On 05/04, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Thu 04-05-17 09:32:11, Jan Kara wrote:
> > On Wed 03-05-17 14:22:46, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> > > Hi Jan,
> > > 
> > > On 05/02, Jan Kara wrote:
> > > > Commit b685d3d65ac7 "block: treat REQ_FUA and REQ_PREFLUSH as
> > > > synchronous" removed REQ_SYNC flag from WRITE_{FUA|PREFLUSH|...}
> > > > definitions.  generic_make_request_checks() however strips REQ_FUA and
> > > > REQ_PREFLUSH flags from a bio when the storage doesn't report volatile
> > > > write cache and thus write effectively becomes asynchronous which can
> > > > lead to performance regressions.
> > > > 
> > > > Fix the problem by making sure all bios which are synchronous are
> > > > properly marked with REQ_SYNC.
> > > > 
> > > > Fixes: b685d3d65ac791406e0dfd8779cc9b3707fea5a3
> > > 
> > > Looks good to me. Thank you for the patch.
> > > BTW, does this need cc to stable?
> > > 
> > > Cc: [email protected] # 4.9+
> > 
> > Yeah, good point. Added.
> 
> BTW: Will you take the patch through your tree or should I take care of
> merging it?

Let me merge this patch with cc, if you don't mind.

Thanks,

> 
>                                                               Honza
> 
> > > > CC: Jaegeuk Kim <[email protected]>
> > > > CC: [email protected]
> > > > Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]>
> > > > ---
> > > >  fs/f2fs/data.c    | 2 +-
> > > >  fs/f2fs/segment.c | 2 +-
> > > >  fs/f2fs/super.c   | 2 +-
> > > >  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
> > > > index 1602b4bccae6..dd24476e8d2c 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
> > > > +++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
> > > > @@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ static void __f2fs_submit_merged_bio(struct 
> > > > f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
> > > >         if (type >= META_FLUSH) {
> > > >                 io->fio.type = META_FLUSH;
> > > >                 io->fio.op = REQ_OP_WRITE;
> > > > -               io->fio.op_flags = REQ_META | REQ_PRIO;
> > > > +               io->fio.op_flags = REQ_META | REQ_PRIO | REQ_SYNC;
> > > >                 if (!test_opt(sbi, NOBARRIER))
> > > >                         io->fio.op_flags |= REQ_PREFLUSH | REQ_FUA;
> > > >         }
> > > > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> > > > index 29ef7088c558..0c24cec55dc9 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> > > > +++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> > > > @@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ static int __submit_flush_wait(struct block_device 
> > > > *bdev)
> > > >         struct bio *bio = f2fs_bio_alloc(0);
> > > >         int ret;
> > > >  
> > > > -       bio->bi_opf = REQ_OP_WRITE | REQ_PREFLUSH;
> > > > +       bio->bi_opf = REQ_OP_WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_PREFLUSH;
> > > >         bio->bi_bdev = bdev;
> > > >         ret = submit_bio_wait(bio);
> > > >         bio_put(bio);
> > > > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
> > > > index 96fe8ed73100..fa5af1f04798 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
> > > > +++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
> > > > @@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ static int __f2fs_commit_super(struct buffer_head 
> > > > *bh,
> > > >         unlock_buffer(bh);
> > > >  
> > > >         /* it's rare case, we can do fua all the time */
> > > > -       return __sync_dirty_buffer(bh, REQ_PREFLUSH | REQ_FUA);
> > > > +       return __sync_dirty_buffer(bh, REQ_SYNC | REQ_PREFLUSH | 
> > > > REQ_FUA);
> > > >  }
> > > >  
> > > >  static inline bool sanity_check_area_boundary(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
> > > > -- 
> > > > 2.12.0
> > -- 
> > Jan Kara <[email protected]>
> > SUSE Labs, CR
> -- 
> Jan Kara <[email protected]>
> SUSE Labs, CR

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