[testcase] fsync/O_SYNC simple test cases

["Stephen C. Tweedie" <sct@redhat.com>]

Hi,

The code below may be useful for doing simple testing of the O_SYNC
and f[data]sync code in the kernel.  It times various combinations of
updates-in-place and appends under various synchronisation mechanisms,
making it possible to see clearly whether fdatasync is skipping inode
updates for updates-in-place, for example.

--Stephen

synctest.c:


#include <assert.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <sys/fcntl.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/vfs.h>
#include <sys/resource.h>

int iterations = 1000;

struct timeval last_stopwatch_time;

void stopwatch()
{
	struct timeval now;
	int delta;
	
	gettimeofday(&now, 0);
	delta = (now.tv_sec - last_stopwatch_time.tv_sec) * 1000000 +
		(now.tv_usec - last_stopwatch_time.tv_usec);
	printf ("Stopwatch: elapsed time %d.%03d seconds\n",
		delta / 1000000, (delta / 1000) % 1000);

	last_stopwatch_time = now;
}

int main()
{
	int fd, syncfd;
	int i;
	int err;
	char c;
	
	fd = open("syncfile", O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_RDWR, 0666);
	if (fd < 0) {
		perror("open");
		exit(1);
	}

	syncfd = open("syncfile", O_RDWR|O_SYNC, 0666);
	if (syncfd < 0) {
		perror("open");
		exit(1);
	}

	c = -1;
	err = pwrite(fd, &c, 1, 0);
	if (err != 1) {
		perror("pwrite");
		exit(1);
	}

	gettimeofday(&last_stopwatch_time, 0);
		
	/* First pass: do nothing but fsync */
	printf ("Performing %d fsyncs:\n", iterations);
	for (i=0; i<iterations; i++)
		fsync(fd);
	printf ("done. \n");
	stopwatch();
	
	/* Next pass: do nothing but fdatasync */
	printf ("Performing %d fdatasyncs:\n", iterations);
	for (i=0; i<iterations; i++)
		fdatasync(fd);
	printf ("done. \n");
	stopwatch();

	/* Next pass: do fsync with a file read in each pass to force an
	 * atime timestamp update */
	printf ("Performing %d atime fsyncs:\n", iterations);
	for (i=0; i<iterations; i++) {
		pread(fd, &c, 1, 0);
		fsync(fd);
	}
	printf ("done. \n");
	stopwatch();
	
	/* Next pass: do fdatasync with a file read in each pass to
	 * force an atime timestamp update */
	printf ("Performing %d atime fdatasyncs:\n", iterations);
	for (i=0; i<iterations; i++) {
		pread(fd, &c, 1, 0);
		fdatasync(fd);
	}
	printf ("done. \n");
	stopwatch();
	
	/* Next pass: do fdatasync with a file write in each pass: this
	 * should do a real sync of the data, but not of the inode. */
	printf ("Performing %d write fdatasyncs:\n", iterations);
	for (i=0; i<iterations; i++) {
		pwrite(fd, &c, 1, 0);
		fdatasync(fd);
	}
	printf ("done. \n");
	stopwatch();
	
	/* Next pass: do fdatasync with a file append in each pass: this
	 * should do a real sync of the data, and should also sync the
	 * inode for the new i_size. */
	printf ("Performing %d append fdatasyncs:\n", iterations);
	for (i=0; i<iterations; i++) {
		pwrite(fd, &c, 1, i);
		fdatasync(fd);
	}
	printf ("done. \n");
	stopwatch();
	
	/* Next pass: do fsync with a file write in each pass: this
	 * should do a real sync of the data and inode in each round,
	 * resulting in much head banging. */
	printf ("Performing %d write fsyncs:\n", iterations);
	for (i=0; i<iterations; i++) {
		pwrite(fd, &c, 1, 0);
		fsync(fd);
	}
	printf ("done. \n");
	stopwatch();
	
	/* Next pass: do O_SYNC writes. */
	printf ("Performing %d O_SYNC writes:\n", iterations);
	for (i=0; i<iterations; i++) {
		pwrite(syncfd, &c, 1, 0);
	}
	printf ("done. \n");
	stopwatch();
	
	/* Next pass: do O_SYNC appends. */
	ftruncate(syncfd, 0);
	fsync(syncfd);
	printf ("Performing %d O_SYNC appends:\n", iterations);
	for (i=0; i<iterations; i++) {
		pwrite(syncfd, &c, 1, i);
	}
	printf ("done. \n");
	stopwatch();
	
	return 0;
}
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