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authorDave Chinner <dgc@sgi.com>2009-11-24 18:03:15 +0000
committerAlex Elder <aelder@sgi.com>2009-12-16 13:41:19 -0600
commit2ee1abad73a12df5521cd3f017f081f1f684a361 (patch)
treee44a88b0ae7f01d339426d7a6d18bde017bb9cf1
parentb44b1126279b60597f96bbe77507b1650f88a969 (diff)
xfs: improve metadata I/O merging in the elevator
Change all async metadata buffers to use [READ|WRITE]_META I/O types so that the I/O doesn't get issued immediately. This allows merging of adjacent metadata requests but still prioritises them over bulk data. This shows a 10-15% improvement in sequential create speed of small files. Don't include the log buffers in this classification - leave them as sync types so they are issued immediately. Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dgc@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <aelder@sgi.com>
-rw-r--r--fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c6
-rw-r--r--fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h1
-rw-r--r--fs/xfs/xfs_log.c2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/fs.h1
4 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
index b4c7d4248aa..162359b664c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
@@ -1149,10 +1149,14 @@ _xfs_buf_ioapply(
if (bp->b_flags & XBF_ORDERED) {
ASSERT(!(bp->b_flags & XBF_READ));
rw = WRITE_BARRIER;
- } else if (bp->b_flags & _XBF_RUN_QUEUES) {
+ } else if (bp->b_flags & XBF_LOG_BUFFER) {
ASSERT(!(bp->b_flags & XBF_READ_AHEAD));
bp->b_flags &= ~_XBF_RUN_QUEUES;
rw = (bp->b_flags & XBF_WRITE) ? WRITE_SYNC : READ_SYNC;
+ } else if (bp->b_flags & _XBF_RUN_QUEUES) {
+ ASSERT(!(bp->b_flags & XBF_READ_AHEAD));
+ bp->b_flags &= ~_XBF_RUN_QUEUES;
+ rw = (bp->b_flags & XBF_WRITE) ? WRITE_META : READ_META;
} else {
rw = (bp->b_flags & XBF_WRITE) ? WRITE :
(bp->b_flags & XBF_READ_AHEAD) ? READA : READ;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h
index a509f4addc2..a34c7b54822 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ typedef enum {
XBF_FS_MANAGED = (1 << 8), /* filesystem controls freeing memory */
XBF_ORDERED = (1 << 11), /* use ordered writes */
XBF_READ_AHEAD = (1 << 12), /* asynchronous read-ahead */
+ XBF_LOG_BUFFER = (1 << 13), /* this is a buffer used for the log */
/* flags used only as arguments to access routines */
XBF_LOCK = (1 << 14), /* lock requested */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
index 4cb1792040e..600b5b06aae 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
@@ -1441,6 +1441,7 @@ xlog_sync(xlog_t *log,
XFS_BUF_ZEROFLAGS(bp);
XFS_BUF_BUSY(bp);
XFS_BUF_ASYNC(bp);
+ bp->b_flags |= XBF_LOG_BUFFER;
/*
* Do an ordered write for the log block.
* Its unnecessary to flush the first split block in the log wrap case.
@@ -1478,6 +1479,7 @@ xlog_sync(xlog_t *log,
XFS_BUF_ZEROFLAGS(bp);
XFS_BUF_BUSY(bp);
XFS_BUF_ASYNC(bp);
+ bp->b_flags |= XBF_LOG_BUFFER;
if (log->l_mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER)
XFS_BUF_ORDERED(bp);
dptr = XFS_BUF_PTR(bp);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index b23a7018eb9..cf7fc8a7fe6 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ struct inodes_stat_t {
#define WRITE_SYNC_PLUG (WRITE | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNCIO) | (1 << BIO_RW_NOIDLE))
#define WRITE_SYNC (WRITE_SYNC_PLUG | (1 << BIO_RW_UNPLUG))
#define WRITE_ODIRECT_PLUG (WRITE | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNCIO))
+#define WRITE_META (WRITE | (1 << BIO_RW_META))
#define SWRITE_SYNC_PLUG \
(SWRITE | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNCIO) | (1 << BIO_RW_NOIDLE))
#define SWRITE_SYNC (SWRITE_SYNC_PLUG | (1 << BIO_RW_UNPLUG))