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From: Nikolay Borisov <nborisov@suse.com>
To: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
Cc: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/35] btrfs: add ALLOC_CHUNK_FORCE to the flushing code
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 21:22:54 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d7daa0e0-b54c-499a-c486-6b295867d938@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180904175755.3wyvm6psdsjgom4k@destiny>



On  4.09.2018 20:57, Josef Bacik wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 03, 2018 at 05:19:19PM +0300, Nikolay Borisov wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 30.08.2018 20:42, Josef Bacik wrote:
>>> +		if (flush_state == ALLOC_CHUNK_FORCE && !commit_cycles)
>>> +			flush_state++;
>>
>> This is a bit obscure. So if we allocated a chunk and !commit_cycles
>> just break from the loop? What's the reasoning behind this ?
> 
> I'll add a comment, but it doesn't break the loop, it just goes to COMMIT_TRANS.
> The idea is we don't want to force a chunk allocation if we're experiencing a
> little bit of pressure, because we could end up with a drive full of empty
> metadata chunks.  We want to try committing the transaction first, and then if
> we still have issues we can force a chunk allocation.  Thanks,

I think it will be better if this check is moved up somewhere before the
the if (flush_state > commit trans).

> 
> Josef
> 

  reply	other threads:[~2018-09-04 22:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 83+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-08-30 17:41 [PATCH 00/35] My current patch queue Josef Bacik
2018-08-30 17:41 ` [PATCH 01/35] btrfs: add btrfs_delete_ref_head helper Josef Bacik
2018-08-31  7:57   ` Nikolay Borisov
2018-08-31 14:13     ` Josef Bacik
2018-08-30 17:41 ` [PATCH 02/35] btrfs: add cleanup_ref_head_accounting helper Josef Bacik
2018-08-31 22:55   ` Omar Sandoval
2018-09-05  0:50   ` Liu Bo
2018-08-30 17:41 ` [PATCH 03/35] btrfs: use cleanup_extent_op in check_ref_cleanup Josef Bacik
2018-08-31 23:00   ` Omar Sandoval
2018-09-07 11:00     ` David Sterba
2018-08-30 17:41 ` [PATCH 04/35] btrfs: only track ref_heads in delayed_ref_updates Josef Bacik
2018-08-31  7:52   ` Nikolay Borisov
2018-08-31 14:10     ` Josef Bacik
2018-08-30 17:41 ` [PATCH 05/35] btrfs: introduce delayed_refs_rsv Josef Bacik
2018-09-04 15:21   ` Nikolay Borisov
2018-09-04 18:18     ` Josef Bacik
2018-08-30 17:41 ` [PATCH 06/35] btrfs: check if free bgs for commit Josef Bacik
2018-08-31 23:18   ` Omar Sandoval
2018-09-03  9:06   ` Nikolay Borisov
2018-09-03 13:19     ` Nikolay Borisov
2018-08-30 17:41 ` [PATCH 07/35] btrfs: dump block_rsv whe dumping space info Josef Bacik
2018-08-31  7:53   ` Nikolay Borisov
2018-08-31 14:11     ` Josef Bacik
2018-08-30 17:41 ` [PATCH 08/35] btrfs: release metadata before running delayed refs Josef Bacik
2018-09-01  0:12   ` Omar Sandoval
2018-09-03  9:13   ` Nikolay Borisov
2018-09-05  1:41   ` Liu Bo
2018-08-30 17:41 ` [PATCH 09/35] btrfs: protect space cache inode alloc with nofs Josef Bacik
2018-09-01  0:14   ` Omar Sandoval
2018-08-30 17:42 ` [PATCH 10/35] btrfs: fix truncate throttling Josef Bacik
2018-08-30 17:42 ` [PATCH 11/35] btrfs: don't use global rsv for chunk allocation Josef Bacik
2018-08-30 17:42 ` [PATCH 12/35] btrfs: add ALLOC_CHUNK_FORCE to the flushing code Josef Bacik
2018-09-03 14:19   ` Nikolay Borisov
2018-09-04 17:57     ` Josef Bacik
2018-09-04 18:22       ` Nikolay Borisov [this message]
2018-08-30 17:42 ` [PATCH 13/35] btrfs: reset max_extent_size properly Josef Bacik
2018-08-30 17:42 ` [PATCH 14/35] btrfs: don't enospc all tickets on flush failure Josef Bacik
2018-08-30 17:42 ` [PATCH 15/35] btrfs: run delayed iputs before committing Josef Bacik
2018-08-31  7:55   ` Nikolay Borisov
2018-08-31 14:12     ` Josef Bacik
2018-08-30 17:42 ` [PATCH 16/35] btrfs: loop in inode_rsv_refill Josef Bacik
2018-08-30 17:42 ` [PATCH 17/35] btrfs: move the dio_sem higher up the callchain Josef Bacik
2018-08-30 17:42 ` [PATCH 18/35] btrfs: set max_extent_size properly Josef Bacik
2018-08-30 17:42 ` [PATCH 19/35] btrfs: don't use ctl->free_space for max_extent_size Josef Bacik
2018-08-30 17:42 ` [PATCH 20/35] btrfs: reset max_extent_size on clear in a bitmap Josef Bacik
2018-09-05  1:44   ` Liu Bo
2018-08-30 17:42 ` [PATCH 21/35] btrfs: only run delayed refs if we're committing Josef Bacik
2018-09-01  0:28   ` Omar Sandoval
2018-09-04 17:54     ` Josef Bacik
2018-09-04 18:04       ` Omar Sandoval
2018-08-30 17:42 ` [PATCH 22/35] btrfs: make sure we create all new bgs Josef Bacik
2018-08-31  7:31   ` Nikolay Borisov
2018-08-31 14:03     ` Josef Bacik
2018-09-06  6:43       ` Liu Bo
2018-09-01  0:10   ` Omar Sandoval
2018-08-30 17:42 ` [PATCH 23/35] btrfs: assert on non-empty delayed iputs Josef Bacik
2018-09-01  0:21   ` Omar Sandoval
2018-08-30 17:42 ` [PATCH 24/35] btrfs: pass delayed_refs_root to btrfs_delayed_ref_lock Josef Bacik
2018-08-31  7:32   ` Nikolay Borisov
2018-08-30 17:42 ` [PATCH 25/35] btrfs: make btrfs_destroy_delayed_refs use btrfs_delayed_ref_lock Josef Bacik
2018-08-31  7:38   ` Nikolay Borisov
2018-08-30 17:42 ` [PATCH 26/35] btrfs: make btrfs_destroy_delayed_refs use btrfs_delete_ref_head Josef Bacik
2018-08-31  7:39   ` Nikolay Borisov
2018-08-30 17:42 ` [PATCH 27/35] btrfs: handle delayed ref head accounting cleanup in abort Josef Bacik
2018-08-31  7:42   ` Nikolay Borisov
2018-08-31 14:04     ` Josef Bacik
2018-08-30 17:42 ` [PATCH 28/35] btrfs: call btrfs_create_pending_block_groups unconditionally Josef Bacik
2018-08-31  7:43   ` Nikolay Borisov
2018-08-30 17:42 ` [PATCH 29/35] btrfs: just delete pending bgs if we are aborted Josef Bacik
2018-08-31  7:46   ` Nikolay Borisov
2018-08-31 14:05     ` Josef Bacik
2018-09-01  0:33   ` Omar Sandoval
2018-08-30 17:42 ` [PATCH 30/35] btrfs: cleanup pending bgs on transaction abort Josef Bacik
2018-08-31  7:48   ` Nikolay Borisov
2018-08-31 14:07     ` Josef Bacik
2018-09-01  0:34   ` Omar Sandoval
2018-08-30 17:42 ` [PATCH 31/35] btrfs: clear delayed_refs_rsv for dirty bg cleanup Josef Bacik
2018-08-30 17:42 ` [PATCH 32/35] btrfs: only free reserved extent if we didn't insert it Josef Bacik
2018-08-30 17:42 ` [PATCH 33/35] btrfs: fix insert_reserved error handling Josef Bacik
2018-09-07  6:44   ` Nikolay Borisov
2018-08-30 17:42 ` [PATCH 34/35] btrfs: wait on ordered extents on abort cleanup Josef Bacik
2018-09-07  6:49   ` Nikolay Borisov
2018-08-30 17:42 ` [PATCH 35/35] MAINTAINERS: update my email address for btrfs Josef Bacik

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