[patch] Use BIO_META tags for metadata rather than BIO_SYNC

David Chinner
2008-01-21T04:18:20Z

Improve metadata I/O merging in the elevator

Change all async metadata buffers to use [READ|WRITE]_META I/O types
so that the I/O doesn't get issued immediately. This allows merging
of adjacent metadata requests but still prioritises them over bulk
data. This shows a 10-15% improvement in sequential create speed of
small files.

Don't include the log buffers in this classification - leave them
as sync types so they are issued immediately.

Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dgc@sgi.com>
---
fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c | 6 +++++-
include/linux/fs.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: 2.6.x-xfs-new/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6.x-xfs-new.orig/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c 2007-12-19 11:56:47.977477993 +1100
+++ 2.6.x-xfs-new/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c 2007-12-19 11:56:52.200932303 +1100
@@ -1136,10 +1136,14 @@ _xfs_buf_ioapply(
if (bp->b_flags & XBF_ORDERED) {
ASSERT(!(bp->b_flags & XBF_READ));
rw = WRITE_BARRIER;
- } else if (bp->b_flags & _XBF_RUN_QUEUES) {
+ } else if (bp->b_flags & XBF_LOG_BUFFER) {
ASSERT(!(bp->b_flags & XBF_READ_AHEAD));
bp->b_flags &= ~_XBF_RUN_QUEUES;
rw = (bp->b_flags & XBF_WRITE) ? WRITE_SYNC : READ_SYNC;
+ } else if (bp->b_flags & _XBF_RUN_QUEUES) {
+ ASSERT(!(bp->b_flags & XBF_READ_AHEAD));
+ bp->b_flags &= ~_XBF_RUN_QUEUES;
+ rw = (bp->b_flags & XBF_WRITE) ? WRITE_META : READ_META;
} else {
rw = (bp->b_flags & XBF_WRITE) ? WRITE :
(bp->b_flags & XBF_READ_AHEAD) ? READA : READ;
Index: 2.6.x-xfs-new/include/linux/fs.h
===================================================================
--- 2.6.x-xfs-new.orig/include/linux/fs.h 2007-12-19 01:11:16.495229881 +1100
+++ 2.6.x-xfs-new/include/linux/fs.h 2007-12-19 11:56:52.352912667 +1100
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ extern int dir_notify_enable;
#define READ_SYNC (READ | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNC))
#define READ_META (READ | (1 << BIO_RW_META))
#define WRITE_SYNC (WRITE | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNC))
+#define WRITE_META (WRITE | (1 << BIO_RW_META))
#define WRITE_BARRIER ((1 << BIO_RW) | (1 << BIO_RW_BARRIER))

#define SEL_IN 1