Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: skip f2fs_preallocate_blocks() for overwrite case

[Jaegeuk Kim]

On 10/29, Chao Yu wrote:
> Ping,
> 
> On 2021/9/29 8:05, Chao Yu wrote:
> > On 2021/9/29 3:08, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> > > On 09/28, Chao Yu wrote:
> > > > In f2fs_file_write_iter(), let's use f2fs_overwrite_io() to
> > > > check whethere it is overwrite case, for such case, we can skip
> > > > f2fs_preallocate_blocks() in order to avoid f2fs_do_map_lock(),
> > > > which may be blocked by checkpoint() potentially.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <chao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > >   fs/f2fs/file.c | 4 ++++
> > > >   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
> > > > index 13deae03df06..51fecb2f4db5 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
> > > > +++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
> > > > @@ -4321,6 +4321,10 @@ static ssize_t f2fs_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
> > > >           preallocated = true;
> > > >           target_size = iocb->ki_pos + iov_iter_count(from);
> > > > +        if (f2fs_overwrite_io(inode, iocb->ki_pos,
> > > > +                        iov_iter_count(from)))
> > > > +            goto write;
> > > 
> > > This calls f2fs_map_blocks() which can be duplicate, if it's not the overwirte
> > > case. Do we have other benefit?
> > 
> > f2fs_overwrite_io() will break for append write case w/ below check:
> > 
> >      if (pos + len > i_size_read(inode))
> >          return false;
> > 
> > I guess we may only suffer double f2fs_map_blocks() for write hole
> > case, e.g. truncate to large size & write inside the filesize. For
> > this case, how about adding a condition to allow double f2fs_map_blocks()
> > only if write size is smaller than a threshold?

I still don't see the benefit much to do double f2fs_map_blocks. What is the
problem here?

> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > > 
> > > > +
> > > >           err = f2fs_preallocate_blocks(iocb, from);
> > > >           if (err) {
> > > >   out_err:
> > > > -- 
> > > > 2.32.0
> > 
> > 
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