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From: npiggin@kernel.dk
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [patch 25/35] fs: icache reduce some locking overheads
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:42:41 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101019034658.106421196@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20101019034216.319085068@kernel.dk

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Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk>

---
 fs/fs-writeback.c |    8 +++++---
 fs/inode.c        |    5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/fs/fs-writeback.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/fs-writeback.c	2010-10-19 14:18:59.000000000 +1100
+++ linux-2.6/fs/fs-writeback.c	2010-10-19 14:19:21.000000000 +1100
@@ -375,15 +375,17 @@
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
 	inode->i_state &= ~(I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC);
-	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 	/* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
 	if (dirty & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) {
-		int err = write_inode(inode, wbc);
+		int err;
+
+		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+		err = write_inode(inode, wbc);
 		if (ret == 0)
 			ret = err;
+		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	}
 
-	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	spin_lock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
 	inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC;
 	if (!(inode->i_state & I_FREEING)) {
Index: linux-2.6/fs/inode.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/inode.c	2010-10-19 14:18:59.000000000 +1100
+++ linux-2.6/fs/inode.c	2010-10-19 14:19:22.000000000 +1100
@@ -857,9 +857,12 @@
 
 	inode = alloc_inode(sb);
 	if (inode) {
-		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 		inode->i_ino = get_next_ino();
 		inode->i_state = 0;
+		/*
+		 * We could init inode locked here, to improve performance.
+		 */
+		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 		__inode_add_to_lists(sb, NULL, inode);
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 	}



  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-10-19  3:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 70+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-19  3:42 [patch 00/35] my inode scaling series for review npiggin
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 01/35] bit_spinlock: add required includes npiggin
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 02/35] kernel: add bl_list npiggin
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 03/35] mm: implement per-zone shrinker npiggin
2010-10-19  4:49   ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2010-10-19  5:33     ` Nick Piggin
2010-10-19  5:40       ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 04/35] vfs: convert inode and dentry caches to " npiggin
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 05/35] fs: icache lock s_inodes list npiggin
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 06/35] fs: icache lock inode hash npiggin
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 07/35] fs: icache lock i_state npiggin
2010-10-19 10:47   ` Miklos Szeredi
2010-10-19 17:06     ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 08/35] fs: icache lock i_count npiggin
2010-10-19 10:16   ` Boaz Harrosh
2010-10-20  2:14     ` Nick Piggin
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 09/35] fs: icache lock lru/writeback lists npiggin
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 10/35] fs: icache atomic inodes_stat npiggin
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 11/35] fs: icache lock inode state npiggin
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 12/35] fs: inode atomic last_ino, iunique lock npiggin
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 13/35] fs: icache remove inode_lock npiggin
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 14/35] fs: icache factor hash lock into functions npiggin
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 15/35] fs: icache per-bucket inode hash locks npiggin
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 16/35] fs: icache lazy inode lru npiggin
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 17/35] fs: icache RCU free inodes npiggin
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 18/35] fs: avoid inode RCU freeing for pseudo fs npiggin
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 19/35] fs: icache remove redundant i_sb_list umount locking npiggin
2010-10-20 12:46   ` Al Viro
2010-10-20 13:03     ` Nick Piggin
2010-10-20 13:27       ` Al Viro
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 20/35] fs: icache rcu walk for i_sb_list npiggin
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 21/35] fs: icache per-cpu nr_inodes, non-atomic nr_unused counters npiggin
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 22/35] fs: icache per-cpu last_ino allocator npiggin
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 23/35] fs: icache use per-CPU lists and locks for sb inode lists npiggin
2010-10-19 15:33   ` Miklos Szeredi
2010-10-20  2:37     ` Nick Piggin
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 24/35] fs: icache use RCU to avoid locking in hash lookups npiggin
2010-10-19  3:42 ` npiggin [this message]
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 26/35] fs: icache alloc anonymous inode allocation npiggin
2010-10-19 15:50   ` Miklos Szeredi
2010-10-20  2:38     ` Nick Piggin
2010-10-19 16:33   ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-10-20  3:07     ` Nick Piggin
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 27/35] fs: icache split IO and LRU lists npiggin
2010-10-19 16:12   ` Miklos Szeredi
2010-10-20  2:41     ` Nick Piggin
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 28/35] fs: icache split writeback and lru locks npiggin
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 29/35] fs: icache per-bdi writeback list locking npiggin
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 30/35] fs: icache lazy LRU avoid LRU locking after IO operation npiggin
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 31/35] fs: icache per-zone inode LRU npiggin
2010-10-19 12:38   ` Dave Chinner
2010-10-20  2:35     ` Nick Piggin
2010-10-20  3:12       ` Nick Piggin
2010-10-20  9:43         ` Dave Chinner
2010-10-20 10:02           ` Nick Piggin
2010-10-20  3:14     ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2010-10-20  3:20       ` Nick Piggin
2010-10-20  3:29         ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2010-10-20 10:19         ` Dave Chinner
2010-10-20 10:41           ` Nick Piggin
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 32/35] fs: icache minimise I_FREEING latency npiggin
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 33/35] fs: icache introduce inode_get/inode_get_ilock npiggin
2010-10-19 10:17   ` Boaz Harrosh
2010-10-20  2:17     ` Nick Piggin
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 34/35] fs: inode rename i_count to i_refs npiggin
2010-10-19  3:42 ` [patch 35/35] fs: icache document more lock orders npiggin
2010-10-19 16:22 ` [patch 00/35] my inode scaling series for review Christoph Hellwig
2010-10-20  3:05   ` Nick Piggin
2010-10-20 13:14 ` Al Viro
2010-10-20 13:59   ` Nick Piggin

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