GFS2: Wait properly when flushing the ail list
authorSteven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
Sat, 21 May 2011 18:21:07 +0000 (19:21 +0100)
committerSteven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
Sat, 21 May 2011 18:21:07 +0000 (19:21 +0100)
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>
fs/gfs2/log.c

index cec26c0..903115f 100644 (file)
@@ -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();