[PATCH v2 1/2] nfs: add nowait version of nfs_start_io_direct
From: Dylan Yudaken
Date: Sun Jun 07 2026 - 03:32:19 EST
nfs_start_io_direct might block on existing operations to the same
inode. In order to support NOWAIT O_DIRECT reads, add a non-blocking
version of this nfs_start_io_direct that just returns -EAGAIN if locks
could not be taken.
Signed-off-by: Dylan Yudaken <dyudaken@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/nfs/internal.h | 1 +
fs/nfs/io.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 42 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/internal.h b/fs/nfs/internal.h
index 18d46b0e71dd..0c9aca624353 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/internal.h
@@ -532,6 +532,7 @@ extern void nfs_end_io_read(struct inode *inode);
extern __must_check int nfs_start_io_write(struct inode *inode);
extern void nfs_end_io_write(struct inode *inode);
extern __must_check int nfs_start_io_direct(struct inode *inode);
+extern __must_check int nfs_start_io_direct_nowait(struct inode *inode);
extern void nfs_end_io_direct(struct inode *inode);
static inline bool nfs_file_io_is_buffered(struct nfs_inode *nfsi)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/io.c b/fs/nfs/io.c
index 8337f0ae852d..2faf2003faf6 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/io.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/io.c
@@ -109,6 +109,16 @@ static void nfs_block_buffered(struct nfs_inode *nfsi, struct inode *inode)
}
}
+static int nfs_block_buffered_nowait(struct nfs_inode *nfsi, struct inode *inode)
+{
+ if (!test_bit(NFS_INO_ODIRECT, &nfsi->flags)) {
+ if (inode->i_mapping->nrpages != 0)
+ return 1;
+ set_bit(NFS_INO_ODIRECT, &nfsi->flags);
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
/**
* nfs_start_io_direct - declare the file is being used for direct i/o
* @inode: file inode
@@ -149,6 +159,37 @@ nfs_start_io_direct(struct inode *inode)
return 0;
}
+/**
+ * nfs_start_io_direct_nowait - non-blocking variant of nfs_start_io_direct()
+ * @inode: file inode
+ *
+ * Try to declare that a direct I/O operation is about to start without
+ * blocking.
+ * Ensure all buffered I/O is blocked.
+ * If this could not be done without blocking then returns -EAGAIN.
+ */
+int
+nfs_start_io_direct_nowait(struct inode *inode)
+{
+ struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
+
+ if (!down_read_trylock(&inode->i_rwsem))
+ return -EAGAIN;
+ if (test_bit(NFS_INO_ODIRECT, &nfsi->flags))
+ return 0;
+ up_read(&inode->i_rwsem);
+
+ /* Slow path: try to flip NFS_INO_ODIRECT without blocking. */
+ if (!down_write_trylock(&inode->i_rwsem))
+ return -EAGAIN;
+ if (nfs_block_buffered_nowait(nfsi, inode)) {
+ up_write(&inode->i_rwsem);
+ return -EAGAIN;
+ }
+ downgrade_write(&inode->i_rwsem);
+ return 0;
+}
+
/**
* nfs_end_io_direct - declare that the direct i/o operation is done
* @inode: file inode
--
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