The member 'accessed' of struct btree is used in bch_mca_scan() when
shrinking btree node caches. The original idea is, if b->accessed is
set, clean it and look at next btree node cache from c->btree_cache
list, and only shrink the caches whose b->accessed is cleaned. Then
only cold btree node cache will be shrunk.
But when I/O pressure is high, it is very probably that b->accessed
of a btree node cache will be set again in bch_btree_node_get()
before bch_mca_scan() selects it again. Then there is no chance for
bch_mca_scan() to shrink enough memory back to slub or slab system.
This patch removes member accessed from struct btree, then once a
btree node ache is selected, it will be immediately shunk. By this
change, bch_mca_scan() may release btree node cahce more efficiently.
Signed-off-by: Coly Li <colyli@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/bcache/btree.c | 8 ++------
drivers/md/bcache/btree.h | 2 --
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
index 14d6c33b0957..357535a5c89c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
@@ -754,14 +754,12 @@ static unsigned long bch_mca_scan(struct shrinker *shrink,
b = list_first_entry(&c->btree_cache, struct btree, list);
list_rotate_left(&c->btree_cache);
- if (!b->accessed &&
- !mca_reap(b, 0, false)) {
+ if (!mca_reap(b, 0, false)) {
mca_bucket_free(b);
mca_data_free(b);
rw_unlock(true, b);
freed++;
- } else
- b->accessed = 0;
+ }
}
out:
mutex_unlock(&c->bucket_lock);
@@ -1069,7 +1067,6 @@ struct btree *bch_btree_node_get(struct cache_set *c, struct btree_op *op,
BUG_ON(!b->written);
b->parent = parent;
- b->accessed = 1;
for (; i <= b->keys.nsets && b->keys.set[i].size; i++) {
prefetch(b->keys.set[i].tree);
@@ -1160,7 +1157,6 @@ struct btree *__bch_btree_node_alloc(struct cache_set *c, struct btree_op *op,
goto retry;
}
- b->accessed = 1;
b->parent = parent;
bch_bset_init_next(&b->keys, b->keys.set->data, bset_magic(&b->c->sb));
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.h b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.h
index 76cfd121a486..f4dcca449391 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.h
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.h
@@ -121,8 +121,6 @@ struct btree {
/* Key/pointer for this btree node */
BKEY_PADDED(key);
- /* Single bit - set when accessed, cleared by shrinker */
- unsigned long accessed;
unsigned long seq;
struct rw_semaphore lock;
struct cache_set *c;
--
2.16.4
