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From: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>
To: Brian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
	linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org, hch@infradead.org,
	david@fromorbit.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/12] xfs: flush speculative space allocations when we run out of space
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2021 09:34:30 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210129173430.GH7695@magnolia> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210129161047.GH2665284@bfoster>

On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 11:10:47AM -0500, Brian Foster wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 06:18:54PM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> > From: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
> > 
> > If a fs modification (creation, file write, reflink, etc.) is unable to
> > reserve enough space to handle the modification, try clearing whatever
> > space the filesystem might have been hanging onto in the hopes of
> > speeding up the filesystem.  The flushing behavior will become
> > particularly important when we add deferred inode inactivation because
> > that will increase the amount of space that isn't actively tied to user
> > data.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
> > Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
> > ---
> >  fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c |   12 ++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> > 
> > 
> > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
> > index b08bb5a8fb60..3c2b26a21c6d 100644
> > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
> > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
> > @@ -289,6 +289,18 @@ xfs_trans_alloc(
> >  	tp->t_firstblock = NULLFSBLOCK;
> >  
> >  	error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, resp, blocks, rtextents);
> > +	if (error == -ENOSPC) {
> > +		/*
> > +		 * We weren't able to reserve enough space for the transaction.
> > +		 * Flush the other speculative space allocations to free space.
> > +		 * Do not perform a synchronous scan because callers can hold
> > +		 * other locks.
> > +		 */
> > +		error = xfs_blockgc_free_space(mp, NULL);
> > +		if (error)
> > +			return error;
> > +		error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, resp, blocks, rtextents);
> > +	}
> 
> We probably want to cancel the transaction if the scan fails. Perhaps
> tweak this to:
> 
> 		...
> 		error = xfs_blockgc_free_space(mp, NULL);
> 		if (!error)
> 			error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, resp, blocks, rtextents);
> 	}
> 	...
> 
> Hm?

Doh, yes, good catch!  Will fix.

--D

> Brian
> 
> >  	if (error) {
> >  		xfs_trans_cancel(tp);
> >  		return error;
> > 
> 

  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-01-29 17:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-01-29  2:17 [PATCHSET v6 00/12] xfs: try harder to reclaim space when we run out Darrick J. Wong
2021-01-29  2:17 ` [PATCH 01/12] xfs: trigger all block gc scans when low on quota space Darrick J. Wong
2021-01-29  2:17 ` [PATCH 02/12] xfs: don't stall cowblocks scan if we can't take locks Darrick J. Wong
2021-01-29  2:18 ` [PATCH 03/12] xfs: xfs_inode_free_quota_blocks should scan project quota Darrick J. Wong
2021-01-29  2:18 ` [PATCH 04/12] xfs: move and rename xfs_inode_free_quota_blocks to avoid conflicts Darrick J. Wong
2021-01-29  2:18 ` [PATCH 05/12] xfs: pass flags and return gc errors from xfs_blockgc_free_quota Darrick J. Wong
2021-01-29  2:18 ` [PATCH 06/12] xfs: try worst case space reservation upfront in xfs_reflink_remap_extent Darrick J. Wong
2021-01-29  2:18 ` [PATCH 07/12] xfs: flush eof/cowblocks if we can't reserve quota for file blocks Darrick J. Wong
     [not found]   ` <20210129160944.GE2665284@bfoster>
2021-01-29 17:47     ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-01-29  2:18 ` [PATCH 08/12] xfs: flush eof/cowblocks if we can't reserve quota for inode creation Darrick J. Wong
2021-01-29  2:18 ` [PATCH 09/12] xfs: flush eof/cowblocks if we can't reserve quota for chown Darrick J. Wong
2021-01-29  2:18 ` [PATCH 10/12] xfs: add a tracepoint for blockgc scans Darrick J. Wong
2021-01-29  2:18 ` [PATCH 11/12] xfs: refactor xfs_icache_free_{eof,cow}blocks call sites Darrick J. Wong
2021-01-29  2:18 ` [PATCH 12/12] xfs: flush speculative space allocations when we run out of space Darrick J. Wong
     [not found]   ` <20210129161047.GH2665284@bfoster>
2021-01-29 17:34     ` Darrick J. Wong [this message]
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2021-02-01  2:05 [PATCHSET v7 00/12] xfs: try harder to reclaim space when we run out Darrick J. Wong
2021-02-01  2:06 ` [PATCH 12/12] xfs: flush speculative space allocations when we run out of space Darrick J. Wong
2021-02-02 15:39   ` Brian Foster

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