On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 11:05:43AM -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Mon, 2015-04-20 at 13:49 -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > On Mon, 2015-04-20 at 10:15 -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2015-04-20 at 17:10 +0200, Mateusz Guzik wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Sorry for spam but I came up with another hack. :)
> > > > 
> > > > The idea is that we can have a variable which would signify the that
> > > > given thread is playing with fd table in fd_install (kind of a lock
> > > > embedded into task_struct). We would also have a flag in files struct
> > > > indicating that a thread would like to resize it.
> > > > 
> > > > expand_fdtable would set the flag and iterate over all threads waiting
> > > > for all of them to have the var set to 0.
> > > 
> > > The opposite : you have to block them in some way and add a rcu_sched()
> > > or something.
> > 

What I described would block them, although it was a crappy approach
(iterating threads vs cpus). I was wondering if RCU could be abused for
this feature and apparently it can.

> > Here is the patch I cooked here but not yet tested.
> 
> In following version :
> 
> 1) I replaced the yield() hack by a proper wait queue.
> 
> 2) I do not invoke synchronize_sched() for mono threaded programs.
> 
> 3) I avoid multiple threads doing a resize and then only one wins the
> deal.
> 

One could argue this last bit could be committed separately (a different
logical change).

As I read up about synchronize_sched and rcu_read_lock_sched, the code
should be correct.

Also see nits below.

> (copying/clearing big amount of memory only to discover another guy did
> the same is a big waste of resources)
> 
> 
> This seems to run properly on my hosts.
> 
> Your comments/tests are most welcomed, thanks !
> 
>  fs/file.c               |   41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  include/linux/fdtable.h |    3 ++
>  2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
> index 93c5f89c248b..e0e113a56444 100644
> --- a/fs/file.c
> +++ b/fs/file.c
> @@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ static int expand_fdtable(struct files_struct *files, int 
> nr)
>  
>       spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
>       new_fdt = alloc_fdtable(nr);
> +     /* make sure no __fd_install() are still updating fdt */
> +     if (atomic_read(&files->count) > 1)
> +             synchronize_sched();
>       spin_lock(&files->file_lock);
>       if (!new_fdt)
>               return -ENOMEM;
> @@ -170,9 +173,12 @@ static int expand_fdtable(struct files_struct *files, 
> int nr)
>               if (cur_fdt != &files->fdtab)
>                       call_rcu(&cur_fdt->rcu, free_fdtable_rcu);
>       } else {
> +             WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
>               /* Somebody else expanded, so undo our attempt */
>               __free_fdtable(new_fdt);

The reader may be left confused why there is a warning while the comment
does not indicate anything is wrong.

>       }
> +     /* coupled with smp_rmb() in __fd_install() */
> +     smp_wmb();
>       return 1;
>  }
>  
> @@ -187,19 +193,33 @@ static int expand_fdtable(struct files_struct *files, 
> int nr)
>  static int expand_files(struct files_struct *files, int nr)
>  {
>       struct fdtable *fdt;
> +     int expanded = 0;
>  
> +begin:
>       fdt = files_fdtable(files);
>  
>       /* Do we need to expand? */
>       if (nr < fdt->max_fds)
> -             return 0;
> +             return expanded;
>  
>       /* Can we expand? */
>       if (nr >= sysctl_nr_open)
>               return -EMFILE;
>  
> +     while (unlikely(files->resize_in_progress)) {
> +             spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
> +             expanded = 1;
> +             wait_event(files->resize_wait, !files->resize_in_progress);
> +             spin_lock(&files->file_lock);
> +             goto begin;
> +     }

This does not loop anymore, so s/while/if/ ?

> +
>       /* All good, so we try */
> -     return expand_fdtable(files, nr);
> +     files->resize_in_progress = true;
> +     expanded = expand_fdtable(files, nr);
> +     files->resize_in_progress = false;
> +     wake_up_all(&files->resize_wait);
> +     return expanded;
>  }
>  
>  static inline void __set_close_on_exec(int fd, struct fdtable *fdt)
> @@ -256,6 +276,8 @@ struct files_struct *dup_fd(struct files_struct *oldf, 
> int *errorp)
>       atomic_set(&newf->count, 1);
>  
>       spin_lock_init(&newf->file_lock);
> +     newf->resize_in_progress = 0;
> +     init_waitqueue_head(&newf->resize_wait);
>       newf->next_fd = 0;
>       new_fdt = &newf->fdtab;
>       new_fdt->max_fds = NR_OPEN_DEFAULT;
> @@ -553,11 +575,20 @@ void __fd_install(struct files_struct *files, unsigned 
> int fd,
>               struct file *file)
>  {
>       struct fdtable *fdt;
> -     spin_lock(&files->file_lock);
> -     fdt = files_fdtable(files);
> +
> +     rcu_read_lock_sched();
> +
> +     while (unlikely(files->resize_in_progress)) {
> +             rcu_read_unlock_sched();
> +             wait_event(files->resize_wait, !files->resize_in_progress);
> +             rcu_read_lock_sched();
> +     }
> +     /* coupled with smp_wmb() in expand_fdtable() */
> +     smp_rmb();
> +     fdt = READ_ONCE(files->fdt);
>       BUG_ON(fdt->fd[fd] != NULL);
>       rcu_assign_pointer(fdt->fd[fd], file);
> -     spin_unlock(&files->file_lock);
> +     rcu_read_unlock_sched();
>  }
>  
>  void fd_install(unsigned int fd, struct file *file)
> diff --git a/include/linux/fdtable.h b/include/linux/fdtable.h
> index 230f87bdf5ad..fbb88740634a 100644
> --- a/include/linux/fdtable.h
> +++ b/include/linux/fdtable.h
> @@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ struct files_struct {
>     * read mostly part
>     */
>       atomic_t count;
> +     bool resize_in_progress;
> +     wait_queue_head_t resize_wait;
> +
>       struct fdtable __rcu *fdt;
>       struct fdtable fdtab;
>    /*
> 
> 
> 
> 

-- 
Mateusz Guzik
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