From d16519a561f4ccc2cebbf52831435833cac1fec6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tal Zussman Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2026 12:50:12 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] block: honor IOCB_NOWAIT in the block device buffered read path blkdev_read_iter() takes inode_lock_shared() unconditionally around filemap_read(). Unlike blkdev_write_iter(), it does not reject IOCB_NOWAIT for buffered I/O, so a non-blocking read, or the buffered tail of a short IOCB_NOWAIT direct read, blocks behind set_blocksize() holding i_rwsem across sync_blockdev(). A preadv2(RWF_NOWAIT) issued while another thread changes the block size with a dirty page cache blocks for as long as sync_blockdev() takes, 4 to 6 seconds on a scsi_debug device with delay=5. Use inode_trylock_shared() for IOCB_NOWAIT and return the bytes the direct path already read, or -EAGAIN if none, when the lock is contended, preserving NOWAIT semantics. Fixes: c0e473a0d226 ("block: fix race between set_blocksize and read paths") Reported-by: Sashiko Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260802-blkdev-fixes-v1-0-a82fc549fd74%40columbia.edu?part=2 Assisted-by: Claude:claude-fable-5 Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Tal Zussman Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261009-blkdev-fixes-v6-4-307939c387df@columbia.edu Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- block/fops.c | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/block/fops.c b/block/fops.c index 9c556bd08c6b..2022c7cb2ee3 100644 --- a/block/fops.c +++ b/block/fops.c @@ -873,7 +873,15 @@ static ssize_t blkdev_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to) * Take i_rwsem and invalidate_lock to avoid racing with set_blocksize * changing i_blkbits/folio order and punching out the pagecache. */ - inode_lock_shared(bd_inode); + if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) { + if (!inode_trylock_shared(bd_inode)) { + if (!ret) + ret = -EAGAIN; + goto reexpand; + } + } else { + inode_lock_shared(bd_inode); + } ret = filemap_read(iocb, to, ret); inode_unlock_shared(bd_inode);