cifs: vary timeout on writes past EOF based on offset (try #5)

This is the fourth version of this patch:

The first three generated a compiler warning asking for explicit curly
braces.

The first two didn't handle update the size correctly when writes that
didn't start at the eof were done.

The first patch also didn't update the size correctly when it explicitly
set via truncate().

This patch adds code to track the client's current understanding of the
size of the file on the server separate from the i_size, and then to use
this info to semi-intelligently set the timeout for writes past the EOF.

This helps prevent timeouts when trying to write large, sparse files on
windows servers.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <sfrench@us.ibm.com>

1 files changed, 50 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index 81747acca4c4..dfd3e6c52a1e 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -971,6 +971,40 @@ int cifs_lock(struct file *file, int cmd, struct file_lock *pfLock)
         return rc;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Set the timeout on write requests past EOF. For some servers (Windows)
+ * these calls can be very long.
+ *
+ * If we're writing >10M past the EOF we give a 180s timeout. Anything less
+ * than that gets a 45s timeout. Writes not past EOF get 15s timeouts.
+ * The 10M cutoff is totally arbitrary. A better scheme for this would be
+ * welcome if someone wants to suggest one.
+ *
+ * We may be able to do a better job with this if there were some way to
+ * declare that a file should be sparse.
+ */
+static int
+cifs_write_timeout(struct cifsInodeInfo *cifsi, loff_t offset)
+{
+        if (offset <= cifsi->server_eof)
+                return CIFS_STD_OP;
+        else if (offset > (cifsi->server_eof + (10 * 1024 * 1024)))
+                return CIFS_VLONG_OP;
+        else
+                return CIFS_LONG_OP;
+}
+
+/* update the file size (if needed) after a write */
+static void
+cifs_update_eof(struct cifsInodeInfo *cifsi, loff_t offset,
+                      unsigned int bytes_written)
+{
+        loff_t end_of_write = offset + bytes_written;
+
+        if (end_of_write > cifsi->server_eof)
+                cifsi->server_eof = end_of_write;
+}
+
 ssize_t cifs_user_write(struct file *file, const char __user *write_data,
         size_t write_size, loff_t *poffset)
 {
@@ -981,6 +1015,7 @@ ssize_t cifs_user_write(struct file *file, const char __user *write_data,
         struct cifsTconInfo *pTcon;
         int xid, long_op;
         struct cifsFileInfo *open_file;
+        struct cifsInodeInfo *cifsi = CIFS_I(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
 
         cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(file->f_path.dentry->d_sb);
 
@@ -1000,11 +1035,7 @@ ssize_t cifs_user_write(struct file *file, const char __user *write_data,
 
         xid = GetXid();
 
-        if (*poffset > file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_size)
-                long_op = CIFS_VLONG_OP; /* writes past EOF take long time */
-        else
-                long_op = CIFS_LONG_OP;
-
+        long_op = cifs_write_timeout(cifsi, *poffset);
         for (total_written = 0; write_size > total_written;
              total_written += bytes_written) {
                 rc = -EAGAIN;
@@ -1048,8 +1079,10 @@ ssize_t cifs_user_write(struct file *file, const char __user *write_data,
                                 FreeXid(xid);
                                 return rc;
                         }
-                } else
+                } else {
+                        cifs_update_eof(cifsi, *poffset, bytes_written);
                         *poffset += bytes_written;
+                }
                 long_op = CIFS_STD_OP; /* subsequent writes fast -
                                     15 seconds is plenty */
         }
@@ -1085,6 +1118,7 @@ static ssize_t cifs_write(struct file *file, const char *write_data,
         struct cifsTconInfo *pTcon;
         int xid, long_op;
         struct cifsFileInfo *open_file;
+        struct cifsInodeInfo *cifsi = CIFS_I(file->f_path.dentry->d_inode);
 
         cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(file->f_path.dentry->d_sb);
 
@@ -1099,11 +1133,7 @@ static ssize_t cifs_write(struct file *file, const char *write_data,
 
         xid = GetXid();
 
-        if (*poffset > file->f_path.dentry->d_inode->i_size)
-                long_op = CIFS_VLONG_OP; /* writes past EOF can be slow */
-        else
-                long_op = CIFS_LONG_OP;
-
+        long_op = cifs_write_timeout(cifsi, *poffset);
         for (total_written = 0; write_size > total_written;
              total_written += bytes_written) {
                 rc = -EAGAIN;
@@ -1166,8 +1196,10 @@ static ssize_t cifs_write(struct file *file, const char *write_data,
                                 FreeXid(xid);
                                 return rc;
                         }
-                } else
+                } else {
+                        cifs_update_eof(cifsi, *poffset, bytes_written);
                         *poffset += bytes_written;
+                }
                 long_op = CIFS_STD_OP; /* subsequent writes fast -
                                     15 seconds is plenty */
         }
@@ -1380,11 +1412,12 @@ static int cifs_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
         int nr_pages;
         __u64 offset = 0;
         struct cifsFileInfo *open_file;
+        struct cifsInodeInfo *cifsi = CIFS_I(mapping->host);
         struct page *page;
         struct pagevec pvec;
         int rc = 0;
         int scanned = 0;
-        int xid;
+        int xid, long_op;
 
         cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(mapping->host->i_sb);
 
@@ -1528,12 +1561,15 @@ retry:
                                 cERROR(1, ("No writable handles for inode"));
                                 rc = -EBADF;
                         } else {
+                                long_op = cifs_write_timeout(cifsi, offset);
                                 rc = CIFSSMBWrite2(xid, cifs_sb->tcon,
                                                    open_file->netfid,
                                                    bytes_to_write, offset,
                                                    &bytes_written, iov, n_iov,
-                                                   CIFS_LONG_OP);
+                                                   long_op);
                                 atomic_dec(&open_file->wrtPending);
+                                cifs_update_eof(cifsi, offset, bytes_written);
+
                                 if (rc || bytes_written < bytes_to_write) {
                                         cERROR(1, ("Write2 ret %d, wrote %d",
                                                   rc, bytes_written));