Re: [RFC PATCH 2/4] xfs: create function to scan and clear EOFBLOCKS inodes

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On 09/03/2012 01:06 AM, Dave Chinner wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 03:51:49PM -0400, Brian Foster wrote:
...
>> +/*
>> + * Handle an EOFBLOCKS tagged inode. If this is a forced scan, we wait on the
>> + * iolock ourselves rather than rely on the trylock in xfs_free_eofblocks(). 
>> + *
>> + * We rely on the output parameter from xfs_free_eofblocks() to determine
>> + * whether we should clear the tag because in the trylock case, it could have
>> + * skipped the inode due to lock contention.
>> + */
>> +STATIC int
>> +xfs_inode_free_eofblocks(
>> +	struct xfs_inode	*ip,
>> +	int			flags)
>> +{
>> +	int ret = 0;
>> +	bool freed = false;
>> +	bool wait_iolock = (flags & EOFBLOCKS_WAIT) ? true : false;
>> +
>> +	if (wait_iolock)
>> +		xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL);
> 
> Why do we need the IO lock here? xfs_free_eofblocks() does all the
> necessary locking....
> 

This was for the wait case (e.g., xfs_free_eofblocks() does a trylock
on the IO lock and we want to wait for the lock in this case).

Brian

>> +
>> +	if ((S_ISREG(ip->i_d.di_mode) &&
>> +	     (VFS_I(ip)->i_size > 0 ||
>> +	     (VN_CACHED(VFS_I(ip)) > 0 || ip->i_delayed_blks > 0)) &&
>> +	     (ip->i_df.if_flags & XFS_IFEXTENTS)) &&
>> +	    (!(ip->i_d.di_flags & (XFS_DIFLAG_PREALLOC | XFS_DIFLAG_APPEND)))) {
> 
> This check is now repeated in 3 places - xfs_inactive, xfs_release
> and now here. I think it needs a helper.
> 
>> +		/* !wait_iolock == need_iolock in xfs_free_eofblocks() */
>> +		ret = xfs_free_eofblocks(ip->i_mount, ip, !wait_iolock, &freed);
>> +		if (freed)
>> +			xfs_inode_clear_eofblocks_tag(ip);
> 
> If you move xfs_inode_clear_eofblocks_tag() inside
> xfs_free_eofblocks(), there's no need for this extra return value.
> 
>> +	} else {
>> +		/* inode could be preallocated or append-only */
>> +		xfs_inode_clear_eofblocks_tag(ip);
> 
> This should be a rare event - it's probably worth adding a pair of
> trace events here for the two cases so we can see if there is ever a
> significant number of inodes being scanned for prealloc that can't
> be cleared...
> 
> (e.g 'perf top -e xfs:xfs_i*' to count all the inode events)
> 
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	if (wait_iolock)
>> +		xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL);
>> +
>> +	return ret;
>> +}
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * Determine whether an inode matches a particular qouta id.
>> + */
>> +STATIC int
>> +xfs_inode_match_quota_id(
>> +	struct xfs_inode	*ip,
>> +	int			qtype,
>> +	uint32_t		id)
>> +{
>> +	switch (qtype) {
>> +	case XFS_DQ_USER:
>> +		return ip->i_d.di_uid == id;
>> +	case XFS_DQ_GROUP:
>> +		return ip->i_d.di_gid == id;
>> +	default:
>> +		return xfs_get_projid(ip) == id;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	return 0;
>> +}
> 
> There's nothing really quota specific about this scan. I'd leave
> this functionality to a separate patch once all the core
> infrastructure is in place.
> 
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * This is mostly copied from xfs_reclaim_inodes_ag().
>> + *
>> + * TODO:
>> + * - Could we enhance ag_iterator to support a tag and use it instead of this?
> 
> Yes. This code is too tricky to duplicate for every use case, and
> this doesn't have special case requirements like the reclaim code.
> 
> i.e. the xfs_inode_free_eofblocks() becomes the execute function
> (and the quota checks move inside that eventually). Passing a tag of
> "-1" would indicate a non-tag lookup, otherwise use a tag based
> lookup. Given the extra fields that this version uses, passing a
> void *args is probably necessary so that a structure can be passed
> to the execute function along with the flags....
> 
> I'd suggest this conversion should be done in a patch prior to
> introducing this scanner.
> 
> FWIW, this is going to conflict with my "get rid of xfs-sync.c patch
> series, so we'll need to work out who rebases what at some point.
> 
>> + */
>> +int
>> +xfs_inodes_free_eofblocks(
>> +	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
>> +	int			qtype,
>> +	uint32_t		id,
>> +	uint64_t		min_file_size,
>> +	int			flags)
>> +{
> .....
>> +			for (i = 0; i < nr_found; i++) {
>> +				if (!batch[i])
>> +					continue;
>> +
>> +				/* default projid represents a full scan */
> 
> I don't think thats a good idea. From a normal users perspective,
> the background trimming will occur irrespective of the quota groups
> the inode is part of. Background trimming defines the default
> behaviour, because that's what 99.99% of users will see active, not
> quota/application specific events driven through ioctls.
> 
> IOWs, selecting inodes by quota type/id for pruning is a secondary
> function of the execute implementation, not a primary concern of the
> infrastructure.
> 
>> +				if ((!(qtype == XFS_DQ_PROJ &&
>> +				       id == XFS_PROJID_DEFAULT) &&
>> +				     !xfs_inode_match_quota_id(batch[i], qtype,
>> +							       id)) ||
>> +				    (min_file_size && XFS_ISIZE(batch[i]) < 
>> +								min_file_size)
> 
>> +				   ) {
>> +					IRELE(batch[i]);
>> +					continue;
>> +				}
> 
> Moving this check to the execute function will get rid of the indent
> mess....
> 
>> +
>> +				error = xfs_inode_free_eofblocks(batch[i], flags);
>> +				IRELE(batch[i]);
>> +				if (error)
>> +					last_error = error;
>> +			}
>> +
>> +			cond_resched();
>> +
>> +		} while (nr_found && !done);
>> +
>> +		xfs_perag_put(pag);
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	return XFS_ERROR(last_error);
>> +}
>> +
>>  STATIC void
>>  __xfs_inode_set_eofblocks_tag(
>>  	struct xfs_perag	*pag,
>> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.h
>> index 4486491..78aca41 100644
>> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.h
>> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_sync.h
>> @@ -43,8 +43,11 @@ void __xfs_inode_set_reclaim_tag(struct xfs_perag *pag, struct xfs_inode *ip);
>>  void __xfs_inode_clear_reclaim_tag(struct xfs_mount *mp, struct xfs_perag *pag,
>>  				struct xfs_inode *ip);
>>  
>> +#define EOFBLOCKS_WAIT		0x0001
> 
> I'd just reuse SYNC_WAIT and SYNC_TRYLOCK which are already defined
> and used by the sync and reclaim iterators.
> 
>> +
>>  void xfs_inode_set_eofblocks_tag(struct xfs_inode *ip);
>>  void xfs_inode_clear_eofblocks_tag(struct xfs_inode *ip);
>> +int xfs_inodes_free_eofblocks(struct xfs_mount *, int, uint32_t, uint64_t, int);
>>  
>>  int xfs_sync_inode_grab(struct xfs_inode *ip);
>>  int xfs_inode_ag_iterator(struct xfs_mount *mp,
>> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
>> index 658ee2e..53460f3 100644
>> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
>> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
>> @@ -150,11 +150,12 @@ xfs_readlink(
>>   * when the link count isn't zero and by xfs_dm_punch_hole() when
>>   * punching a hole to EOF.
>>   */
>> -STATIC int
>> +int
>>  xfs_free_eofblocks(
>>  	xfs_mount_t	*mp,
>>  	xfs_inode_t	*ip,
>> -	bool		need_iolock)
>> +	bool		need_iolock,
>> +	bool		*blocks_freed)
> 
> I don't really see a point to adding this. Either we removed all the
> EOF blocks or we didn't, and that means we should just clear the
> tags directly in this function if it is appropriate.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Dave.
> 

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