[PATCH 2/5] f2fs: avoid small data writes by skipping writepages

From: Jaegeuk Kim
Date: Tue Mar 18 2014 - 20:26:26 EST


This patch introduces nr_pages_to_skip(sbi, type) to determine writepages can
be skipped.
The dentry, node, and meta pages can be conrolled by F2FS without breaking the
FS consistency.

Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk.kim@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c | 4 ++--
fs/f2fs/data.c | 4 ++++
fs/f2fs/node.c | 8 +-------
fs/f2fs/segment.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
index 4c0e98d..1f52b70 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ static int f2fs_write_meta_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
struct writeback_control *wbc)
{
struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(mapping->host->i_sb);
- int nrpages = MAX_BIO_BLOCKS(max_hw_blocks(sbi));
+ int nrpages = nr_pages_to_skip(sbi, META);
long written;

if (wbc->for_kupdate)
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ retry:
inode = igrab(entry->inode);
spin_unlock(&sbi->dir_inode_lock);
if (inode) {
- filemap_flush(inode->i_mapping);
+ filemap_fdatawrite(inode->i_mapping);
iput(inode);
} else {
/*
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index 101b4cd..e3b7cfa 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -868,6 +868,10 @@ static int f2fs_write_data_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
if (!mapping->a_ops->writepage)
return 0;

+ if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE &&
+ get_dirty_dents(inode) < nr_pages_to_skip(sbi, DATA))
+ return 0;
+
if (wbc->nr_to_write < MAX_DESIRED_PAGES_WP) {
desired_nrtw = MAX_DESIRED_PAGES_WP;
excess_nrtw = desired_nrtw - wbc->nr_to_write;
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
index 3e36240..cb514f1 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -1198,12 +1198,6 @@ redirty_out:
return AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE;
}

-/*
- * It is very important to gather dirty pages and write at once, so that we can
- * submit a big bio without interfering other data writes.
- * Be default, 512 pages (2MB) * 3 node types, is more reasonable.
- */
-#define COLLECT_DIRTY_NODES 1536
static int f2fs_write_node_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
struct writeback_control *wbc)
{
@@ -1214,7 +1208,7 @@ static int f2fs_write_node_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
f2fs_balance_fs_bg(sbi);

/* collect a number of dirty node pages and write together */
- if (get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_NODES) < COLLECT_DIRTY_NODES)
+ if (get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_NODES) < nr_pages_to_skip(sbi, NODE))
return 0;

/* if mounting is failed, skip writing node pages */
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.h b/fs/f2fs/segment.h
index c3d5e36..bbd9761 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.h
@@ -664,3 +664,22 @@ static inline unsigned int max_hw_blocks(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
return SECTOR_TO_BLOCK(sbi, queue_max_sectors(q));
}
+
+/*
+ * It is very important to gather dirty pages and write at once, so that we can
+ * submit a big bio without interfering other data writes.
+ * By default, 512 pages for directory data,
+ * 512 pages (2MB) * 3 for three types of nodes, and
+ * max_bio_blocks for meta are set.
+ */
+static inline int nr_pages_to_skip(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int type)
+{
+ if (type == DATA)
+ return sbi->blocks_per_seg;
+ else if (type == NODE)
+ return 3 * sbi->blocks_per_seg;
+ else if (type == META)
+ return MAX_BIO_BLOCKS(max_hw_blocks(sbi));
+ else
+ return 0;
+}
--
1.8.4.474.g128a96c

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