LTP's iogen01 doio tests used to hang nicely on 32-bit SMP when /tmp was a

unionfs mount of a tmpfs, i_size_read spinning forever, waiting for a lost
seqcount update: fixed by taking i_lock around i_size_write when 32-bit
SMP.

But akpm was dissatisfied with the resulting patch: its lack of
commentary, the #ifs, the nesting around i_size_read, the lack of
attention to i_blocks.  I promised to redo it with the general
spin_lock_32bit() he proposed; but disliked the result, partly because
"32bit" obscures the real constraints, which are best commented within
fsstack_copy_inode_size itself.

This version adds those comments, and uses sizeof comparisons which the
compiler can optimize out, instead of CONFIG_SMP, CONFIG_LSF.
BITS_PER_LONG.

Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Cc: Erez Zadok <ezk@cs.sunysb.edu>
Cc: Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@us.ibm.com>
Cc: <hooanon05@yahoo.co.jp>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/fs/stack.c b/fs/stack.c
index 4336f2b32dfb8182b4d19082c262b450e9bcfc87..a66ff6c94f1c640043bf96da6e1e34fdb494f4af 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/stack.c
+++ b/fs/stack.c
@@ -19,16 +19,56 @@
  * This function cannot be inlined since i_size_{read,write} is rather
  * heavy-weight on 32-bit systems
  */
-void fsstack_copy_inode_size(struct inode *dst, const struct inode *src)
+void fsstack_copy_inode_size(struct inode *dst, struct inode *src)
 {
-#if BITS_PER_LONG == 32 && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
-       spin_lock(&dst->i_lock);
-#endif
-       i_size_write(dst, i_size_read(src));
-       dst->i_blocks = src->i_blocks;
-#if BITS_PER_LONG == 32 && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
-       spin_unlock(&dst->i_lock);
-#endif
+       loff_t i_size;
+       blkcnt_t i_blocks;
+
+       /*
+        * i_size_read() includes its own seqlocking and protection from
+        * preemption (see include/linux/fs.h): we need nothing extra for
+        * that here, and prefer to avoid nesting locks than attempt to
+        * keep i_size and i_blocks in synch together.
+        */
+       i_size = i_size_read(src);
+
+       /*
+        * But if CONFIG_LSF (on 32-bit), we ought to make an effort to keep
+        * the two halves of i_blocks in synch despite SMP or PREEMPT - though
+        * stat's generic_fillattr() doesn't bother, and we won't be applying
+        * quotas (where i_blocks does become important) at the upper level.
+        *
+        * We don't actually know what locking is used at the lower level; but
+        * if it's a filesystem that supports quotas, it will be using i_lock
+        * as in inode_add_bytes().  tmpfs uses other locking, and its 32-bit
+        * is (just) able to exceed 2TB i_size with the aid of holes; but its
+        * i_blocks cannot carry into the upper long without almost 2TB swap -
+        * let's ignore that case.
+        */
+       if (sizeof(i_blocks) > sizeof(long))
+               spin_lock(&src->i_lock);
+       i_blocks = src->i_blocks;
+       if (sizeof(i_blocks) > sizeof(long))
+               spin_unlock(&src->i_lock);
+
+       /*
+        * If CONFIG_SMP on 32-bit, it's vital for fsstack_copy_inode_size()
+        * to hold some lock around i_size_write(), otherwise i_size_read()
+        * may spin forever (see include/linux/fs.h).  We don't necessarily
+        * hold i_mutex when this is called, so take i_lock for that case.
+        *
+        * And if CONFIG_LSF (on 32-bit), continue our effort to keep the
+        * two halves of i_blocks in synch despite SMP or PREEMPT: use i_lock
+        * for that case too, and do both at once by combining the tests.
+        *
+        * There is none of this locking overhead in the 64-bit case.
+        */
+       if (sizeof(i_size) > sizeof(long) || sizeof(i_blocks) > sizeof(long))
+               spin_lock(&dst->i_lock);
+       i_size_write(dst, i_size);
+       dst->i_blocks = i_blocks;
+       if (sizeof(i_size) > sizeof(long) || sizeof(i_blocks) > sizeof(long))
+               spin_unlock(&dst->i_lock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fsstack_copy_inode_size);
 

diff --git a/include/linux/fs_stack.h b/include/linux/fs_stack.h
index 6b52faf152da2543a442adda1d016fce0de5bfd3..6615a52d7ed416d8e9df138ca8f6521e974fefc4 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/fs_stack.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs_stack.h
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@
 
 /* externs for fs/stack.c */
 extern void fsstack_copy_attr_all(struct inode *dest, const struct inode *src);
-extern void fsstack_copy_inode_size(struct inode *dst,
-                                   const struct inode *src);
+extern void fsstack_copy_inode_size(struct inode *dst, struct inode *src);
 
 /* inlines */
 static inline void fsstack_copy_attr_atime(struct inode *dest,