[PATCH 5.10 043/575] ext4: fix lazy initialization next schedule time computation in more granular unit

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon Nov 15 2021 - 14:05:56 EST


From: Shaoying Xu <shaoyi@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit 39fec6889d15a658c3a3ebb06fd69d3584ddffd3 upstream.

Ext4 file system has default lazy inode table initialization setup once
it is mounted. However, it has issue on computing the next schedule time
that makes the timeout same amount in jiffies but different real time in
secs if with various HZ values. Therefore, fix by measuring the current
time in a more granular unit nanoseconds and make the next schedule time
independent of the HZ value.

Fixes: bfff68738f1c ("ext4: add support for lazy inode table initialization")
Signed-off-by: Shaoying Xu <shaoyi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210902164412.9994-2-shaoyi@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/super.c | 9 ++++-----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -3436,9 +3436,9 @@ static int ext4_run_li_request(struct ex
struct super_block *sb = elr->lr_super;
ext4_group_t ngroups = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_groups_count;
ext4_group_t group = elr->lr_next_group;
- unsigned long timeout = 0;
unsigned int prefetch_ios = 0;
int ret = 0;
+ u64 start_time;

if (elr->lr_mode == EXT4_LI_MODE_PREFETCH_BBITMAP) {
elr->lr_next_group = ext4_mb_prefetch(sb, group,
@@ -3475,14 +3475,13 @@ static int ext4_run_li_request(struct ex
ret = 1;

if (!ret) {
- timeout = jiffies;
+ start_time = ktime_get_real_ns();
ret = ext4_init_inode_table(sb, group,
elr->lr_timeout ? 0 : 1);
trace_ext4_lazy_itable_init(sb, group);
if (elr->lr_timeout == 0) {
- timeout = (jiffies - timeout) *
- EXT4_SB(elr->lr_super)->s_li_wait_mult;
- elr->lr_timeout = timeout;
+ elr->lr_timeout = nsecs_to_jiffies((ktime_get_real_ns() - start_time) *
+ EXT4_SB(elr->lr_super)->s_li_wait_mult);
}
elr->lr_next_sched = jiffies + elr->lr_timeout;
elr->lr_next_group = group + 1;