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authorNick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>2007-10-16 01:25:01 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-10-16 09:42:55 -0700
commitafddba49d18f346e5cc2938b6ed7c512db18ca68 (patch)
tree4726e3d3b0e9e8e5b5d3b2b0cccb36446bbdf3ca /fs/buffer.c
parent637aff46f94a754207c80c8c64bf1b74f24b967d (diff)
fs: introduce write_begin, write_end, and perform_write aops
These are intended to replace prepare_write and commit_write with more flexible alternatives that are also able to avoid the buffered write deadlock problems efficiently (which prepare_write is unable to do). [mark.fasheh@oracle.com: API design contributions, code review and fixes] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: various fixes] [dmonakhov@sw.ru: new aop block_write_begin fix] Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Dmitriy Monakhov <dmonakhov@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/buffer.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/buffer.c201
1 files changed, 169 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 9ece6c2086d..68b8fbdc1b2 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -1770,6 +1770,48 @@ recover:
goto done;
}
+/*
+ * If a page has any new buffers, zero them out here, and mark them uptodate
+ * and dirty so they'll be written out (in order to prevent uninitialised
+ * block data from leaking). And clear the new bit.
+ */
+void page_zero_new_buffers(struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to)
+{
+ unsigned int block_start, block_end;
+ struct buffer_head *head, *bh;
+
+ BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
+ if (!page_has_buffers(page))
+ return;
+
+ bh = head = page_buffers(page);
+ block_start = 0;
+ do {
+ block_end = block_start + bh->b_size;
+
+ if (buffer_new(bh)) {
+ if (block_end > from && block_start < to) {
+ if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
+ unsigned start, size;
+
+ start = max(from, block_start);
+ size = min(to, block_end) - start;
+
+ zero_user_page(page, start, size, KM_USER0);
+ set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
+ }
+
+ clear_buffer_new(bh);
+ mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
+ }
+ }
+
+ block_start = block_end;
+ bh = bh->b_this_page;
+ } while (bh != head);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_zero_new_buffers);
+
static int __block_prepare_write(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
unsigned from, unsigned to, get_block_t *get_block)
{
@@ -1854,38 +1896,8 @@ static int __block_prepare_write(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
if (!buffer_uptodate(*wait_bh))
err = -EIO;
}
- if (!err) {
- bh = head;
- do {
- if (buffer_new(bh))
- clear_buffer_new(bh);
- } while ((bh = bh->b_this_page) != head);
- return 0;
- }
- /* Error case: */
- /*
- * Zero out any newly allocated blocks to avoid exposing stale
- * data. If BH_New is set, we know that the block was newly
- * allocated in the above loop.
- */
- bh = head;
- block_start = 0;
- do {
- block_end = block_start+blocksize;
- if (block_end <= from)
- goto next_bh;
- if (block_start >= to)
- break;
- if (buffer_new(bh)) {
- clear_buffer_new(bh);
- zero_user_page(page, block_start, bh->b_size, KM_USER0);
- set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
- mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
- }
-next_bh:
- block_start = block_end;
- bh = bh->b_this_page;
- } while (bh != head);
+ if (unlikely(err))
+ page_zero_new_buffers(page, from, to);
return err;
}
@@ -1910,6 +1922,7 @@ static int __block_commit_write(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
}
+ clear_buffer_new(bh);
}
/*
@@ -1924,6 +1937,130 @@ static int __block_commit_write(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
}
/*
+ * block_write_begin takes care of the basic task of block allocation and
+ * bringing partial write blocks uptodate first.
+ *
+ * If *pagep is not NULL, then block_write_begin uses the locked page
+ * at *pagep rather than allocating its own. In this case, the page will
+ * not be unlocked or deallocated on failure.
+ */
+int block_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
+ loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
+ struct page **pagep, void **fsdata,
+ get_block_t *get_block)
+{
+ struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
+ int status = 0;
+ struct page *page;
+ pgoff_t index;
+ unsigned start, end;
+ int ownpage = 0;
+
+ index = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+ start = pos & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1);
+ end = start + len;
+
+ page = *pagep;
+ if (page == NULL) {
+ ownpage = 1;
+ page = __grab_cache_page(mapping, index);
+ if (!page) {
+ status = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out;
+ }
+ *pagep = page;
+ } else
+ BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
+
+ status = __block_prepare_write(inode, page, start, end, get_block);
+ if (unlikely(status)) {
+ ClearPageUptodate(page);
+
+ if (ownpage) {
+ unlock_page(page);
+ page_cache_release(page);
+ *pagep = NULL;
+
+ /*
+ * prepare_write() may have instantiated a few blocks
+ * outside i_size. Trim these off again. Don't need
+ * i_size_read because we hold i_mutex.
+ */
+ if (pos + len > inode->i_size)
+ vmtruncate(inode, inode->i_size);
+ }
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+out:
+ return status;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_write_begin);
+
+int block_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
+ loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned copied,
+ struct page *page, void *fsdata)
+{
+ struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
+ unsigned start;
+
+ start = pos & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1);
+
+ if (unlikely(copied < len)) {
+ /*
+ * The buffers that were written will now be uptodate, so we
+ * don't have to worry about a readpage reading them and
+ * overwriting a partial write. However if we have encountered
+ * a short write and only partially written into a buffer, it
+ * will not be marked uptodate, so a readpage might come in and
+ * destroy our partial write.
+ *
+ * Do the simplest thing, and just treat any short write to a
+ * non uptodate page as a zero-length write, and force the
+ * caller to redo the whole thing.
+ */
+ if (!PageUptodate(page))
+ copied = 0;
+
+ page_zero_new_buffers(page, start+copied, start+len);
+ }
+ flush_dcache_page(page);
+
+ /* This could be a short (even 0-length) commit */
+ __block_commit_write(inode, page, start, start+copied);
+
+ return copied;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_write_end);
+
+int generic_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
+ loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned copied,
+ struct page *page, void *fsdata)
+{
+ struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
+
+ copied = block_write_end(file, mapping, pos, len, copied, page, fsdata);
+
+ /*
+ * No need to use i_size_read() here, the i_size
+ * cannot change under us because we hold i_mutex.
+ *
+ * But it's important to update i_size while still holding page lock:
+ * page writeout could otherwise come in and zero beyond i_size.
+ */
+ if (pos+copied > inode->i_size) {
+ i_size_write(inode, pos+copied);
+ mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+ }
+
+ unlock_page(page);
+ page_cache_release(page);
+
+ return copied;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_write_end);
+
+/*
* Generic "read page" function for block devices that have the normal
* get_block functionality. This is most of the block device filesystems.
* Reads the page asynchronously --- the unlock_buffer() and