On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 08:20:36AM -0700, Allison Henderson wrote: > @@ -4227,6 +4227,28 @@ int ext4_ext_punch_hole(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t length) > } > } > > + /* > + * Now we need to unmap the un page aligned buffers. > + * If the file is smaller than a page, just > + * unmap the middle > + */ This should be "non-page-aligned buffers". And it's not "if the file is smaller than a page", but rather "if the file space being truncated is smaller than a page". (The comment above this patch hunk is similarly wrong). > + if (first_page > last_page) > + ext4_unmap_page_range(handle, mapping, offset, length); > + else { > + /* unmap page buffers before the first aligned page */ > + page_len = first_page_offset - offset; > + if (page_len > 0) > + ext4_unmap_page_range(handle, mapping, > + offset, page_len); > + > + /* unmap the page buffers after the last aligned page */ > + page_len = offset + length - last_page_offset; > + if (page_len > 0) { > + ext4_unmap_page_range(handle, mapping, > + last_page_offset, page_len); > + } > + } > + We unconditionally call ext4_unmap_page_range() at least once, and possibly twice. The ext4_unmap_page_range() function is always going to be calling find_or_create_page(), which requires locking pages, taking RCU locks, etc.. None of this code should be needed if: inode->i_sb->s_blocksize == PAGE_CACHE_SIZE or (offset % PAGE_CACHE_SIZE == 0) && (length % PAGE_CACHE_SIZE == 0) > +/* > + * ext4_unmap_page_range() unmaps a page range of length 'length' > + * starting from file offset 'from'. The range to be unmaped must > + * be contained with in one page. If the specified range exceeds > + * the end of the page it will be shortened to end of the page > + * that cooresponds to 'from'. Only block aligned buffers will > + * be unmapped and unblock aligned buffers are skipped > + */ > +int ext4_unmap_page_range(handle_t *handle, > + struct address_space *mapping, loff_t from, loff_t length) This function is only used by extents.c; maybe it should be placed in extents.c and declared static, instead of being placed in inode.c? > +{ > + ext4_fsblk_t index = from >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT; > + unsigned int offset = from & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE-1); > + unsigned int blocksize, max, pos; > + unsigned int end_of_block, range_to_unmap; > + ext4_lblk_t iblock; > + struct inode *inode = mapping->host; > + struct buffer_head *bh; > + struct page *page; > + int err = 0; > + > + page = find_or_create_page(mapping, from >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT, > + mapping_gfp_mask(mapping) & ~__GFP_FS); > + if (!page) > + return -EINVAL; > + > + blocksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize; > + max = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset; > + > + /* > + * correct length if it does not fall between > + * 'from' and the end of the page > + */ > + if (length > max || length < 0) > + length = max; > + > + iblock = index << (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - inode->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits); > + > + if (!page_has_buffers(page)) > + create_empty_buffers(page, blocksize, 0); If the page doesn't have any buffers, we could just return 0; there's no point calling create_empty_buffers() and then looping over them all. > + > + /* Find the buffer that contains "offset" */ > + bh = page_buffers(page); > + pos = blocksize; > + while (offset >= pos) { > + bh = bh->b_this_page; > + iblock++; > + pos += blocksize; > + } > + > + pos = offset; > + while (pos < offset + length) { > + err = 0; > + > + /* The length of space left to zero */ > + range_to_unmap = offset + length - pos; > + > + /* The length of space until the end of the block */ > + end_of_block = blocksize - (pos & (blocksize-1)); > + > + /* Do not unmap past end of block */ > + if (range_to_unmap > end_of_block) > + range_to_unmap = end_of_block; > + > + if (buffer_freed(bh)) { > + BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "freed: skip"); > + goto next; > + } > + > + if (!buffer_mapped(bh)) { > + BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "unmapped"); > + ext4_get_block(inode, iblock, bh, 0); > + /* unmapped? It's a hole - nothing to do */ > + if (!buffer_mapped(bh)) { > + BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "still unmapped"); > + goto next; > + } > + } If the buffer is unmapped, why not just goto next right away? Why bother calling ext4_get_block() and mapping it, when all we're going to do is declare the buffer as unmapped anyway. > + > + /* If the range is not block aligned, skip */ > + if (range_to_unmap != blocksize) > + goto next; > + > + if (ext4_should_journal_data(inode)) { > + BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "get write access"); > + err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, bh); > + if (err) > + goto unlock; > + } > + > + clear_buffer_dirty(bh); > + bh->b_bdev = NULL; > + clear_buffer_mapped(bh); > + clear_buffer_req(bh); > + clear_buffer_new(bh); > + clear_buffer_delay(bh); > + clear_buffer_unwritten(bh); > + clear_buffer_uptodate(bh); > + ClearPageUptodate(page); > + > + BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "buffer unmapped"); > + > + if (ext4_should_journal_data(inode)) { > + err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, inode, bh); > + } else { > + if (ext4_should_order_data(inode) && > + EXT4_I(inode)->jinode) > + err = ext4_jbd2_file_inode(handle, inode); > + } Why are we calling ext4_handle_dirty_metadata() or ext4_jbd2_file_inode() here? It's not necessary, since we're not actually dirtying any buffers here. We're just marking buffer heads as unmarked. > + > +next: > + bh = bh->b_this_page; > + iblock++; > + pos += range_to_unmap; > + } > +unlock: > + unlock_page(page); > + page_cache_release(page); > + return err; > +} > + > + > int ext4_can_truncate(struct inode *inode) > { > if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) > -- > 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html