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Merge branch 'netfs-writeback' of ssh://gitolite.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs Pull netfs writeback updates from David Howells: The primary purpose of these patches is to rework the netfslib writeback implementation such that pages read from the cache are written to the cache through ->writepages(), thereby allowing the fscache page flag to be retired. The reworking also: (1) builds on top of the new writeback_iter() infrastructure; (2) makes it possible to use vectored write RPCs as discontiguous streams of pages can be accommodated; (3) makes it easier to do simultaneous content crypto and stream division. (4) provides support for retrying writes and re-dividing a stream; (5) replaces the ->launder_folio() op, so that ->writepages() is used instead; (6) uses mempools to allocate the netfs_io_request and netfs_io_subrequest structs to avoid allocation failure in the writeback path. Some code that uses the fscache page flag is retained for compatibility purposes with nfs and ceph. The code is switched to using the synonymous private_2 label instead and marked with deprecation comments. I have a separate set of patches that convert cifs to use this code. -~- In this new implementation, writeback_iter() is used to pump folios, progressively creating two parallel, but separate streams. Either or both streams can contain gaps, and the subrequests in each stream can be of variable size, don't need to align with each other and don't need to align with the folios. (Note that more streams can be added if we have multiple servers to duplicate data to). Indeed, subrequests can cross folio boundaries, may cover several folios or a folio may be spanned by multiple subrequests, e.g.: +---+---+-----+-----+---+----------+ Folios: | | | | | | | +---+---+-----+-----+---+----------+ +------+------+ +----+----+ Upload: | | |.....| | | +------+------+ +----+----+ +------+------+------+------+------+ Cache: | | | | | | +------+------+------+------+------+ Data that got read from the server that needs copying to the cache is stored in folios that are marked dirty and have folio->private set to a special value. The progressive subrequest construction permits the algorithm to be preparing both the next upload to the server and the next write to the cache whilst the previous ones are already in progress. Throttling can be applied to control the rate of production of subrequests - and, in any case, we probably want to write them to the server in ascending order, particularly if the file will be extended. Content crypto can also be prepared at the same time as the subrequests and run asynchronously, with the prepped requests being stalled until the crypto catches up with them. This might also be useful for transport crypto, but that happens at a lower layer, so probably would be harder to pull off. The algorithm is split into three parts: (1) The issuer. This walks through the data, packaging it up, encrypting it and creating subrequests. The part of this that generates subrequests only deals with file positions and spans and so is usable for DIO/unbuffered writes as well as buffered writes. (2) The collector. This asynchronously collects completed subrequests, unlocks folios, frees crypto buffers and performs any retries. This runs in a work queue so that the issuer can return to the caller for writeback (so that the VM can have its kswapd thread back) or async writes. Collection is slightly complex as the collector has to work out where discontiguities happen in the folio list so that it doesn't try and collect folios that weren't included in the write out. (3) The retryer. This pauses the issuer, waits for all outstanding subrequests to complete and then goes through the failed subrequests to reissue them. This may involve reprepping them (with cifs, the credits must be renegotiated and a subrequest may need splitting), and doing RMW for content crypto if there's a conflicting change on the server. * 'netfs-writeback' of ssh://gitolite.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs: (22 commits) netfs, afs: Use writeback retry to deal with alternate keys netfs: Miscellaneous tidy ups netfs: Remove the old writeback code netfs: Cut over to using new writeback code netfs, cachefiles: Implement helpers for new write code netfs, 9p: Implement helpers for new write code netfs, afs: Implement helpers for new write code netfs: Add some write-side stats and clean up some stat names netfs: New writeback implementation netfs: Switch to using unsigned long long rather than loff_t mm: Export writeback_iter() netfs: Use mempools for allocating requests and subrequests netfs: Remove ->launder_folio() support afs: Use alternative invalidation to using launder_folio 9p: Use alternative invalidation to using launder_folio mm: Provide a means of invalidation without using launder_folio netfs: Use subreq_counter to allocate subreq debug_index values netfs: Make netfs_io_request::subreq_counter an atomic_t netfs: Remove deprecated use of PG_private_2 as a second writeback flag mm: Remove the PG_fscache alias for PG_private_2 ... Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
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