Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] virtiofs: fix the warning for kernel direct IO

[Jingbo Xu <jefflexu@linux.alibaba.com>]

On 8/14/24 3:46 PM, Hou Tao wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 8/14/2024 2:34 PM, Jingbo Xu wrote:
>> Hi, Tao,
>>
>> On 4/26/24 10:39 PM, Hou Tao wrote:
>>> From: Hou Tao <houtao1@huawei.com>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> The patch set aims to fix the warning related to an abnormal size
>>> parameter of kmalloc() in virtiofs. Patch #1 fixes it by introducing
>>> use_pages_for_kvec_io option in fuse_conn and enabling it in virtiofs.
>>> Beside the abnormal size parameter for kmalloc, the gfp parameter is
>>> also questionable: GFP_ATOMIC is used even when the allocation occurs
>>> in a kworker context. Patch #2 fixes it by using GFP_NOFS when the
>>> allocation is initiated by the kworker. For more details, please check
>>> the individual patches.
>>>
>>> As usual, comments are always welcome.
>>>
>>> Change Log:
>>>
>>> v3:
>>>  * introduce use_pages_for_kvec_io for virtiofs. When the option is
>>>    enabled, fuse will use iov_iter_extract_pages() to construct a page
>>>    array and pass the pages array instead of a pointer to virtiofs.
>>>    The benefit is twofold: the length of the data passed to virtiofs is
>>>    limited by max_pages, and there is no memory copy compared with v2.
>>>
>>> v2: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20240228144126.2864064-1-houtao@huaweicloud.com/
>>>   * limit the length of ITER_KVEC dio by max_pages instead of the
>>>     newly-introduced max_nopage_rw. Using max_pages make the ITER_KVEC
>>>     dio being consistent with other rw operations.
>>>   * replace kmalloc-allocated bounce buffer by using a bounce buffer
>>>     backed by scattered pages when the length of the bounce buffer for
>>>     KVEC_ITER dio is larger than PAG_SIZE, so even on hosts with
>>>     fragmented memory, the KVEC_ITER dio can be handled normally by
>>>     virtiofs. (Bernd Schubert)
>>>   * merge the GFP_NOFS patch [1] into this patch-set and use
>>>     memalloc_nofs_{save|restore}+GFP_KERNEL instead of GFP_NOFS
>>>     (Benjamin Coddington)
>>>
>>> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20240103105929.1902658-1-houtao@huaweicloud.com/
>>>
>>> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20240105105305.4052672-1-houtao@huaweicloud.com/
>>>
>>> Hou Tao (2):
>>>   virtiofs: use pages instead of pointer for kernel direct IO
>>>   virtiofs: use GFP_NOFS when enqueuing request through kworker
>>>
>>>  fs/fuse/file.c      | 12 ++++++++----
>>>  fs/fuse/fuse_i.h    |  3 +++
>>>  fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++---------
>>>  3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>>>
>> We also encountered the same issue as [1] these days when attempting to
>> insmod a module with ~6MB size, which is upon a virtiofs filesystem.
>>
>> It would be much helpful if this issue has a standard fix in the
>> upstream.  I see there will be v4 when reading through the mailing
>> thread.  Glad to know if there's any update to this series.
> 
> Being busy with other stuff these days. I hope to send v4 before next
> weekend.

Many thanks, Tao.


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Thanks,
Jingbo