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authorJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>2020-02-01 09:22:49 -0700
committerJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>2020-02-03 17:27:47 -0700
commit3e69426da2599677ebbe76e2d97a606c4797bd74 (patch)
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parent1a417f4e618e05fba29ba222f1e8555c302376ce (diff)
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io_uring: punt even fadvise() WILLNEED to async context
Andres correctly points out that read-ahead can block, if it needs to read in meta data (or even just through the page cache page allocations). Play it safe for now and just ensure WILLNEED is also punted to async context. While in there, allow the file settings hints from non-blocking context. They don't need to start/do IO, and we can safely do them inline. Fixes: 4840e418c2fc ("io_uring: add IORING_OP_FADVISE") Reported-by: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/io_uring.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/io_uring.c13
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index b9c9e04cc1cb..1580f1e7ba1c 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -2730,9 +2730,16 @@ static int io_fadvise(struct io_kiocb *req, struct io_kiocb **nxt,
struct io_fadvise *fa = &req->fadvise;
int ret;
- /* DONTNEED may block, others _should_ not */
- if (fa->advice == POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED && force_nonblock)
- return -EAGAIN;
+ if (force_nonblock) {
+ switch (fa->advice) {
+ case POSIX_FADV_NORMAL:
+ case POSIX_FADV_RANDOM:
+ case POSIX_FADV_SEQUENTIAL:
+ break;
+ default:
+ return -EAGAIN;
+ }
+ }
ret = vfs_fadvise(req->file, fa->offset, fa->len, fa->advice);
if (ret < 0)