On Thu 28-08-14 11:31:46, Gioh Kim wrote:
>
> A buffer cache is allocated from movable area
> because it is referred for a while and released soon.
> But some filesystems are taking buffer cache for a long time
> and it can disturb page migration.
>
> New APIs are introduced to allocate buffer cache
> with user specific flag.
> *_gfp APIs are for user want to set page allocation flag for page cache
> allocation.
> And *_unmovable APIs are for the user wants to allocate page cache from
> non-movable area.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gioh Kim <gioh.kim@xxxxxxx>
Still a few nits below.
> ---
> fs/buffer.c | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
> include/linux/buffer_head.h | 14 ++++++++++-
> 2 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
> index 8f05111..ee29bc4 100644
> --- a/fs/buffer.c
> +++ b/fs/buffer.c
> @@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ init_page_buffers(struct page *page, struct block_device *bdev,
> */
> static int
> grow_dev_page(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block,
> - pgoff_t index, int size, int sizebits)
> + pgoff_t index, int size, int sizebits, gfp_t gfp)
I've noticed that whitespace got damaged in your patches (tabs replaced
with spaces). Please use email client that doesn't do this or use
attachments. Otherwise patch doesn't apply.
> {
> struct inode *inode = bdev->bd_inode;
> struct page *page;
> @@ -1002,10 +1002,10 @@ grow_dev_page(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block,
> int ret = 0; /* Will call free_more_memory() */
> gfp_t gfp_mask;
>
> - gfp_mask = mapping_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping) & ~__GFP_FS;
> - gfp_mask |= __GFP_MOVABLE;
> + gfp_mask = (mapping_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping) & ~__GFP_FS) | gfp;
> +
> /*
> - * XXX: __getblk_slow() can not really deal with failure and
> + * XXX: __getblk_gfp() can not really deal with failure and
> * will endlessly loop on improvised global reclaim. Prefer
> * looping in the allocator rather than here, at least that
> * code knows what it's doing.
> @@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ failed:
> * that page was dirty, the buffers are set dirty also.
> */
> static int
> -grow_buffers(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, int size)
> +grow_buffers(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, int size, gfp_t gfp)
> {
> pgoff_t index;
> int sizebits;
> @@ -1085,11 +1085,12 @@ grow_buffers(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, int size)
> }
>
> /* Create a page with the proper size buffers.. */
> - return grow_dev_page(bdev, block, index, size, sizebits);
> + return grow_dev_page(bdev, block, index, size, sizebits, gfp);
> }
>
> -static struct buffer_head *
> -__getblk_slow(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, int size)
> +struct buffer_head *
> +__getblk_gfp(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block,
> + unsigned size, gfp_t gfp)
> {
> /* Size must be multiple of hard sectorsize */
> if (unlikely(size & (bdev_logical_block_size(bdev)-1) ||
> @@ -1111,13 +1112,21 @@ __getblk_slow(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, int size)
> if (bh)
> return bh;
>
> - ret = grow_buffers(bdev, block, size);
> + ret = grow_buffers(bdev, block, size, gfp);
> if (ret < 0)
> return NULL;
> if (ret == 0)
> free_more_memory();
> }
> }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(__getblk_gfp);
> +
> +struct buffer_head *getblk_unmovable(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block,
> + unsigned size)
> +{
> + return __getblk_gfp(bdev, block, size, 0);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(getblk_unmovable);
This can be just an inline function in include/linux/buffer_head.h.
> /*
> * The relationship between dirty buffers and dirty pages:
> @@ -1385,7 +1394,7 @@ __getblk(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, unsigned size)
>
> might_sleep();
> if (bh == NULL)
> - bh = __getblk_slow(bdev, block, size);
> + bh = __getblk_gfp(bdev, block, size, __GFP_MOVABLE);
> return bh;
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(__getblk);
I'd keep __getblk_slow() internal and just add 'gfp' parameter to it.
Then change __getblk() to __getblk_gfp() and pass on the 'gfp' parameter.
And finally define inline __getblk() in include/linux/buffer_head.h which
just calls __getblk_gfp() with appropriate gfp mask.
That way you keep all the interfaces completely symmetric. For example now
you miss might_sleep() checks from __getblk_gfp().
Honza
--
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR
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