>From 9e09fef78b2fa552c883bf8124af873abfde0805 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lokesh Nagappa Jaliminche <lokesh.jaliminche@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 00:33:06 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: optimizing group serch for inode allocation
Added a check at the start of group search loop to
avoid looping unecessarily in case of empty group.
This also allow group search to jump directly to
"found_flex_bg" with "stats" and "group" already set,
so there is no need to go through the extra steps of
setting "best_desc" and "best_group" and then break
out of the loop just to set "stats" and "group" again.
Signed-off-by: Lokesh Nagappa Jaliminche <lokesh.jaliminche@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/ialloc.c | 8 ++++++++
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 1b8024d..588bf8e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -446,6 +446,8 @@ static int find_group_orlov(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *parent,
struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
ext4_group_t real_ngroups = ext4_get_groups_count(sb);
int inodes_per_group = EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
+ unsigned int inodes_per_flex_group;
+ long unsigned int blocks_per_clustre;
unsigned int freei, avefreei, grp_free;
ext4_fsblk_t freeb, avefreec;
unsigned int ndirs;
@@ -470,6 +472,8 @@ static int find_group_orlov(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *parent,
percpu_counter_read_positive(&sbi->s_freeclusters_counter));
avefreec = freeb;
do_div(avefreec, ngroups);
+ inodes_per_flex_group = inodes_per_group * flex_size;
+ blocks_per_clustre = sbi->s_blocks_per_group * flex_size;
ndirs = percpu_counter_read_positive(&sbi->s_dirs_counter);
·
if (S_ISDIR(mode) &&
@@ -489,6 +493,10 @@ static int find_group_orlov(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *parent,
for (i = 0; i < ngroups; i++) {
g = (parent_group + i) % ngroups;
get_orlov_stats(sb, g, flex_size, &stats);
+ /* the group can't get any better than empty */
+ if (inodes_per_flex_group == stats.free_inodes &&
+ blocks_per_clustre == stats.free_clusters)
+ goto found_flex_bg;
if (!stats.free_inodes)
continue;
if (stats.used_dirs >= best_ndir)
--
1.7.1
On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 02:32:52PM -0700, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> On Dec 15, 2015, at 3:33 AM, lokesh jaliminche <lokesh.jaliminche@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > "No, this isn't correct. This loop is looking for the *best* group it
> > can find, and your "break" would have it exit the loop as soon as the
> > *first* group that matches the conditions is found."
> >
> > But as we are checking all the groups with the same conditions then
> > how it guarantees better group selection ? As per my understanding we
> > are just wasting time in looping.
>
> The important part of the loop is ensuring that the selected group is always
> improving over the previous one:
>
> if (le16_to_cpu(desc->bg_used_dirs_count) >= best_ndir)
> continue;
>
> The "best_ndir" value tracks for the best group found so far the number of
> used directories in the group, and if the new directory has fewer directories
> than the previous "best" directory and still meets all the other criteria
> (fewer than average inodes allocated, etc) then the new group will be chosen.
>
> That said, you are correct that the loop can spend a lot of time searching
> needlessly. It would be trivial to add a check at the start of the loop:
>
> /* the group can't get any better than empty */
> if (desc->bg_free_inodes_count == inodes_per_group &&
> desc->bg_free_blocks_count ==
> EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb))
> goto found;
>
> This jumps directly to "found" with "desc" and "group" already set, so
> there is no need to go through the extra steps of setting "best_desc" and
> "best_group" and then break out of the loop just to set "desc" and "group"
> again.
>
> Since you are the one to find this optimization, could you please submit a
> patch to this effect so you get the credit.
>
> Cheers, Andreas
>
> > On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 3:24 AM, Andreas Dilger <adilger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Dec 3, 2015, at 12:13 PM, lokesh jaliminche <lokesh.jaliminche@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Ohh thanks for the clarification. There is one more thing I would like
> >>> to point out here.
> >>> In the code there is a loop to scan the groups for inode
> >>> alllocation(Inside find_group_orlov function).
> >>> There are some policies for group selection . while scanning the
> >>> groups, it checks for these
> >>> policies to be satisfied.
> >>> If a particular group satisfy these properties it should get selected
> >>> for inode allocation but instead
> >>> it does further lookup in next groups.
> >>> I think there is missing breaking condition. I have added break over
> >>> there and here is the
> >>> patch for that. Any reason for not having break condition over here ?
> >>>
> >>> diff -Nur linux-2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
> >>> linux-2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
> >>> --- linux-2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64/fs/ext4/ialloc.c 2014-04-12
> >>> 01:20:31.000000000 +0530
> >>> +++ linux-2.6.32-431.17.1.el6.x86_64/fs/ext4/ialloc.c 2015-11-29
> >>> 21:36:51.805542209 +0530
> >>> @@ -529,6 +529,7 @@
> >>> grp = g;
> >>> ret = 0;
> >>> best_ndir = stats.used_dirs;
> >>> + break;
> >>> }
> >>> if (ret)
> >>> goto fallback;
> >>
> >> No, this isn't correct. This loop is looking for the *best* group it can find,
> >> and your "break" would have it exit the loop as soon as the *first* directory
> >> that matches the conditions is found. Since those conditions are fairly weak,
> >> for example that the group actually has free inodes, and it has better than
> >> average free inodes and blocks, it makes sense to search beyond just the first
> >> matching group.
> >>
> >> That said, it also doesn't make sense to search beyond a "perfect" group that
> >> has no allocated inodes and no allocated blocks, so a break condition could be
> >> added to this loop and make it more efficient, especially for very large
> >> filesystems that have 128k+ groups.
> >>
> >> It should be noted that this part of the algorithm only applies to "top level"
> >> directories (those below the root inode, or with the EXT4_INODE_TOPDIR flag
> >> set, so searching a bit longer for a good group is not a bad idea in this case.
> >>
> >> Cheers, Andreas.
> >>
> >>> Thanks & Regards,
> >>> Lokesh
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 11:28 PM, Andreas Dilger <adilger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>> On Dec 3, 2015, at 01:07, lokesh jaliminche <lokesh.jaliminche@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thought of giving more clarification on my question
> >>>>> why group search start is random ? because we can also start search
> >>>>> for valid groups for inode allocation from the start. As this group
> >>>>> search is random inode selection might go to end of groups which
> >>>>> might affect IO performance
> >>>>
> >>>> Starting the inode search at the beginning of the disk each time
> >>>> means that inode allocation will be inefficient because it will search
> >>>> over groups that are mostly or entirely full already.
> >>>>
> >>>> Allocating the new directory in a semi-random group, one that is
> >>>> relatively unused, ensures that new
> >>>> inode and block allocations are relatively efficient afterward.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers, Andreas
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 1:14 PM, lokesh jaliminche
> >>>>> <lokesh.jaliminche@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>>> hello folks,
> >>>>>> I am new to ext4 code. I was going through the
> >>>>>> ext4-source for allocation of inode.
> >>>>>> There is one thing that I did not understand while selection of groups
> >>>>>> for inode allocation . I came across this code snippet which is part
> >>>>>> of find_group_orlov function. question is, why group search start is
> >>>>>> random ?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Code snippet:
> >>>>>> ==========
> >>>>>> В·В·В·if (qstr) {
> >>>>>> »·······»·······»·······hinfo.hash_version = LDISKFS_DX_HASH_HALF_MD4;
> >>>>>> »·······»·······»·······hinfo.seed = sbi->s_hash_seed;
> >>>>>> »·······»·······»·······ldiskfsfs_dirhash(qstr->name, qstr->len, &hinfo);
> >>>>>> »·······»·······»·······grp = hinfo.hash;
> >>>>>> »·······»·······} else
> >>>>>> »·······»·······»·······get_random_bytes(&grp, sizeof(grp));
> >>>>>> »·······»·······parent_group = (unsigned)grp % ngroups;
> >>>>>> »·······»·······for (i = 0; i < ngroups; i++) {
> >>>>>> »·······»·······»·······g = (parent_group + i) % ngroups;
> >>>>>> »·······»·······»·······get_orlov_stats(sb, g, flex_size, &stats);
> >>>>>> »·······»·······»·······if (!stats.free_inodes)
> >>>>>> »·······»·······»·······»·······continue;
> >>>>>> »·······»·······»·······if (stats.used_dirs >= best_ndir)
> >>>>>> »·······»·······»·······»·······continue;
> >>>>>> »·······»·······»·······if (stats.free_inodes < avefreei)
> >>>>>> »·······»·······»·······»·······continue;
> >>>>>> »·······»·······»·······if (stats.free_blocks < avefreeb)
> >>>>>> »·······»·······»·······»·······continue;
> >>>>>> »·······»·······»·······grp = g;
> >>>>>> »·······»·······»·······ret = 0;
> >>>>>> »·······»·······»·······best_ndir = stats.used_dirs;
> >>>>>> »·······»·······}
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thanks & Regards,
> >>>>>> Lokesh
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> >>
> >>
> >> Cheers, Andreas
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
> Cheers, Andreas
>
>
>
>
>
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