fs: make the i_size_read/write helpers be smp_load_acquire/store_release()

In [Link] Linus mentions that acquire/release makes it clear which
_particular_ memory accesses are the ordered ones, and it's unlikely
to make any performance difference, so it's much better to pair up
the release->acquire ordering than have a "wmb->rmb" ordering.

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 update pagecache
 folio_mark_uptodate(folio)
   smp_wmb()
   set_bit PG_uptodate

 === ↑↑↑ STLR ↑↑↑ === smp_store_release(&inode->i_size, i_size)

 folio_test_uptodate(folio)
   test_bit PG_uptodate
   smp_rmb()

 === ↓↓↓ LDAR ↓↓↓ === smp_load_acquire(&inode->i_size)

 copy_page_to_iter()
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Calling smp_store_release() in i_size_write() ensures that the data
in the page and the PG_uptodate bit are updated before the isize is
updated, and calling smp_load_acquire() in i_size_read ensures that
it will not read a newer isize than the data in the page. Therefore,
this avoids buffered read-write inconsistencies caused by Load-Load
reordering.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wifOnmeJq+sn+2s-P46zw0SFEbw9BSCGgp2c5fYPtRPGw@mail.gmail.com/
Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1@huawei.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240124142857.4146716-2-libaokun1@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>

diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 4f6669147b9e8dd470ee9eeed4ad5d51e97becda..ebce4763b4bb9a8b12a788dcd0328017b7617d68 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -907,7 +907,8 @@ static inline loff_t i_size_read(const struct inode *inode)
        preempt_enable();
        return i_size;
 #else
-       return inode->i_size;
+       /* Pairs with smp_store_release() in i_size_write() */
+       return smp_load_acquire(&inode->i_size);
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -929,7 +930,12 @@ static inline void i_size_write(struct inode *inode, loff_t i_size)
        inode->i_size = i_size;
        preempt_enable();
 #else
-       inode->i_size = i_size;
+       /*
+        * Pairs with smp_load_acquire() in i_size_read() to ensure
+        * changes related to inode size (such as page contents) are
+        * visible before we see the changed inode size.
+        */
+       smp_store_release(&inode->i_size, i_size);
 #endif
 }