Hi Gu, > Hi Yuan, > On 10/08/2013 07:30 PM, Yuan Zhong wrote: > >> Hi Gu, >> >>> Hi Yuan, >>> On 10/08/2013 04:30 PM, Yuan Zhong wrote: >> >>>> Previously, do_checkpoint() will call congestion_wait() for waiting the pages (previous submitted node/meta/data pages) to be written back. >>>> Because congestion_wait() will set a regular period (e.g. HZ / 50 ) for waiting. >>>> For this reason, there is a situation that after the pages have been written back, >>>> but the checkpoint thread still wait for congestion_wait to exit. >> >>> How do you confirm this issue? >> >> I traced the execution path. >> In f2fs_end_io_write, dec_page_count(p->sbi, F2FS_WRITEBACK) will be called. >> And I found that, when pages of F2FS_WRITEBACK has been zero, but >> checkpoint thread still congestion_wait for pages of F2FS_WRITEBACK to be zero. > >Yes, it maybe. Congestion_wait add the task to a global wait queue which related to >all back devices, so if F2FS_WRITEBACK has been zero, but other io may be still going on. >Anyway, using a private wait queue to hold is a better choose.:) > > >> So, I think this point could be improved. >> And I wrote a simple test case and tested on Micro-SD card, the steps as following: >> (a) create a fixed-size file (4KB) >> (b) go on to sync the file >> (c) go back to step #a (fixed numbers of cycling:1024) >> The results indicated that the execution time is reduced greatly by using this patch. > >Yes, the change is an improvement if the issue is existent. > > >> >> >>> I suspect that the block-core does not have a wake-up mechanism >>> when the back device is uncongested. >> >> >> Yes, you are right. >> So I wake up the checkpoint thread by myself, when pages of F2FS_WRITEBACK to be zero. >> In f2fs_end_io_write, f2fs_writeback_wake is called. >> you cloud find this code in my patch. > >Saw it.:) >But one problem is that the checkpoint routine always is singleton, so the wait queue just >services only one body, it seems not very worthy. How about just schedule and wake up it >directly? See the following one. Yes, your point is right. My reason for using wait queue is that I am influenced by congestion_wait function. The inner function of congesiton_wait is also using wait_queue. And, I think, your patch is also a more efficient method. > >Signed-off-by: Gu Zheng <guz.fnst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >--- > fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c | 11 +++++++++-- > fs/f2fs/f2fs.h | 1 + > fs/f2fs/segment.c | 4 ++++ > 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > >diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c >index d808827..2a5999d 100644 >--- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c >+++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c >@@ -757,8 +757,15 @@ static void do_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, bool is_umount) > f2fs_put_page(cp_page, 1); > > /* wait for previous submitted node/meta pages writeback */ >- while (get_pages(sbi, F2FS_WRITEBACK)) >- congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ / 50); >+ sbi->cp_task = current; >+ while (get_pages(sbi, F2FS_WRITEBACK)) { >+ set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); >+ if (!get_pages(sbi, F2FS_WRITEBACK)) >+ break; >+ io_schedule(); >+ } >+ __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING); >+ sbi->cp_task = NULL; > > filemap_fdatawait_range(sbi->node_inode->i_mapping, 0, LONG_MAX); > filemap_fdatawait_range(sbi->meta_inode->i_mapping, 0, LONG_MAX); >diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h >index a955a59..408ace7 100644 >--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h >+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h >@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ struct f2fs_sb_info { > struct mutex writepages; /* mutex for writepages() */ > int por_doing; /* recovery is doing or not */ > int on_build_free_nids; /* build_free_nids is doing */ >+ struct task_struct *cp_task; /* checkpoint task */ > > /* for orphan inode management */ > struct list_head orphan_inode_list; /* orphan inode list */ >diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c >index bd79bbe..3b20359 100644 >--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c >+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c >@@ -597,6 +597,10 @@ static void f2fs_end_io_write(struct bio *bio, int err) > > if (p->is_sync) > complete(p->wait); >+ >+ if (!get_pages(p->sbi, F2FS_WRITEBACK) && p->sbi->cp_task) >+ wake_up_process(p->sbi->cp_task); >+ > kfree(p); > bio_put(bio); > } >-- >1.7.7 > >Regards, >Gu > Regards, Yuan >> >> >>>> This is a problem here, especially, when sync a large number of small files or dirs. >>>> In order to avoid this, a wait_list is introduced, >>>> the checkpoint thread will be dropped into the wait_list if the pages have not been written back, >>>> and will be waked up by contrast. >> >>> Please pay some attention to the mail form, this mail is out of format in my mail client. >> >>> Regards, >>> Gu >> >> Regards, >> Yuan >> >>>> >>>> Signed-off-by: Yuan Zhong <yuan.mark.zhong@xxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> --- >>>> fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c | 3 +-- >>>> fs/f2fs/f2fs.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ >>>> fs/f2fs/segment.c | 1 + >>>> fs/f2fs/super.c | 1 + >>>> 4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >>>> >>>> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c >>>> index ca39442..5d69ae0 100644 >>>> --- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c >>>> +++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c >>>> @@ -758,8 +758,7 @@ static void do_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, bool is_umount) >>>> f2fs_put_page(cp_page, 1); >>>> >>>> /* wait for previous submitted node/meta pages writeback */ >>>> - while (get_pages(sbi, F2FS_WRITEBACK)) >>>> - congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ / 50); >>>> + f2fs_writeback_wait(sbi); >>>> >>>> filemap_fdatawait_range(sbi->node_inode->i_mapping, 0, LONG_MAX); >>>> filemap_fdatawait_range(sbi->meta_inode->i_mapping, 0, LONG_MAX); >>>> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h >>>> index 7fd99d8..4b0d70e 100644 >>>> --- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h >>>> +++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h >>>> @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ >>>> #include <linux/crc32.h> >>>> #include <linux/magic.h> >>>> #include <linux/kobject.h> >>>> +#include <linux/wait.h> >>>> +#include <linux/sched.h> >>>> >>>> /* >>>> * For mount options >>>> @@ -368,6 +370,7 @@ struct f2fs_sb_info { >>>> struct mutex fs_lock[NR_GLOBAL_LOCKS]; /* blocking FS operations */ >>>> struct mutex node_write; /* locking node writes */ >>>> struct mutex writepages; /* mutex for writepages() */ >>>> + wait_queue_head_t writeback_wqh; /* wait_queue for writeback */ >>>> unsigned char next_lock_num; /* round-robin global locks */ >>>> int por_doing; /* recovery is doing or not */ >>>> int on_build_free_nids; /* build_free_nids is doing */ >>>> @@ -961,6 +964,22 @@ static inline int f2fs_readonly(struct super_block *sb) >>>> return sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY; >>>> } >>>> >>>> +static inline void f2fs_writeback_wait(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi) >>>> +{ >>>> + DEFINE_WAIT(wait); >>>> + >>>> + prepare_to_wait(&sbi->writeback_wqh, &wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); >>>> + if (get_pages(sbi, F2FS_WRITEBACK)) >>>> + io_schedule(); >>>> + finish_wait(&sbi->writeback_wqh, &wait); >>>> +} >>>> + >>>> +static inline void f2fs_writeback_wake(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi) >>>> +{ >>>> + if (!get_pages(sbi, F2FS_WRITEBACK)) >>>> + wake_up_all(&sbi->writeback_wqh); >>>> +} >>>> + >>>> /* >>>> * file.c >>>> */ >>>> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c >>>> index bd79bbe..0708aa9 100644 >>>> --- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c >>>> +++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c >>>> @@ -597,6 +597,7 @@ static void f2fs_end_io_write(struct bio *bio, int err) >>>> >>>> if (p->is_sync) >>>> complete(p->wait); 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