[PATCH 09/11] fs: Use RCU lookups for inode cache

From: Dave Chinner
Date: Wed Jul 31 2013 - 00:18:16 EST


From: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx>

Convert inode cache lookups to be protected by RCU locking rather
than the global inode_hash_lock. This will improve scalability of
inode lookup intensive workloads.

Tested w/ ext4 and btrfs on concurrent fsmark/lookup/unlink
workloads only. It removes the inode hash lock from the inode lookup
paths, but does not solve the problem of the inode hash lock being a
bottleneck on the inode cache insert/remove paths.

Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/inode.c | 76 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 7eea591..810386e 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ void __insert_inode_hash(struct inode *inode, unsigned long hashval)

spin_lock(&inode_hash_lock);
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
- hlist_add_head(&inode->i_hash, b);
+ hlist_add_head_rcu(&inode->i_hash, b);
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
spin_unlock(&inode_hash_lock);
}
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ void __remove_inode_hash(struct inode *inode)
{
spin_lock(&inode_hash_lock);
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
- hlist_del_init(&inode->i_hash);
+ hlist_del_init_rcu(&inode->i_hash);
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
spin_unlock(&inode_hash_lock);
}
@@ -776,13 +776,18 @@ static void __wait_on_freeing_inode(struct inode *inode);
static struct inode *find_inode(struct super_block *sb,
struct hlist_head *head,
int (*test)(struct inode *, void *),
- void *data)
+ void *data, bool locked)
{
struct inode *inode = NULL;

repeat:
- hlist_for_each_entry(inode, head, i_hash) {
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(inode, head, i_hash) {
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+ if (inode_unhashed(inode)) {
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+ continue;
+ }
if (inode->i_sb != sb) {
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
continue;
@@ -792,13 +797,20 @@ repeat:
continue;
}
if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE)) {
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ if (locked)
+ spin_unlock(&inode_hash_lock);
__wait_on_freeing_inode(inode);
+ if (locked)
+ spin_lock(&inode_hash_lock);
goto repeat;
}
__iget(inode);
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
return inode;
}
+ rcu_read_unlock();
return NULL;
}

@@ -807,13 +819,19 @@ repeat:
* iget_locked for details.
*/
static struct inode *find_inode_fast(struct super_block *sb,
- struct hlist_head *head, unsigned long ino)
+ struct hlist_head *head,
+ unsigned long ino, bool locked)
{
struct inode *inode = NULL;

repeat:
- hlist_for_each_entry(inode, head, i_hash) {
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(inode, head, i_hash) {
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+ if (inode_unhashed(inode)) {
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+ continue;
+ }
if (inode->i_ino != ino) {
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
continue;
@@ -823,13 +841,20 @@ repeat:
continue;
}
if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE)) {
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ if (locked)
+ spin_unlock(&inode_hash_lock);
__wait_on_freeing_inode(inode);
+ if (locked)
+ spin_lock(&inode_hash_lock);
goto repeat;
}
__iget(inode);
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
return inode;
}
+ rcu_read_unlock();
return NULL;
}

@@ -984,9 +1009,7 @@ struct inode *iget5_locked(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long hashval,
struct hlist_head *head = inode_hashtable + hash(sb, hashval);
struct inode *inode;

- spin_lock(&inode_hash_lock);
- inode = find_inode(sb, head, test, data);
- spin_unlock(&inode_hash_lock);
+ inode = find_inode(sb, head, test, data, false);

if (inode) {
wait_on_inode(inode);
@@ -998,8 +1021,7 @@ struct inode *iget5_locked(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long hashval,
struct inode *old;

spin_lock(&inode_hash_lock);
- /* We released the lock, so.. */
- old = find_inode(sb, head, test, data);
+ old = find_inode(sb, head, test, data, true);
if (!old) {
if (set(inode, data))
goto set_failed;
@@ -1054,9 +1076,7 @@ struct inode *iget_locked(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
struct hlist_head *head = inode_hashtable + hash(sb, ino);
struct inode *inode;

- spin_lock(&inode_hash_lock);
- inode = find_inode_fast(sb, head, ino);
- spin_unlock(&inode_hash_lock);
+ inode = find_inode_fast(sb, head, ino, false);
if (inode) {
wait_on_inode(inode);
return inode;
@@ -1067,8 +1087,7 @@ struct inode *iget_locked(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
struct inode *old;

spin_lock(&inode_hash_lock);
- /* We released the lock, so.. */
- old = find_inode_fast(sb, head, ino);
+ old = find_inode_fast(sb, head, ino, true);
if (!old) {
inode->i_ino = ino;
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
@@ -1110,14 +1129,15 @@ static int test_inode_iunique(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
struct hlist_head *b = inode_hashtable + hash(sb, ino);
struct inode *inode;

- spin_lock(&inode_hash_lock);
- hlist_for_each_entry(inode, b, i_hash) {
- if (inode->i_ino == ino && inode->i_sb == sb) {
- spin_unlock(&inode_hash_lock);
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(inode, b, i_hash) {
+ if (inode->i_ino == ino && inode->i_sb == sb &&
+ !inode_unhashed(inode)) {
+ rcu_read_unlock();
return 0;
}
}
- spin_unlock(&inode_hash_lock);
+ rcu_read_unlock();

return 1;
}
@@ -1198,13 +1218,8 @@ struct inode *ilookup5_nowait(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long hashval,
int (*test)(struct inode *, void *), void *data)
{
struct hlist_head *head = inode_hashtable + hash(sb, hashval);
- struct inode *inode;
-
- spin_lock(&inode_hash_lock);
- inode = find_inode(sb, head, test, data);
- spin_unlock(&inode_hash_lock);

- return inode;
+ return find_inode(sb, head, test, data, false);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ilookup5_nowait);

@@ -1249,10 +1264,7 @@ struct inode *ilookup(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
struct hlist_head *head = inode_hashtable + hash(sb, ino);
struct inode *inode;

- spin_lock(&inode_hash_lock);
- inode = find_inode_fast(sb, head, ino);
- spin_unlock(&inode_hash_lock);
-
+ inode = find_inode_fast(sb, head, ino, false);
if (inode)
wait_on_inode(inode);
return inode;
@@ -1696,10 +1708,8 @@ static void __wait_on_freeing_inode(struct inode *inode)
wq = bit_waitqueue(&inode->i_state, __I_NEW);
prepare_to_wait(wq, &wait.wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
- spin_unlock(&inode_hash_lock);
schedule();
finish_wait(wq, &wait.wait);
- spin_lock(&inode_hash_lock);
}

static __initdata unsigned long ihash_entries;
--
1.8.3.2

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