On Sep 27, 2008 16:26 +0900, Akira Fujita wrote:
> I've updated the ext4 online defragmentation patches.
> In this version, mainly there are following two changes and some fixes:
> - Support 1KB and 2KB block size.
> - Implement EXT4_IOC_FIEMAP_INO instead of EXT4_IOC_EXTENTS_INFO
> to get extetns information.
>
> Changelog:
> - 0.95(Sep. 26, 2008)
> - Support 1KB and 2KB block size.
> - Implement EXT4_IOC_FIEMAP_INO which calls ext4_fiemap() for specified inode number
Instead of implementing an EXT4_IOC_FIEMAP_INO ioctl, what we had implemented
is an EXT4_IOC_WRAPPER, which takes as arguments the inode number and the
ioctl command + original ioctl data. This allows inode ioctls to be called
against the filesystem root for arbitrary inodes, and doesn't require new
implementation for each ioctl:
struct ll_ioctl_wrapper {
__u32 ioctl_cmd;
__u32 padding;
__u64 ioctl_ino;
char ioctl_data[0];
};
int ext4_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
unsigned long arg)
:
:
case EXT4_IOC_WRAPPER: {
struct inode *active_inode;
struct ll_ioctl_wrapper buf;
struct file_operations *fop;
if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
return -EACCES;
if (copy_from_user(&buf, (struct ll_ioctl_wrapper __user *)arg,
sizeof(buf)))
return -EFAULT;
if (buf.ioctl_cmd == EXT4_IOC_WRAPPER)
return -EDEADLK;
active_inode = iget(lfs_sb, buf.ioctl_ino);
if (!active_inode)
return -EACCES;
err = -ENOTTY;
fop = inode->i_sb->s_root->d_inode->i_fop;
if (fop && fop->unlocked_ioctl)
err = fop->unlocked_ioctl(NULL, buf.ioctl_cmd,
arg + sizeof(buf));
if ((!err || err != -ENOTTY))
goto out_dput;
if (fop && fop->ioctl)
err = fop->ioctl(NULL, buf.ioctl_cmd, arg +sizeof(buf));
out_dput:
iput(active_dentry);
return err;
}
> instead of EXT4_IOC_EXTENTS_INFO to get extents information.
> - Merge "JC6-defrag-alloc-contiguous-blks-credit" and
> "ext4-request-for-blocks-with-ar.excepted_group-1.patch" in the ext4 patch queue
> into this version.
> - Handle s_dirtyblocks_counter correctly in defrag when delalloc enabled.
> - Remove unneeded copy_from_user() in EXT4_IOC_GROUP_INFO ioctl. Ted pointed this out.
> - 0.9 (May 30, 2008)
> - Create some new functions (ext4_defrag_fill_ar(),
> ext4_defrag_check_phase() ...) to separate block allocation function,
> since the phase mode plug into the allocation function isn't good.
> - Add the description of ext4_defrag() which is main function.
> - Add the capability check.
> - Some cleanups.
> - 0.8 (Apr. 8, 2008)
> Fix sparse warnings and change the construction of patches.
>
> Outline for ext4 online defragmentation:
> Ext4 online defrag has the following three functions.
>
> no option Solving a single file fragmentation.
> Single file fragmentation is solved by moving file
> data to contiguous free blocks.
>
> -r Solving a relevant file fragmentation.
> Relevant file fragmentation could be solved by moving
> the files under the specified directory close together with
> the block containing the directory data.
>
> -f Solving a free space fragmentation.
> If there is no contiguous free blocks in the filesystem,
> the other files are moved to make sufficient space to allocate
> contiguous blocks for the target file.
>
> Notes:
> - Ext4 online defarg needs "mballoc" and "extents" mount options.
> - "ext4-fiemap.patch" in the ext4 patch queue is necessary
> for EXT4_IOC_FIEMAP_INO ioctl. We have to apply fiemap patches previously
> then apply defrag patches, so it is necessary to change
> the order of series in the ext4 patch queue.
>
> Next steps:
> 1. Address the following items that Ted pointed out.
> - Move all of the defrag ioctls from ext4_defrag_ioctl() to ext4_ioctl()
> so that defrag does not have a double layer ioctl's dispatch.
> - Remove the block reservation in the force defrag (-f).
> - Remove the EXT4_IOC_FIBMAP ioctl and use the EXT4_IOC_FIEMAP instead.
> - Get super block information with opening block device in user space
> so that we can remove the EXT4_IOC_GROUP_INFO ioctl.
>
> Summary of patches:
> * The followings are new ext4 online defrag patches and they consist
> of ioctl unit except 1-4. Because the EXT4_IOC_DEFRAG is too big to review,
> I divided it into 4 patches.
>
> [PATCH 1/12] EXT4_IOC_DEFRAG ioctl and main functions of defrag
> - Create the temporary inode and do defrag per
> defrag_size (defalut 64MB).
>
> [PATCH 2/12] Allocate new contiguous blocks with mballoc
> - Search contiguous free blocks with mutil-block allocation
> and allocate them for the temporary inode.
>
> [PATCH 3/12] Read and write file data with memory page
> - Read the file data from the old blocks to the page cache and
> write the file data on the page into the new blocks.
>
> [PATCH 4/12] Exchange the blocks between two inodes
> - Exchange the data blocks between the temporary inode and
> the original inode.
>
> [PATCH 5/12] EXT4_IOC_FIBMAP ioctl
> - The EXT4_IOC_FIBMAP ioctl gets the physical block offset of target inode
> with ext4_bmap(). This ioctl is used only in the relevant defrag (-r).
>
> [PATCH 6/12] EXT4_IOC_GROUP_INFO ioctl
> - The EXT4_IOC_GROUP_INFO ioctl gets the block group information
> of target inode is located in. This ioctl is used only in the force defrag (-f).
>
> [PATCH 7/12] EXT4_IOC_FREE_BLOCKS_INFO ioctl
> - The EXT4_IOC_FREE_BLOCKS_INFO ioctl gets free extents
> information of the target block group.
> This ioctl is used only in the force defrag (-f).
>
> [PATCH 8/12] EXT4_IOC_FIEMAP_INO ioctl
> - The EXT4_IOC_FIEMAP_INO is used to get extents information of
> inode which set to ioctl.
> The defragger uses this ioctl to check the fragment condition
> and to get extents information in the specified block group.
>
> [PATCH 9/12] EXT4_IOC_RESERVE_BLOCK ioctl
> - The EXT4_IOC_RESERVE_BLOCK ioctl reserves the specified
> contiguous free space with ext4 block reservation function.
> This ioctl is used only in the force defrag (-f).
>
> [PATCH 10/12] EXT4_IOC_MOVE_VICTIM ioctl
> - The EXT4_IOC_MOVE_VICTIM moves the victim extents into other block group.
> Therefore the contiguous free space is made in the target block group.
> This ioctl is used only in the force defrag (-f).
>
> [PATCH 11/12] EXT4_IOC_BLOCK_RELEASE ioctl
> - The EXT4_IOC_BLOCK_RELEASE releases the reserved blocks
> which target inode holds.
> This ioctl is used if defrag failed and it was after the block reservation.
>
> [PATCH 12/12] Online defrag command
> - The defrag command. Usage is as follows:
> - Defrag for a single file.
> # e4defrag file-name
> - Defrag for all files on ext4.
> # e4defrag device-name
> - Put the multiple files closer together.
> # e4defrag -r directory-name
> - Defrag for free space fragmentation.
> # e4defrag -f file-name
>
> Any comments and tests are welcome.
>
> Best regards,
> Akira Fujita
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Cheers, Andreas
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Sun Microsystems of Canada, Inc.
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