Hello,
On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 11:17:11AM -0700, Shaohua Li wrote:
> diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
> index 33f711f..7a4f327 100644
> --- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c
> +++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
> @@ -508,6 +508,10 @@ void kernfs_put(struct kernfs_node *kn)
> struct kernfs_node *parent;
> struct kernfs_root *root;
>
> + /*
> + * kernfs_node is freed with ->count 0, kernfs_find_and_get_node_by_ino
> + * depends on this to filter reused stale node
> + */
> if (!kn || !atomic_dec_and_test(&kn->count))
> return;
> root = kernfs_root(kn);
> @@ -649,6 +653,8 @@ static struct kernfs_node *__kernfs_new_node(struct
> kernfs_root *root,
> kn->ino = ret;
> kn->generation = gen;
>
> + /* set ino first. */
> + smp_mb__before_atomic();
Can you please note what this is paired with here too?
> +/*
/**
> + * kernfs_find_and_get_node_by_ino - get kernfs_node from inode number
> + * @root: the kernfs root
> + * @ino: inode number
> + *
> + * RETURNS:
> + * NULL on failure. Return a kernfs node with reference counter incremented
> + */
> +struct kernfs_node *kernfs_find_and_get_node_by_ino(struct kernfs_root *root,
> + unsigned int ino)
> +{
> + struct kernfs_node *kn;
> +
> + rcu_read_lock();
> + kn = idr_find(&root->ino_idr, ino);
> + if (!kn)
> + goto out;
> +
> + /*
> + * Since kernfs_node is freed in RCU, it's possible an old node for ino
> + * is freed, but reused before RCU grace period. But a freed node (see
> + * kernfs_put) or an incompletedly initialized node (see
> + * __kernfs_new_node) should have 'count' 0. We can use this fact to
> + * filter out such node.
> + */
> + if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&kn->count)) {
> + kn = NULL;
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
> + /*
> + * The node could be a new node or a reused node. If it's a new node,
> + * we are ok. If it's reused because of RCU, the __kernfs_new_node
> + * always sets its 'ino' before 'count'. So if 'count' is uptodate,
> + * 'ino' should be uptodate, hence we can use 'ino' to filter stale
> + * node.
> + */
Maybe refer to SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU? I still have a lingering sense
that we're overdoing the synchronization here. I'm not sure this path
needs this level of sophisticated optimization.
> diff --git a/fs/kernfs/mount.c b/fs/kernfs/mount.c
> index d5b149a..343dfeb 100644
> --- a/fs/kernfs/mount.c
> +++ b/fs/kernfs/mount.c
> @@ -332,5 +332,7 @@ void __init kernfs_init(void)
> {
> kernfs_node_cache = kmem_cache_create("kernfs_node_cache",
> sizeof(struct kernfs_node),
> - 0, SLAB_PANIC, NULL);
> + 0,
> + SLAB_PANIC | SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU,
> + NULL);
Please point to the usage in kernfs_find_and_get_node_by_ino() here.
Thanks.
--
tejun
