1. 05 6月, 2014 1 次提交
  2. 19 6月, 2013 1 次提交
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      FS-Cache: Simplify cookie retention for fscache_objects, fixing oops · 1362729b
      David Howells 提交于
      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: NDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
      Tested-By: NMilosz Tanski <milosz@adfin.com>
      Acked-by: NJeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
      1362729b
  3. 24 7月, 2010 1 次提交
  4. 23 7月, 2010 3 次提交
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      fscache: drop references to slow-work · d098adfb
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      fscache no longer uses slow-work.  Drop references to it.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Acked-by: NDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
      d098adfb
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      fscache: convert operation to use workqueue instead of slow-work · 8af7c124
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      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: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Acked-by: NDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
      8af7c124
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      fscache: convert object to use workqueue instead of slow-work · 8b8edefa
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      Make fscache object state transition callbacks use workqueue instead
      of slow-work.  New dedicated unbound CPU workqueue fscache_object_wq
      is created.  get/put callbacks are renamed and modified to take
      @object and called directly from the enqueue wrapper and the work
      function.  While at it, make all open coded instances of get/put to
      use fscache_get/put_object().
      
      * Unbound workqueue is used.
      
      * work_busy() output is printed instead of slow-work flags in object
        debugging outputs.  They mean basically the same thing bit-for-bit.
      
      * sysctl fscache.object_max_active added to control concurrency.  The
        default value is nr_cpus clamped between 4 and
        WQ_UNBOUND_MAX_ACTIVE.
      
      * slow_work_sleep_till_thread_needed() is replaced with fscache
        private implementation fscache_object_sleep_till_congested() which
        waits on fscache_object_wq congestion.
      
      * debugfs support is dropped for now.  Tracing API based debug
        facility is planned to be added.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Acked-by: NDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
      8b8edefa
  5. 20 11月, 2009 1 次提交
  6. 03 4月, 2009 5 次提交