xfstests: 226: have xfs_io use bigger buffers

xfstests: 226: have xfs_io use bigger buffers

[Alex Elder]

By default xfs_io uses a buffer size of 4096 bytes.  On test 226,
the result is that the test runs much slower (at least an order
of magnitude) than it needs to.

Add a flag to the "pwrite" command sent to xfs_io so it uses
larger buffers, thereby speeding things up considerably.

Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <aelder@sgi.com>

---
 226 |    9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: b/226
===================================================================
--- a/226
+++ b/226
@@ -49,10 +49,14 @@ _scratch_mount
 
 loops=16
 
+# Buffer size argument supplied to xfs_io "pwrite" command
+buffer="-b $(expr 512 \* 1024)"
+
 echo "--> $loops buffered 64m writes in a loop"
 for I in `seq 1 $loops`; do
 	echo -n "$I "
-	xfs_io -F -f -c 'pwrite 0 64m' $SCRATCH_MNT/test >> $seq.full
+	xfs_io -F -f \
+		-c "pwrite ${buffer} 0 64m" $SCRATCH_MNT/test >> $seq.full
 	rm -f $SCRATCH_MNT/test
 done
 
@@ -63,7 +67,8 @@ _scratch_mount
 echo "--> $loops direct 64m writes in a loop"
 for I in `seq 1 $loops`; do
 	echo -n "$I "
-	xfs_io -F -f -d -c 'pwrite 0 64m' $SCRATCH_MNT/test >> $seq.full
+	xfs_io -F -f -d \
+		-c "pwrite ${buffer} 0 64m" $SCRATCH_MNT/test >> $seq.full
 	rm -f $SCRATCH_MNT/test 
 done
 

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Re: xfstests: 226: have xfs_io use bigger buffers

[Eric Sandeen]

Alex Elder wrote:
> By default xfs_io uses a buffer size of 4096 bytes.  On test 226,
> the result is that the test runs much slower (at least an order
> of magnitude) than it needs to.
> 
> Add a flag to the "pwrite" command sent to xfs_io so it uses
> larger buffers, thereby speeding things up considerably.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <aelder@sgi.com>

Reviewed-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@sandeen.net>

> 
> ---
>  226 |    9 +++++++--
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: b/226
> ===================================================================
> --- a/226
> +++ b/226
> @@ -49,10 +49,14 @@ _scratch_mount
>  
>  loops=16
>  
> +# Buffer size argument supplied to xfs_io "pwrite" command
> +buffer="-b $(expr 512 \* 1024)"
> +
>  echo "--> $loops buffered 64m writes in a loop"
>  for I in `seq 1 $loops`; do
>  	echo -n "$I "
> -	xfs_io -F -f -c 'pwrite 0 64m' $SCRATCH_MNT/test >> $seq.full
> +	xfs_io -F -f \
> +		-c "pwrite ${buffer} 0 64m" $SCRATCH_MNT/test >> $seq.full
>  	rm -f $SCRATCH_MNT/test
>  done
>  
> @@ -63,7 +67,8 @@ _scratch_mount
>  echo "--> $loops direct 64m writes in a loop"
>  for I in `seq 1 $loops`; do
>  	echo -n "$I "
> -	xfs_io -F -f -d -c 'pwrite 0 64m' $SCRATCH_MNT/test >> $seq.full
> +	xfs_io -F -f -d \
> +		-c "pwrite ${buffer} 0 64m" $SCRATCH_MNT/test >> $seq.full
>  	rm -f $SCRATCH_MNT/test 
>  done
>  
> 
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