Re: [PATCH v3] f2fs: add fast symlink support

From: Jaegeuk Kim
Date: Fri Mar 20 2015 - 16:13:52 EST


Hi Wanpeng,

The Chao's patch is what I intended.

Could anyone of you enhance that patch?
If we use inline_data by default, we need another option to disable it.
Like "noinline_data"?

Thanks,

On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 11:17:17AM +0800, Chao Yu wrote:
> Hi Wanpeng,
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wanpeng Li [mailto:wanpeng.li@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 7:02 AM
> > To: Jaegeuk Kim
> > Cc: Wanpeng Li; Changman Lee; Chao Yu; linux-f2fs-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] f2fs: add fast symlink support
> >
> > Hi Jaegeuk,
> > On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 11:05:28AM -0700, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 04:58:52PM +0800, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> > >> Hi Jaegeuk,
> > >> On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 10:21:27AM -0700, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> > >> >> - err = page_symlink(inode, symname, symlen);
> > >> >> +
> > >> >> + if (symlen > MAX_FAST_SYMLINK_SIZE) {
> > >> >> + /* slow symlink */
> > >> >> + inode->i_op = &f2fs_symlink_inode_operations;
> > >> >> + inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &f2fs_dblock_aops;
> > >> >> + err = page_symlink(inode, symname, symlen);
> > >> >> + } else {
> > >> >> + /* fast symlink */
> > >> >> + struct page *node_page;
> > >> >> +
> > >> >> + inode->i_op = &f2fs_fast_symlink_inode_operations;
> > >> >> + node_page = get_node_page(sbi, inode->i_ino);
> > >> >> + memcpy((char *)&F2FS_INODE(node_page)->i_addr, symname, symlen);
> > >> >
> > >> >This is mostly likewise the inline_data flow.
> > >> >As of now, I can't recommend using any i_addr region, since we need to handle
> > >> >many cases such as truncation, roll-forward recovery, and fsck/dump tools.
> > >> >
> > >> >It is more sensible to enable inline_data by default, isn't it?
> > >>
> > >> Do you mean to replace the codes above by something like
> > >> f2fs_write_inline_data()?
> > >
> > >I meant the mount option, inline_data.
> > >Currently, f2fs doesn't set that option at mount time, but I thought that we
> > >can set it by default since it becomes stable.
> >
> > So I think you mean my codes should memcpy i_addr[1~872] instead of i_addr[0~872], right?
>
> I think what Jaegeuk means is that we can use inline_data in f2fs by default with
> patch like below firstly:
>
> >From a7320bfe94239ea4ceb193621a3a1a4d11a40d07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Chao Yu <chao2.yu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 10:02:08 +0800
> Subject: [PATCH] f2fs: use inline_data by default
>
> Use inline_data feature by default since it brings us better performance & space
> utilization and now it is already stable.
>
> Suggested-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <chao2.yu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/f2fs/super.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
> index fc6857f..8772d91 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
> @@ -991,6 +991,7 @@ try_onemore:
> sbi->active_logs = NR_CURSEG_TYPE;
>
> set_opt(sbi, BG_GC);
> + set_opt(sbi, INLINE_DATA);
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_F2FS_FS_XATTR
> set_opt(sbi, XATTR_USER);
> --
> 2.3.1
>
> Then we enable inline_data feature for symlink in f2fs_may_inline, after that
> by default our symlink created has inline_data flag in it, we treat small size
> symlink as an inline regular file, we can write its data page which is written
> in page_symlink into inode page like normal inline data procedure.
>
> Thanks,
>
> >
> > Regards,
> > Wanpeng Li
> >
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >
> > >>
> > >> Regards,
> > >> Wanpeng Li
> > >>
> > >> >
> > >> >Thanks,
> > >> >
> > >> >> + set_page_dirty(node_page);
> > >> >> + f2fs_put_page(node_page, 1);
> > >> >> + inode->i_size = symlen-1;
> > >> >> + set_inode_flag(F2FS_I(inode), FI_FAST_SYMLINK);
> > >> >> + mark_inode_dirty(inode);
> > >> >> + }
> > >> >> alloc_nid_done(sbi, inode->i_ino);
> > >> >>
> > >> >> d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
> > >> >> @@ -743,6 +774,20 @@ const struct inode_operations f2fs_symlink_inode_operations = {
> > >> >> #endif
> > >> >> };
> > >> >>
> > >> >> +const struct inode_operations f2fs_fast_symlink_inode_operations = {
> > >> >> + .readlink = generic_readlink,
> > >> >> + .follow_link = f2fs_follow_link,
> > >> >> + .put_link = page_put_link,
> > >> >> + .getattr = f2fs_getattr,
> > >> >> + .setattr = f2fs_setattr,
> > >> >> +#ifdef CONFIG_F2FS_FS_XATTR
> > >> >> + .setxattr = generic_setxattr,
> > >> >> + .getxattr = generic_getxattr,
> > >> >> + .listxattr = f2fs_listxattr,
> > >> >> + .removexattr = generic_removexattr,
> > >> >> +#endif
> > >> >> +};
> > >> >> +
> > >> >> const struct inode_operations f2fs_special_inode_operations = {
> > >> >> .getattr = f2fs_getattr,
> > >> >> .setattr = f2fs_setattr,
> > >> >> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
> > >> >> index 35a9117..efe28a2b 100644
> > >> >> --- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
> > >> >> +++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
> > >> >> @@ -908,8 +908,9 @@ void remove_inode_page(struct inode *inode)
> > >> >> }
> > >> >>
> > >> >> /* remove potential inline_data blocks */
> > >> >> - if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) || S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) ||
> > >> >> - S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
> > >> >> + if ((S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) || S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) ||
> > >> >> + S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) &&
> > >> >> + !f2fs_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode))
> > >> >> truncate_data_blocks_range(&dn, 1);
> > >> >>
> > >> >> /* 0 is possible, after f2fs_new_inode() has failed */
> > >> >> diff --git a/include/linux/f2fs_fs.h b/include/linux/f2fs_fs.h
> > >> >> index 502f28c..834880c 100644
> > >> >> --- a/include/linux/f2fs_fs.h
> > >> >> +++ b/include/linux/f2fs_fs.h
> > >> >> @@ -178,9 +178,11 @@ struct f2fs_extent {
> > >> >> #define F2FS_INLINE_DATA 0x02 /* file inline data flag */
> > >> >> #define F2FS_INLINE_DENTRY 0x04 /* file inline dentry flag */
> > >> >> #define F2FS_DATA_EXIST 0x08 /* file inline data exist flag */
> > >> >> +#define F2FS_FAST_SYMLINK 0x10 /* file fast symlink flag */
> > >> >>
> > >> >> #define MAX_INLINE_DATA (sizeof(__le32) * (DEF_ADDRS_PER_INODE - \
> > >> >> F2FS_INLINE_XATTR_ADDRS - 1))
> > >> >> +#define MAX_FAST_SYMLINK_SIZE (MAX_INLINE_DATA + 1)
> > >> >>
> > >> >> struct f2fs_inode {
> > >> >> __le16 i_mode; /* file mode */
> > >> >> --
> > >> >> 1.9.1
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