Impelemnt lazy inode lru similarly to dcache. That is, avoid moving inode
around the LRU list in iget/iput operations and defer the refcount check
to reclaim-time. Use a flag, I_REFERENCED, to tell reclaim that iget has
touched the inode in the past.
This will reduce lock acquisition, and will also improve lock ordering
with subsequent patches.
The global inode_in_use list goes away, and !list_empty(&inode->i_list)
invariant goes away.
Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/fs-writeback.c | 7 ---
fs/inode.c | 98 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
include/linux/fs.h | 20 ++++++---
include/linux/writeback.h | 1
4 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)
Index: linux-2.6/fs/inode.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/inode.c 2010-10-19 14:18:59.000000000 +1100
+++ linux-2.6/fs/inode.c 2010-10-19 14:19:29.000000000 +1100
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@
* allowing for low-overhead inode sync() operations.
*/
-LIST_HEAD(inode_in_use);
LIST_HEAD(inode_unused);
struct inode_hash_bucket {
@@ -299,6 +298,7 @@
INIT_HLIST_BL_NODE(&inode->i_hash);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_dentry);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_devices);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&inode->i_list);
INIT_RADIX_TREE(&inode->i_data.page_tree, GFP_ATOMIC);
spin_lock_init(&inode->i_data.tree_lock);
spin_lock_init(&inode->i_data.i_mmap_lock);
@@ -320,25 +320,6 @@
inode_init_once(inode);
}
-/*
- * i_lock must be held
- */
-void __iget(struct inode *inode)
-{
- assert_spin_locked(&inode->i_lock);
-
- inode->i_count++;
- if (inode->i_count > 1)
- return;
-
- if (!(inode->i_state & (I_DIRTY|I_SYNC))) {
- spin_lock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
- list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_in_use);
- spin_unlock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
- }
- atomic_dec(&inodes_stat.nr_unused);
-}
-
void end_writeback(struct inode *inode)
{
might_sleep();
@@ -383,7 +364,7 @@
struct inode *inode;
inode = list_first_entry(head, struct inode, i_list);
- list_del(&inode->i_list);
+ list_del_init(&inode->i_list);
evict(inode);
@@ -432,11 +413,12 @@
invalidate_inode_buffers(inode);
if (!inode->i_count) {
spin_lock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
- list_move(&inode->i_list, dispose);
+ list_del(&inode->i_list);
spin_unlock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_NEW);
inode->i_state |= I_FREEING;
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+ list_add(&inode->i_list, dispose);
count++;
continue;
}
@@ -476,7 +458,7 @@
static int can_unuse(struct inode *inode)
{
- if (inode->i_state)
+ if (inode->i_state & ~I_REFERENCED)
return 0;
if (inode_has_buffers(inode))
return 0;
@@ -504,13 +486,12 @@
{
LIST_HEAD(freeable);
int nr_pruned = 0;
- int nr_scanned;
unsigned long reap = 0;
down_read(&iprune_sem);
again:
spin_lock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
- for (nr_scanned = 0; nr_scanned < nr_to_scan; nr_scanned++) {
+ for (; nr_to_scan; nr_to_scan--) {
struct inode *inode;
if (list_empty(&inode_unused))
@@ -522,34 +503,47 @@
spin_unlock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
goto again;
}
- if (inode->i_state || inode->i_count) {
+ if (inode->i_count || (inode->i_state & ~I_REFERENCED)) {
+ list_del_init(&inode->i_list);
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+ atomic_dec(&inodes_stat.nr_unused);
+ continue;
+ }
+ if (inode->i_state & I_REFERENCED) {
list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_unused);
+ inode->i_state &= ~I_REFERENCED;
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
continue;
}
if (inode_has_buffers(inode) || inode->i_data.nrpages) {
+ /*
+ * Move back to the head of the unused list in case the
+ * invalidations failed. Could improve this by going to
+ * the head of the list only if invalidation fails.
+ *
+ * We'll try to get it back if it becomes freeable.
+ */
+ list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_unused);
spin_unlock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
__iget(inode);
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+
if (remove_inode_buffers(inode))
reap += invalidate_mapping_pages(&inode->i_data,
0, -1);
iput(inode);
-again2:
spin_lock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
-
- if (inode != list_entry(inode_unused.next,
- struct inode, i_list))
- continue; /* wrong inode or list_empty */
- if (!spin_trylock(&inode->i_lock)) {
- spin_unlock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
- goto again2;
- }
- if (!can_unuse(inode)) {
- spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
- continue;
+ if (inode == list_entry(inode_unused.next,
+ struct inode, i_list)) {
+ if (spin_trylock(&inode->i_lock)) {
+ if (can_unuse(inode))
+ goto freeable;
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+ }
}
+ continue;
}
+freeable:
list_move(&inode->i_list, &freeable);
WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_NEW);
inode->i_state |= I_FREEING;
@@ -695,9 +689,6 @@
{
list_add(&inode->i_sb_list, &sb->s_inodes);
spin_unlock(&sb_inode_list_lock);
- spin_lock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
- list_add(&inode->i_list, &inode_in_use);
- spin_unlock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
if (b) {
spin_lock_bucket(b);
hlist_bl_add_head(&inode->i_hash, &b->head);
@@ -1371,13 +1362,15 @@
drop = generic_drop_inode(inode);
if (!drop) {
- if (!(inode->i_state & (I_DIRTY|I_SYNC))) {
- spin_lock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
- list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_unused);
- spin_unlock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
- }
- atomic_inc(&inodes_stat.nr_unused);
if (sb->s_flags & MS_ACTIVE) {
+ inode->i_state |= I_REFERENCED;
+ if (!(inode->i_state & (I_DIRTY|I_SYNC)) &&
+ list_empty(&inode->i_list)) {
+ spin_lock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
+ list_add(&inode->i_list, &inode_unused);
+ spin_unlock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
+ atomic_inc(&inodes_stat.nr_unused);
+ }
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
spin_unlock(&sb_inode_list_lock);
return;
@@ -1392,11 +1385,14 @@
WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_NEW);
inode->i_state &= ~I_WILL_FREE;
__remove_inode_hash(inode);
- atomic_dec(&inodes_stat.nr_unused);
}
- spin_lock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
- list_del_init(&inode->i_list);
- spin_unlock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
+ if (!list_empty(&inode->i_list)) {
+ spin_lock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
+ list_del_init(&inode->i_list);
+ spin_unlock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
+ if (!inode->i_state)
+ atomic_dec(&inodes_stat.nr_unused);
+ }
list_del_init(&inode->i_sb_list);
spin_unlock(&sb_inode_list_lock);
WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_NEW);
Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/fs.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/fs.h 2010-10-19 14:18:59.000000000 +1100
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/fs.h 2010-10-19 14:19:28.000000000 +1100
@@ -1637,16 +1637,17 @@
*
* Q: What is the difference between I_WILL_FREE and I_FREEING?
*/
-#define I_DIRTY_SYNC 1
-#define I_DIRTY_DATASYNC 2
-#define I_DIRTY_PAGES 4
+#define I_DIRTY_SYNC 0x01
+#define I_DIRTY_DATASYNC 0x02
+#define I_DIRTY_PAGES 0x04
#define __I_NEW 3
#define I_NEW (1 << __I_NEW)
-#define I_WILL_FREE 16
-#define I_FREEING 32
-#define I_CLEAR 64
+#define I_WILL_FREE 0x10
+#define I_FREEING 0x20
+#define I_CLEAR 0x40
#define __I_SYNC 7
#define I_SYNC (1 << __I_SYNC)
+#define I_REFERENCED 0x100
#define I_DIRTY (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC | I_DIRTY_PAGES)
@@ -2187,7 +2188,6 @@
extern int insert_inode_locked(struct inode *);
extern void unlock_new_inode(struct inode *);
-extern void __iget(struct inode * inode);
extern void iget_failed(struct inode *);
extern void end_writeback(struct inode *);
extern void destroy_inode(struct inode *);
@@ -2401,6 +2401,12 @@
extern void save_mount_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options);
extern void replace_mount_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options);
+static inline void __iget(struct inode *inode)
+{
+ assert_spin_locked(&inode->i_lock);
+ inode->i_count++;
+}
+
static inline ino_t parent_ino(struct dentry *dentry)
{
ino_t res;
Index: linux-2.6/fs/fs-writeback.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/fs-writeback.c 2010-10-19 14:18:59.000000000 +1100
+++ linux-2.6/fs/fs-writeback.c 2010-10-19 14:19:25.000000000 +1100
@@ -416,14 +416,9 @@
* completion.
*/
redirty_tail(inode);
- } else if (inode->i_count) {
- /*
- * The inode is clean, inuse
- */
- list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_in_use);
} else {
/*
- * The inode is clean, unused
+ * The inode is clean
*/
list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_unused);
}
Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/writeback.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/writeback.h 2010-10-19 14:18:59.000000000 +1100
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/writeback.h 2010-10-19 14:19:23.000000000 +1100
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
extern spinlock_t sb_inode_list_lock;
extern spinlock_t wb_inode_list_lock;
-extern struct list_head inode_in_use;
extern struct list_head inode_unused;
/*
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