Re: [PATCH v3] f2fs: reduce expensive checkpoint trigger frequency

From: Zhiguo Niu
Date: Mon Mar 04 2024 - 20:57:20 EST


Dear Jaegeuk,

Let me describe the problem process, it is reproduced by monkey stability test:

1.SBI_NEED_CP flag bit is set,
set_sbi_flag(F2FS_I_SB(inode), SBI_NEED_CP);

2.Ckpt thread is blocked by IO busy when it is doing CP, it can not
get request tag from block queue,
PID: 505 TASK: ffffff80ed7f49c0 CPU: 4 COMMAND: "f2fs_ckpt-254:4"
#0 [ffffffc015fcb330] __switch_to at ffffffc010196350
#1 [ffffffc015fcb390] __schedule at ffffffc01168e53c
#2 [ffffffc015fcb3f0] schedule at ffffffc01168ed7c
#3 [ffffffc015fcb450] io_schedule at ffffffc01168f7a0
#4 [ffffffc015fcb4c0] blk_mq_get_tag at ffffffc0101008a4
#5 [ffffffc015fcb530] blk_mq_get_request at ffffffc0109241b0
#6 [ffffffc015fcb5f0] blk_mq_make_request at ffffffc0109233bc
#7 [ffffffc015fcb680] generic_make_request at ffffffc0100fc6ec
#8 [ffffffc015fcb700] submit_bio at ffffffc0100fc3b8
#9 [ffffffc015fcb750] __submit_bio at ffffffc01081a2e0
#10 [ffffffc015fcb7d0] __submit_merged_bio at ffffffc01081b07c
#11 [ffffffc015fcb8a0] f2fs_submit_page_write at ffffffc0100ecd3c
#12 [ffffffc015fcb990] f2fs_do_write_meta_page at ffffffc010845738
#13 [ffffffc015fcb9d0] __f2fs_write_meta_page at ffffffc01080a8f4
#14 [ffffffc015fcbb60] f2fs_sync_meta_pages at ffffffc01080a684
#15 [ffffffc015fcbca0] do_checkpoint at ffffffc01080f0a8
#16 [ffffffc015fcbd10] f2fs_write_checkpoint at ffffffc01080e50c
#17 [ffffffc015fcbdb0] __checkpoint_and_complete_reqs at ffffffc010810f54
#18 [ffffffc015fcbe40] issue_checkpoint_thread at ffffffc0108113ec
#19 [ffffffc015fcbe80] kthread at ffffffc0102665b0

3.Subsequent regular file fsync will trigger ckpt because SBI_NEED_CP
has not been cleared.
In fact, these cases should not trigger ckpt.

4.If some processes that perform f2fs_do_sync_file are important processes
in the system(such as init) and are blocked for too long, it will
cause other problems in the system, ANR or android reboot
PID: 287 TASK: ffffff80f9eb0ec0 CPU: 2 COMMAND: "init"
#0 [ffffffc01389bab0] __switch_to at ffffffc010196350
#1 [ffffffc01389bb10] __schedule at ffffffc01168e53c
#2 [ffffffc01389bb70] schedule at ffffffc01168ed7c
#3 [ffffffc01389bbc0] wait_for_completion at ffffffc011692368
#4 [ffffffc01389bca0] f2fs_issue_checkpoint at ffffffc010810cb0
#5 [ffffffc01389bd00] f2fs_sync_fs at ffffffc0107f4e1c
#6 [ffffffc01389bdc0] f2fs_do_sync_file at ffffffc0107d4d44
#7 [ffffffc01389be20] f2fs_sync_file at ffffffc0107d492c
#8 [ffffffc01389be30] __arm64_sys_fsync at ffffffc0105d31d8
#9 [ffffffc01389be70] el0_svc_common at ffffffc0101aa550
#10 [ffffffc01389beb0] el0_svc_handler at ffffffc0100886fc

and I tested Chao's patch can avoid the above case, please help
consider this patch or
any comment/suggestions about this?

thanks!

On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 9:22 AM 牛志国 (Zhiguo Niu) <Zhiguo.Niu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Jaegeuk
>
> Sorry for disturbing you, Do you have any comments about this patch from Chao, I’ve met this issue several times on our platform when do monkey test.
> Thanks!
>
> -----邮件原件-----
> 发件人: Chao Yu <chao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 发送时间: 2024年2月19日 15:19
> 收件人: jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx
> 抄送: linux-f2fs-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; 牛志国 (Zhiguo Niu) <Zhiguo.Niu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 主题: Re: [PATCH v3] f2fs: reduce expensive checkpoint trigger frequency
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> Jaegeuk,
>
> Any comments?
>
> On 2024/1/11 16:17, Chao Yu wrote:
> > We may trigger high frequent checkpoint for below case:
> > 1. mkdir /mnt/dir1; set dir1 encrypted 2. touch /mnt/file1; fsync
> > /mnt/file1 3. mkdir /mnt/dir2; set dir2 encrypted 4. touch /mnt/file2;
> > fsync /mnt/file2 ...
> >
> > Although, newly created dir and file are not related, due to commit
> > bbf156f7afa7 ("f2fs: fix lost xattrs of directories"), we will trigger
> > checkpoint whenever fsync() comes after a new encrypted dir created.
> >
> > In order to avoid such condition, let's record an entry including
> > directory's ino into global cache when we initialize encryption policy
> > in a checkpointed directory, and then only trigger checkpoint() when
> > target file's parent has non-persisted encryption policy, for the case
> > its parent is not checkpointed, need_do_checkpoint() has cover that by
> > verifying it with f2fs_is_checkpointed_node().
> >
> > Reported-by: Zhiguo Niu <zhiguo.niu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Tested-by: Zhiguo Niu <zhiguo.niu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reported-by: Yunlei He <heyunlei@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <chao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > v3:
> > - Recently, Zhiguo Niu reported the same issue, so I repost this patch
> > for comments.
> > fs/f2fs/f2fs.h | 2 ++
> > fs/f2fs/file.c | 3 +++
> > fs/f2fs/xattr.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
> > include/trace/events/f2fs.h | 3 ++-
> > 4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h index
> > e2e0ca45f881..0094a8c85f4a 100644
> > --- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> > +++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> > @@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ enum {
> > APPEND_INO, /* for append ino list */
> > UPDATE_INO, /* for update ino list */
> > TRANS_DIR_INO, /* for transactions dir ino list */
> > + ENC_DIR_INO, /* for encrypted dir ino list */
> > FLUSH_INO, /* for multiple device flushing */
> > MAX_INO_ENTRY, /* max. list */
> > };
> > @@ -1147,6 +1148,7 @@ enum cp_reason_type {
> > CP_FASTBOOT_MODE,
> > CP_SPEC_LOG_NUM,
> > CP_RECOVER_DIR,
> > + CP_ENC_DIR,
> > };
> >
> > enum iostat_type {
> > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c index
> > 8198afb5fb9c..18b33b1f0c83 100644
> > --- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
> > +++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
> > @@ -218,6 +218,9 @@ static inline enum cp_reason_type need_do_checkpoint(struct inode *inode)
> > f2fs_exist_written_data(sbi, F2FS_I(inode)->i_pino,
> > TRANS_DIR_INO))
> > cp_reason = CP_RECOVER_DIR;
> > + else if (f2fs_exist_written_data(sbi, F2FS_I(inode)->i_pino,
> > + ENC_DIR_INO))
> > + cp_reason = CP_ENC_DIR;
> >
> > return cp_reason;
> > }
> > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c index
> > f290fe9327c4..cbd1b88297fe 100644
> > --- a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
> > +++ b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
> > @@ -629,6 +629,7 @@ static int __f2fs_setxattr(struct inode *inode, int index,
> > const char *name, const void *value, size_t size,
> > struct page *ipage, int flags)
> > {
> > + struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_I_SB(inode);
> > struct f2fs_xattr_entry *here, *last;
> > void *base_addr, *last_base_addr;
> > int found, newsize;
> > @@ -772,8 +773,19 @@ static int __f2fs_setxattr(struct inode *inode, int index,
> > if (index == F2FS_XATTR_INDEX_ENCRYPTION &&
> > !strcmp(name, F2FS_XATTR_NAME_ENCRYPTION_CONTEXT))
> > f2fs_set_encrypted_inode(inode);
> > - if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
> > - set_sbi_flag(F2FS_I_SB(inode), SBI_NEED_CP);
> > +
> > + if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
> > + /*
> > + * In restrict mode, fsync() always tries triggering checkpoint
> > + * for all metadata consistency, in other mode, it only triggers
> > + * checkpoint when parent's encryption metadata updates.
> > + */
> > + if (F2FS_OPTION(sbi).fsync_mode == FSYNC_MODE_STRICT)
> > + set_sbi_flag(F2FS_I_SB(inode), SBI_NEED_CP);
> > + else if (IS_ENCRYPTED(inode) &&
> > + f2fs_is_checkpointed_node(sbi, inode->i_ino))
> > + f2fs_add_ino_entry(sbi, inode->i_ino, ENC_DIR_INO);
> > + }
> >
> > same:
> > if (is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_ACL_MODE)) { diff --git
> > a/include/trace/events/f2fs.h b/include/trace/events/f2fs.h index
> > 7ed0fc430dc6..48f2e399e184 100644
> > --- a/include/trace/events/f2fs.h
> > +++ b/include/trace/events/f2fs.h
> > @@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(EX_BLOCK_AGE);
> > { CP_NODE_NEED_CP, "node needs cp" }, \
> > { CP_FASTBOOT_MODE, "fastboot mode" }, \
> > { CP_SPEC_LOG_NUM, "log type is 2" }, \
> > - { CP_RECOVER_DIR, "dir needs recovery" })
> > + { CP_RECOVER_DIR, "dir needs recovery" }, \
> > + { CP_ENC_DIR, "persist encryption policy" })
> >
> > #define show_shutdown_mode(type) \
> > __print_symbolic(type, \