Re: [PATCH v5 2/7] dax: support dirty DAX entries in radix tree

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Fri, 18 Dec 2015 22:22:15 -0700 Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> wrote:

> Add support for tracking dirty DAX entries in the struct address_space
> radix tree.  This tree is already used for dirty page writeback, and it
> already supports the use of exceptional (non struct page*) entries.
> 
> In order to properly track dirty DAX pages we will insert new exceptional
> entries into the radix tree that represent dirty DAX PTE or PMD pages.
> These exceptional entries will also contain the writeback addresses for the
> PTE or PMD faults that we can use at fsync/msync time.
> 
> There are currently two types of exceptional entries (shmem and shadow)
> that can be placed into the radix tree, and this adds a third.  We rely on
> the fact that only one type of exceptional entry can be found in a given
> radix tree based on its usage.  This happens for free with DAX vs shmem but
> we explicitly prevent shadow entries from being added to radix trees for
> DAX mappings.
> 
> The only shadow entries that would be generated for DAX radix trees would
> be to track zero page mappings that were created for holes.  These pages
> would receive minimal benefit from having shadow entries, and the choice
> to have only one type of exceptional entry in a given radix tree makes the
> logic simpler both in clear_exceptional_entry() and in the rest of DAX.
> 
>
> ...
>
> --- a/include/linux/dax.h
> +++ b/include/linux/dax.h
> @@ -36,4 +36,9 @@ static inline bool vma_is_dax(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>  {
>  	return vma->vm_file && IS_DAX(vma->vm_file->f_mapping->host);
>  }
> +
> +static inline bool dax_mapping(struct address_space *mapping)
> +{
> +	return mapping->host && IS_DAX(mapping->host);
> +}

Can we make this evaluate to plain old "0" when CONFIG_FS_DAX=n?  That
way a bunch of code in callers will fall away as well.

If the compiler has any brains then a good way to do this would be to
make IS_DAX be "0" but one would need to check that the zeroness
properly propagated out of the inline.

>  #endif
> diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
> index 3aa5142..b9ac534 100644
> --- a/include/linux/fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/fs.h
> @@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ struct address_space {
>  	/* Protected by tree_lock together with the radix tree */
>  	unsigned long		nrpages;	/* number of total pages */
>  	unsigned long		nrshadows;	/* number of shadow entries */
> +	unsigned long		nrdax;	        /* number of DAX entries */

hm, that's unfortunate - machines commonly carry tremendous numbers of
address_spaces in memory and adding pork to them is rather a big deal. 
We can't avoid this somehow?  Maybe share the space with nrshadows by
some means?  Find some other field which is unused for dax files?

> --- a/mm/filemap.c
> +++ b/mm/filemap.c
> @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
>   */
>  #include <linux/export.h>
>  #include <linux/compiler.h>
> +#include <linux/dax.h>
>  #include <linux/fs.h>
>  #include <linux/uaccess.h>
>  #include <linux/capability.h>
> @@ -579,6 +580,12 @@ static int page_cache_tree_insert(struct address_space *mapping,
>  		p = radix_tree_deref_slot_protected(slot, &mapping->tree_lock);
>  		if (!radix_tree_exceptional_entry(p))
>  			return -EEXIST;
> +
> +		if (dax_mapping(mapping)) {
> +			WARN_ON(1);
> +			return -EINVAL;
> +		}

this:

--- a/mm/filemap.c~dax-support-dirty-dax-entries-in-radix-tree-fix
+++ a/mm/filemap.c
@@ -581,10 +581,8 @@ static int page_cache_tree_insert(struct
 		if (!radix_tree_exceptional_entry(p))
 			return -EEXIST;
 
-		if (dax_mapping(mapping)) {
-			WARN_ON(1);
+		if (WARN_ON(dax_mapping(mapping)))
 			return -EINVAL;
-		}
 
 		if (shadowp)
 			*shadowp = p;


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