Re: [PATCH 1/1] f2fs: allocate trace path buffer from names_cache

From: Chao Yu
Date: Wed Apr 19 2023 - 02:29:26 EST


On 2023/4/19 0:07, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
On 04/18, Chao Yu wrote:
On 2023/4/14 18:43, Wu Bo wrote:
It would be better to use the dedicated slab to store path.

Signed-off-by: Wu Bo <bo.wu@xxxxxxxx>
---
fs/f2fs/file.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 15dabeac4690..27137873958f 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -4361,7 +4361,7 @@ static void f2fs_trace_rw_file_path(struct kiocb *iocb, size_t count, int rw)
struct inode *inode = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp);
char *buf, *path;
- buf = f2fs_kmalloc(F2FS_I_SB(inode), PATH_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
+ buf = __getname();

How about:

buf = f2fs_kmem_cache_alloc(names_cachep, GFP_KERNEL, NULL, F2FS_I_SB(inode));

This looks like a hack using names_cachep?

names_cachep was exported in fs.h.

> Using f2fs_kmem_cache_alloc is able to inject malloc error.
> But here is a trace event, is it ok to inject error in a trace path?

Yes, the fail path handling is very simple, so it's fine to leave it
as it is.

Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,



if (!buf)
return;
path = dentry_path_raw(file_dentry(iocb->ki_filp), buf, PATH_MAX);
@@ -4374,7 +4374,7 @@ static void f2fs_trace_rw_file_path(struct kiocb *iocb, size_t count, int rw)
trace_f2fs_dataread_start(inode, iocb->ki_pos, count,
current->pid, path, current->comm);
free_buf:
- kfree(buf);
+ __putname(buf);

kmem_cache_free(names_cachep, buf);

Thanks,

}
static ssize_t f2fs_file_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)