[PATCH] sys_sync_file_range()
authorAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:30:42 +0000 (02:30 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Fri, 31 Mar 2006 20:18:54 +0000 (12:18 -0800)
Remove the recently-added LINUX_FADV_ASYNC_WRITE and LINUX_FADV_WRITE_WAIT
fadvise() additions, do it in a new sys_sync_file_range() syscall instead.
Reasons:

- It's more flexible.  Things which would require two or three syscalls with
  fadvise() can be done in a single syscall.

- Using fadvise() in this manner is something not covered by POSIX.

The patch wires up the syscall for x86.

The sycall is implemented in the new fs/sync.c.  The intention is that we can
move sys_fsync(), sys_fdatasync() and perhaps sys_sync() into there later.

Documentation for the syscall is in fs/sync.c.

A test app (sync_file_range.c) is in
http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/ext3-tools.tar.gz.

The available-to-GPL-modules do_sync_file_range() is for knfsd: "A COMMIT can
say NFS_DATA_SYNC or NFS_FILE_SYNC.  I can skip the ->fsync call for
NFS_DATA_SYNC which is hopefully the more common."

Note: the `async' writeout mode SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE will turn synchronous if
the queue is congested.  This is trivial to fix: add a new flag bit, set
wbc->nonblocking.  But I'm not sure that we want to expose implementation
details down to that level.

Note: it's notable that we can sync an fd which wasn't opened for writing.
Same with fsync() and fdatasync()).

Note: the code takes some care to handle attempts to sync file contents
outside the 16TB offset on 32-bit machines.  It makes such attempts appear to
succeed, for best 32-bit/64-bit compatibility.  Perhaps it should make such
requests fail...

Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk-manpages@gmx.net>
Cc: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
arch/i386/kernel/syscall_table.S
fs/Makefile
fs/sync.c [new file with mode: 0644]
include/asm-i386/unistd.h
include/linux/fadvise.h
include/linux/fs.h
include/linux/syscalls.h
mm/fadvise.c

index ce3ef4fa055190a8c366a64e8db8ce75fc37c9d0..4f58b9c0efe3cbb5f57a2bfda39371153b3eff2f 100644 (file)
@@ -313,3 +313,4 @@ ENTRY(sys_call_table)
        .long sys_set_robust_list
        .long sys_get_robust_list
        .long sys_splice
+       .long sys_sync_file_range
index f3a4f7077175484429b9b856f57e1419e84ab57b..83bf478e786b3f64f1d5a90826f5d92622077950 100644 (file)
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ obj-y :=      open.o read_write.o file_table.o buffer.o  bio.o super.o \
                ioctl.o readdir.o select.o fifo.o locks.o dcache.o inode.o \
                attr.o bad_inode.o file.o filesystems.o namespace.o aio.o \
                seq_file.o xattr.o libfs.o fs-writeback.o mpage.o direct-io.o \
-               ioprio.o pnode.o drop_caches.o splice.o
+               ioprio.o pnode.o drop_caches.o splice.o sync.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_INOTIFY)          += inotify.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EPOLL)            += eventpoll.o
diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..8616006
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/sync.c
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+/*
+ * High-level sync()-related operations
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/writeback.h>
+#include <linux/syscalls.h>
+#include <linux/linkage.h>
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>
+
+#define VALID_FLAGS (SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE|SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE| \
+                       SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER)
+
+/*
+ * sys_sync_file_range() permits finely controlled syncing over a segment of
+ * a file in the range offset .. (offset+nbytes-1) inclusive.  If nbytes is
+ * zero then sys_sync_file_range() will operate from offset out to EOF.
+ *
+ * The flag bits are:
+ *
+ * SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE: wait upon writeout of all pages in the range
+ * before performing the write.
+ *
+ * SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE: initiate writeout of all those dirty pages in the
+ * range which are not presently under writeback.
+ *
+ * SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER: wait upon writeout of all pages in the range
+ * after performing the write.
+ *
+ * Useful combinations of the flag bits are:
+ *
+ * SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE|SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE: ensures that all pages
+ * in the range which were dirty on entry to sys_sync_file_range() are placed
+ * under writeout.  This is a start-write-for-data-integrity operation.
+ *
+ * SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE: start writeout of all dirty pages in the range which
+ * are not presently under writeout.  This is an asynchronous flush-to-disk
+ * operation.  Not suitable for data integrity operations.
+ *
+ * SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE (or SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER): wait for
+ * completion of writeout of all pages in the range.  This will be used after an
+ * earlier SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE|SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE operation to wait
+ * for that operation to complete and to return the result.
+ *
+ * SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE|SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE|SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER:
+ * a traditional sync() operation.  This is a write-for-data-integrity operation
+ * which will ensure that all pages in the range which were dirty on entry to
+ * sys_sync_file_range() are committed to disk.
+ *
+ *
+ * SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE and SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER will detect any
+ * I/O errors or ENOSPC conditions and will return those to the caller, after
+ * clearing the EIO and ENOSPC flags in the address_space.
+ *
+ * It should be noted that none of these operations write out the file's
+ * metadata.  So unless the application is strictly performing overwrites of
+ * already-instantiated disk blocks, there are no guarantees here that the data
+ * will be available after a crash.
+ */
+asmlinkage long sys_sync_file_range(int fd, loff_t offset, loff_t nbytes,
+                                       int flags)
+{
+       int ret;
+       struct file *file;
+       loff_t endbyte;                 /* inclusive */
+       int fput_needed;
+       umode_t i_mode;
+
+       ret = -EINVAL;
+       if (flags & ~VALID_FLAGS)
+               goto out;
+
+       endbyte = offset + nbytes;
+
+       if ((s64)offset < 0)
+               goto out;
+       if ((s64)endbyte < 0)
+               goto out;
+       if (endbyte < offset)
+               goto out;
+
+       if (sizeof(pgoff_t) == 4) {
+               if (offset >= (0x100000000ULL << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT)) {
+                       /*
+                        * The range starts outside a 32 bit machine's
+                        * pagecache addressing capabilities.  Let it "succeed"
+                        */
+                       ret = 0;
+                       goto out;
+               }
+               if (endbyte >= (0x100000000ULL << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT)) {
+                       /*
+                        * Out to EOF
+                        */
+                       nbytes = 0;
+               }
+       }
+
+       if (nbytes == 0)
+               endbyte = -1;
+       else
+               endbyte--;              /* inclusive */
+
+       ret = -EBADF;
+       file = fget_light(fd, &fput_needed);
+       if (!file)
+               goto out;
+
+       i_mode = file->f_dentry->d_inode->i_mode;
+       ret = -ESPIPE;
+       if (!S_ISREG(i_mode) && !S_ISBLK(i_mode) && !S_ISDIR(i_mode) &&
+                       !S_ISLNK(i_mode))
+               goto out_put;
+
+       ret = do_sync_file_range(file, offset, endbyte, flags);
+out_put:
+       fput_light(file, fput_needed);
+out:
+       return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * `endbyte' is inclusive
+ */
+int do_sync_file_range(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t endbyte,
+                       int flags)
+{
+       int ret;
+       struct address_space *mapping;
+
+       mapping = file->f_mapping;
+       if (!mapping) {
+               ret = -EINVAL;
+               goto out;
+       }
+
+       ret = 0;
+       if (flags & SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE) {
+               ret = wait_on_page_writeback_range(mapping,
+                                       offset >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT,
+                                       endbyte >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT);
+               if (ret < 0)
+                       goto out;
+       }
+
+       if (flags & SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE) {
+               ret = __filemap_fdatawrite_range(mapping, offset, endbyte,
+                                               WB_SYNC_NONE);
+               if (ret < 0)
+                       goto out;
+       }
+
+       if (flags & SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER) {
+               ret = wait_on_page_writeback_range(mapping,
+                                       offset >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT,
+                                       endbyte >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT);
+       }
+out:
+       return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(do_sync_file_range);
index 789e9bdd0a406188335d8da57e0625e7d84f6663..2e7f3e257fddf9cba326fab28d769db4bdfeb055 100644 (file)
 #define __NR_set_robust_list   311
 #define __NR_get_robust_list   312
 #define __NR_sys_splice                313
+#define __NR_sys_sync_file_range 314
 
-#define NR_syscalls 314
+#define NR_syscalls 315
 
 /*
  * user-visible error numbers are in the range -1 - -128: see
index b2913bba35d87dafbb042b086face216609cb107..e8e747139b9a1483897f8c4b0aa9e8b9f4a49588 100644 (file)
 #define POSIX_FADV_NOREUSE     5 /* Data will be accessed once.  */
 #endif
 
-/*
- * Linux-specific fadvise() extensions:
- */
-#define LINUX_FADV_ASYNC_WRITE 32      /* Start writeout on range */
-#define LINUX_FADV_WRITE_WAIT  33      /* Wait upon writeout to range */
-
 #endif /* FADVISE_H_INCLUDED */
index 20a7afd4590c8337eaa609d122505a5ee72e4045..4ed7e602d70334cf1a2a8a8ec005fa48f800afb2 100644 (file)
@@ -757,6 +757,13 @@ extern void send_sigio(struct fown_struct *fown, int fd, int band);
 extern int fcntl_setlease(unsigned int fd, struct file *filp, long arg);
 extern int fcntl_getlease(struct file *filp);
 
+/* fs/sync.c */
+#define SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE    1
+#define SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE          2
+#define SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER     4
+extern int do_sync_file_range(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t endbyte,
+                       int flags);
+
 /* fs/locks.c */
 extern void locks_init_lock(struct file_lock *);
 extern void locks_copy_lock(struct file_lock *, struct file_lock *);
index e78ffc7d5b5613d5bf6270c3942f5388c0b636bd..5717147596b6c0918829bd5e48b2ea23d783ff5d 100644 (file)
@@ -571,5 +571,7 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_openat(unsigned int dfd, const char __user *filename,
 asmlinkage long sys_unshare(unsigned long unshare_flags);
 asmlinkage long sys_splice(int fdin, int fdout, size_t len,
                                unsigned int flags);
+asmlinkage long sys_sync_file_range(int fd, loff_t offset, loff_t nbytes,
+                                       int flags);
 
 #endif
index 907c39257ca06aea630915c9a46103518a4d631a..0a03357a1f8ed08277070275b494f3d2a7cc9c88 100644 (file)
  *
  * LINUX_FADV_ASYNC_WRITE: push some or all of the dirty pages at the disk.
  *
- * LINUX_FADV_WRITE_WAIT, LINUX_FADV_ASYNC_WRITE: push all of the currently
- * dirty pages at the disk.
- *
- * LINUX_FADV_WRITE_WAIT, LINUX_FADV_ASYNC_WRITE, LINUX_FADV_WRITE_WAIT: push
- * all of the currently dirty pages at the disk, wait until they have been
- * written.
- *
- * It should be noted that none of these operations write out the file's
- * metadata.  So unless the application is strictly performing overwrites of
- * already-instantiated disk blocks, there are no guarantees here that the data
- * will be available after a crash.
  */
 asmlinkage long sys_fadvise64_64(int fd, loff_t offset, loff_t len, int advice)
 {
@@ -129,15 +118,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys_fadvise64_64(int fd, loff_t offset, loff_t len, int advice)
                        invalidate_mapping_pages(mapping, start_index,
                                                end_index);
                break;
-       case LINUX_FADV_ASYNC_WRITE:
-               ret = __filemap_fdatawrite_range(mapping, offset, endbyte,
-                                               WB_SYNC_NONE);
-               break;
-       case LINUX_FADV_WRITE_WAIT:
-               ret = wait_on_page_writeback_range(mapping,
-                                       offset >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT,
-                                       endbyte >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT);
-               break;
        default:
                ret = -EINVAL;
        }