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Re: aio completions vs file_accessed race, was: Re: [PATCH 7/8] xfs: spl

To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Subject: Re: aio completions vs file_accessed race, was: Re: [PATCH 7/8] xfs: split direct I/O and DAX path
From: "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:33:20 -0700
Cc: xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx, linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-aio@xxxxxxxxx
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In-reply-to: <20160929201849.GB5872@xxxxxx>
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On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 10:18:49PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 10:18:34PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > Can you try the patch below?  That just moves the file_accessed call
> > before the I/O, similar to how we handle timestamp updates on the write
> > side.  generic_file_read_iter will also need a similar update.
> 
> And now with patch:
> 
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> index 349f328..6919412 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> @@ -270,6 +270,8 @@ xfs_file_dio_aio_read(
>               return -EINVAL;
>       }
>  
> +     file_accessed(iocb->ki_filp);
> +
>       /*
>        * Locking is a bit tricky here. If we take an exclusive lock for direct
>        * IO, we effectively serialise all new concurrent read IO to this file
> @@ -324,7 +326,6 @@ xfs_file_dio_aio_read(
>       }
>       xfs_rw_iunlock(ip, XFS_IOLOCK_SHARED);
>  
> -     file_accessed(iocb->ki_filp);
>       return ret;
>  }
>  

I noticed that g/323 only breaks when the XFS is on a real disk; on
pmem it works fine with or without the patch.

That said, it makes the crash go away and the patch looks ok, so:
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>

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