RE: [f2fs-dev][PATCH 3/4] f2fs: readahead contiguous current summary blocks in checkpoint

From: Chao Yu
Date: Tue Dec 09 2014 - 01:15:41 EST


Hi Jaegeuk,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jaegeuk Kim [mailto:jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 3:09 AM
> To: Chao Yu
> Cc: Changman Lee; linux-f2fs-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev][PATCH 3/4] f2fs: readahead contiguous current summary blocks in
> checkpoint
>
> Hi Chao,
>
> On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 03:01:16PM +0800, Chao Yu wrote:
> > Let's add readahead code for reading contiguous compact/normal summary blocks
> > in checkpoint, then we will gain better performance in mount procedure.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <chao2.yu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c | 2 +-
> > fs/f2fs/f2fs.h | 2 +-
> > fs/f2fs/segment.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
> > 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
> > index e0ff75e..aa2a21c 100644
> > --- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
> > +++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
> > @@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ static void do_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct cp_control
> *cpc)
> > ckpt->next_free_nid = cpu_to_le32(last_nid);
> >
> > /* 2 cp + n data seg summary + orphan inode blocks */
> > - data_sum_blocks = npages_for_summary_flush(sbi);
> > + data_sum_blocks = npages_for_summary_flush(sbi, false);
> > if (data_sum_blocks < NR_CURSEG_DATA_TYPE)
> > set_ckpt_flags(ckpt, CP_COMPACT_SUM_FLAG);
> > else
> > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> > index d042813..fc88e8a 100644
> > --- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> > +++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> > @@ -1393,7 +1393,7 @@ void refresh_sit_entry(struct f2fs_sb_info *, block_t, block_t);
> > void clear_prefree_segments(struct f2fs_sb_info *);
> > void release_discard_addrs(struct f2fs_sb_info *);
> > void discard_next_dnode(struct f2fs_sb_info *, block_t);
> > -int npages_for_summary_flush(struct f2fs_sb_info *);
> > +int npages_for_summary_flush(struct f2fs_sb_info *, bool);
> > void allocate_new_segments(struct f2fs_sb_info *);
> > int f2fs_trim_fs(struct f2fs_sb_info *, struct fstrim_range *);
> > struct page *get_sum_page(struct f2fs_sb_info *, unsigned int);
> > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> > index 9a33e34..e3bec6e 100644
> > --- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> > +++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> > @@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ static void __add_sum_entry(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int type,
> > /*
> > * Calculate the number of current summary pages for writing
> > */
> > -int npages_for_summary_flush(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
> > +int npages_for_summary_flush(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, bool for_ra)
> > {
> > int valid_sum_count = 0;
> > int i, sum_in_page;
> > @@ -739,8 +739,13 @@ int npages_for_summary_flush(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
> > for (i = CURSEG_HOT_DATA; i <= CURSEG_COLD_DATA; i++) {
> > if (sbi->ckpt->alloc_type[i] == SSR)
> > valid_sum_count += sbi->blocks_per_seg;
> > - else
> > - valid_sum_count += curseg_blkoff(sbi, i);
> > + else {
> > + if (unlikely(for_ra))
>
> IMO, unlikely is not appropriate for here.

I suppose that for readonly f2fs image, unlikely is not appropriate, as
we always execute the if part when mount.
Anyway, I will remove this and resend the patch.
Thanks for your review!

Regards,
Yu

>
> Thanks,


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