJ6cac OBJECT_LC_DYING]
	[exe   ] objstate=OBJECT_LC_DYING [OBJECT_LC_DYING]
	[exe   ] objflags=0
	[exe   ] objevent=9 [fffffffffffffffb]
	[exe   ] ops=0 inp=0 exc=0
	Pid: 6970, comm: exe Not tainted 2.6.32-rc6-cachefs #50
	Call Trace:
	 [<ffffffffa0076477>] fscache_submit_op+0x3ff/0x45a [fscache]
	 [<ffffffffa0077997>] __fscache_read_or_alloc_pages+0x187/0x3c4 [fscache]
	 [<ffffffffa00b6480>] ? nfs_readpage_from_fscache_complete+0x0/0x66 [nfs]
	 [<ffffffffa00b6388>] __nfs_readpages_from_fscache+0x7e/0x176 [nfs]
	 [<ffffffff8108e483>] ? __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x11c/0x5cf
	 [<ffffffffa009d796>] nfs_readpages+0x114/0x1d7 [nfs]
	 [<ffffffff81090314>] __do_page_cache_readahead+0x15f/0x1ec
	 [<ffffffff81090228>] ? __do_page_cache_readahead+0x73/0x1ec
	 [<ffffffff810903bd>] ra_submit+0x1c/0x20
	 [<ffffffff810906bb>] ondemand_readahead+0x227/0x23a
	 [<ffffffff81090762>] page_cache_sync_readahead+0x17/0x19
	 [<ffffffff8108a99e>] generic_file_aio_read+0x236/0x5a0
	 [<ffffffffa00937bd>] nfs_file_read+0xe4/0xf3 [nfs]
	 [<ffffffff810b2fa2>] do_sync_read+0xe3/0x120
	 [<ffffffff81354cc3>] ? _spin_unlock_irq+0x2b/0x31
	 [<ffffffff8104c0f1>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x34
	 [<ffffffff811848e5>] ? selinux_file_permission+0x5d/0x10f
	 [<ffffffff81352bdb>] ? thread_return+0x3e/0x101
	 [<ffffffff8117d7b0>] ? security_file_permission+0x11/0x13
	 [<ffffffff810b3b06>] vfs_read+0xaa/0x16f
	 [<ffffffff81058df0>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x10c/0x130
	 [<ffffffff810b3c84>] sys_read+0x45/0x6c
	 [<ffffffff8100ae2b>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

The object state might also be OBJECT_DYING or OBJECT_WITHDRAWING.

This should be handled by simply rejecting the new operation with ENOBUFS.
There's no need to log an error for it.  Events of this type now appear in the
stats file under Ops:rej.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
2009-11-19 18:11:32 +00:00
David Howells 5753c44188 FS-Cache: Permit cache retrieval ops to be interrupted in the initial wait phase
Permit the operations to retrieve data from the cache or to allocate space in
the cache for future writes to be interrupted whilst they're waiting for
permission for the operation to proceed.  Typically this wait occurs whilst the
cache object is being looked up on disk in the background.

If an interruption occurs, and the operation has not yet been given the
go-ahead to run, the operation is dequeued and cancelled, and control returns
to the read operation of the netfs routine with none of the requested pages
having been read or in any way marked as known by the cache.

This means that the initial wait is done interruptibly rather than
uninterruptibly.

In addition, extra stats values are made available to show the number of ops
cancelled and the number of cache space allocations interrupted.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
2009-11-19 18:11:19 +00:00
David Howells 4fbf4291aa FS-Cache: Allow the current state of all objects to be dumped
Allow the current state of all fscache objects to be dumped by doing:

	cat /proc/fs/fscache/objects

By default, all objects and all fields will be shown.  This can be restricted
by adding a suitable key to one of the caller's keyrings (such as the session
keyring):

	keyctl add user fscache:objlist "<restrictions>" @s

The <restrictions> are:

	K	Show hexdump of object key (don't show if not given)
	A	Show hexdump of object aux data (don't show if not given)

And paired restrictions:

	C	Show objects that have a cookie
	c	Show objects that don't have a cookie
	B	Show objects that are busy
	b	Show objects that aren't busy
	W	Show objects that have pending writes
	w	Show objects that don't have pending writes
	R	Show objects that have outstanding reads
	r	Show objects that don't have outstanding reads
	S	Show objects that have slow work queued
	s	Show objects that don't have slow work queued

If neither side of a restriction pair is given, then both are implied.  For
example:

	keyctl add user fscache:objlist KB @s

shows objects that are busy, and lists their object keys, but does not dump
their auxiliary data.  It also implies "CcWwRrSs", but as 'B' is given, 'b' is
not implied.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
2009-11-19 18:11:04 +00:00
David Howells 440f0affe2 FS-Cache: Annotate slow-work runqueue proc lines for FS-Cache work items
Annotate slow-work runqueue proc lines for FS-Cache work items.  Objects
include the object ID and the state.  Operations include the object ID, the
operation ID and the operation type and state.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
2009-11-19 18:11:01 +00:00
David Howells 3d7a641e54 SLOW_WORK: Wait for outstanding work items belonging to a module to clear
Wait for outstanding slow work items belonging to a module to clear when
unregistering that module as a user of the facility.  This prevents the put_ref
code of a work item from being taken away before it returns.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
2009-11-19 18:10:23 +00:00
David Howells 952efe7b78 FS-Cache: Add and document asynchronous operation handling
Add and document asynchronous operation handling for use by FS-Cache's data
storage and retrieval routines.

The following documentation is added to:

	Documentation/filesystems/caching/operations.txt

		       ================================
		       ASYNCHRONOUS OPERATIONS HANDLING
		       ================================

========
OVERVIEW
========

FS-Cache has an asynchronous operations handling facility that it uses for its
data storage and retrieval routines.  Its operations are represented by
fscache_operation structs, though these are usually embedded into some other
structure.

This facility is available to and expected to be be used by the cache backends,
and FS-Cache will create operations and pass them off to the appropriate cache
backend for completion.

To make use of this facility, <linux/fscache-cache.h> should be #included.

===============================
OPERATION RECORD INITIALISATION
===============================

An operation is recorded in an fscache_operation struct:

	struct fscache_operation {
		union {
			struct work_struct fast_work;
			struct slow_work slow_work;
		};
		unsigned long		flags;
		fscache_operation_processor_t processor;
		...
	};

Someone wanting to issue an operation should allocate something with this
struct embedded in it.  They should initialise it by calling:

	void fscache_operation_init(struct fscache_operation *op,
				    fscache_operation_release_t release);

with the operation to be initialised and the release function to use.

The op->flags parameter should be set to indicate the CPU time provision and
the exclusivity (see the Parameters section).

The op->fast_work, op->slow_work and op->processor flags should be set as
appropriate for the CPU time provision (see the Parameters section).

FSCACHE_OP_WAITING may be set in op->flags prior to each submission of the
operation and waited for afterwards.

==========
PARAMETERS
==========

There are a number of parameters that can be set in the operation record's flag
parameter.  There are three options for the provision of CPU time in these
operations:

 (1) The operation may be done synchronously (FSCACHE_OP_MYTHREAD).  A thread
     may decide it wants to handle an operation itself without deferring it to
     another thread.

     This is, for example, used in read operations for calling readpages() on
     the backing filesystem in CacheFiles.  Although readpages() does an
     asynchronous data fetch, the determination of whether pages exist is done
     synchronously - and the netfs does not proceed until this has been
     determined.

     If this option is to be used, FSCACHE_OP_WAITING must be set in op->flags
     before submitting the operation, and the operating thread must wait for it
     to be cleared before proceeding:

		wait_on_bit(&op->flags, FSCACHE_OP_WAITING,
			    fscache_wait_bit, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);

 (2) The operation may be fast asynchronous (FSCACHE_OP_FAST), in which case it
     will be given to keventd to process.  Such an operation is not permitted
     to sleep on I/O.

     This is, for example, used by CacheFiles to copy data from a backing fs
     page to a netfs page after the backing fs has read the page in.

     If this option is used, op->fast_work and op->processor must be
     initialised before submitting the operation:

		INIT_WORK(&op->fast_work, do_some_work);

 (3) The operation may be slow asynchronous (FSCACHE_OP_SLOW), in which case it
     will be given to the slow work facility to process.  Such an operation is
     permitted to sleep on I/O.

     This is, for example, used by FS-Cache to handle background writes of
     pages that have just been fetched from a remote server.

     If this option is used, op->slow_work and op->processor must be
     initialised before submitting the operation:

		fscache_operation_init_slow(op, processor)

Furthermore, operations may be one of two types:

 (1) Exclusive (FSCACHE_OP_EXCLUSIVE).  Operations of this type may not run in
     conjunction with any other operation on the object being operated upon.

     An example of this is the attribute change operation, in which the file
     being written to may need truncation.

 (2) Shareable.  Operations of this type may be running simultaneously.  It's
     up to the operation implementation to prevent interference between other
     operations running at the same time.

=========
PROCEDURE
=========

Operations are used through the following procedure:

 (1) The submitting thread must allocate the operation and initialise it
     itself.  Normally this would be part of a more specific structure with the
     generic op embedded within.

 (2) The submitting thread must then submit the operation for processing using
     one of the following two functions:

	int fscache_submit_op(struct fscache_object *object,
			      struct fscache_operation *op);

	int fscache_submit_exclusive_op(struct fscache_object *object,
					struct fscache_operation *op);

     The first function should be used to submit non-exclusive ops and the
     second to submit exclusive ones.  The caller must still set the
     FSCACHE_OP_EXCLUSIVE flag.

     If successful, both functions will assign the operation to the specified
     object and return 0.  -ENOBUFS will be returned if the object specified is
     permanently unavailable.

     The operation manager will defer operations on an object that is still
     undergoing lookup or creation.  The operation will also be deferred if an
     operation of conflicting exclusivity is in progress on the object.

     If the operation is asynchronous, the manager will retain a reference to
     it, so the caller should put their reference to it by passing it to:

	void fscache_put_operation(struct fscache_operation *op);

 (3) If the submitting thread wants to do the work itself, and has marked the
     operation with FSCACHE_OP_MYTHREAD, then it should monitor
     FSCACHE_OP_WAITING as described above and check the state of the object if
     necessary (the object might have died whilst the thread was waiting).

     When it has finished doing its processing, it should call
     fscache_put_operation() on it.

 (4) The operation holds an effective lock upon the object, preventing other
     exclusive ops conflicting until it is released.  The operation can be
     enqueued for further immediate asynchronous processing by adjusting the
     CPU time provisioning option if necessary, eg:

	op->flags &= ~FSCACHE_OP_TYPE;
	op->flags |= ~FSCACHE_OP_FAST;

     and calling:

	void fscache_enqueue_operation(struct fscache_operation *op)

     This can be used to allow other things to have use of the worker thread
     pools.

=====================
ASYNCHRONOUS CALLBACK
=====================

When used in asynchronous mode, the worker thread pool will invoke the
processor method with a pointer to the operation.  This should then get at the
container struct by using container_of():

	static void fscache_write_op(struct fscache_operation *_op)
	{
		struct fscache_storage *op =
			container_of(_op, struct fscache_storage, op);
	...
	}

The caller holds a reference on the operation, and will invoke
fscache_put_operation() when the processor function returns.  The processor
function is at liberty to call fscache_enqueue_operation() or to take extra
references.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Tested-by: Daire Byrne <Daire.Byrne@framestore.com>
2009-04-03 16:42:39 +01:00