[PATCH RFC v2 1/2] filemap: defer dropbehind invalidation from IRQ context

[Tal Zussman <tz2294@columbia.edu>]

folio_end_dropbehind() is called from folio_end_writeback(), which can
run in IRQ context through buffer_head completion.

Previously, when folio_end_dropbehind() detected !in_task(), it skipped
the invalidation entirely. This meant that folios marked for dropbehind
via RWF_DONTCACHE would remain in the page cache after writeback when
completed from IRQ context, defeating the purpose of using it.

Fix this by deferring the dropbehind invalidation to a work item.  When
folio_end_dropbehind() is called from IRQ context, the folio is added to
a global folio_batch and the work item is scheduled. The worker drains
the batch, locking each folio and calling filemap_end_dropbehind(), and
re-drains if new folios arrived while processing.

This unblocks enabling RWF_UNCACHED for block devices and other
buffer_head-based I/O.

Signed-off-by: Tal Zussman <tz2294@columbia.edu>
---
 mm/filemap.c | 84 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 79 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index ebd75684cb0a..6263f35c5d13 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -1085,6 +1085,8 @@ static const struct ctl_table filemap_sysctl_table[] = {
 	}
 };
 
+static void __init dropbehind_init(void);
+
 void __init pagecache_init(void)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -1092,6 +1094,7 @@ void __init pagecache_init(void)
 	for (i = 0; i < PAGE_WAIT_TABLE_SIZE; i++)
 		init_waitqueue_head(&folio_wait_table[i]);
 
+	dropbehind_init();
 	page_writeback_init();
 	register_sysctl_init("vm", filemap_sysctl_table);
 }
@@ -1613,23 +1616,94 @@ static void filemap_end_dropbehind(struct folio *folio)
  * If folio was marked as dropbehind, then pages should be dropped when writeback
  * completes. Do that now. If we fail, it's likely because of a big folio -
  * just reset dropbehind for that case and latter completions should invalidate.
+ *
+ * When called from IRQ context (e.g. buffer_head completion), we cannot lock
+ * the folio and invalidate. Defer to a workqueue so that callers like
+ * end_buffer_async_write() that complete in IRQ context still get their folios
+ * pruned.
  */
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(dropbehind_lock);
+static struct folio_batch dropbehind_fbatch;
+static struct work_struct dropbehind_work;
+
+static void dropbehind_work_fn(struct work_struct *w)
+{
+	struct folio_batch fbatch;
+
+again:
+	spin_lock_irq(&dropbehind_lock);
+	fbatch = dropbehind_fbatch;
+	folio_batch_reinit(&dropbehind_fbatch);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&dropbehind_lock);
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < folio_batch_count(&fbatch); i++) {
+		struct folio *folio = fbatch.folios[i];
+
+		if (folio_trylock(folio)) {
+			filemap_end_dropbehind(folio);
+			folio_unlock(folio);
+		}
+		folio_put(folio);
+	}
+
+	/* Drain folios that were added while we were processing. */
+	spin_lock_irq(&dropbehind_lock);
+	if (folio_batch_count(&dropbehind_fbatch)) {
+		spin_unlock_irq(&dropbehind_lock);
+		goto again;
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irq(&dropbehind_lock);
+}
+
+static void __init dropbehind_init(void)
+{
+	folio_batch_init(&dropbehind_fbatch);
+	INIT_WORK(&dropbehind_work, dropbehind_work_fn);
+}
+
+static void folio_end_dropbehind_irq(struct folio *folio)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&dropbehind_lock, flags);
+
+	/* If there is no space in the folio_batch, skip the invalidation. */
+	if (!folio_batch_space(&dropbehind_fbatch)) {
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dropbehind_lock, flags);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	folio_get(folio);
+	folio_batch_add(&dropbehind_fbatch, folio);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dropbehind_lock, flags);
+
+	schedule_work(&dropbehind_work);
+}
+
 void folio_end_dropbehind(struct folio *folio)
 {
 	if (!folio_test_dropbehind(folio))
 		return;
 
 	/*
-	 * Hitting !in_task() should not happen off RWF_DONTCACHE writeback,
-	 * but can happen if normal writeback just happens to find dirty folios
-	 * that were created as part of uncached writeback, and that writeback
-	 * would otherwise not need non-IRQ handling. Just skip the
-	 * invalidation in that case.
+	 * Hitting !in_task() can happen for IO completed from IRQ contexts or
+	 * if normal writeback just happens to find dirty folios that were
+	 * created as part of uncached writeback, and that writeback would
+	 * otherwise not need non-IRQ handling.
 	 */
 	if (in_task() && folio_trylock(folio)) {
 		filemap_end_dropbehind(folio);
 		folio_unlock(folio);
+		return;
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * In IRQ context we cannot lock the folio or call into the
+	 * invalidation path. Defer to a workqueue. This happens for
+	 * buffer_head-based writeback which runs from bio IRQ context.
+	 */
+	if (!in_task())
+		folio_end_dropbehind_irq(folio);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(folio_end_dropbehind);
 

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