[PATCH 5/5] [RFC] xfs: don't commit the first deferred transaction without intents

[Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx>

If the first operation in a string of defer ops has no intents,
then there is no reason to commit it before running the first call
to xfs_defer_finish_one(). This allows the defer ops to be used
effectively for non-intent based operations without requiring an
unnecessary extra transaction commit when first called.

This fixes a regression in per-attribute modification transaction
count when delayed attributes are not being used.

Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.c
index 01fcf5e93be5..05983a4a4f91 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ static const struct xfs_defer_op_type *defer_op_types[] = {
 	[XFS_DEFER_OPS_TYPE_ATTR]	= &xfs_attr_defer_type,
 };
 
-static void
+static bool
 xfs_defer_create_intent(
 	struct xfs_trans		*tp,
 	struct xfs_defer_pending	*dfp,
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ xfs_defer_create_intent(
 	if (!dfp->dfp_intent)
 		dfp->dfp_intent = ops->create_intent(tp, &dfp->dfp_work,
 						     dfp->dfp_count, sort);
+	return dfp->dfp_intent;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -199,16 +200,18 @@ xfs_defer_create_intent(
  * associated extents, then add the entire intake list to the end of
  * the pending list.
  */
-STATIC void
+STATIC bool
 xfs_defer_create_intents(
 	struct xfs_trans		*tp)
 {
 	struct xfs_defer_pending	*dfp;
+	bool				ret = false;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(dfp, &tp->t_dfops, dfp_list) {
 		trace_xfs_defer_create_intent(tp->t_mountp, dfp);
-		xfs_defer_create_intent(tp, dfp, true);
+		ret |= xfs_defer_create_intent(tp, dfp, true);
 	}
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* Abort all the intents that were committed. */
@@ -459,7 +462,7 @@ int
 xfs_defer_finish_noroll(
 	struct xfs_trans		**tp)
 {
-	struct xfs_defer_pending	*dfp;
+	struct xfs_defer_pending	*dfp = NULL;
 	int				error = 0;
 	LIST_HEAD(dop_pending);
 
@@ -478,17 +481,19 @@ xfs_defer_finish_noroll(
 		 * of time that any one intent item can stick around in memory,
 		 * pinning the log tail.
 		 */
-		xfs_defer_create_intents(*tp);
+		bool has_intents = xfs_defer_create_intents(*tp);
 		list_splice_init(&(*tp)->t_dfops, &dop_pending);
 
-		error = xfs_defer_trans_roll(tp);
-		if (error)
-			goto out_shutdown;
+		if (has_intents || dfp) {
+			error = xfs_defer_trans_roll(tp);
+			if (error)
+				goto out_shutdown;
 
-		/* Possibly relog intent items to keep the log moving. */
-		error = xfs_defer_relog(tp, &dop_pending);
-		if (error)
-			goto out_shutdown;
+			/* Possibly relog intent items to keep the log moving. */
+			error = xfs_defer_relog(tp, &dop_pending);
+			if (error)
+				goto out_shutdown;
+		}
 
 		dfp = list_first_entry(&dop_pending, struct xfs_defer_pending,
 				       dfp_list);
-- 
2.31.1