[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH] unlink performance: wait for open lock in case of dirs

[shencanquan <shencanquan@huawei.com>]

On 2013/6/15 10:05, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:

> This patch is to improve the unlink performance. Here is the scenario:
> 
> On node A, create multiple directories say d1-d8, and each have 3
> files under it f1, f2 and f3.
> On node B, delete all directories using rm -Rf d*
> 
> The FS first unlinks f1, f2 and f3. However, when it performs
> ocfs2_evict_inode() -> ocfs2_delete_inode() ->
> ocfs2_query_inode_wipe() -> ocfs2_try_open_lock() on d1, it fails
> with -EAGAIN. The open lock fails because on the remote node
> a PR->EX convert takes longer than a simple EX grant.


Why a PR->EX convert takes longer than a simple EX grant.

> 
> This starts a checkpoint because OCFS2_INODE_DELETED flag is not set
> on the directory inode. Now, a checkpoint interferes with the journaling
> of the inodes deleted in the following unlinks, in our case,
> directories d2-d8 and the files contained in it.
> 
> With this patch, We wait on a directory EX lock only if we already
> have an open_lock in PR mode. This way we will avoid the ABBA locking.

why it can avoid the ABBA locking.

> 
> By waiting for the open_lock on the directory, I am getting a unlink
> performance improvement of a rm -Rf of 50-60% in the usual case.
> 
> Also, folded ocfs2_open_lock and ocfs2_try_open_lock into one.
> 
> Let me know if you would like to see the test case.
> 

Please send the testcase . thanks.

> Signed-off-by: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@suse.com>
> 
> Index: linux-3.0-SLE11-SP3/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-3.0-SLE11-SP3.orig/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c	2013-06-14 06:47:29.322506695 -0500
> +++ linux-3.0-SLE11-SP3/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c	2013-06-14 09:19:48.651924037 -0500
> @@ -1681,9 +1681,9 @@ void ocfs2_rw_unlock(struct inode *inode
>  /*
>   * ocfs2_open_lock always get PR mode lock.
>   */
> -int ocfs2_open_lock(struct inode *inode)
> +int ocfs2_open_lock(struct inode *inode, int write, int wait)
>  {
> -	int status = 0;
> +	int status = 0, level, flags;
>  	struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres;
>  	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
>  
> @@ -1696,43 +1696,25 @@ int ocfs2_open_lock(struct inode *inode)
>  		goto out;
>  
>  	lockres = &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_open_lockres;
> -
> -	status = ocfs2_cluster_lock(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), lockres,
> -				    DLM_LOCK_PR, 0, 0);
> -	if (status < 0)
> -		mlog_errno(status);
> -
> -out:
> -	return status;
> -}
> -
> -int ocfs2_try_open_lock(struct inode *inode, int write)
> -{
> -	int status = 0, level;
> -	struct ocfs2_lock_res *lockres;
> -	struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb);
> -
> -	BUG_ON(!inode);
> -
> -	mlog(0, "inode %llu try to take %s open lock\n",
> -	     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
> -	     write ? "EXMODE" : "PRMODE");
> -
> -	if (ocfs2_mount_local(osb))
> -		goto out;
> -
> -	lockres = &OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_open_lockres;
> -
>  	level = write ? DLM_LOCK_EX : DLM_LOCK_PR;
> +	if (wait) {
> +		flags = 0;
> +		/* If we don't already have the lock in PR mode,
> +		 * don't wait.
> +		 *
> +		 * This should avoid ABBA locking.
> +		 */
> +		if ((lockres->l_level != DLM_LOCK_PR) && write)
> +			flags = DLM_LKF_NOQUEUE;
> +
> +	} else
> +		flags = DLM_LKF_NOQUEUE;
>  
> -	/*
> -	 * The file system may already holding a PRMODE/EXMODE open lock.
> -	 * Since we pass DLM_LKF_NOQUEUE, the request won't block waiting on
> -	 * other nodes and the -EAGAIN will indicate to the caller that
> -	 * this inode is still in use.
> -	 */
>  	status = ocfs2_cluster_lock(OCFS2_SB(inode->i_sb), lockres,
> -				    level, DLM_LKF_NOQUEUE, 0);
> +				    level, flags, 0);
> +
> +	if ((status < 0) && (flags && (status != -EAGAIN)))
> +		mlog_errno(status);
>  
>  out:
>  	return status;
> Index: linux-3.0-SLE11-SP3/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-3.0-SLE11-SP3.orig/fs/ocfs2/inode.c	2013-06-13 22:54:32.527606012 -0500
> +++ linux-3.0-SLE11-SP3/fs/ocfs2/inode.c	2013-06-14 07:33:53.960196648 -0500
> @@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ static int ocfs2_read_locked_inode(struc
>  				  0, inode);
>  
>  	if (can_lock) {
> -		status = ocfs2_open_lock(inode);
> +		status = ocfs2_open_lock(inode, 0, 1);
>  		if (status) {
>  			make_bad_inode(inode);
>  			mlog_errno(status);
> @@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ static int ocfs2_read_locked_inode(struc
>  	}
>  
>  	if (args->fi_flags & OCFS2_FI_FLAG_ORPHAN_RECOVERY) {
> -		status = ocfs2_try_open_lock(inode, 0);
> +		status = ocfs2_open_lock(inode, 0, 0);
>  		if (status) {
>  			make_bad_inode(inode);
>  			return status;
> @@ -923,7 +923,8 @@ static int ocfs2_query_inode_wipe(struct
>  	 * Though we call this with the meta data lock held, the
>  	 * trylock keeps us from ABBA deadlock.
>  	 */
> -	status = ocfs2_try_open_lock(inode, 1);
> +	status = ocfs2_open_lock(inode, 1, S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode));
> +
>  	if (status == -EAGAIN) {
>  		status = 0;
>  		reason = 3;
> Index: linux-3.0-SLE11-SP3/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-3.0-SLE11-SP3.orig/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h	2013-06-10 09:45:20.787386504 -0500
> +++ linux-3.0-SLE11-SP3/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.h	2013-06-14 07:38:49.861576515 -0500
> @@ -110,8 +110,7 @@ int ocfs2_create_new_inode_locks(struct
>  int ocfs2_drop_inode_locks(struct inode *inode);
>  int ocfs2_rw_lock(struct inode *inode, int write);
>  void ocfs2_rw_unlock(struct inode *inode, int write);
> -int ocfs2_open_lock(struct inode *inode);
> -int ocfs2_try_open_lock(struct inode *inode, int write);
> +int ocfs2_open_lock(struct inode *inode, int write, int wait);
>  void ocfs2_open_unlock(struct inode *inode);
>  int ocfs2_inode_lock_atime(struct inode *inode,
>  			  struct vfsmount *vfsmnt,
> Index: linux-3.0-SLE11-SP3/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-3.0-SLE11-SP3.orig/fs/ocfs2/namei.c	2013-06-13 22:54:32.527606012 -0500
> +++ linux-3.0-SLE11-SP3/fs/ocfs2/namei.c	2013-06-14 07:40:06.623785914 -0500
> @@ -2302,7 +2302,7 @@ int ocfs2_create_inode_in_orphan(struct
>  	}
>  
>  	/* get open lock so that only nodes can't remove it from orphan dir. */
> -	status = ocfs2_open_lock(inode);
> +	status = ocfs2_open_lock(inode, 0, 1);
>  	if (status < 0)
>  		mlog_errno(status);
>  
> 
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