Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Baokun Li <> | Subject | [PATCH v2 1/3] fs: make the i_size_read/write helpers be smp_load_acquire/store_release() | Date | Wed, 24 Jan 2024 22:28:55 +0800 |
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In [Link] Linus mentions that acquire/release makes it clear which _particular_ memory accesses are the ordered ones, and it's unlikely to make any performance difference, so it's much better to pair up the release->acquire ordering than have a "wmb->rmb" ordering.
========================================================= update pagecache folio_mark_uptodate(folio) smp_wmb() set_bit PG_uptodate
=== ↑↑↑ STLR ↑↑↑ === smp_store_release(&inode->i_size, i_size)
folio_test_uptodate(folio) test_bit PG_uptodate smp_rmb()
=== ↓↓↓ LDAR ↓↓↓ === smp_load_acquire(&inode->i_size)
copy_page_to_iter() =========================================================
Calling smp_store_release() in i_size_write() ensures that the data in the page and the PG_uptodate bit are updated before the isize is updated, and calling smp_load_acquire() in i_size_read ensures that it will not read a newer isize than the data in the page. Therefore, this avoids buffered read-write inconsistencies caused by Load-Load reordering.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wifOnmeJq+sn+2s-P46zw0SFEbw9BSCGgp2c5fYPtRPGw@mail.gmail.com/ Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1@huawei.com> --- include/linux/fs.h | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index 6bb10bbd7035..1cc1f3f08107 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -907,7 +907,8 @@ static inline loff_t i_size_read(const struct inode *inode) preempt_enable(); return i_size; #else - return inode->i_size; + /* Pairs with smp_store_release() in i_size_write() */ + return smp_load_acquire(&inode->i_size); #endif } @@ -929,7 +930,12 @@ static inline void i_size_write(struct inode *inode, loff_t i_size) inode->i_size = i_size; preempt_enable(); #else - inode->i_size = i_size; + /* + * Pairs with smp_load_acquire() in i_size_read() to ensure + * changes related to inode size (such as page contents) are + * visible before we see the changed inode size. + */ + smp_store_release(&inode->i_size, i_size); #endif } -- 2.31.1
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