From: zhangjs <zachary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> If the task is unplugged when called, the inode_readahead_blks may not be merged, these will cause small pieces of io, It should be plugged. Signed-off-by: zhangjs <zachary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/inode.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c index c7f77c6..8fe046b 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c @@ -4570,6 +4570,7 @@ static int __ext4_get_inode_loc(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *bh; struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb; ext4_fsblk_t block; + struct blk_plug plug; int inodes_per_block, inode_offset; iloc->bh = NULL; @@ -4654,6 +4655,8 @@ static int __ext4_get_inode_loc(struct inode *inode, } make_io: + blk_start_plug(&plug); + /* * If we need to do any I/O, try to pre-readahead extra * blocks from the inode table. @@ -4688,6 +4691,9 @@ static int __ext4_get_inode_loc(struct inode *inode, get_bh(bh); bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_read_sync; submit_bh(REQ_OP_READ, REQ_META | REQ_PRIO, bh); + + blk_finish_plug(&plug); + wait_on_buffer(bh); if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) { EXT4_ERROR_INODE_BLOCK(inode, block, -- 1.8.3.1