[PATCH 4/4] f2fs: call f2fs_balance_fs only when node was changed

[Jaegeuk Kim]

If user tries to update or read data, we don't need to call f2fs_balance_fs
which triggers f2fs_gc, which increases unnecessary long latency.

Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/f2fs/data.c   | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
 fs/f2fs/file.c   | 26 +++++++++-----------------
 fs/f2fs/inline.c |  4 ++++
 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index a7a9a05..8f8f8b0 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -509,7 +509,6 @@ static void __allocate_data_blocks(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset,
 	u64 end_offset;
 
 	while (len) {
-		f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
 		f2fs_lock_op(sbi);
 
 		/* When reading holes, we need its node page */
@@ -542,6 +541,9 @@ static void __allocate_data_blocks(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset,
 
 		f2fs_put_dnode(&dn);
 		f2fs_unlock_op(sbi);
+
+		if (dn.node_changed)
+			f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
 	}
 	return;
 
@@ -551,6 +553,8 @@ sync_out:
 	f2fs_put_dnode(&dn);
 out:
 	f2fs_unlock_op(sbi);
+	if (dn.node_changed)
+		f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
 	return;
 }
 
@@ -1410,8 +1414,6 @@ static int f2fs_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 
 	trace_f2fs_write_begin(inode, pos, len, flags);
 
-	f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
-
 	/*
 	 * We should check this at this moment to avoid deadlock on inode page
 	 * and #0 page. The locking rule for inline_data conversion should be:
@@ -1461,6 +1463,17 @@ put_next:
 	f2fs_put_dnode(&dn);
 	f2fs_unlock_op(sbi);
 
+	if (dn.node_changed && has_not_enough_free_secs(sbi, 0)) {
+		unlock_page(page);
+		f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
+		lock_page(page);
+		if (page->mapping != mapping) {
+			/* The page got truncated from under us */
+			f2fs_put_page(page, 1);
+			goto repeat;
+		}
+	}
+
 	f2fs_wait_on_page_writeback(page, DATA);
 
 	/* wait for GCed encrypted page writeback */
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 10ed357..dbc08bb 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ static int f2fs_vm_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	struct dnode_of_data dn;
 	int err;
 
-	f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
-
 	sb_start_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
 
 	f2fs_bug_on(sbi, f2fs_has_inline_data(inode));
@@ -57,6 +55,9 @@ static int f2fs_vm_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	f2fs_put_dnode(&dn);
 	f2fs_unlock_op(sbi);
 
+	if (dn.node_changed)
+		f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
+
 	file_update_time(vma->vm_file);
 	lock_page(page);
 	if (unlikely(page->mapping != inode->i_mapping ||
@@ -233,9 +234,6 @@ int f2fs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 		goto out;
 	}
 go_write:
-	/* guarantee free sections for fsync */
-	f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
-
 	/*
 	 * Both of fdatasync() and fsync() are able to be recovered from
 	 * sudden-power-off.
@@ -267,6 +265,8 @@ sync_nodes:
 	if (need_inode_block_update(sbi, ino)) {
 		mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode);
 		f2fs_write_inode(inode, NULL);
+
+		f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
 		goto sync_nodes;
 	}
 
@@ -946,8 +946,6 @@ static int f2fs_collapse_range(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 	if (offset & (F2FS_BLKSIZE - 1) || len & (F2FS_BLKSIZE - 1))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	f2fs_balance_fs(F2FS_I_SB(inode));
-
 	ret = f2fs_convert_inline_inode(inode);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -994,8 +992,6 @@ static int f2fs_zero_range(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t len,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
-
 	ret = f2fs_convert_inline_inode(inode);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -1105,12 +1101,12 @@ static int f2fs_insert_range(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 	if (offset & (F2FS_BLKSIZE - 1) || len & (F2FS_BLKSIZE - 1))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
-
 	ret = f2fs_convert_inline_inode(inode);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
+
 	ret = truncate_blocks(inode, i_size_read(inode), true);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -1153,8 +1149,6 @@ static int expand_inode_data(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset,
 	loff_t off_start, off_end;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
-
 	ret = inode_newsize_ok(inode, (len + offset));
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -1163,6 +1157,8 @@ static int expand_inode_data(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
+
 	pg_start = ((unsigned long long) offset) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 	pg_end = ((unsigned long long) offset + len) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 
@@ -1350,8 +1346,6 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_start_atomic_write(struct file *filp)
 	if (!inode_owner_or_capable(inode))
 		return -EACCES;
 
-	f2fs_balance_fs(F2FS_I_SB(inode));
-
 	if (f2fs_is_atomic_file(inode))
 		return 0;
 
@@ -1438,8 +1432,6 @@ static int f2fs_ioc_abort_volatile_write(struct file *filp)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	f2fs_balance_fs(F2FS_I_SB(inode));
-
 	clear_inode_flag(F2FS_I(inode), FI_ATOMIC_FILE);
 	clear_inode_flag(F2FS_I(inode), FI_VOLATILE_FILE);
 	commit_inmem_pages(inode, true);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inline.c b/fs/f2fs/inline.c
index 8090854..c24e5d9 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/inline.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/inline.c
@@ -202,6 +202,10 @@ out:
 	f2fs_unlock_op(sbi);
 
 	f2fs_put_page(page, 1);
+
+	if (dn.node_changed)
+		f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
+
 	return err;
 }
 
-- 
2.5.4 (Apple Git-61)

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