> It surprises me that ext4/VFS doesn't already have a helper routine to do this.
> It looks like ext4_find_entry() is doing something similar for read-ahead of
> directory blocks, so it may be worthwhile to consider moving that code over
> to use ext4_bread_batch(), but it looks like it would need to add a flag for
> whether to wait on the buffers to be uptodate or not.
Done.
> It's nice to have the parameter annotation, since it can often be confusing if
> there are multiple int/bool arguments to a function, but, I'd write this as:
>
> ret = ext4_getblk(NULL, inode, block + i, /* map_flags = */ 0);
>
> I don't know if there is some kind of convention for this kind of comment?
I agree that yours is a bit more intuitive, however the version that
puts the comment after the value is more common in the codebase. I
prefer keeping it as is for consistency reasons. Let me know if you
still prefer the prefix version.
>
>> + if (IS_ERR(bhs[i])) {
>> + err = PTR_ERR(bhs[i]);
>> + while (i--)
>> + brelse(bhs[i]);
>
> It would be better to do the error cleanup once at the end of the function,
> instead of multiple times in the code, like:
>
> if (IS_ERR(bhs[i])) {
> err = PTR_ERR(bhs[i]);
> bh_count = i;
> goto out_brelse;
> }
Done.
On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 11:20 PM, Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ext4_xattr_inode_read() currently reads each block sequentially while
> waiting for io operation to complete before moving on to the next
> block. This prevents request merging in block layer.
>
> Add a ext4_bread_batch() function that starts reads for all blocks
> then optionally waits for them to complete. A similar logic is used
> in ext4_find_entry(), so update that code to use the new function.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2:
> - updated ext4_find_entry() to also use ext4_bread_batch()
> - added wait parameter to ext4_bread_batch()
>
> fs/ext4/ext4.h | 2 ++
> fs/ext4/inode.c | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> fs/ext4/namei.c | 43 ++++++++++++++-----------------------------
> fs/ext4/xattr.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
> 4 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> index 9ebde0cd632e..e9440ed605c0 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> @@ -2462,6 +2462,8 @@ extern void ext4_process_freed_data(struct super_block *sb, tid_t commit_tid);
> int ext4_inode_is_fast_symlink(struct inode *inode);
> struct buffer_head *ext4_getblk(handle_t *, struct inode *, ext4_lblk_t, int);
> struct buffer_head *ext4_bread(handle_t *, struct inode *, ext4_lblk_t, int);
> +int ext4_bread_batch(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t block, int bh_count,
> + bool wait, struct buffer_head **bhs);
> int ext4_get_block_unwritten(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
> struct buffer_head *bh_result, int create);
> int ext4_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> index 3c600f02673f..70699940e20d 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> @@ -1015,6 +1015,50 @@ struct buffer_head *ext4_bread(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
> return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
> }
>
> +/* Read a contiguous batch of blocks. */
> +int ext4_bread_batch(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t block, int bh_count,
> + bool wait, struct buffer_head **bhs)
> +{
> + int i, err;
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < bh_count; i++) {
> + bhs[i] = ext4_getblk(NULL, inode, block + i, 0 /* map_flags */);
> + if (IS_ERR(bhs[i])) {
> + err = PTR_ERR(bhs[i]);
> + bh_count = i;
> + goto out_brelse;
> + }
> + }
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < bh_count; i++)
> + /* Note that NULL bhs[i] is valid because of holes. */
> + if (bhs[i] && !buffer_uptodate(bhs[i]))
> + ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ, REQ_META | REQ_PRIO, 1,
> + &bhs[i]);
> +
> + if (!wait)
> + return 0;
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < bh_count; i++)
> + if (bhs[i])
> + wait_on_buffer(bhs[i]);
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < bh_count; i++) {
> + if (bhs[i] && !buffer_uptodate(bhs[i])) {
> + err = -EIO;
> + goto out_brelse;
> + }
> + }
> + return 0;
> +
> +out_brelse:
> + for (i = 0; i < bh_count; i++) {
> + brelse(bhs[i]);
> + bhs[i] = NULL;
> + }
> + return err;
> +}
> +
> int ext4_walk_page_buffers(handle_t *handle,
> struct buffer_head *head,
> unsigned from,
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
> index 13f0cadb1238..2758ff1b940f 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
> @@ -1342,13 +1342,12 @@ static struct buffer_head * ext4_find_entry (struct inode *dir,
> struct super_block *sb;
> struct buffer_head *bh_use[NAMEI_RA_SIZE];
> struct buffer_head *bh, *ret = NULL;
> - ext4_lblk_t start, block, b;
> + ext4_lblk_t start, block;
> const u8 *name = d_name->name;
> - int ra_max = 0; /* Number of bh's in the readahead
> + size_t ra_max = 0; /* Number of bh's in the readahead
> buffer, bh_use[] */
> - int ra_ptr = 0; /* Current index into readahead
> + size_t ra_ptr = 0; /* Current index into readahead
> buffer */
> - int num = 0;
> ext4_lblk_t nblocks;
> int i, namelen, retval;
> struct ext4_filename fname;
> @@ -1411,31 +1410,17 @@ static struct buffer_head * ext4_find_entry (struct inode *dir,
> if (ra_ptr >= ra_max) {
> /* Refill the readahead buffer */
> ra_ptr = 0;
> - b = block;
> - for (ra_max = 0; ra_max < NAMEI_RA_SIZE; ra_max++) {
> - /*
> - * Terminate if we reach the end of the
> - * directory and must wrap, or if our
> - * search has finished at this block.
> - */
> - if (b >= nblocks || (num && block == start)) {
> - bh_use[ra_max] = NULL;
> - break;
> - }
> - num++;
> - bh = ext4_getblk(NULL, dir, b++, 0);
> - if (IS_ERR(bh)) {
> - if (ra_max == 0) {
> - ret = bh;
> - goto cleanup_and_exit;
> - }
> - break;
> - }
> - bh_use[ra_max] = bh;
> - if (bh)
> - ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ,
> - REQ_META | REQ_PRIO,
> - 1, &bh);
> + if (block < start)
> + ra_max = start - block;
> + else
> + ra_max = nblocks - block;
> + ra_max = min(ra_max, ARRAY_SIZE(bh_use));
> + retval = ext4_bread_batch(dir, block, ra_max,
> + false /* wait */, bh_use);
> + if (retval) {
> + ret = ERR_PTR(retval);
> + ra_max = 0;
> + goto cleanup_and_exit;
> }
> }
> if ((bh = bh_use[ra_ptr++]) == NULL)
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
> index cff4f41ced61..68b5b4f9fbcb 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
> @@ -317,28 +317,41 @@ static void ext4_xattr_inode_set_hash(struct inode *ea_inode, u32 hash)
> */
> static int ext4_xattr_inode_read(struct inode *ea_inode, void *buf, size_t size)
> {
> - unsigned long block = 0;
> - struct buffer_head *bh;
> - int blocksize = ea_inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
> - size_t csize, copied = 0;
> - void *copy_pos = buf;
> -
> - while (copied < size) {
> - csize = (size - copied) > blocksize ? blocksize : size - copied;
> - bh = ext4_bread(NULL, ea_inode, block, 0);
> - if (IS_ERR(bh))
> - return PTR_ERR(bh);
> - if (!bh)
> - return -EFSCORRUPTED;
> + int blocksize = 1 << ea_inode->i_blkbits;
> + int bh_count = (size + blocksize - 1) >> ea_inode->i_blkbits;
> + int tail_size = (size % blocksize) ?: blocksize;
> + struct buffer_head *bhs_inline[8];
> + struct buffer_head **bhs = bhs_inline;
> + int i, ret;
> +
> + if (bh_count > ARRAY_SIZE(bhs_inline)) {
> + bhs = kmalloc_array(bh_count, sizeof(*bhs), GFP_NOFS);
> + if (!bhs)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> + }
>
> - memcpy(copy_pos, bh->b_data, csize);
> - brelse(bh);
> + ret = ext4_bread_batch(ea_inode, 0 /* block */, bh_count,
> + true /* wait */, bhs);
> + if (ret)
> + goto free_bhs;
>
> - copy_pos += csize;
> - block += 1;
> - copied += csize;
> + for (i = 0; i < bh_count; i++) {
> + /* There shouldn't be any holes in ea_inode. */
> + if (!bhs[i]) {
> + ret = -EFSCORRUPTED;
> + goto put_bhs;
> + }
> + memcpy((char *)buf + blocksize * i, bhs[i]->b_data,
> + i < bh_count - 1 ? blocksize : tail_size);
> }
> - return 0;
> + ret = 0;
> +put_bhs:
> + for (i = 0; i < bh_count; i++)
> + brelse(bhs[i]);
> +free_bhs:
> + if (bhs != bhs_inline)
> + kfree(bhs);
> + return ret;
> }
>
> static int ext4_xattr_inode_iget(struct inode *parent, unsigned long ea_ino,
> --
> 2.13.2.932.g7449e964c-goog
>
