In bch_mca_scan(), the number of shrinking btree node is calculated
by code like this,
unsigned long nr = sc->nr_to_scan;
nr /= c->btree_pages;
nr = min_t(unsigned long, nr, mca_can_free(c));
variable sc->nr_to_scan is number of objects (here is bcache B+tree
nodes' number) to shrink, and pointer variable sc is sent from memory
management code as parametr of a callback.
If sc->nr_to_scan is smaller than c->btree_pages, after the above
calculation, variable 'nr' will be 0 and nothing will be shrunk. It is
frequeently observed that only 1 or 2 is set to sc->nr_to_scan and make
nr to be zero. Then bch_mca_scan() will do nothing more then acquiring
and releasing mutex c->bucket_lock.
This patch checkes whether nr is 0 after the above calculation, if 0
is the result then set 1 to variable 'n'. Then at least bch_mca_scan()
will try to shrink a single B+tree node.
Signed-off-by: Coly Li <colyli@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/bcache/btree.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
index 48e33ee0d876..3df5fa4a501c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
@@ -754,6 +754,8 @@ static unsigned long bch_mca_scan(struct shrinker *shrink,
* IO can always make forward progress:
*/
nr /= c->btree_pages;
+ if (nr == 0)
+ nr = 1;
nr = min_t(unsigned long, nr, mca_can_free(c));
i = 0;
--
2.16.4
