fs: make the i_size_read/write helpers be smp_load_acquire/store_release()
authorBaokun Li <libaokun1@huawei.com>
Wed, 24 Jan 2024 14:28:55 +0000 (22:28 +0800)
committerChristian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Thu, 25 Jan 2024 16:23:51 +0000 (17:23 +0100)
commitd8f899d13d72d285db43dbb9df1acaed22d8c4e7
treed9aaf11fd732357be2347b6fb0e6d7ed98df30b8
parent2263639f96f24a121ec9f037981b81daf5a8d60a
fs: make the i_size_read/write helpers be smp_load_acquire/store_release()

In [Link] Linus mentions that acquire/release makes it clear which
_particular_ memory accesses are the ordered ones, and it's unlikely
to make any performance difference, so it's much better to pair up
the release->acquire ordering than have a "wmb->rmb" ordering.

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 update pagecache
 folio_mark_uptodate(folio)
   smp_wmb()
   set_bit PG_uptodate

 === ↑↑↑ STLR ↑↑↑ === smp_store_release(&inode->i_size, i_size)

 folio_test_uptodate(folio)
   test_bit PG_uptodate
   smp_rmb()

 === ↓↓↓ LDAR ↓↓↓ === smp_load_acquire(&inode->i_size)

 copy_page_to_iter()
=========================================================

Calling smp_store_release() in i_size_write() ensures that the data
in the page and the PG_uptodate bit are updated before the isize is
updated, and calling smp_load_acquire() in i_size_read ensures that
it will not read a newer isize than the data in the page. Therefore,
this avoids buffered read-write inconsistencies caused by Load-Load
reordering.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wifOnmeJq+sn+2s-P46zw0SFEbw9BSCGgp2c5fYPtRPGw@mail.gmail.com/
Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1@huawei.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240124142857.4146716-2-libaokun1@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
include/linux/fs.h