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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2026-06-15 01:00:45 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2026-06-15 01:00:45 +0300
commitc17fdf62aeecbbaf2c2fd5c494e2089c02b0e75b (patch)
tree2cb320b5bc6f1c97da837e8cb43352a72e789267 /include/linux
parent0793d39ec8bab2b2255e3a288894c39e88ce5a75 (diff)
parent0275dc184aa007b260374af6d46fb15741c062a8 (diff)
downloadlinux-c17fdf62aeecbbaf2c2fd5c494e2089c02b0e75b.tar.xz
Merge tag 'vfs-7.2-rc1.writeback' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs
Pull vfs writeback updates from Christian Brauner: - Fix a race between cgroup_writeback_umount() and inode_switch_wbs() When a container exits, a race between cgroup_writeback_umount() and inode_switch_wbs()/cleanup_offline_cgwb() can trigger "VFS: Busy inodes after unmount" followed by a use-after-free on percpu counters. There is a window between inode_prepare_wbs_switch() returning true (having passed the SB_ACTIVE check and grabbed the inode) and the subsequent wb_queue_isw() call: if cgroup_writeback_umount() observes the global isw_nr_in_flight counter as non-zero but flush_workqueue() finds nothing queued yet, it returns early - leaving a held inode reference that blocks evict_inodes() and a later iput() that hits freed percpu counters. The race is closed by covering the window from inode_prepare_wbs_switch() through wb_queue_isw() with an RCU read-side critical section and synchronizing in the umount path. On top of that the now-dead rcu_barrier() left over from the queue_rcu_work() era is removed, and the global synchronize_rcu()/flush_workqueue() pair is replaced with a per-sb in-flight counter plus pin/unpin/drain helpers so umount no longer serializes against switch activity on unrelated superblocks. Under cgroup writeback churn on a 16 vCPU guest this takes umount latency from ~92-138ms p50 down to ~5-8ms p50 and the cumulative cost of cgroup_writeback_umount() from ~62ms to ~4us per call. The initial race fix is kept separate and minimal so it backports cleanly to stable trees that still queue switches via queue_rcu_work(). - Improve write performance with RWF_DONTCACHE Dirty DONTCACHE pages are now tracked per bdi_writeback so that the writeback flusher can be kicked in a targeted fashion for IOCB_DONTCACHE writes instead of relying on global writeback, and the PG_dropbehind flag is preserved when a folio is split. * tag 'vfs-7.2-rc1.writeback' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs: mm: kick writeback flusher for IOCB_DONTCACHE with targeted dirty tracking mm: track DONTCACHE dirty pages per bdi_writeback mm: preserve PG_dropbehind flag during folio split writeback: use a per-sb counter to drain inode wb switches at umount writeback: drop now-unnecessary rcu_barrier() in cgroup_writeback_umount() writeback: fix race between cgroup_writeback_umount() and inode_switch_wbs()
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h3
-rw-r--r--include/linux/fs.h6
-rw-r--r--include/linux/fs/super_types.h8
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
index a06b93446d10..4f1084937315 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ enum wb_state {
WB_writeback_running, /* Writeback is in progress */
WB_has_dirty_io, /* Dirty inodes on ->b_{dirty|io|more_io} */
WB_start_all, /* nr_pages == 0 (all) work pending */
+ WB_start_dontcache, /* dontcache writeback pending */
};
enum wb_stat_item {
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ enum wb_stat_item {
WB_WRITEBACK,
WB_DIRTIED,
WB_WRITTEN,
+ WB_DONTCACHE_DIRTY,
NR_WB_STAT_ITEMS
};
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ enum wb_reason {
*/
WB_REASON_FORKER_THREAD,
WB_REASON_FOREIGN_FLUSH,
+ WB_REASON_DONTCACHE,
WB_REASON_MAX,
};
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index a220d14b1f91..2a6d2cb674db 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2633,6 +2633,7 @@ extern int __must_check file_write_and_wait_range(struct file *file,
loff_t start, loff_t end);
int filemap_flush_range(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t start,
loff_t end);
+void filemap_dontcache_kick_writeback(struct address_space *mapping);
static inline int file_write_and_wait(struct file *file)
{
@@ -2666,10 +2667,7 @@ static inline ssize_t generic_write_sync(struct kiocb *iocb, ssize_t count)
if (ret)
return ret;
} else if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DONTCACHE) {
- struct address_space *mapping = iocb->ki_filp->f_mapping;
-
- filemap_flush_range(mapping, iocb->ki_pos - count,
- iocb->ki_pos - 1);
+ filemap_dontcache_kick_writeback(iocb->ki_filp->f_mapping);
}
return count;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs/super_types.h b/include/linux/fs/super_types.h
index 383050e7fdf5..1ab4e2265129 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs/super_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs/super_types.h
@@ -274,6 +274,14 @@ struct super_block {
/* number of fserrors that are being sent to fsnotify/filesystems */
refcount_t s_pending_errors;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK
+ /*
+ * Number of in-flight inode wb switches for this sb. Drained by
+ * cgroup_writeback_umount() before tear-down.
+ */
+ atomic_t s_isw_nr_in_flight;
+#endif
} __randomize_layout;
/*