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Currently DAX page fault locking is racy.
CPU0 (write fault) CPU1 (read fault)
__dax_fault() __dax_fault()
get_block(inode, block, &bh, 0) -> not mapped
get_block(inode, block, &bh, 0)
-> not mapped
if (!buffer_mapped(&bh))
if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE)
get_block(inode, block, &bh, 1) -> allocates blocks
if (page) -> no
if (!buffer_mapped(&bh))
if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE) {
} else {
dax_load_hole();
}
dax_insert_mapping()
And we are in a situation where we fail in dax_radix_entry() with -EIO.
Another problem with the current DAX page fault locking is that there is
no race-free way to clear dirty tag in the radix tree. We can always
end up with clean radix tree and dirty data in CPU cache.
We fix the first problem by introducing locking of exceptional radix
tree entries in DAX mappings acting very similarly to page lock and thus
synchronizing properly faults against the same mapping index. The same
lock can later be used to avoid races when clearing radix tree dirty
tag.
Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Ross Zwisler <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <[email protected]>
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