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authorSteven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>2011-05-21 22:21:07 +0400
committerSteven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>2011-05-21 22:21:07 +0400
commit26b06a6958df0f12f1a654db8598433eb89cc024 (patch)
tree4f65fc66e5bef81d7ef16f620686a048c49c7196 /fs/gfs2
parent6d3117b41295150d4ac70622055dd8f5529d86b2 (diff)
downloadlinux-26b06a6958df0f12f1a654db8598433eb89cc024.tar.xz
GFS2: Wait properly when flushing the ail list
The ail flush code has always relied upon log flushing to prevent it from spinning needlessly. This fixes it to wait on the last I/O request submitted (we don't need to wait for all of it) instead of either spinning with io_schedule or sleeping. As a result cpu usage of gfs2_logd is much reduced with certain workloads. Reported-by: Abhijith Das <adas@redhat.com> Tested-by: Abhijith Das <adas@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/gfs2')
-rw-r--r--fs/gfs2/log.c29
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/log.c b/fs/gfs2/log.c
index cec26c00b50d..903115f2bb34 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/log.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/log.c
@@ -228,6 +228,27 @@ static int gfs2_ail1_empty(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
return ret;
}
+static void gfs2_ail1_wait(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
+{
+ struct gfs2_ail *ai;
+ struct gfs2_bufdata *bd;
+ struct buffer_head *bh;
+
+ spin_lock(&sdp->sd_ail_lock);
+ list_for_each_entry_reverse(ai, &sdp->sd_ail1_list, ai_list) {
+ list_for_each_entry(bd, &ai->ai_ail1_list, bd_ail_st_list) {
+ bh = bd->bd_bh;
+ if (!buffer_locked(bh))
+ continue;
+ get_bh(bh);
+ spin_unlock(&sdp->sd_ail_lock);
+ wait_on_buffer(bh);
+ brelse(bh);
+ return;
+ }
+ }
+ spin_unlock(&sdp->sd_ail_lock);
+}
/**
* gfs2_ail2_empty_one - Check whether or not a trans in the AIL has been synced
@@ -878,9 +899,9 @@ void gfs2_meta_syncfs(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
gfs2_log_flush(sdp, NULL);
for (;;) {
gfs2_ail1_start(sdp);
+ gfs2_ail1_wait(sdp);
if (gfs2_ail1_empty(sdp))
break;
- msleep(10);
}
}
@@ -920,12 +941,14 @@ int gfs2_logd(void *data)
if (gfs2_ail_flush_reqd(sdp)) {
gfs2_ail1_start(sdp);
- io_schedule();
+ gfs2_ail1_wait(sdp);
gfs2_ail1_empty(sdp);
gfs2_log_flush(sdp, NULL);
}
- wake_up(&sdp->sd_log_waitq);
+ if (!gfs2_ail_flush_reqd(sdp))
+ wake_up(&sdp->sd_log_waitq);
+
t = gfs2_tune_get(sdp, gt_logd_secs) * HZ;
if (freezing(current))
refrigerator();