alistair23-linux/fs/fscache/cache.c
David Howells 952efe7b78 FS-Cache: Add and document asynchronous operation handling
Add and document asynchronous operation handling for use by FS-Cache's data
storage and retrieval routines.

The following documentation is added to:

	Documentation/filesystems/caching/operations.txt

		       ================================
		       ASYNCHRONOUS OPERATIONS HANDLING
		       ================================

========
OVERVIEW
========

FS-Cache has an asynchronous operations handling facility that it uses for its
data storage and retrieval routines.  Its operations are represented by
fscache_operation structs, though these are usually embedded into some other
structure.

This facility is available to and expected to be be used by the cache backends,
and FS-Cache will create operations and pass them off to the appropriate cache
backend for completion.

To make use of this facility, <linux/fscache-cache.h> should be #included.

===============================
OPERATION RECORD INITIALISATION
===============================

An operation is recorded in an fscache_operation struct:

	struct fscache_operation {
		union {
			struct work_struct fast_work;
			struct slow_work slow_work;
		};
		unsigned long		flags;
		fscache_operation_processor_t processor;
		...
	};

Someone wanting to issue an operation should allocate something with this
struct embedded in it.  They should initialise it by calling:

	void fscache_operation_init(struct fscache_operation *op,
				    fscache_operation_release_t release);

with the operation to be initialised and the release function to use.

The op->flags parameter should be set to indicate the CPU time provision and
the exclusivity (see the Parameters section).

The op->fast_work, op->slow_work and op->processor flags should be set as
appropriate for the CPU time provision (see the Parameters section).

FSCACHE_OP_WAITING may be set in op->flags prior to each submission of the
operation and waited for afterwards.

==========
PARAMETERS
==========

There are a number of parameters that can be set in the operation record's flag
parameter.  There are three options for the provision of CPU time in these
operations:

 (1) The operation may be done synchronously (FSCACHE_OP_MYTHREAD).  A thread
     may decide it wants to handle an operation itself without deferring it to
     another thread.

     This is, for example, used in read operations for calling readpages() on
     the backing filesystem in CacheFiles.  Although readpages() does an
     asynchronous data fetch, the determination of whether pages exist is done
     synchronously - and the netfs does not proceed until this has been
     determined.

     If this option is to be used, FSCACHE_OP_WAITING must be set in op->flags
     before submitting the operation, and the operating thread must wait for it
     to be cleared before proceeding:

		wait_on_bit(&op->flags, FSCACHE_OP_WAITING,
			    fscache_wait_bit, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);

 (2) The operation may be fast asynchronous (FSCACHE_OP_FAST), in which case it
     will be given to keventd to process.  Such an operation is not permitted
     to sleep on I/O.

     This is, for example, used by CacheFiles to copy data from a backing fs
     page to a netfs page after the backing fs has read the page in.

     If this option is used, op->fast_work and op->processor must be
     initialised before submitting the operation:

		INIT_WORK(&op->fast_work, do_some_work);

 (3) The operation may be slow asynchronous (FSCACHE_OP_SLOW), in which case it
     will be given to the slow work facility to process.  Such an operation is
     permitted to sleep on I/O.

     This is, for example, used by FS-Cache to handle background writes of
     pages that have just been fetched from a remote server.

     If this option is used, op->slow_work and op->processor must be
     initialised before submitting the operation:

		fscache_operation_init_slow(op, processor)

Furthermore, operations may be one of two types:

 (1) Exclusive (FSCACHE_OP_EXCLUSIVE).  Operations of this type may not run in
     conjunction with any other operation on the object being operated upon.

     An example of this is the attribute change operation, in which the file
     being written to may need truncation.

 (2) Shareable.  Operations of this type may be running simultaneously.  It's
     up to the operation implementation to prevent interference between other
     operations running at the same time.

=========
PROCEDURE
=========

Operations are used through the following procedure:

 (1) The submitting thread must allocate the operation and initialise it
     itself.  Normally this would be part of a more specific structure with the
     generic op embedded within.

 (2) The submitting thread must then submit the operation for processing using
     one of the following two functions:

	int fscache_submit_op(struct fscache_object *object,
			      struct fscache_operation *op);

	int fscache_submit_exclusive_op(struct fscache_object *object,
					struct fscache_operation *op);

     The first function should be used to submit non-exclusive ops and the
     second to submit exclusive ones.  The caller must still set the
     FSCACHE_OP_EXCLUSIVE flag.

     If successful, both functions will assign the operation to the specified
     object and return 0.  -ENOBUFS will be returned if the object specified is
     permanently unavailable.

     The operation manager will defer operations on an object that is still
     undergoing lookup or creation.  The operation will also be deferred if an
     operation of conflicting exclusivity is in progress on the object.

     If the operation is asynchronous, the manager will retain a reference to
     it, so the caller should put their reference to it by passing it to:

	void fscache_put_operation(struct fscache_operation *op);

 (3) If the submitting thread wants to do the work itself, and has marked the
     operation with FSCACHE_OP_MYTHREAD, then it should monitor
     FSCACHE_OP_WAITING as described above and check the state of the object if
     necessary (the object might have died whilst the thread was waiting).

     When it has finished doing its processing, it should call
     fscache_put_operation() on it.

 (4) The operation holds an effective lock upon the object, preventing other
     exclusive ops conflicting until it is released.  The operation can be
     enqueued for further immediate asynchronous processing by adjusting the
     CPU time provisioning option if necessary, eg:

	op->flags &= ~FSCACHE_OP_TYPE;
	op->flags |= ~FSCACHE_OP_FAST;

     and calling:

	void fscache_enqueue_operation(struct fscache_operation *op)

     This can be used to allow other things to have use of the worker thread
     pools.

=====================
ASYNCHRONOUS CALLBACK
=====================

When used in asynchronous mode, the worker thread pool will invoke the
processor method with a pointer to the operation.  This should then get at the
container struct by using container_of():

	static void fscache_write_op(struct fscache_operation *_op)
	{
		struct fscache_storage *op =
			container_of(_op, struct fscache_storage, op);
	...
	}

The caller holds a reference on the operation, and will invoke
fscache_put_operation() when the processor function returns.  The processor
function is at liberty to call fscache_enqueue_operation() or to take extra
references.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Tested-by: Daire Byrne <Daire.Byrne@framestore.com>
2009-04-03 16:42:39 +01:00

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/* FS-Cache cache handling
*
* Copyright (C) 2007 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
* Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
* 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*/
#define FSCACHE_DEBUG_LEVEL CACHE
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include "internal.h"
LIST_HEAD(fscache_cache_list);
DECLARE_RWSEM(fscache_addremove_sem);
DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(fscache_cache_cleared_wq);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(fscache_cache_cleared_wq);
static LIST_HEAD(fscache_cache_tag_list);
/*
* look up a cache tag
*/
struct fscache_cache_tag *__fscache_lookup_cache_tag(const char *name)
{
struct fscache_cache_tag *tag, *xtag;
/* firstly check for the existence of the tag under read lock */
down_read(&fscache_addremove_sem);
list_for_each_entry(tag, &fscache_cache_tag_list, link) {
if (strcmp(tag->name, name) == 0) {
atomic_inc(&tag->usage);
up_read(&fscache_addremove_sem);
return tag;
}
}
up_read(&fscache_addremove_sem);
/* the tag does not exist - create a candidate */
xtag = kzalloc(sizeof(*xtag) + strlen(name) + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!xtag)
/* return a dummy tag if out of memory */
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
atomic_set(&xtag->usage, 1);
strcpy(xtag->name, name);
/* write lock, search again and add if still not present */
down_write(&fscache_addremove_sem);
list_for_each_entry(tag, &fscache_cache_tag_list, link) {
if (strcmp(tag->name, name) == 0) {
atomic_inc(&tag->usage);
up_write(&fscache_addremove_sem);
kfree(xtag);
return tag;
}
}
list_add_tail(&xtag->link, &fscache_cache_tag_list);
up_write(&fscache_addremove_sem);
return xtag;
}
/*
* release a reference to a cache tag
*/
void __fscache_release_cache_tag(struct fscache_cache_tag *tag)
{
if (tag != ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM)) {
down_write(&fscache_addremove_sem);
if (atomic_dec_and_test(&tag->usage))
list_del_init(&tag->link);
else
tag = NULL;
up_write(&fscache_addremove_sem);
kfree(tag);
}
}
/*
* select a cache in which to store an object
* - the cache addremove semaphore must be at least read-locked by the caller
* - the object will never be an index
*/
struct fscache_cache *fscache_select_cache_for_object(
struct fscache_cookie *cookie)
{
struct fscache_cache_tag *tag;
struct fscache_object *object;
struct fscache_cache *cache;
_enter("");
if (list_empty(&fscache_cache_list)) {
_leave(" = NULL [no cache]");
return NULL;
}
/* we check the parent to determine the cache to use */
spin_lock(&cookie->lock);
/* the first in the parent's backing list should be the preferred
* cache */
if (!hlist_empty(&cookie->backing_objects)) {
object = hlist_entry(cookie->backing_objects.first,
struct fscache_object, cookie_link);
cache = object->cache;
if (object->state >= FSCACHE_OBJECT_DYING ||
test_bit(FSCACHE_IOERROR, &cache->flags))
cache = NULL;
spin_unlock(&cookie->lock);
_leave(" = %p [parent]", cache);
return cache;
}
/* the parent is unbacked */
if (cookie->def->type != FSCACHE_COOKIE_TYPE_INDEX) {
/* cookie not an index and is unbacked */
spin_unlock(&cookie->lock);
_leave(" = NULL [cookie ub,ni]");
return NULL;
}
spin_unlock(&cookie->lock);
if (!cookie->def->select_cache)
goto no_preference;
/* ask the netfs for its preference */
tag = cookie->def->select_cache(cookie->parent->netfs_data,
cookie->netfs_data);
if (!tag)
goto no_preference;
if (tag == ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM)) {
_leave(" = NULL [nomem tag]");
return NULL;
}
if (!tag->cache) {
_leave(" = NULL [unbacked tag]");
return NULL;
}
if (test_bit(FSCACHE_IOERROR, &tag->cache->flags))
return NULL;
_leave(" = %p [specific]", tag->cache);
return tag->cache;
no_preference:
/* netfs has no preference - just select first cache */
cache = list_entry(fscache_cache_list.next,
struct fscache_cache, link);
_leave(" = %p [first]", cache);
return cache;
}
/**
* fscache_init_cache - Initialise a cache record
* @cache: The cache record to be initialised
* @ops: The cache operations to be installed in that record
* @idfmt: Format string to define identifier
* @...: sprintf-style arguments
*
* Initialise a record of a cache and fill in the name.
*
* See Documentation/filesystems/caching/backend-api.txt for a complete
* description.
*/
void fscache_init_cache(struct fscache_cache *cache,
const struct fscache_cache_ops *ops,
const char *idfmt,
...)
{
va_list va;
memset(cache, 0, sizeof(*cache));
cache->ops = ops;
va_start(va, idfmt);
vsnprintf(cache->identifier, sizeof(cache->identifier), idfmt, va);
va_end(va);
INIT_WORK(&cache->op_gc, fscache_operation_gc);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cache->link);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cache->object_list);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cache->op_gc_list);
spin_lock_init(&cache->object_list_lock);
spin_lock_init(&cache->op_gc_list_lock);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(fscache_init_cache);
/**
* fscache_add_cache - Declare a cache as being open for business
* @cache: The record describing the cache
* @ifsdef: The record of the cache object describing the top-level index
* @tagname: The tag describing this cache
*
* Add a cache to the system, making it available for netfs's to use.
*
* See Documentation/filesystems/caching/backend-api.txt for a complete
* description.
*/
int fscache_add_cache(struct fscache_cache *cache,
struct fscache_object *ifsdef,
const char *tagname)
{
struct fscache_cache_tag *tag;
BUG_ON(!cache->ops);
BUG_ON(!ifsdef);
cache->flags = 0;
ifsdef->event_mask = ULONG_MAX & ~(1 << FSCACHE_OBJECT_EV_CLEARED);
ifsdef->state = FSCACHE_OBJECT_ACTIVE;
if (!tagname)
tagname = cache->identifier;
BUG_ON(!tagname[0]);
_enter("{%s.%s},,%s", cache->ops->name, cache->identifier, tagname);
/* we use the cache tag to uniquely identify caches */
tag = __fscache_lookup_cache_tag(tagname);
if (IS_ERR(tag))
goto nomem;
if (test_and_set_bit(FSCACHE_TAG_RESERVED, &tag->flags))
goto tag_in_use;
cache->kobj = kobject_create_and_add(tagname, fscache_root);
if (!cache->kobj)
goto error;
ifsdef->cookie = &fscache_fsdef_index;
ifsdef->cache = cache;
cache->fsdef = ifsdef;
down_write(&fscache_addremove_sem);
tag->cache = cache;
cache->tag = tag;
/* add the cache to the list */
list_add(&cache->link, &fscache_cache_list);
/* add the cache's netfs definition index object to the cache's
* list */
spin_lock(&cache->object_list_lock);
list_add_tail(&ifsdef->cache_link, &cache->object_list);
spin_unlock(&cache->object_list_lock);
/* add the cache's netfs definition index object to the top level index
* cookie as a known backing object */
spin_lock(&fscache_fsdef_index.lock);
hlist_add_head(&ifsdef->cookie_link,
&fscache_fsdef_index.backing_objects);
atomic_inc(&fscache_fsdef_index.usage);
/* done */
spin_unlock(&fscache_fsdef_index.lock);
up_write(&fscache_addremove_sem);
printk(KERN_NOTICE "FS-Cache: Cache \"%s\" added (type %s)\n",
cache->tag->name, cache->ops->name);
kobject_uevent(cache->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
_leave(" = 0 [%s]", cache->identifier);
return 0;
tag_in_use:
printk(KERN_ERR "FS-Cache: Cache tag '%s' already in use\n", tagname);
__fscache_release_cache_tag(tag);
_leave(" = -EXIST");
return -EEXIST;
error:
__fscache_release_cache_tag(tag);
_leave(" = -EINVAL");
return -EINVAL;
nomem:
_leave(" = -ENOMEM");
return -ENOMEM;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(fscache_add_cache);
/**
* fscache_io_error - Note a cache I/O error
* @cache: The record describing the cache
*
* Note that an I/O error occurred in a cache and that it should no longer be
* used for anything. This also reports the error into the kernel log.
*
* See Documentation/filesystems/caching/backend-api.txt for a complete
* description.
*/
void fscache_io_error(struct fscache_cache *cache)
{
set_bit(FSCACHE_IOERROR, &cache->flags);
printk(KERN_ERR "FS-Cache: Cache %s stopped due to I/O error\n",
cache->ops->name);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(fscache_io_error);
/*
* request withdrawal of all the objects in a cache
* - all the objects being withdrawn are moved onto the supplied list
*/
static void fscache_withdraw_all_objects(struct fscache_cache *cache,
struct list_head *dying_objects)
{
struct fscache_object *object;
spin_lock(&cache->object_list_lock);
while (!list_empty(&cache->object_list)) {
object = list_entry(cache->object_list.next,
struct fscache_object, cache_link);
list_move_tail(&object->cache_link, dying_objects);
_debug("withdraw %p", object->cookie);
spin_lock(&object->lock);
spin_unlock(&cache->object_list_lock);
fscache_raise_event(object, FSCACHE_OBJECT_EV_WITHDRAW);
spin_unlock(&object->lock);
cond_resched();
spin_lock(&cache->object_list_lock);
}
spin_unlock(&cache->object_list_lock);
}
/**
* fscache_withdraw_cache - Withdraw a cache from the active service
* @cache: The record describing the cache
*
* Withdraw a cache from service, unbinding all its cache objects from the
* netfs cookies they're currently representing.
*
* See Documentation/filesystems/caching/backend-api.txt for a complete
* description.
*/
void fscache_withdraw_cache(struct fscache_cache *cache)
{
LIST_HEAD(dying_objects);
_enter("");
printk(KERN_NOTICE "FS-Cache: Withdrawing cache \"%s\"\n",
cache->tag->name);
/* make the cache unavailable for cookie acquisition */
if (test_and_set_bit(FSCACHE_CACHE_WITHDRAWN, &cache->flags))
BUG();
down_write(&fscache_addremove_sem);
list_del_init(&cache->link);
cache->tag->cache = NULL;
up_write(&fscache_addremove_sem);
/* make sure all pages pinned by operations on behalf of the netfs are
* written to disk */
cache->ops->sync_cache(cache);
/* dissociate all the netfs pages backed by this cache from the block
* mappings in the cache */
cache->ops->dissociate_pages(cache);
/* we now have to destroy all the active objects pertaining to this
* cache - which we do by passing them off to thread pool to be
* disposed of */
_debug("destroy");
fscache_withdraw_all_objects(cache, &dying_objects);
/* wait for all extant objects to finish their outstanding operations
* and go away */
_debug("wait for finish");
wait_event(fscache_cache_cleared_wq,
atomic_read(&cache->object_count) == 0);
_debug("wait for clearance");
wait_event(fscache_cache_cleared_wq,
list_empty(&cache->object_list));
_debug("cleared");
ASSERT(list_empty(&dying_objects));
kobject_put(cache->kobj);
clear_bit(FSCACHE_TAG_RESERVED, &cache->tag->flags);
fscache_release_cache_tag(cache->tag);
cache->tag = NULL;
_leave("");
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(fscache_withdraw_cache);