The patch titled xfs: replace inode flush semaphore with a completion has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is xfs-replace-inode-flush-semaphore-with-a-completion.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: xfs: replace inode flush semaphore with a completion From: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Use the new completion flush code to implement the inode flush lock. Removes one of the final users of semaphores in the XFS code base. Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Timothy Shimmin <tes@xxxxxxx> Cc: Lachlan McIlroy <lachlan@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c | 32 ++++++++------------------------ fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c | 11 +++++------ fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++---- fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c | 11 +++++------ 4 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c~xfs-replace-inode-flush-semaphore-with-a-completion fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c~xfs-replace-inode-flush-semaphore-with-a-completion +++ a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c @@ -216,7 +216,14 @@ finish_inode: mrlock_init(&ip->i_iolock, MRLOCK_BARRIER, "xfsio", ip->i_ino); init_waitqueue_head(&ip->i_ipin_wait); atomic_set(&ip->i_pincount, 0); - initnsema(&ip->i_flock, 1, "xfsfino"); + + /* + * Because we want to use a counting completion, complete + * the flush completion once to allow a single access to + * the flush completion without blocking. + */ + init_completion(&ip->i_flush); + complete(&ip->i_flush); if (lock_flags) xfs_ilock(ip, lock_flags); @@ -775,26 +782,3 @@ xfs_isilocked( } #endif -/* - * The following three routines simply manage the i_flock - * semaphore embedded in the inode. This semaphore synchronizes - * processes attempting to flush the in-core inode back to disk. - */ -void -xfs_iflock(xfs_inode_t *ip) -{ - psema(&(ip->i_flock), PINOD|PLTWAIT); -} - -int -xfs_iflock_nowait(xfs_inode_t *ip) -{ - return (cpsema(&(ip->i_flock))); -} - -void -xfs_ifunlock(xfs_inode_t *ip) -{ - ASSERT(issemalocked(&(ip->i_flock))); - vsema(&(ip->i_flock)); -} diff -puN fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c~xfs-replace-inode-flush-semaphore-with-a-completion fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c~xfs-replace-inode-flush-semaphore-with-a-completion +++ a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c @@ -2630,7 +2630,6 @@ xfs_idestroy( xfs_idestroy_fork(ip, XFS_ATTR_FORK); mrfree(&ip->i_lock); mrfree(&ip->i_iolock); - freesema(&ip->i_flock); #ifdef XFS_INODE_TRACE ktrace_free(ip->i_trace); @@ -3048,10 +3047,10 @@ cluster_corrupt_out: /* * xfs_iflush() will write a modified inode's changes out to the * inode's on disk home. The caller must have the inode lock held - * in at least shared mode and the inode flush semaphore must be - * held as well. The inode lock will still be held upon return from + * in at least shared mode and the inode flush completion must be + * active as well. The inode lock will still be held upon return from * the call and the caller is free to unlock it. - * The inode flush lock will be unlocked when the inode reaches the disk. + * The inode flush will be completed when the inode reaches the disk. * The flags indicate how the inode's buffer should be written out. */ int @@ -3070,7 +3069,7 @@ xfs_iflush( XFS_STATS_INC(xs_iflush_count); ASSERT(xfs_isilocked(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL|XFS_ILOCK_SHARED)); - ASSERT(issemalocked(&(ip->i_flock))); + ASSERT(!completion_done(&ip->i_flush)); ASSERT(ip->i_d.di_format != XFS_DINODE_FMT_BTREE || ip->i_d.di_nextents > ip->i_df.if_ext_max); @@ -3233,7 +3232,7 @@ xfs_iflush_int( #endif ASSERT(xfs_isilocked(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL|XFS_ILOCK_SHARED)); - ASSERT(issemalocked(&(ip->i_flock))); + ASSERT(!completion_done(&ip->i_flush)); ASSERT(ip->i_d.di_format != XFS_DINODE_FMT_BTREE || ip->i_d.di_nextents > ip->i_df.if_ext_max); diff -puN fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h~xfs-replace-inode-flush-semaphore-with-a-completion fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h~xfs-replace-inode-flush-semaphore-with-a-completion +++ a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ typedef struct xfs_inode { struct xfs_inode_log_item *i_itemp; /* logging information */ mrlock_t i_lock; /* inode lock */ mrlock_t i_iolock; /* inode IO lock */ - sema_t i_flock; /* inode flush lock */ + struct completion i_flush; /* inode flush completion q */ atomic_t i_pincount; /* inode pin count */ wait_queue_head_t i_ipin_wait; /* inode pinning wait queue */ spinlock_t i_flags_lock; /* inode i_flags lock */ @@ -473,11 +473,8 @@ int xfs_ilock_nowait(xfs_inode_t *, uin void xfs_iunlock(xfs_inode_t *, uint); void xfs_ilock_demote(xfs_inode_t *, uint); int xfs_isilocked(xfs_inode_t *, uint); -void xfs_iflock(xfs_inode_t *); -int xfs_iflock_nowait(xfs_inode_t *); uint xfs_ilock_map_shared(xfs_inode_t *); void xfs_iunlock_map_shared(xfs_inode_t *, uint); -void xfs_ifunlock(xfs_inode_t *); void xfs_ireclaim(xfs_inode_t *); int xfs_finish_reclaim(xfs_inode_t *, int, int); int xfs_finish_reclaim_all(struct xfs_mount *, int); @@ -570,6 +567,26 @@ extern struct kmem_zone *xfs_ifork_zone; extern struct kmem_zone *xfs_inode_zone; extern struct kmem_zone *xfs_ili_zone; +/* + * Manage the i_flush queue embedded in the inode. This completion + * queue synchronizes processes attempting to flush the in-core + * inode back to disk. + */ +static inline void xfs_iflock(xfs_inode_t *ip) +{ + wait_for_completion(&ip->i_flush); +} + +static inline int xfs_iflock_nowait(xfs_inode_t *ip) +{ + return try_wait_for_completion(&ip->i_flush); +} + +static inline void xfs_ifunlock(xfs_inode_t *ip) +{ + complete(&ip->i_flush); +} + #endif /* __KERNEL__ */ #endif /* __XFS_INODE_H__ */ diff -puN fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c~xfs-replace-inode-flush-semaphore-with-a-completion fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c~xfs-replace-inode-flush-semaphore-with-a-completion +++ a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c @@ -779,11 +779,10 @@ xfs_inode_item_pushbuf( ASSERT(iip->ili_push_owner == current_pid()); /* - * If flushlock isn't locked anymore, chances are that the - * inode flush completed and the inode was taken off the AIL. - * So, just get out. + * If a flush is not in progress anymore, chances are that the + * inode was taken off the AIL. So, just get out. */ - if (!issemalocked(&(ip->i_flock)) || + if (completion_done(&ip->i_flush) || ((iip->ili_item.li_flags & XFS_LI_IN_AIL) == 0)) { iip->ili_pushbuf_flag = 0; xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED); @@ -805,7 +804,7 @@ xfs_inode_item_pushbuf( * If not, we can flush it async. */ dopush = ((iip->ili_item.li_flags & XFS_LI_IN_AIL) && - issemalocked(&(ip->i_flock))); + !completion_done(&ip->i_flush)); iip->ili_pushbuf_flag = 0; xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED); xfs_buftrace("INODE ITEM PUSH", bp); @@ -858,7 +857,7 @@ xfs_inode_item_push( ip = iip->ili_inode; ASSERT(xfs_isilocked(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED)); - ASSERT(issemalocked(&(ip->i_flock))); + ASSERT(!completion_done(&ip->i_flush)); /* * Since we were able to lock the inode's flush lock and * we found it on the AIL, the inode must be dirty. This _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are xfs-clean-up-stale-references-to-semaphores.patch xfs-replace-the-xfs-buf-iodone-semaphore-with-a-completion.patch xfs-extend-completions-to-provide-xfs-object-flush-requirements.patch xfs-replace-inode-flush-semaphore-with-a-completion.patch xfs-replace-dquot-flush-semaphore-with-a-completion.patch xfs-remove-the-sema_t-from-xfs.patch xfs-fix-disabled-xfs-posix-acl-handling.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html