From c553ea4fdf2701d64b9e9cca4497a8a2512bb025 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Amir Goldstein Date: Mon, 13 May 2019 17:22:30 -0700 Subject: fs/sync.c: sync_file_range(2) may use WB_SYNC_ALL writeback 23d0127096cb ("fs/sync.c: make sync_file_range(2) use WB_SYNC_NONE writeback") claims that sync_file_range(2) syscall was "created for userspace to be able to issue background writeout and so waiting for in-flight IO is undesirable there" and changes the writeback (back) to WB_SYNC_NONE. This claim is only partially true. It is true for users that use the flag SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE by itself, as does PostgreSQL, the user that was the reason for changing to WB_SYNC_NONE writeback. However, that claim is not true for users that use that flag combination SYNC_FILE_RANGE_{WAIT_BEFORE|WRITE|_WAIT_AFTER}. Those users explicitly requested to wait for in-flight IO as well as to writeback of dirty pages. Re-brand that flag combination as SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE_AND_WAIT and use WB_SYNC_ALL writeback to perform the full range sync request. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190409114922.30095-1-amir73il@gmail.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190419072938.31320-1-amir73il@gmail.com Fixes: 23d0127096cb ("fs/sync.c: make sync_file_range(2) use WB_SYNC_NONE") Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein Acked-by: Jan Kara Cc: Dave Chinner Cc: Al Viro Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- fs/sync.c | 21 +++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'fs') diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c index 01e82170545a..4d1ff010bc5a 100644 --- a/fs/sync.c +++ b/fs/sync.c @@ -292,8 +292,14 @@ int sync_file_range(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t nbytes, } if (flags & SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE) { + int sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE; + + if ((flags & SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE_AND_WAIT) == + SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE_AND_WAIT) + sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL; + ret = __filemap_fdatawrite_range(mapping, offset, endbyte, - WB_SYNC_NONE); + sync_mode); if (ret < 0) goto out; } @@ -306,9 +312,9 @@ out: } /* - * sys_sync_file_range() permits finely controlled syncing over a segment of + * ksys_sync_file_range() permits finely controlled syncing over a segment of * a file in the range offset .. (offset+nbytes-1) inclusive. If nbytes is - * zero then sys_sync_file_range() will operate from offset out to EOF. + * zero then ksys_sync_file_range() will operate from offset out to EOF. * * The flag bits are: * @@ -325,7 +331,7 @@ out: * Useful combinations of the flag bits are: * * SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE|SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE: ensures that all pages - * in the range which were dirty on entry to sys_sync_file_range() are placed + * in the range which were dirty on entry to ksys_sync_file_range() are placed * under writeout. This is a start-write-for-data-integrity operation. * * SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE: start writeout of all dirty pages in the range which @@ -337,10 +343,13 @@ out: * earlier SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE|SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE operation to wait * for that operation to complete and to return the result. * - * SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE|SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE|SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER: + * SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE|SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE|SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER + * (a.k.a. SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE_AND_WAIT): * a traditional sync() operation. This is a write-for-data-integrity operation * which will ensure that all pages in the range which were dirty on entry to - * sys_sync_file_range() are committed to disk. + * ksys_sync_file_range() are written to disk. It should be noted that disk + * caches are not flushed by this call, so there are no guarantees here that the + * data will be available on disk after a crash. * * * SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE and SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER will detect any -- cgit v1.2.3