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[XFS] Improve xfsbufd delayed write submission patterns, after blktrace 

analysis.

Under a sequential create+allocate workload, blktrace reported backward
writes being issued by xfsbufd, and frequent inappropriate queue unplugs.
We now insert at the tail when moving from the delwri lists to the temp
lists, which maintains correct ordering, and we avoid unplugging queues
deep in the submit paths when we'd shortly do it at a higher level anyway.
blktrace now reports much healthier write patterns from xfsbufd for this
workload (and likely many others).

SGI-PV: 954310
SGI-Modid: xfs-linux-melb:xfs-kern:26396a

Signed-off-by: Nathan Scott <nathans@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Tim Shimmin <tes@sgi.com>
hifive-unleashed-5.1
Nathan Scott 2006-09-28 10:52:15 +10:00 committed by Tim Shimmin
parent f37ea14969
commit f07c225036
1 changed files with 14 additions and 10 deletions
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fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
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@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/*
* Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
* Copyright (c) 2000-2006 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
* All Rights Reserved.
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@ -1681,6 +1681,7 @@ xfsbufd(
xfs_buf_t *bp, *n;
struct list_head *dwq = &target->bt_delwrite_queue;
spinlock_t *dwlk = &target->bt_delwrite_lock;
int count;
current->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC;
@ -1696,6 +1697,7 @@ xfsbufd(
schedule_timeout_interruptible(
xfs_buf_timer_centisecs * msecs_to_jiffies(10));
count = 0;
age = xfs_buf_age_centisecs * msecs_to_jiffies(10);
spin_lock(dwlk);
list_for_each_entry_safe(bp, n, dwq, b_list) {
@ -1711,9 +1713,11 @@ xfsbufd(
break;
}
bp->b_flags &= ~(XBF_DELWRI|_XBF_DELWRI_Q);
bp->b_flags &= ~(XBF_DELWRI|_XBF_DELWRI_Q|
_XBF_RUN_QUEUES);
bp->b_flags |= XBF_WRITE;
list_move(&bp->b_list, &tmp);
list_move_tail(&bp->b_list, &tmp);
count++;
}
}
spin_unlock(dwlk);
@ -1724,12 +1728,12 @@ xfsbufd(
list_del_init(&bp->b_list);
xfs_buf_iostrategy(bp);
blk_run_address_space(target->bt_mapping);
}
if (as_list_len > 0)
purge_addresses();
if (count)
blk_run_address_space(target->bt_mapping);
clear_bit(XBT_FORCE_FLUSH, &target->bt_flags);
} while (!kthread_should_stop());
@ -1767,7 +1771,7 @@ xfs_flush_buftarg(
continue;
}
list_move(&bp->b_list, &tmp);
list_move_tail(&bp->b_list, &tmp);
}
spin_unlock(dwlk);
@ -1776,7 +1780,7 @@ xfs_flush_buftarg(
*/
list_for_each_entry_safe(bp, n, &tmp, b_list) {
xfs_buf_lock(bp);
bp->b_flags &= ~(XBF_DELWRI|_XBF_DELWRI_Q);
bp->b_flags &= ~(XBF_DELWRI|_XBF_DELWRI_Q|_XBF_RUN_QUEUES);
bp->b_flags |= XBF_WRITE;
if (wait)
bp->b_flags &= ~XBF_ASYNC;
@ -1786,6 +1790,9 @@ xfs_flush_buftarg(
xfs_buf_iostrategy(bp);
}
if (wait)
blk_run_address_space(target->bt_mapping);
/*
* Remaining list items must be flushed before returning
*/
@ -1797,9 +1804,6 @@ xfs_flush_buftarg(
xfs_buf_relse(bp);
}
if (wait)
blk_run_address_space(target->bt_mapping);
return pincount;
}