Re: [PATCH 1/3] f2fs: avoid redundant call to has_not_enough_free_secsin f2fs_gc

[Jaegeuk Kim]

2013-01-30 (ì), 22:47 +0900, Namjae Jeon:
> From: Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> After doing a write_checkpoint from garbage collection path if there is still
> need to do more garbage collection, gc_more label is used to jump and start
> the process again. And in that process, first step before getting victim is to
> check if there are not enough free sections, which is already done before
> doing a jump to gc_more. We can avoid the redundant call to check free
> sections, by checking the gc_type flag which will remain FG_GC(value 1) under
> this condition.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Amit Sahrawat <a.sahrawat@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/f2fs/gc.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
> index 9b5d0aa..0dfdaa5 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
> @@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ gc_more:
>  	if (!(sbi->sb->s_flags & MS_ACTIVE))
>  		goto stop;
>  
> -	if (has_not_enough_free_secs(sbi))
> +	if (!gc_type && has_not_enough_free_secs(sbi))

I applied this patch with the following change:
	if (gc_type == BG_GC && has_not_enough_free_secs(sbi))

Thank you. :)

>  		gc_type = FG_GC;
>  
>  	if (!__get_victim(sbi, &segno, gc_type, NO_CHECK_TYPE))

-- 
Jaegeuk Kim
Samsung

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