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authorDave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>2022-06-16 17:44:32 +0300
committerDarrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>2022-06-23 23:34:38 +0300
commit5e672cd69f0a534a445df4372141fd0d1d00901d (patch)
treee7560efb5d4a0c421381ba29bc44fc9dc704d89b /fs/xfs/xfs_icache.h
parent7cf2b0f9611b9971d663e1fc3206eeda3b902922 (diff)
downloadlinux-5e672cd69f0a534a445df4372141fd0d1d00901d.tar.xz
xfs: introduce xfs_inodegc_push()
The current blocking mechanism for pushing the inodegc queue out to disk can result in systems becoming unusable when there is a long running inodegc operation. This is because the statfs() implementation currently issues a blocking flush of the inodegc queue and a significant number of common system utilities will call statfs() to discover something about the underlying filesystem. This can result in userspace operations getting stuck on inodegc progress, and when trying to remove a heavily reflinked file on slow storage with a full journal, this can result in delays measuring in hours. Avoid this problem by adding "push" function that expedites the flushing of the inodegc queue, but doesn't wait for it to complete. Convert xfs_fs_statfs() and xfs_qm_scall_getquota() to use this mechanism so they don't block but still ensure that queued operations are expedited. Fixes: ab23a7768739 ("xfs: per-cpu deferred inode inactivation queues") Reported-by: Chris Dunlop <chris@onthe.net.au> Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com> [djwong: fix _getquota_next to use _inodegc_push too] Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.h
index 2e4cfddf8b8e..6cd180721659 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ void xfs_blockgc_stop(struct xfs_mount *mp);
void xfs_blockgc_start(struct xfs_mount *mp);
void xfs_inodegc_worker(struct work_struct *work);
+void xfs_inodegc_push(struct xfs_mount *mp);
void xfs_inodegc_flush(struct xfs_mount *mp);
void xfs_inodegc_stop(struct xfs_mount *mp);
void xfs_inodegc_start(struct xfs_mount *mp);