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()

fs/fs-writeback.c

@@ -432,6 +432,10 @@ static bool inode_do_switch_wbs(struct inode *inode,
 			long nr = folio_nr_pages(folio);
 			wb_stat_mod(old_wb, WB_RECLAIMABLE, -nr);
 			wb_stat_mod(new_wb, WB_RECLAIMABLE, nr);
+			if (folio_test_dropbehind(folio)) {
+				wb_stat_mod(old_wb, WB_DONTCACHE_DIRTY, -nr);
+				wb_stat_mod(new_wb, WB_DONTCACHE_DIRTY, nr);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -497,6 +501,23 @@ static bool inode_do_switch_wbs(struct inode *inode,
 	return switched;
 }
 
+static inline void cgroup_writeback_pin(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	atomic_inc(&sb->s_isw_nr_in_flight);
+}
+
+static inline void cgroup_writeback_unpin(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&sb->s_isw_nr_in_flight))
+		wake_up_var(&sb->s_isw_nr_in_flight);
+}
+
+static inline void cgroup_writeback_drain(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	wait_var_event(&sb->s_isw_nr_in_flight,
+		       !atomic_read(&sb->s_isw_nr_in_flight));
+}
+
 static void process_inode_switch_wbs(struct bdi_writeback *new_wb,
 				     struct inode_switch_wbs_context *isw)
 {
@@ -554,8 +575,12 @@ static void process_inode_switch_wbs(struct bdi_writeback *new_wb,
 		wb_put_many(old_wb, nr_switched);
 	}
 
-	for (inodep = isw->inodes; *inodep; inodep++)
+	for (inodep = isw->inodes; *inodep; inodep++) {
+		struct super_block *sb = (*inodep)->i_sb;
+
 		iput(*inodep);
+		cgroup_writeback_unpin(sb);
+	}
 	wb_put(new_wb);
 	kfree(isw);
 	atomic_dec(&isw_nr_in_flight);
@@ -598,16 +623,19 @@ void inode_switch_wbs_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 static bool inode_prepare_wbs_switch(struct inode *inode,
 				     struct bdi_writeback *new_wb)
 {
+	/* Avoid the atomic_inc/smp_mb dance once SB_ACTIVE is gone. */
+	if (!(inode->i_sb->s_flags & SB_ACTIVE))
+		return false;
+
 	/*
-	 * Paired with smp_mb() in cgroup_writeback_umount().
-	 * isw_nr_in_flight must be increased before checking SB_ACTIVE and
-	 * grabbing an inode, otherwise isw_nr_in_flight can be observed as 0
-	 * in cgroup_writeback_umount() and the isw_wq will be not flushed.
+	 * Pairs with smp_mb() in cgroup_writeback_umount(): the umounter either
+	 * sees a non-zero counter and waits, or we see SB_ACTIVE clear below.
 	 */
+	cgroup_writeback_pin(inode->i_sb);
 	smp_mb();
 
 	if (IS_DAX(inode))
-		return false;
+		goto out_unpin;
 
 	/* while holding I_WB_SWITCH, no one else can update the association */
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
@@ -615,13 +643,17 @@ static bool inode_prepare_wbs_switch(struct inode *inode,
 	    inode_state_read(inode) & (I_WB_SWITCH | I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE) ||
 	    inode_to_wb(inode) == new_wb) {
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-		return false;
+		goto out_unpin;
 	}
 	inode_state_set(inode, I_WB_SWITCH);
 	__iget(inode);
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 
 	return true;
+
+out_unpin:
+	cgroup_writeback_unpin(inode->i_sb);
+	return false;
 }
 
 static void wb_queue_isw(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
@@ -1198,36 +1230,27 @@ int cgroup_writeback_by_id(u64 bdi_id, int memcg_id,
 }
 
 /**
- * cgroup_writeback_umount - flush inode wb switches for umount
+ * cgroup_writeback_umount - wait for in-flight inode wb switches on @sb
  * @sb: target super_block
  *
- * This function is called when a super_block is about to be destroyed and
- * flushes in-flight inode wb switches.  An inode wb switch goes through
- * RCU and then workqueue, so the two need to be flushed in order to ensure
- * that all previously scheduled switches are finished.  As wb switches are
- * rare occurrences and synchronize_rcu() can take a while, perform
- * flushing iff wb switches are in flight.
+ * Wait until every inode wb switch that already passed the SB_ACTIVE
+ * check on this superblock has been completed by the worker.  Since
+ * SB_ACTIVE is cleared before this is called, no new switches can start
+ * for @sb, so s_isw_nr_in_flight will monotonically drop to zero.
  */
 void cgroup_writeback_umount(struct super_block *sb)
 {
-
 	if (!(sb->s_bdi->capabilities & BDI_CAP_WRITEBACK))
 		return;
 
 	/*
-	 * SB_ACTIVE should be reliably cleared before checking
-	 * isw_nr_in_flight, see generic_shutdown_super().
+	 * Pairs with smp_mb() in inode_prepare_wbs_switch(): we either observe
+	 * a non-zero counter and wait, or the switcher sees SB_ACTIVE clear
+	 * (cleared by generic_shutdown_super()) and bails before grabbing the
+	 * inode.
 	 */
 	smp_mb();
-
-	if (atomic_read(&isw_nr_in_flight)) {
-		/*
-		 * Use rcu_barrier() to wait for all pending callbacks to
-		 * ensure that all in-flight wb switches are in the workqueue.
-		 */
-		rcu_barrier();
-		flush_workqueue(isw_wq);
-	}
+	cgroup_writeback_drain(sb);
 }
 
 static int __init cgroup_writeback_init(void)
@@ -2373,6 +2396,27 @@ static long wb_check_start_all(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 	return nr_pages;
 }
 
+static long wb_check_start_dontcache(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
+{
+	long nr_pages;
+
+	if (!test_and_clear_bit(WB_start_dontcache, &wb->state))
+		return 0;
+
+	nr_pages = wb_stat_sum(wb, WB_DONTCACHE_DIRTY);
+	if (nr_pages) {
+		struct wb_writeback_work work = {
+			.nr_pages	= nr_pages,
+			.sync_mode	= WB_SYNC_NONE,
+			.range_cyclic	= 1,
+			.reason		= WB_REASON_DONTCACHE,
+		};
+
+		nr_pages = wb_writeback(wb, &work);
+	}
+
+	return nr_pages;
+}
 
 /*
  * Retrieve work items and do the writeback they describe
@@ -2394,6 +2438,11 @@ static long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 	 */
 	wrote += wb_check_start_all(wb);
 
+	/*
+	 * Check for dontcache writeback request
+	 */
+	wrote += wb_check_start_dontcache(wb);
+
 	/*
 	 * Check for periodic writeback, kupdated() style
 	 */
@@ -2468,6 +2517,43 @@ void wakeup_flusher_threads_bdi(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
+/**
+ * filemap_dontcache_kick_writeback - kick flusher for IOCB_DONTCACHE writes
+ * @mapping:	address_space that was just written to
+ *
+ * Kick the writeback flusher thread to expedite writeback of dontcache dirty
+ * pages. Queue writeback for the inode's wb for as many pages as there are
+ * dontcache pages, but don't restrict writeback to dontcache pages only.
+ *
+ * This significantly improves performance over either writing all wb's pages
+ * or writing only dontcache pages.  Although it doesn't guarantee quick
+ * writeback and reclaim of dontcache pages, it keeps the amount of dirty pages
+ * in check. Over longer term dontcache pages get written and reclaimed by
+ * background writeback even with this rough heuristic.
+ */
+void filemap_dontcache_kick_writeback(struct address_space *mapping)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
+	struct bdi_writeback *wb;
+	struct wb_lock_cookie cookie = {};
+	bool need_wakeup = false;
+
+	wb = unlocked_inode_to_wb_begin(inode, &cookie);
+	if (wb_has_dirty_io(wb) &&
+	    !test_bit(WB_start_dontcache, &wb->state) &&
+	    !test_and_set_bit(WB_start_dontcache, &wb->state)) {
+		wb_get(wb);
+		need_wakeup = true;
+	}
+	unlocked_inode_to_wb_end(inode, &cookie);
+
+	if (need_wakeup) {
+		wb_wakeup(wb);
+		wb_put(wb);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(filemap_dontcache_kick_writeback);
+
 /*
  * Wakeup the flusher threads to start writeback of all currently dirty pages
  */

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,
 };

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;

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;
 
 /*

include/trace/events/writeback.h

@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
 	EM( WB_REASON_PERIODIC,			"periodic")		\
 	EM( WB_REASON_FS_FREE_SPACE,		"fs_free_space")	\
 	EM( WB_REASON_FORKER_THREAD,		"forker_thread")	\
-	EMe(WB_REASON_FOREIGN_FLUSH,		"foreign_flush")
+	EM( WB_REASON_FOREIGN_FLUSH,		"foreign_flush")	\
+	EMe(WB_REASON_DONTCACHE,		"dontcache")
 
 WB_WORK_REASON
 

mm/filemap.c

@@ -2052,8 +2052,19 @@ struct folio *__filemap_get_folio_mpol(struct address_space *mapping,
 	if (!folio)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 	/* not an uncached lookup, clear uncached if set */
-	if (folio_test_dropbehind(folio) && !(fgp_flags & FGP_DONTCACHE))
-		folio_clear_dropbehind(folio);
+	if (!(fgp_flags & FGP_DONTCACHE) && folio_test_clear_dropbehind(folio)) {
+		if (folio_test_dirty(folio) &&
+		    mapping_can_writeback(mapping)) {
+			struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
+			struct bdi_writeback *wb;
+			struct wb_lock_cookie cookie = {};
+			long nr = folio_nr_pages(folio);
+
+			wb = unlocked_inode_to_wb_begin(inode, &cookie);
+			wb_stat_mod(wb, WB_DONTCACHE_DIRTY, -nr);
+			unlocked_inode_to_wb_end(inode, &cookie);
+		}
+	}
 	return folio;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__filemap_get_folio_mpol);

mm/huge_memory.c

@@ -3644,6 +3644,7 @@ static void __split_folio_to_order(struct folio *folio, int old_order,
 				 (1L << PG_arch_3) |
 #endif
 				 (1L << PG_dirty) |
+				 (1L << PG_dropbehind) |
 				 LRU_GEN_MASK | LRU_REFS_MASK));
 
 		if (handle_hwpoison &&

mm/page-writeback.c

@@ -2626,6 +2626,8 @@ static void folio_account_dirtied(struct folio *folio,
 		wb = inode_to_wb(inode);
 
 		lruvec_stat_mod_folio(folio, NR_FILE_DIRTY, nr);
+		if (folio_test_dropbehind(folio))
+			wb_stat_mod(wb, WB_DONTCACHE_DIRTY, nr);
 		__zone_stat_mod_folio(folio, NR_ZONE_WRITE_PENDING, nr);
 		__node_stat_mod_folio(folio, NR_DIRTIED, nr);
 		wb_stat_mod(wb, WB_RECLAIMABLE, nr);
@@ -2647,6 +2649,8 @@ void folio_account_cleaned(struct folio *folio, struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 	long nr = folio_nr_pages(folio);
 
 	lruvec_stat_mod_folio(folio, NR_FILE_DIRTY, -nr);
+	if (folio_test_dropbehind(folio))
+		wb_stat_mod(wb, WB_DONTCACHE_DIRTY, -nr);
 	zone_stat_mod_folio(folio, NR_ZONE_WRITE_PENDING, -nr);
 	wb_stat_mod(wb, WB_RECLAIMABLE, -nr);
 	task_io_account_cancelled_write(nr * PAGE_SIZE);
@@ -2916,6 +2920,8 @@ bool folio_clear_dirty_for_io(struct folio *folio)
 		if (folio_test_clear_dirty(folio)) {
 			long nr = folio_nr_pages(folio);
 			lruvec_stat_mod_folio(folio, NR_FILE_DIRTY, -nr);
+			if (folio_test_dropbehind(folio))
+				wb_stat_mod(wb, WB_DONTCACHE_DIRTY, -nr);
 			zone_stat_mod_folio(folio, NR_ZONE_WRITE_PENDING, -nr);
 			wb_stat_mod(wb, WB_RECLAIMABLE, -nr);
 			ret = true;