Re: [PATCH] ext4: introduce EXT4_BG_WAS_TRIMMED to optimize trim

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On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 06:06:09PM +0800, Wang Shilong wrote:
> On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 5:19 PM Lukas Czerner <lczerner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 04:38:50PM +0900, Wang Shilong wrote:
> > > From: Wang Shilong <wshilong@xxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Currently WAS_TRIMMED flag is not persistent, whenever filesystem was
> > > remounted, fstrim need walk all block groups again, the problem with
> > > this is FSTRIM could be slow on very large LUN SSD based filesystem.
> > >
> > > To avoid this kind of problem, we introduce a block group flag
> > > EXT4_BG_WAS_TRIMMED, the side effect of this is we need introduce
> > > extra one block group dirty write after trimming block group.
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > that's fair enough, however once you make this persistent we also need
> > to have a way to clear the flag, or at least bypass it. Storage can be
> > changed and if it does we might want to re-run the fstrim.
> 
> Yup, i thought about that.
> 
> 1) we might add an mount option or sys interface, something force_fstrim
> 2) Add an option to e2fsck to force clear this block group flag.

Option for tune2fs to clear the flags sounds way better than yet another
mount option.

Thanks!
-Lukas

> 
> >
> > We also need to set this flag in mke2fs and e2fsck if appropriate.
> >
> 
> Good point.
> 
> > more below...
> >
> > >
> > > And When clearing TRIMMED flag, block group will be journalled
> > > anyway, so it won't introduce any overhead.
> > >
> > > Cc: Shuichi Ihara <sihara@xxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Andreas Dilger <adilger@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Wang Shilong <wangshilong1991@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Signed-off-by: Wang Shilong <wshilong@xxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  fs/ext4/ext4.h      | 18 +++++++--------
> > >  fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h |  3 ++-
> > >  fs/ext4/mballoc.c   | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
> > >  3 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> > > index ad2dbf6e4924..23c2dc529a28 100644
> > > --- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> > > +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> > > @@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ struct flex_groups {
> > >  #define EXT4_BG_INODE_UNINIT 0x0001 /* Inode table/bitmap not in use */
> > >  #define EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT 0x0002 /* Block bitmap not in use */
> > >  #define EXT4_BG_INODE_ZEROED 0x0004 /* On-disk itable initialized to zero */
> > > +#define EXT4_BG_WAS_TRIMMED  0x0008 /* block group was trimmed */
> > >
> > >  /*
> > >   * Macro-instructions used to manage group descriptors
> > > @@ -3112,9 +3113,8 @@ struct ext4_group_info {
> > >  };
> > >
> > >  #define EXT4_GROUP_INFO_NEED_INIT_BIT                0
> > > -#define EXT4_GROUP_INFO_WAS_TRIMMED_BIT              1
> > > -#define EXT4_GROUP_INFO_BBITMAP_CORRUPT_BIT  2
> > > -#define EXT4_GROUP_INFO_IBITMAP_CORRUPT_BIT  3
> > > +#define EXT4_GROUP_INFO_BBITMAP_CORRUPT_BIT  1
> > > +#define EXT4_GROUP_INFO_IBITMAP_CORRUPT_BIT  2
> > >  #define EXT4_GROUP_INFO_BBITMAP_CORRUPT              \
> > >       (1 << EXT4_GROUP_INFO_BBITMAP_CORRUPT_BIT)
> > >  #define EXT4_GROUP_INFO_IBITMAP_CORRUPT              \
> > > @@ -3127,12 +3127,12 @@ struct ext4_group_info {
> > >  #define EXT4_MB_GRP_IBITMAP_CORRUPT(grp)     \
> > >       (test_bit(EXT4_GROUP_INFO_IBITMAP_CORRUPT_BIT, &((grp)->bb_state)))
> > >
> > > -#define EXT4_MB_GRP_WAS_TRIMMED(grp) \
> > > -     (test_bit(EXT4_GROUP_INFO_WAS_TRIMMED_BIT, &((grp)->bb_state)))
> > > -#define EXT4_MB_GRP_SET_TRIMMED(grp) \
> > > -     (set_bit(EXT4_GROUP_INFO_WAS_TRIMMED_BIT, &((grp)->bb_state)))
> > > -#define EXT4_MB_GRP_CLEAR_TRIMMED(grp)       \
> > > -     (clear_bit(EXT4_GROUP_INFO_WAS_TRIMMED_BIT, &((grp)->bb_state)))
> > > +#define EXT4_MB_GDP_WAS_TRIMMED(gdp) \
> > > +     (gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_WAS_TRIMMED))
> > > +#define EXT4_MB_GDP_SET_TRIMMED(gdp) \
> > > +     (gdp->bg_flags |= cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_WAS_TRIMMED))
> > > +#define EXT4_MB_GDP_CLEAR_TRIMMED(gdp)       \
> > > +     (gdp->bg_flags &= ~cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_WAS_TRIMMED))
> > >
> > >  #define EXT4_MAX_CONTENTION          8
> > >  #define EXT4_CONTENTION_THRESHOLD    2
> > > diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
> > > index 4b9002f0e84c..4094a5b247f7 100644
> > > --- a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
> > > +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
> > > @@ -123,7 +123,8 @@
> > >  #define EXT4_HT_MOVE_EXTENTS     9
> > >  #define EXT4_HT_XATTR           10
> > >  #define EXT4_HT_EXT_CONVERT     11
> > > -#define EXT4_HT_MAX             12
> > > +#define EXT4_HT_FS_TRIM              12
> > > +#define EXT4_HT_MAX             13
> > >
> > >  /**
> > >   *   struct ext4_journal_cb_entry - Base structure for callback information.
> > > diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
> > > index 30d5d97548c4..d25377948994 100644
> > > --- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
> > > +++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
> > > @@ -2829,15 +2829,6 @@ static void ext4_free_data_in_buddy(struct super_block *sb,
> > >       rb_erase(&entry->efd_node, &(db->bb_free_root));
> > >       mb_free_blocks(NULL, &e4b, entry->efd_start_cluster, entry->efd_count);
> > >
> > > -     /*
> > > -      * Clear the trimmed flag for the group so that the next
> > > -      * ext4_trim_fs can trim it.
> > > -      * If the volume is mounted with -o discard, online discard
> > > -      * is supported and the free blocks will be trimmed online.
> > > -      */
> > > -     if (!test_opt(sb, DISCARD))
> > > -             EXT4_MB_GRP_CLEAR_TRIMMED(db);
> > > -
> > >       if (!db->bb_free_root.rb_node) {
> > >               /* No more items in the per group rb tree
> > >                * balance refcounts from ext4_mb_free_metadata()
> > > @@ -4928,8 +4919,7 @@ void ext4_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
> > >                                        " group:%d block:%d count:%lu failed"
> > >                                        " with %d", block_group, bit, count,
> > >                                        err);
> > > -             } else
> > > -                     EXT4_MB_GRP_CLEAR_TRIMMED(e4b.bd_info);
> > > +             }
> > >
> > >               ext4_lock_group(sb, block_group);
> > >               mb_clear_bits(bitmap_bh->b_data, bit, count_clusters);
> > > @@ -4939,6 +4929,14 @@ void ext4_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
> > >       ret = ext4_free_group_clusters(sb, gdp) + count_clusters;
> > >       ext4_free_group_clusters_set(sb, gdp, ret);
> > >       ext4_block_bitmap_csum_set(sb, block_group, gdp, bitmap_bh);
> > > +     /*
> > > +      * Clear the trimmed flag for the group so that the next
> > > +      * ext4_trim_fs can trim it.
> > > +      * If the volume is mounted with -o discard, online discard
> > > +      * is supported and the free blocks will be trimmed online.
> > > +      */
> > > +     if (!test_opt(sb, DISCARD))
> > > +             EXT4_MB_GDP_CLEAR_TRIMMED(gdp);
> > >       ext4_group_desc_csum_set(sb, block_group, gdp);
> > >       ext4_unlock_group(sb, block_group);
> > >
> > > @@ -5192,8 +5190,15 @@ ext4_trim_all_free(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group,
> > >       ext4_grpblk_t next, count = 0, free_count = 0;
> > >       struct ext4_buddy e4b;
> > >       int ret = 0;
> > > +     struct ext4_group_desc *gdp;
> > > +     struct buffer_head *gdp_bh;
> > >
> > >       trace_ext4_trim_all_free(sb, group, start, max);
> > > +     gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, group, &gdp_bh);
> > > +     if (!gdp) {
> > > +             ret = -EIO;
> > > +             return ret;
> > > +     }
> > >
> > >       ret = ext4_mb_load_buddy(sb, group, &e4b);
> > >       if (ret) {
> > > @@ -5204,7 +5209,7 @@ ext4_trim_all_free(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group,
> > >       bitmap = e4b.bd_bitmap;
> > >
> > >       ext4_lock_group(sb, group);
> > > -     if (EXT4_MB_GRP_WAS_TRIMMED(e4b.bd_info) &&
> > > +     if (EXT4_MB_GDP_WAS_TRIMMED(gdp) &&
> > >           minblocks >= atomic_read(&EXT4_SB(sb)->s_last_trim_minblks))
> > >               goto out;
> > >
> > > @@ -5245,12 +5250,35 @@ ext4_trim_all_free(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group,
> > >
> > >       if (!ret) {
> > >               ret = count;
> > > -             EXT4_MB_GRP_SET_TRIMMED(e4b.bd_info);
> > > +             EXT4_MB_GDP_SET_TRIMMED(gdp);
> > > +             ext4_group_desc_csum_set(sb, group, gdp);
> > >       }
> > >  out:
> > >       ext4_unlock_group(sb, group);
> > >       ext4_mb_unload_buddy(&e4b);
> > > +     if (ret > 0) {
> > > +             int err;
> > > +             handle_t *handle;
> > >
> > > +             handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, EXT4_HT_FS_TRIM, 1);
> > > +             if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
> > > +                     ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
> > > +                     goto out_return;
> > > +             }
> > > +             err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, gdp_bh);
> > > +             if (err) {
> > > +                     ret = err;
> > > +                     goto out_journal;
> > > +             }
> >
> > Don't we need to do this before we set the flag in gdp?
> >
> 
> Sorry about this, you are right.
> 
> > -Lukas
> >
> > > +             err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, gdp_bh);
> > > +             if (err)
> > > +                     ret = err;
> > > +out_journal:
> > > +             err = ext4_journal_stop(handle);
> > > +             if (err)
> > > +                     ret = err;
> > > +     }
> > > +out_return:
> > >       ext4_debug("trimmed %d blocks in the group %d\n",
> > >               count, group);
> > >
> > > --
> > > 2.25.4
> > >
> >
> 




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