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From: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
To: xfs@oss.sgi.com
Subject: [PATCH] XFS: don't block in xfs_qm_dqflush() during async writeback
Date: Wed,  8 Oct 2008 08:57:57 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1223416677-8458-1-git-send-email-david@fromorbit.com> (raw)

Normally dquots are written back via delayed write mechanisms.  They
are flushed to their backing buffer by xfssyncd, which is then
pushed out by either AIL or xfsbufd flushing. The flush from the
xfssyncd is supposed to be non-blocking, but xfs_qm_dqflush() always
waits for pinned duots, which means that it will block for the
length of time it takes to do a synchronous log force. This causes
unnecessary extra log I/O to be issued whenever we try to flush a
busy dquot.

Avoid the log forces and blocking xfssyncd by making xfs_qm_dqflush()
pay attention to what type of sync it is doing when it sees a pinned
dquot and not waiting when doing non-blocking flushes.

Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
---
 fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot.c |   12 +++++-------
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot.c b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot.c
index 5dca401..591ca66 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot.c
@@ -1221,16 +1221,14 @@ xfs_qm_dqflush(
 	xfs_dqtrace_entry(dqp, "DQFLUSH");
 
 	/*
-	 * If not dirty, nada.
+	 * If not dirty, or it's pinned and we are not supposed to
+	 * block, nada.
 	 */
-	if (!XFS_DQ_IS_DIRTY(dqp)) {
+	if (!XFS_DQ_IS_DIRTY(dqp) ||
+	    (!(flags & XFS_QMOPT_SYNC) && atomic_read(&dqp->q_pincount) > 0)) {
 		xfs_dqfunlock(dqp);
-		return (0);
+		return 0;
 	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Cant flush a pinned dquot. Wait for it.
-	 */
 	xfs_qm_dqunpin_wait(dqp);
 
 	/*
-- 
1.5.6.5

             reply	other threads:[~2008-10-07 21:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-10-07 21:57 Dave Chinner [this message]
2008-10-10  1:16 ` [PATCH] XFS: don't block in xfs_qm_dqflush() during async writeback Peter Leckie

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