Re: [PATCH 06/11] f2fs: skip unnecessary data writes during fsync

[Chao Yu <chao2.yu@samsung.com>]

Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jaegeuk Kim [mailto:jaegeuk@kernel.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 8:43 PM
> To: Chao Yu
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org;
> linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH 06/11] f2fs: skip unnecessary data writes during fsync
> 
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 07:39:45PM +0800, Chao Yu wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jaegeuk Kim [mailto:jaegeuk@kernel.org]
> > > Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2014 6:47 AM
> > > To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org;
> > > linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> > > Cc: Jaegeuk Kim
> > > Subject: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH 06/11] f2fs: skip unnecessary data writes during fsync
> > >
> > > This patch intends to improve the fsync performance by skipping remaining the
> > > recovery information, only when there is no data that we should recover.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>

Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao2.yu@samsung.com>

> > > ---
> > >  fs/f2fs/file.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
> > > index 7c652b3..121689a 100644
> > > --- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
> > > +++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
> > > @@ -133,6 +133,17 @@ int f2fs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int
> > > datasync)
> > >  		return ret;
> > >  	}
> > >
> > > +	/*
> > > +	 * if there is no written data, don't waste time to write recovery info.
> > > +	 */
> > > +	if (!is_inode_flag_set(fi, FI_APPEND_WRITE) &&
> > > +		!exist_written_data(sbi, inode->i_ino, APPEND_INO)) {
> > > +		if (is_inode_flag_set(fi, FI_UPDATE_WRITE) &&
> > > +			exist_written_data(sbi, inode->i_ino, UPDATE_INO))
> >
> > Should we shift this to is_inode_flag_set(fi, FI_UPDATE_WRITE) ||
> > exist_written_data(sbi, inode->i_ino, UPDATE_INO) ?
> 
> Hehe, I found that and was going to submit new patch. :)
> Small changes are not a big deal, so I'll test and then push them into the tree.
> The for-next tree can be rebased all the time, so if you have any suggestion,
> let me know.

It's OK, I will. :)

Thanks

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> >
> > > +			goto flush_out;
> > > +		goto out;
> > > +	}
> > > +
> > >  	/* guarantee free sections for fsync */
> > >  	f2fs_balance_fs(sbi);
> > >
> > > @@ -188,6 +199,11 @@ int f2fs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int
> > > datasync)
> > >  		ret = wait_on_node_pages_writeback(sbi, inode->i_ino);
> > >  		if (ret)
> > >  			goto out;
> > > +
> > > +		/* once recovery info is written, don't need to tack this */
> > > +		remove_dirty_inode(sbi, inode->i_ino, APPEND_INO);
> > > +flush_out:
> > > +		remove_dirty_inode(sbi, inode->i_ino, UPDATE_INO);
> > >  		ret = f2fs_issue_flush(F2FS_SB(inode->i_sb));
> > >  	}
> > >  out:
> > > --
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> > >
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