1. 20 11月, 2009 7 次提交
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      CacheFiles: Catch an overly long wait for an old active object · fee096de
      David Howells 提交于
      Catch an overly long wait for an old, dying active object when we want to
      replace it with a new one.  The probability is that all the slow-work threads
      are hogged, and the delete can't get a look in.
      
      What we do instead is:
      
       (1) if there's nothing in the slow work queue, we sleep until either the dying
           object has finished dying or there is something in the slow work queue
           behind which we can queue our object.
      
       (2) if there is something in the slow work queue, we return ETIMEDOUT to
           fscache_lookup_object(), which then puts us back on the slow work queue,
           presumably behind the deletion that we're blocked by.  We are then
           deferred for a while until we work our way back through the queue -
           without blocking a slow-work thread unnecessarily.
      
      A backtrace similar to the following may appear in the log without this patch:
      
      	INFO: task kslowd004:5711 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
      	"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
      	kslowd004     D 0000000000000000     0  5711      2 0x00000080
      	 ffff88000340bb80 0000000000000046 ffff88002550d000 0000000000000000
      	 ffff88002550d000 0000000000000007 ffff88000340bfd8 ffff88002550d2a8
      	 000000000000ddf0 00000000000118c0 00000000000118c0 ffff88002550d2a8
      	Call Trace:
      	 [<ffffffff81058e21>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xd/0xf
      	 [<ffffffffa011c4d8>] ? cachefiles_wait_bit+0x0/0xd [cachefiles]
      	 [<ffffffffa011c4e1>] cachefiles_wait_bit+0x9/0xd [cachefiles]
      	 [<ffffffff81353153>] __wait_on_bit+0x43/0x76
      	 [<ffffffff8111ae39>] ? ext3_xattr_get+0x1ec/0x270
      	 [<ffffffff813531ef>] out_of_line_wait_on_bit+0x69/0x74
      	 [<ffffffffa011c4d8>] ? cachefiles_wait_bit+0x0/0xd [cachefiles]
      	 [<ffffffff8104c125>] ? wake_bit_function+0x0/0x2e
      	 [<ffffffffa011bc79>] cachefiles_mark_object_active+0x203/0x23b [cachefiles]
      	 [<ffffffffa011c209>] cachefiles_walk_to_object+0x558/0x827 [cachefiles]
      	 [<ffffffffa011a429>] cachefiles_lookup_object+0xac/0x12a [cachefiles]
      	 [<ffffffffa00aa1e9>] fscache_lookup_object+0x1c7/0x214 [fscache]
      	 [<ffffffffa00aafc5>] fscache_object_state_machine+0xa5/0x52d [fscache]
      	 [<ffffffffa00ab4ac>] fscache_object_slow_work_execute+0x5f/0xa0 [fscache]
      	 [<ffffffff81082093>] slow_work_execute+0x18f/0x2d1
      	 [<ffffffff8108239a>] slow_work_thread+0x1c5/0x308
      	 [<ffffffff8104c0f1>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x34
      	 [<ffffffff810821d5>] ? slow_work_thread+0x0/0x308
      	 [<ffffffff8104be91>] kthread+0x7a/0x82
      	 [<ffffffff8100beda>] child_rip+0xa/0x20
      	 [<ffffffff8100b87c>] ? restore_args+0x0/0x30
      	 [<ffffffff8104be17>] ? kthread+0x0/0x82
      	 [<ffffffff8100bed0>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x20
      	1 lock held by kslowd004/5711:
      	 #0:  (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#7/1){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffffa011be64>] cachefiles_walk_to_object+0x1b3/0x827 [cachefiles]
      Signed-off-by: NDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
      fee096de
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      CacheFiles: Don't write a full page if there's only a partial page to cache · a17754fb
      David Howells 提交于
      cachefiles_write_page() writes a full page to the backing file for the last
      page of the netfs file, even if the netfs file's last page is only a partial
      page.
      
      This causes the EOF on the backing file to be extended beyond the EOF of the
      netfs, and thus the backing file will be truncated by cachefiles_attr_changed()
      called from cachefiles_lookup_object().
      
      So we need to limit the write we make to the backing file on that last page
      such that it doesn't push the EOF too far.
      
      Also, if a backing file that has a partial page at the end is expanded, we
      discard the partial page and refetch it on the basis that we then have a hole
      in the file with invalid data, and should the power go out...  A better way to
      deal with this could be to record a note that the partial page contains invalid
      data until the correct data is written into it.
      
      This isn't a problem for netfs's that discard the whole backing file if the
      file size changes (such as NFS).
      Signed-off-by: NDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
      a17754fb
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      FS-Cache: Start processing an object's operations on that object's death · 60d543ca
      David Howells 提交于
      Start processing an object's operations when that object moves into the DYING
      state as the object cannot be destroyed until all its outstanding operations
      have completed.
      
      Furthermore, make sure that read and allocation operations handle being woken
      up on a dead object.  Such events are recorded in the Allocs.abt and
      Retrvls.abt statistics as viewable through /proc/fs/fscache/stats.
      
      The code for waiting for object activation for the read and allocation
      operations is also extracted into its own function as it is much the same in
      all cases, differing only in the stats incremented.
      Signed-off-by: NDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
      60d543ca
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      FS-Cache: Handle pages pending storage that get evicted under OOM conditions · 201a1542
      David Howells 提交于
      Handle netfs pages that the vmscan algorithm wants to evict from the pagecache
      under OOM conditions, but that are waiting for write to the cache.  Under these
      conditions, vmscan calls the releasepage() function of the netfs, asking if a
      page can be discarded.
      
      The problem is typified by the following trace of a stuck process:
      
      	kslowd005     D 0000000000000000     0  4253      2 0x00000080
      	 ffff88001b14f370 0000000000000046 ffff880020d0d000 0000000000000007
      	 0000000000000006 0000000000000001 ffff88001b14ffd8 ffff880020d0d2a8
      	 000000000000ddf0 00000000000118c0 00000000000118c0 ffff880020d0d2a8
      	Call Trace:
      	 [<ffffffffa00782d8>] __fscache_wait_on_page_write+0x8b/0xa7 [fscache]
      	 [<ffffffff8104c0f1>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x34
      	 [<ffffffffa0078240>] ? __fscache_check_page_write+0x63/0x70 [fscache]
      	 [<ffffffffa00b671d>] nfs_fscache_release_page+0x4e/0xc4 [nfs]
      	 [<ffffffffa00927f0>] nfs_release_page+0x3c/0x41 [nfs]
      	 [<ffffffff810885d3>] try_to_release_page+0x32/0x3b
      	 [<ffffffff81093203>] shrink_page_list+0x316/0x4ac
      	 [<ffffffff8109372b>] shrink_inactive_list+0x392/0x67c
      	 [<ffffffff813532fa>] ? __mutex_unlock_slowpath+0x100/0x10b
      	 [<ffffffff81058df0>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x10c/0x130
      	 [<ffffffff8135330e>] ? mutex_unlock+0x9/0xb
      	 [<ffffffff81093aa2>] shrink_list+0x8d/0x8f
      	 [<ffffffff81093d1c>] shrink_zone+0x278/0x33c
      	 [<ffffffff81052d6c>] ? ktime_get_ts+0xad/0xba
      	 [<ffffffff81094b13>] try_to_free_pages+0x22e/0x392
      	 [<ffffffff81091e24>] ? isolate_pages_global+0x0/0x212
      	 [<ffffffff8108e743>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x3dc/0x5cf
      	 [<ffffffff81089529>] grab_cache_page_write_begin+0x65/0xaa
      	 [<ffffffff8110f8c0>] ext3_write_begin+0x78/0x1eb
      	 [<ffffffff81089ec5>] generic_file_buffered_write+0x109/0x28c
      	 [<ffffffff8103cb69>] ? current_fs_time+0x22/0x29
      	 [<ffffffff8108a509>] __generic_file_aio_write+0x350/0x385
      	 [<ffffffff8108a588>] ? generic_file_aio_write+0x4a/0xae
      	 [<ffffffff8108a59e>] generic_file_aio_write+0x60/0xae
      	 [<ffffffff810b2e82>] do_sync_write+0xe3/0x120
      	 [<ffffffff8104c0f1>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x34
      	 [<ffffffff810b18e1>] ? __dentry_open+0x1a5/0x2b8
      	 [<ffffffff810b1a76>] ? dentry_open+0x82/0x89
      	 [<ffffffffa00e693c>] cachefiles_write_page+0x298/0x335 [cachefiles]
      	 [<ffffffffa0077147>] fscache_write_op+0x178/0x2c2 [fscache]
      	 [<ffffffffa0075656>] fscache_op_execute+0x7a/0xd1 [fscache]
      	 [<ffffffff81082093>] slow_work_execute+0x18f/0x2d1
      	 [<ffffffff8108239a>] slow_work_thread+0x1c5/0x308
      	 [<ffffffff8104c0f1>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x34
      	 [<ffffffff810821d5>] ? slow_work_thread+0x0/0x308
      	 [<ffffffff8104be91>] kthread+0x7a/0x82
      	 [<ffffffff8100beda>] child_rip+0xa/0x20
      	 [<ffffffff8100b87c>] ? restore_args+0x0/0x30
      	 [<ffffffff8102ef83>] ? tg_shares_up+0x171/0x227
      	 [<ffffffff8104be17>] ? kthread+0x0/0x82
      	 [<ffffffff8100bed0>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x20
      
      In the above backtrace, the following is happening:
      
       (1) A page storage operation is being executed by a slow-work thread
           (fscache_write_op()).
      
       (2) FS-Cache farms the operation out to the cache to perform
           (cachefiles_write_page()).
      
       (3) CacheFiles is then calling Ext3 to perform the actual write, using Ext3's
           standard write (do_sync_write()) under KERNEL_DS directly from the netfs
           page.
      
       (4) However, for Ext3 to perform the write, it must allocate some memory, in
           particular, it must allocate at least one page cache page into which it
           can copy the data from the netfs page.
      
       (5) Under OOM conditions, the memory allocator can't immediately come up with
           a page, so it uses vmscan to find something to discard
           (try_to_free_pages()).
      
       (6) vmscan finds a clean netfs page it might be able to discard (possibly the
           one it's trying to write out).
      
       (7) The netfs is called to throw the page away (nfs_release_page()) - but it's
           called with __GFP_WAIT, so the netfs decides to wait for the store to
           complete (__fscache_wait_on_page_write()).
      
       (8) This blocks a slow-work processing thread - possibly against itself.
      
      The system ends up stuck because it can't write out any netfs pages to the
      cache without allocating more memory.
      
      To avoid this, we make FS-Cache cancel some writes that aren't in the middle of
      actually being performed.  This means that some data won't make it into the
      cache this time.  To support this, a new FS-Cache function is added
      fscache_maybe_release_page() that replaces what the netfs releasepage()
      functions used to do with respect to the cache.
      
      The decisions fscache_maybe_release_page() makes are counted and displayed
      through /proc/fs/fscache/stats on a line labelled "VmScan".  There are four
      counters provided: "nos=N" - pages that weren't pending storage; "gon=N" -
      pages that were pending storage when we first looked, but weren't by the time
      we got the object lock; "bsy=N" - pages that we ignored as they were actively
      being written when we looked; and "can=N" - pages that we cancelled the storage
      of.
      
      What I'd really like to do is alter the behaviour of the cancellation
      heuristics, depending on how necessary it is to expel pages.  If there are
      plenty of other pages that aren't waiting to be written to the cache that
      could be ejected first, then it would be nice to hold up on immediate
      cancellation of cache writes - but I don't see a way of doing that.
      Signed-off-by: NDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
      201a1542
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      FS-Cache: Fix lock misorder in fscache_write_op() · 1bccf513
      David Howells 提交于
      FS-Cache has two structs internally for keeping track of the internal state of
      a cached file: the fscache_cookie struct, which represents the netfs's state,
      and fscache_object struct, which represents the cache's state.  Each has a
      pointer that points to the other (when both are in existence), and each has a
      spinlock for pointer maintenance.
      
      Since netfs operations approach these structures from the cookie side, they get
      the cookie lock first, then the object lock.  Cache operations, on the other
      hand, approach from the object side, and get the object lock first.  It is not
      then permitted for a cache operation to get the cookie lock whilst it is
      holding the object lock lest deadlock occur; instead, it must do one of two
      things:
      
       (1) increment the cookie usage counter, drop the object lock and then get both
           locks in order, or
      
       (2) simply hold the object lock as certain parts of the cookie may not be
           altered whilst the object lock is held.
      
      It is also not permitted to follow either pointer without holding the lock at
      the end you start with.  To break the pointers between the cookie and the
      object, both locks must be held.
      
      fscache_write_op(), however, violates the locking rules: It attempts to get the
      cookie lock without (a) checking that the cookie pointer is a valid pointer,
      and (b) holding the object lock to protect the cookie pointer whilst it follows
      it.  This is so that it can access the pending page store tree without
      interference from __fscache_write_page().
      
      This is fixed by splitting the cookie lock, such that the page store tracking
      tree is protected by its own lock, and checking that the cookie pointer is
      non-NULL before we attempt to follow it whilst holding the object lock.
      
      The new lock is subordinate to both the cookie lock and the object lock, and so
      should be taken after those.
      Signed-off-by: NDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
      1bccf513
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      FS-Cache: Allow the current state of all objects to be dumped · 4fbf4291
      David Howells 提交于
      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: NDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
      4fbf4291
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      FS-Cache: Annotate slow-work runqueue proc lines for FS-Cache work items · 440f0aff
      David Howells 提交于
      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: NDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
      440f0aff
  2. 03 4月, 2009 2 次提交