Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] f2fs: introduce f2fs_submit_merged_bio_cond

From: Jaegeuk Kim
Date: Sat Jan 23 2016 - 15:22:00 EST


Hi Chao,

Could you review this patch again?
I just got a panic from this patch.
I have not much time to dig this, so couldn't remain more specific info.
Let me test this later.

Thanks,

On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 06:28:11PM +0800, Chao Yu wrote:
> f2fs use single bio buffer per type data (META/NODE/DATA) for caching
> writes locating in continuous block address as many as possible, after
> submitting, these writes may be still cached in bio buffer, so we have
> to flush cached writes in bio buffer by calling f2fs_submit_merged_bio.
>
> Unfortunately, in the scenario of high concurrency, bio buffer could be
> flushed by someone else before we submit it as below reasons:
> a) there is no space in bio buffer.
> b) add a request of different type (SYNC, ASYNC).
> c) add a discontinuous block address.
>
> For this condition, f2fs_submit_merged_bio will be devastating, because
> it could break the following merging of writes in bio buffer, split one
> big bio into two smaller one.
>
> This patch introduces f2fs_submit_merged_bio_cond which can do a
> conditional submitting with bio buffer, before submitting it will judge
> whether:
> - page in DATA type bio buffer is matching with specified page;
> - page in DATA type bio buffer is belong to specified inode;
> - page in NODE type bio buffer is belong to specified inode;
> If there is no eligible page in bio buffer, we will skip submitting step,
> result in gaining more chance to merge consecutive block IOs in bio cache.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <chao2.yu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2:
> - update comments.
> - split ("f2fs: relocate is_merged_page ") from this patch.
> ---
> fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c | 7 ++++-
> fs/f2fs/data.c | 74 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
> fs/f2fs/f2fs.h | 3 ++-
> fs/f2fs/node.c | 15 ++++++++---
> fs/f2fs/segment.c | 6 ++---
> 5 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
> index 3842af9..c75b148 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
> @@ -235,10 +235,15 @@ static int f2fs_write_meta_page(struct page *page,
> f2fs_wait_on_page_writeback(page, META);
> write_meta_page(sbi, page);
> dec_page_count(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_META);
> +
> + if (wbc->for_reclaim)
> + f2fs_submit_merged_bio_cond(sbi, NULL, page, 0, META, WRITE);
> +
> unlock_page(page);
>
> - if (wbc->for_reclaim || unlikely(f2fs_cp_error(sbi)))
> + if (unlikely(f2fs_cp_error(sbi)))
> f2fs_submit_merged_bio(sbi, META, WRITE);
> +
> return 0;
>
> redirty_out:
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
> index b118055..19e9924 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
> @@ -116,20 +116,18 @@ static void __submit_merged_bio(struct f2fs_bio_info *io)
> io->bio = NULL;
> }
>
> -bool is_merged_page(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct page *page,
> - enum page_type type)
> +static bool __has_merged_page(struct f2fs_bio_info *io, struct inode *inode,
> + struct page *page, nid_t ino)
> {
> - enum page_type btype = PAGE_TYPE_OF_BIO(type);
> - struct f2fs_bio_info *io = &sbi->write_io[btype];
> struct bio_vec *bvec;
> struct page *target;
> int i;
>
> - down_read(&io->io_rwsem);
> - if (!io->bio) {
> - up_read(&io->io_rwsem);
> + if (!io->bio)
> return false;
> - }
> +
> + if (!inode && !page && !ino)
> + return true;
>
> bio_for_each_segment_all(bvec, io->bio, i) {
>
> @@ -144,18 +142,34 @@ bool is_merged_page(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct page *page,
> target = ctx->w.control_page;
> }
>
> - if (page == target) {
> - up_read(&io->io_rwsem);
> + if (inode && inode == target->mapping->host)
> + return true;
> + if (page && page == target)
> + return true;
> + if (ino && ino == ino_of_node(target))
> return true;
> - }
> }
>
> - up_read(&io->io_rwsem);
> return false;
> }
>
> -void f2fs_submit_merged_bio(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
> - enum page_type type, int rw)
> +static bool has_merged_page(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct inode *inode,
> + struct page *page, nid_t ino,
> + enum page_type type)
> +{
> + enum page_type btype = PAGE_TYPE_OF_BIO(type);
> + struct f2fs_bio_info *io = &sbi->write_io[btype];
> + bool ret;
> +
> + down_read(&io->io_rwsem);
> + ret = __has_merged_page(io, inode, page, ino);
> + up_read(&io->io_rwsem);
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static void __f2fs_submit_merged_bio(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
> + struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
> + nid_t ino, enum page_type type, int rw)
> {
> enum page_type btype = PAGE_TYPE_OF_BIO(type);
> struct f2fs_bio_info *io;
> @@ -164,6 +178,9 @@ void f2fs_submit_merged_bio(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
>
> down_write(&io->io_rwsem);
>
> + if (!__has_merged_page(io, inode, page, ino))
> + goto out;
> +
> /* change META to META_FLUSH in the checkpoint procedure */
> if (type >= META_FLUSH) {
> io->fio.type = META_FLUSH;
> @@ -173,9 +190,24 @@ void f2fs_submit_merged_bio(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
> io->fio.rw = WRITE_FLUSH_FUA | REQ_META | REQ_PRIO;
> }
> __submit_merged_bio(io);
> +out:
> up_write(&io->io_rwsem);
> }
>
> +void f2fs_submit_merged_bio(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, enum page_type type,
> + int rw)
> +{
> + __f2fs_submit_merged_bio(sbi, NULL, NULL, 0, type, rw);
> +}
> +
> +void f2fs_submit_merged_bio_cond(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
> + struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
> + nid_t ino, enum page_type type, int rw)
> +{
> + if (has_merged_page(sbi, inode, page, ino, type))
> + __f2fs_submit_merged_bio(sbi, inode, page, ino, type, rw);
> +}
> +
> /*
> * Fill the locked page with data located in the block address.
> * Return unlocked page.
> @@ -1215,12 +1247,18 @@ out:
> inode_dec_dirty_pages(inode);
> if (err)
> ClearPageUptodate(page);
> +
> + if (wbc->for_reclaim) {
> + f2fs_submit_merged_bio_cond(sbi, NULL, page, 0, DATA, WRITE);
> + remove_dirty_inode(inode);
> + }
> +
> unlock_page(page);
> f2fs_balance_fs(sbi, need_balance_fs);
> - if (wbc->for_reclaim || unlikely(f2fs_cp_error(sbi))) {
> +
> + if (unlikely(f2fs_cp_error(sbi)))
> f2fs_submit_merged_bio(sbi, DATA, WRITE);
> - remove_dirty_inode(inode);
> - }
> +
> return 0;
>
> redirty_out:
> @@ -1407,7 +1445,7 @@ static int f2fs_write_data_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
> locked = true;
> }
> ret = f2fs_write_cache_pages(mapping, wbc, __f2fs_writepage, mapping);
> - f2fs_submit_merged_bio(sbi, DATA, WRITE);
> + f2fs_submit_merged_bio_cond(sbi, inode, NULL, 0, DATA, WRITE);
> if (locked)
> mutex_unlock(&sbi->writepages);
>
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> index 79cadd3..6c413b1e 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> @@ -1882,8 +1882,9 @@ void destroy_checkpoint_caches(void);
> /*
> * data.c
> */
> -bool is_merged_page(struct f2fs_sb_info *, struct page *, enum page_type);
> void f2fs_submit_merged_bio(struct f2fs_sb_info *, enum page_type, int);
> +void f2fs_submit_merged_bio_cond(struct f2fs_sb_info *, struct inode *,
> + struct page *, nid_t, enum page_type, int);
> int f2fs_submit_page_bio(struct f2fs_io_info *);
> void f2fs_submit_page_mbio(struct f2fs_io_info *);
> void set_data_blkaddr(struct dnode_of_data *);
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
> index 342597a..851a80b 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
> @@ -1258,8 +1258,13 @@ continue_unlock:
> goto next_step;
> }
>
> - if (wrote)
> - f2fs_submit_merged_bio(sbi, NODE, WRITE);
> + if (wrote) {
> + if (ino)
> + f2fs_submit_merged_bio_cond(sbi, NULL, NULL,
> + ino, NODE, WRITE);
> + else
> + f2fs_submit_merged_bio(sbi, NODE, WRITE);
> + }
> return nwritten;
> }
>
> @@ -1356,9 +1361,13 @@ static int f2fs_write_node_page(struct page *page,
> set_node_addr(sbi, &ni, fio.blk_addr, is_fsync_dnode(page));
> dec_page_count(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_NODES);
> up_read(&sbi->node_write);
> +
> + if (wbc->for_reclaim)
> + f2fs_submit_merged_bio_cond(sbi, NULL, page, 0, NODE, WRITE);
> +
> unlock_page(page);
>
> - if (wbc->for_reclaim || unlikely(f2fs_cp_error(sbi)))
> + if (unlikely(f2fs_cp_error(sbi)))
> f2fs_submit_merged_bio(sbi, NODE, WRITE);
>
> return 0;
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> index e16235b..0246acc 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> @@ -253,7 +253,8 @@ int commit_inmem_pages(struct inode *inode, bool abort)
> if (!abort) {
> f2fs_unlock_op(sbi);
> if (submit_bio)
> - f2fs_submit_merged_bio(sbi, DATA, WRITE);
> + f2fs_submit_merged_bio_cond(sbi, inode, NULL, 0,
> + DATA, WRITE);
> }
> return err;
> }
> @@ -1421,8 +1422,7 @@ void f2fs_wait_on_page_writeback(struct page *page,
> if (PageWriteback(page)) {
> struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_P_SB(page);
>
> - if (is_merged_page(sbi, page, type))
> - f2fs_submit_merged_bio(sbi, type, WRITE);
> + f2fs_submit_merged_bio_cond(sbi, NULL, page, 0, type, WRITE);
> wait_on_page_writeback(page);
> }
> }
> --
> 2.6.3
>