[RFC 07/11] ext4: Avoid scanning smaller extents in BG during CR1

Ojaswin Mujoo
2023-01-27T12:39:02Z

When we are inside ext4_mb_complex_scan_group() in CR1, we can be sure
that this group has atleast 1 big enough continuous free extent to satisfy
our request because (free / fragments) > goal length.

Hence, instead of wasting time looping over smaller free extents, only
try to consider the free extent if we are sure that it has enough
continuous free space to satisfy goal length. This is particularly
useful when scanning highly fragmented BGs in CR1 as, without this
patch, the allocator might stop scanning early before reaching the big
enough free extent (due to ac_found > mb_max_to_scan) which causes us to
uncessarily trim the request.

Signed-off-by: Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@gmail.com>
---
fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index c4ab8f412d32..14529d2fe65f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -2279,7 +2279,7 @@ void ext4_mb_complex_scan_group(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
struct super_block *sb = ac->ac_sb;
void *bitmap = e4b->bd_bitmap;
struct ext4_free_extent ex;
- int i;
+ int i, j, freelen;
int free;

free = e4b->bd_info->bb_free;
@@ -2306,6 +2306,23 @@ void ext4_mb_complex_scan_group(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
break;
}

+ if (ac->ac_criteria < CR2) {
+ /*
+ * In CR1, we are sure that this group will
+ * have a large enough continuous free extent, so skip
+ * over the smaller free extents
+ */
+ j = mb_find_next_bit(bitmap,
+ EXT4_CLUSTERS_PER_GROUP(sb), i);
+ freelen = j - i;
+
+ if (freelen < ac->ac_g_ex.fe_len) {
+ i = j;
+ free -= freelen;
+ continue;
+ }
+ }
+
mb_find_extent(e4b, i, ac->ac_g_ex.fe_len, &ex);
if (WARN_ON(ex.fe_len <= 0))
break;
--
2.31.1