[PATCH 1/4] xfs: reduce context switches for synchronous buffered I/O

[Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>]

Currently all metadata I/O completions happen in the m_buf_workqueue
workqueue.  But for synchronous I/O (i.e. all buffer reads) there is no
need for that, as there always is a called in process context that is
waiting for the I/O.  Factor out the guts of xfs_buf_ioend into a
separate helper and call it from xfs_buf_iowait to avoid a double
an extra context switch to the workqueue.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
---
 fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
index 15bb790359f8..050f2c2f6a40 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
@@ -1345,6 +1345,7 @@ xfs_buf_ioend_handle_error(
 resubmit:
 	xfs_buf_ioerror(bp, 0);
 	bp->b_flags |= (XBF_DONE | XBF_WRITE_FAIL);
+	reinit_completion(&bp->b_iowait);
 	xfs_buf_submit(bp);
 	return true;
 out_stale:
@@ -1355,8 +1356,8 @@ xfs_buf_ioend_handle_error(
 	return false;
 }
 
-static void
-xfs_buf_ioend(
+static bool
+__xfs_buf_ioend(
 	struct xfs_buf	*bp)
 {
 	trace_xfs_buf_iodone(bp, _RET_IP_);
@@ -1376,7 +1377,7 @@ xfs_buf_ioend(
 		}
 
 		if (unlikely(bp->b_error) && xfs_buf_ioend_handle_error(bp))
-			return;
+			return false;
 
 		/* clear the retry state */
 		bp->b_last_error = 0;
@@ -1397,7 +1398,15 @@ xfs_buf_ioend(
 
 	bp->b_flags &= ~(XBF_READ | XBF_WRITE | XBF_READ_AHEAD |
 			 _XBF_LOGRECOVERY);
+	return true;
+}
 
+static void
+xfs_buf_ioend(
+	struct xfs_buf	*bp)
+{
+	if (!__xfs_buf_ioend(bp))
+		return;
 	if (bp->b_flags & XBF_ASYNC)
 		xfs_buf_relse(bp);
 	else
@@ -1411,15 +1420,8 @@ xfs_buf_ioend_work(
 	struct xfs_buf		*bp =
 		container_of(work, struct xfs_buf, b_ioend_work);
 
-	xfs_buf_ioend(bp);
-}
-
-static void
-xfs_buf_ioend_async(
-	struct xfs_buf	*bp)
-{
-	INIT_WORK(&bp->b_ioend_work, xfs_buf_ioend_work);
-	queue_work(bp->b_mount->m_buf_workqueue, &bp->b_ioend_work);
+	if (__xfs_buf_ioend(bp))
+		xfs_buf_relse(bp);
 }
 
 void
@@ -1491,7 +1493,13 @@ xfs_buf_bio_end_io(
 		 XFS_TEST_ERROR(false, bp->b_mount, XFS_ERRTAG_BUF_IOERROR))
 		xfs_buf_ioerror(bp, -EIO);
 
-	xfs_buf_ioend_async(bp);
+	if (bp->b_flags & XBF_ASYNC) {
+		INIT_WORK(&bp->b_ioend_work, xfs_buf_ioend_work);
+		queue_work(bp->b_mount->m_buf_workqueue, &bp->b_ioend_work);
+	} else {
+		complete(&bp->b_iowait);
+	}
+
 	bio_put(bio);
 }
 
@@ -1568,9 +1576,11 @@ xfs_buf_iowait(
 {
 	ASSERT(!(bp->b_flags & XBF_ASYNC));
 
-	trace_xfs_buf_iowait(bp, _RET_IP_);
-	wait_for_completion(&bp->b_iowait);
-	trace_xfs_buf_iowait_done(bp, _RET_IP_);
+	do {
+		trace_xfs_buf_iowait(bp, _RET_IP_);
+		wait_for_completion(&bp->b_iowait);
+		trace_xfs_buf_iowait_done(bp, _RET_IP_);
+	} while (!__xfs_buf_ioend(bp));
 
 	return bp->b_error;
 }
-- 
2.45.2