[PATCH 4/5] f2fs: introduce nr_pages_to_write for segment alignment

From: Jaegeuk Kim
Date: Tue Mar 18 2014 - 20:26:58 EST


This patch introduces nr_pages_to_write to align page writes to the segment
or other operational unit size, which can be tuned according to the system
environment.

Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk.kim@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c | 11 ++++++-----
fs/f2fs/data.c | 12 +++---------
fs/f2fs/node.c | 8 +++-----
fs/f2fs/segment.h | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
index aef32f3..2a00c94 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
@@ -187,18 +187,19 @@ 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 = nr_pages_to_skip(sbi, META);
- long written;
+ long diff, written;

/* collect a number of dirty meta pages and write together */
- if (wbc->for_kupdate || get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_META) < nrpages)
+ if (wbc->for_kupdate ||
+ get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_META) < nr_pages_to_skip(sbi, META))
goto skip_write;

/* if mounting is failed, skip writing node pages */
mutex_lock(&sbi->cp_mutex);
- written = sync_meta_pages(sbi, META, nrpages);
+ diff = nr_pages_to_write(sbi, META, wbc);
+ written = sync_meta_pages(sbi, META, wbc->nr_to_write);
mutex_unlock(&sbi->cp_mutex);
- wbc->nr_to_write -= written;
+ wbc->nr_to_write = max((long)0, wbc->nr_to_write - written - diff);
return 0;

skip_write:
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index 3bc3809..b0c923a 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -844,8 +844,6 @@ redirty_out:
return AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE;
}

-#define MAX_DESIRED_PAGES_WP 4096
-
static int __f2fs_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc,
void *data)
{
@@ -862,7 +860,7 @@ static int f2fs_write_data_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(inode->i_sb);
bool locked = false;
int ret;
- long excess_nrtw = 0, desired_nrtw;
+ long diff;

/* deal with chardevs and other special file */
if (!mapping->a_ops->writepage)
@@ -872,11 +870,7 @@ static int f2fs_write_data_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
get_dirty_dents(inode) < nr_pages_to_skip(sbi, DATA))
goto skip_write;

- if (wbc->nr_to_write < MAX_DESIRED_PAGES_WP) {
- desired_nrtw = MAX_DESIRED_PAGES_WP;
- excess_nrtw = desired_nrtw - wbc->nr_to_write;
- wbc->nr_to_write = desired_nrtw;
- }
+ diff = nr_pages_to_write(sbi, DATA, wbc);

if (!S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) {
mutex_lock(&sbi->writepages);
@@ -890,7 +884,7 @@ static int f2fs_write_data_pages(struct address_space *mapping,

remove_dirty_dir_inode(inode);

- wbc->nr_to_write -= excess_nrtw;
+ wbc->nr_to_write = max((long)0, wbc->nr_to_write - diff);
return ret;

skip_write:
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
index 7cc146b..5e9c38e 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ static int f2fs_write_node_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
struct writeback_control *wbc)
{
struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(mapping->host->i_sb);
- long nr_to_write = wbc->nr_to_write;
+ long diff;

/* balancing f2fs's metadata in background */
f2fs_balance_fs_bg(sbi);
@@ -1211,12 +1211,10 @@ static int f2fs_write_node_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
if (get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_NODES) < nr_pages_to_skip(sbi, NODE))
goto skip_write;

- /* if mounting is failed, skip writing node pages */
- wbc->nr_to_write = 3 * max_hw_blocks(sbi);
+ diff = nr_pages_to_write(sbi, NODE, wbc);
wbc->sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE;
sync_node_pages(sbi, 0, wbc);
- wbc->nr_to_write = nr_to_write - (3 * max_hw_blocks(sbi) -
- wbc->nr_to_write);
+ wbc->nr_to_write = max((long)0, wbc->nr_to_write - diff);
return 0;

skip_write:
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.h b/fs/f2fs/segment.h
index bbd9761..9fc46ee 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.h
@@ -683,3 +683,27 @@ static inline int nr_pages_to_skip(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int type)
else
return 0;
}
+
+/*
+ * When writing pages, it'd better align nr_to_write for segment size.
+ */
+static inline long nr_pages_to_write(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int type,
+ struct writeback_control *wbc)
+{
+ long nr_to_write, desired;
+
+ if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_NONE)
+ return 0;
+
+ nr_to_write = wbc->nr_to_write;
+
+ if (type == DATA)
+ desired = 4096;
+ else if (type == NODE)
+ desired = 3 * max_hw_blocks(sbi);
+ else
+ desired = MAX_BIO_BLOCKS(max_hw_blocks(sbi));
+
+ wbc->nr_to_write = desired;
+ return desired - nr_to_write;
+}
--
1.8.4.474.g128a96c

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