From: "Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko" <phcoder@gmail.com>
To: The development of GNU GRUB <grub-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Speed up test suite by avoiding fsync
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 11:30:12 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5295C9B4.3040205@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131127101332.GZ16147@riva.ucam.org>
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On 27.11.2013 11:13, Colin Watson wrote:
> Add grub_util_disable_fd_syncs call to turn grub_util_fd_sync calls into
> no-ops, and use it in programs that copy files but do not need to take
> special care to sync writes (grub-mknetdir, grub-rescue,
> grub-mkstandalone).
>
Go ahead.
> On my laptop, this reduces partmap_test's runtime from 1236 seconds to
> 204 seconds.
> ---
> ChangeLog | 7 +++++++
> grub-core/osdep/aros/hostdisk.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++-------
> grub-core/osdep/unix/hostdisk.c | 11 ++++++++++-
> grub-core/osdep/windows/hostdisk.c | 11 ++++++++++-
> include/grub/emu/hostfile.h | 2 ++
> util/grub-install-common.c | 2 +-
> util/grub-mknetdir.c | 1 +
> util/grub-mkrescue.c | 3 ++-
> util/grub-mkstandalone.c | 1 +
> 9 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
> index 2e0d96e..4bbec86 100644
> --- a/ChangeLog
> +++ b/ChangeLog
> @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
> +2013-11-27 Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
> +
> + Add grub_util_disable_fd_syncs call to turn grub_util_fd_sync calls
> + into no-ops, and use it in programs that copy files but do not need
> + to take special care to sync writes (grub-mknetdir, grub-rescue,
> + grub-mkstandalone).
> +
> 2013-11-26 Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
>
> * tests/util/grub-fs-tester.in: Execute xorriso from $PATH rather
> diff --git a/grub-core/osdep/aros/hostdisk.c b/grub-core/osdep/aros/hostdisk.c
> index 9c0a6c8..b153907 100644
> --- a/grub-core/osdep/aros/hostdisk.c
> +++ b/grub-core/osdep/aros/hostdisk.c
> @@ -455,6 +455,8 @@ grub_util_fd_close (grub_util_fd_t fd)
> }
> }
>
> +static int allow_fd_syncs = 1;
> +
> static void
> grub_util_fd_sync_volume (grub_util_fd_t fd)
> {
> @@ -469,18 +471,27 @@ grub_util_fd_sync_volume (grub_util_fd_t fd)
> void
> grub_util_fd_sync (grub_util_fd_t fd)
> {
> - switch (fd->type)
> + if (allow_fd_syncs)
> {
> - case GRUB_UTIL_FD_FILE:
> - fsync (fd->fd);
> - return;
> - case GRUB_UTIL_FD_DISK:
> - grub_util_fd_sync_volume (fd);
> - return;
> + switch (fd->type)
> + {
> + case GRUB_UTIL_FD_FILE:
> + fsync (fd->fd);
> + return;
> + case GRUB_UTIL_FD_DISK:
> + grub_util_fd_sync_volume (fd);
> + return;
> + }
> }
> }
>
> void
> +grub_util_disable_fd_syncs (void)
> +{
> + allow_fd_syncs = 0;
> +}
> +
> +void
> grub_hostdisk_flush_initial_buffer (const char *os_dev __attribute__ ((unused)))
> {
> }
> diff --git a/grub-core/osdep/unix/hostdisk.c b/grub-core/osdep/unix/hostdisk.c
> index 78d4adb..fc88ed4 100644
> --- a/grub-core/osdep/unix/hostdisk.c
> +++ b/grub-core/osdep/unix/hostdisk.c
> @@ -191,10 +191,19 @@ grub_util_fd_strerror (void)
> return strerror (errno);
> }
>
> +static int allow_fd_syncs = 1;
> +
> void
> grub_util_fd_sync (grub_util_fd_t fd)
> {
> - fsync (fd);
> + if (allow_fd_syncs)
> + fsync (fd);
> +}
> +
> +void
> +grub_util_disable_fd_syncs (void)
> +{
> + allow_fd_syncs = 0;
> }
>
> void
> diff --git a/grub-core/osdep/windows/hostdisk.c b/grub-core/osdep/windows/hostdisk.c
> index 6d7d120..4748a61 100644
> --- a/grub-core/osdep/windows/hostdisk.c
> +++ b/grub-core/osdep/windows/hostdisk.c
> @@ -240,10 +240,19 @@ grub_util_fd_write (grub_util_fd_t fd, const char *buf, size_t len)
> return real_read;
> }
>
> +static int allow_fd_syncs = 1;
> +
> void
> grub_util_fd_sync (grub_util_fd_t fd)
> {
> - FlushFileBuffers (fd);
> + if (allow_fd_syncs)
> + FlushFileBuffers (fd);
> +}
> +
> +void
> +grub_util_disable_fd_syncs (void)
> +{
> + allow_fd_syncs = 0;
> }
>
> void
> diff --git a/include/grub/emu/hostfile.h b/include/grub/emu/hostfile.h
> index ab01fbc..8e37d5a 100644
> --- a/include/grub/emu/hostfile.h
> +++ b/include/grub/emu/hostfile.h
> @@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ EXPORT_FUNC(grub_util_fd_strerror) (void);
> void
> grub_util_fd_sync (grub_util_fd_t fd);
> void
> +grub_util_disable_fd_syncs (void);
> +void
> EXPORT_FUNC(grub_util_fd_close) (grub_util_fd_t fd);
>
> grub_uint64_t
> diff --git a/util/grub-install-common.c b/util/grub-install-common.c
> index 7ecef3e..fcf994d 100644
> --- a/util/grub-install-common.c
> +++ b/util/grub-install-common.c
> @@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ grub_install_make_image_wrap (const char *dir, const char *prefix,
> memdisk_path, config_path,
> mkimage_target, note, comp);
> fflush (fp);
> - fsync (fileno (fp));
> + grub_util_fd_sync (fileno (fp));
> fclose (fp);
> }
>
> diff --git a/util/grub-mknetdir.c b/util/grub-mknetdir.c
> index 3f91705..40ca724 100644
> --- a/util/grub-mknetdir.c
> +++ b/util/grub-mknetdir.c
> @@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
> const char *pkglibdir;
>
> grub_util_host_init (&argc, &argv);
> + grub_util_disable_fd_syncs ();
> rootdir = xstrdup ("/srv/tftp");
> pkglibdir = grub_util_get_pkglibdir ();
>
> diff --git a/util/grub-mkrescue.c b/util/grub-mkrescue.c
> index 7a76bc3..b081b3b 100644
> --- a/util/grub-mkrescue.c
> +++ b/util/grub-mkrescue.c
> @@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
> const char *pkgdatadir;
>
> grub_util_host_init (&argc, &argv);
> + grub_util_disable_fd_syncs ();
>
> pkgdatadir = grub_util_get_pkgdatadir ();
>
> @@ -529,7 +530,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
> GRUB_COMPRESSION_AUTO);
> sz = ftello (sa);
> fflush (sa);
> - fsync (fileno (sa));
> + grub_util_fd_sync (fileno (sa));
> fclose (sa);
>
> if (sz > 32768)
> diff --git a/util/grub-mkstandalone.c b/util/grub-mkstandalone.c
> index 774af2f..3097f70 100644
> --- a/util/grub-mkstandalone.c
> +++ b/util/grub-mkstandalone.c
> @@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
> int i;
>
> grub_util_host_init (&argc, &argv);
> + grub_util_disable_fd_syncs ();
>
> files = xmalloc ((argc + 1) * sizeof (files[0]));
>
>
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