From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Brian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 01/11] xfs: track active state of allocation btree cursors
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 01:11:38 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190930081138.GA2999@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190927171802.45582-2-bfoster@redhat.com>
On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 01:17:52PM -0400, Brian Foster wrote:
> The upcoming allocation algorithm update searches multiple
> allocation btree cursors concurrently. As such, it requires an
> active state to track when a particular cursor should continue
> searching. While active state will be modified based on higher level
> logic, we can define base functionality based on the result of
> allocation btree lookups.
>
> Define an active flag in the private area of the btree cursor.
> Update it based on the result of lookups in the existing allocation
> btree helpers. Finally, provide a new helper to query the current
> state.
I vaguely remember having the discussion before, but why isn't the
active flag in the generic part of xfs_btree_cur and just tracked
for all types? That would seem bother simpler and more useful in
the long run.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-09-30 8:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-09-27 17:17 [PATCH v5 00/11] xfs: rework near mode extent allocation Brian Foster
2019-09-27 17:17 ` [PATCH v5 01/11] xfs: track active state of allocation btree cursors Brian Foster
2019-09-30 8:11 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2019-09-30 12:17 ` Brian Foster
2019-10-01 6:36 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-10-01 10:30 ` Brian Foster
2019-10-01 5:35 ` Darrick J. Wong
2019-09-27 17:17 ` [PATCH v5 02/11] xfs: introduce allocation cursor data structure Brian Foster
2019-09-27 17:17 ` [PATCH v5 03/11] xfs: track allocation busy state in allocation cursor Brian Foster
2019-09-27 17:17 ` [PATCH v5 04/11] xfs: track best extent from cntbt lastblock scan in alloc cursor Brian Foster
2019-10-04 22:35 ` Darrick J. Wong
2019-09-27 17:17 ` [PATCH v5 05/11] xfs: refactor cntbt lastblock scan best extent logic into helper Brian Foster
2019-10-04 22:40 ` Darrick J. Wong
2019-09-27 17:17 ` [PATCH v5 06/11] xfs: reuse best extent tracking logic for bnobt scan Brian Foster
2019-10-04 22:45 ` Darrick J. Wong
2019-09-27 17:17 ` [PATCH v5 07/11] xfs: refactor allocation tree fixup code Brian Foster
2019-09-27 17:17 ` [PATCH v5 08/11] xfs: refactor and reuse best extent scanning logic Brian Foster
2019-10-04 22:59 ` Darrick J. Wong
2019-09-27 17:18 ` [PATCH v5 09/11] xfs: refactor near mode alloc bnobt scan into separate function Brian Foster
2019-09-27 17:18 ` [PATCH v5 10/11] xfs: factor out tree fixup logic into helper Brian Foster
2019-09-27 17:18 ` [PATCH v5 11/11] xfs: optimize near mode bnobt scans with concurrent cntbt lookups Brian Foster
2019-10-04 23:20 ` Darrick J. Wong
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