[PATCH 14/20] lightnvm: pblk: choose optimal victim GC line

[Javier GonzÃlez]

At the moment, we separate the closed lines on three different list
based on their number of valid sectors. GC recycles lines from each list
based on capacity. Lines from each list are taken in a FIFO fashion.

Since the number of lines is limited (it corresponds to the number of
blocks in a LUN, which is somewhere between 1000-2000), we can afford
scanning the lists to choose the optimal line to be recycled. This helps
specially in lines with a high number of valid sectors.

If the number of blocks per LUN increases, we will consider a more
efficient policy.

Signed-off-by: Javier GonzÃlez <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Matias BjÃrling <matias@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/lightnvm/pblk-gc.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-gc.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-gc.c
index 2e7fb7a51854..f811e4ca63f4 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-gc.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-gc.c
@@ -287,6 +287,20 @@ static void pblk_gc_lines(struct pblk *pblk, struct list_head *gc_list)
 	}
 }
 
+static struct pblk_line *pblk_gc_get_victim_line(struct pblk *pblk,
+						 struct list_head *group_list)
+{
+	struct pblk_line *line, *victim;
+
+	victim = list_first_entry(group_list, struct pblk_line, list);
+	list_for_each_entry(line, group_list, list) {
+		if (*line->vsc < *victim->vsc)
+			victim = line;
+	}
+
+	return victim;
+}
+
 /*
  * Lines with no valid sectors will be returned to the free list immediately. If
  * GC is activated - either because the free block count is under the determined
@@ -332,7 +346,7 @@ static void pblk_gc_run(struct pblk *pblk)
 			return;
 		}
 
-		line = list_first_entry(group_list, struct pblk_line, list);
+		line = pblk_gc_get_victim_line(pblk, group_list);
 		nr_blocks_free += atomic_read(&line->blk_in_line);
 
 		spin_lock(&line->lock);
-- 
2.7.4