From 670ce93fef93bba8c8a422a79747385bec8e846a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Chinner Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 04:45:03 +0000 Subject: xfs: reduce the number of log forces from tail pushing The AIL push code will issue a log force on ever single push loop that it exits and has encountered pinned items. It doesn't rescan these pinned items until it revisits the AIL from the start. Hence we only need to force the log once per walk from the start of the AIL to the target LSN. This results in numbers like this: xs_push_ail_flush..... 1456 xs_log_force......... 1485 For an 8-way 50M inode create workload - almost all the log forces are coming from the AIL pushing code. Reduce the number of log forces by only forcing the log if the previous walk found pinned buffers. This reduces the numbers to: xs_push_ail_flush..... 665 xs_log_force......... 682 For the same test. Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Alex Elder --- fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) (limited to 'fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c') diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c index c15aa29fa169..9df7f9f1b5ee 100644 --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c @@ -372,12 +372,24 @@ xfs_ail_worker( xfs_lsn_t lsn; xfs_lsn_t target; long tout = 10; - int flush_log = 0; int stuck = 0; int count = 0; int push_xfsbufd = 0; + /* + * If last time we ran we encountered pinned items, force the log first + * and wait for it before pushing again. + */ spin_lock(&ailp->xa_lock); + if (ailp->xa_last_pushed_lsn == 0 && ailp->xa_log_flush && + !list_empty(&ailp->xa_ail)) { + ailp->xa_log_flush = 0; + spin_unlock(&ailp->xa_lock); + XFS_STATS_INC(xs_push_ail_flush); + xfs_log_force(mp, XFS_LOG_SYNC); + spin_lock(&ailp->xa_lock); + } + target = ailp->xa_target; lip = xfs_trans_ail_cursor_first(ailp, &cur, ailp->xa_last_pushed_lsn); if (!lip || XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp)) { @@ -435,7 +447,7 @@ xfs_ail_worker( case XFS_ITEM_PINNED: XFS_STATS_INC(xs_push_ail_pinned); stuck++; - flush_log = 1; + ailp->xa_log_flush++; break; case XFS_ITEM_LOCKED: @@ -480,16 +492,6 @@ xfs_ail_worker( xfs_trans_ail_cursor_done(ailp, &cur); spin_unlock(&ailp->xa_lock); - if (flush_log) { - /* - * If something we need to push out was pinned, then - * push out the log so it will become unpinned and - * move forward in the AIL. - */ - XFS_STATS_INC(xs_push_ail_flush); - xfs_log_force(mp, 0); - } - if (push_xfsbufd) { /* we've got delayed write buffers to flush */ wake_up_process(mp->m_ddev_targp->bt_task); @@ -500,6 +502,7 @@ out_done: if (!count) { /* We're past our target or empty, so idle */ ailp->xa_last_pushed_lsn = 0; + ailp->xa_log_flush = 0; /* * We clear the XFS_AIL_PUSHING_BIT first before checking @@ -532,9 +535,13 @@ out_done: * were stuck. * * Backoff a bit more to allow some I/O to complete before - * continuing from where we were. + * restarting from the start of the AIL. This prevents us + * from spinning on the same items, and if they are pinned will + * all the restart to issue a log force to unpin the stuck + * items. */ tout = 20; + ailp->xa_last_pushed_lsn = 0; } /* There is more to do, requeue us. */ -- cgit v1.2.3