xfs: speed up free inode search

Don't search too far - abort if it is outside a certain radius and simply do
a linear search for the first free inode.  In AGs with a million inodes this
can speed up allocation speed by 3-4x.

[hch: ported to the new xfs_ialloc.c world order]

Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dgc@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Alex Elder <aelder@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Felix Blyakher <felixb@sgi.com>

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ag.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_ag.h
index f24b50b..a5d54bf 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ag.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ag.h
@@ -198,6 +198,15 @@ typedef struct xfs_perag
        xfs_agino_t     pagi_count;     /* number of allocated inodes */
        int             pagb_count;     /* pagb slots in use */
        xfs_perag_busy_t *pagb_list;    /* unstable blocks */
+
+       /*
+        * Inode allocation search lookup optimisation.
+        * If the pagino matches, the search for new inodes
+        * doesn't need to search the near ones again straight away
+        */
+       xfs_agino_t     pagl_pagino;
+       xfs_agino_t     pagl_leftrec;
+       xfs_agino_t     pagl_rightrec;
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
        spinlock_t      pagb_lock;      /* lock for pagb_list */
 

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ialloc.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ialloc.c
index 748637c..d12d805 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ialloc.c
@@ -587,6 +587,30 @@ xfs_ialloc_next_rec(
        return 0;
 }
 
+STATIC int
+xfs_ialloc_get_rec(
+       struct xfs_btree_cur    *cur,
+       xfs_agino_t             agino,
+       xfs_inobt_rec_incore_t  *rec,
+       int                     *done,
+       int                     left)
+{
+       int                     error;
+       int                     i;
+
+       error = xfs_inobt_lookup(cur, agino, XFS_LOOKUP_EQ, &i);
+       if (error)
+               return error;
+       *done = !i;
+       if (i) {
+               error = xfs_inobt_get_rec(cur, rec, &i);
+               if (error)
+                       return error;
+               XFS_WANT_CORRUPTED_RETURN(i == 1);
+       }
+
+       return 0;
+}
 
 /*
  * Visible inode allocation functions.
@@ -766,6 +790,8 @@ nextag:
         */
        agno = tagno;
        *IO_agbp = NULL;
+
+ restart_pagno:
        cur = xfs_inobt_init_cursor(mp, tp, agbp, be32_to_cpu(agi->agi_seqno));
        /*
         * If pagino is 0 (this is the root inode allocation) use newino.
@@ -782,8 +808,10 @@ nextag:
         * If in the same AG as the parent, try to get near the parent.
         */
        if (pagno == agno) {
+               xfs_perag_t     *pag = &mp->m_perag[agno];
                int             doneleft;       /* done, to the left */
                int             doneright;      /* done, to the right */
+               int             searchdistance = 10;
 
                error = xfs_inobt_lookup(cur, pagino, XFS_LOOKUP_LE, &i);
                if (error)
@@ -813,15 +841,33 @@ nextag:
                if (error)
                        goto error0;
 
-               /* search left with tcur, back up 1 record */
-               error = xfs_ialloc_next_rec(tcur, &trec, &doneleft, 1);
-               if (error)
-                       goto error1;
+               /*
+                * Skip to last blocks looked up if same parent inode.
+                */
+               if (pagino != NULLAGINO &&
+                   pag->pagl_pagino == pagino &&
+                   pag->pagl_leftrec != NULLAGINO &&
+                   pag->pagl_rightrec != NULLAGINO) {
+                       error = xfs_ialloc_get_rec(tcur, pag->pagl_leftrec,
+                                                  &trec, &doneleft, 1);
+                       if (error)
+                               goto error1;
 
-               /* search right with cur, go forward 1 record. */
-               error = xfs_ialloc_next_rec(cur, &rec, &doneright, 0);
-               if (error)
-                       goto error1;
+                       error = xfs_ialloc_get_rec(cur, pag->pagl_rightrec,
+                                                  &rec, &doneright, 0);
+                       if (error)
+                               goto error1;
+               } else {
+                       /* search left with tcur, back up 1 record */
+                       error = xfs_ialloc_next_rec(tcur, &trec, &doneleft, 1);
+                       if (error)
+                               goto error1;
+
+                       /* search right with cur, go forward 1 record. */
+                       error = xfs_ialloc_next_rec(cur, &rec, &doneright, 0);
+                       if (error)
+                               goto error1;
+               }
 
                /*
                 * Loop until we find an inode chunk with a free inode.
@@ -829,6 +875,17 @@ nextag:
                while (!doneleft || !doneright) {
                        int     useleft;  /* using left inode chunk this time */
 
+                       if (!--searchdistance) {
+                               /*
+                                * Not in range - save last search
+                                * location and allocate a new inode
+                                */
+                               pag->pagl_leftrec = trec.ir_startino;
+                               pag->pagl_rightrec = rec.ir_startino;
+                               pag->pagl_pagino = pagino;
+                               goto newino;
+                       }
+
                        /* figure out the closer block if both are valid. */
                        if (!doneleft && !doneright) {
                                useleft = pagino -
@@ -843,12 +900,20 @@ nextag:
                                rec = trec;
                                xfs_btree_del_cursor(cur, XFS_BTREE_NOERROR);
                                cur = tcur;
+
+                               pag->pagl_leftrec = trec.ir_startino;
+                               pag->pagl_rightrec = rec.ir_startino;
+                               pag->pagl_pagino = pagino;
                                goto alloc_inode;
                        }
 
                        /* free inodes to the right? */
                        if (!useleft && rec.ir_freecount) {
                                xfs_btree_del_cursor(tcur, XFS_BTREE_NOERROR);
+
+                               pag->pagl_leftrec = trec.ir_startino;
+                               pag->pagl_rightrec = rec.ir_startino;
+                               pag->pagl_pagino = pagino;
                                goto alloc_inode;
                        }
 
@@ -863,14 +928,28 @@ nextag:
                        if (error)
                                goto error1;
                }
-               ASSERT(!doneleft || !doneright);
+
+               /*
+                * We've reached the end of the btree. because
+                * we are only searching a small chunk of the
+                * btree each search, there is obviously free
+                * inodes closer to the parent inode than we
+                * are now. restart the search again.
+                */
+               pag->pagl_pagino = NULLAGINO;
+               pag->pagl_leftrec = NULLAGINO;
+               pag->pagl_rightrec = NULLAGINO;
+               xfs_btree_del_cursor(tcur, XFS_BTREE_NOERROR);
+               xfs_btree_del_cursor(cur, XFS_BTREE_NOERROR);
+               goto restart_pagno;
        }
 
        /*
         * In a different AG from the parent.
         * See if the most recently allocated block has any free.
         */
-       else if (be32_to_cpu(agi->agi_newino) != NULLAGINO) {
+newino:
+       if (be32_to_cpu(agi->agi_newino) != NULLAGINO) {
                error = xfs_inobt_lookup(cur, be32_to_cpu(agi->agi_newino),
                                         XFS_LOOKUP_EQ, &i);
                if (error)
@@ -889,27 +968,27 @@ nextag:
                                goto alloc_inode;
                        }
                }
+       }
 
-               /*
-                * None left in the last group, search the whole AG
-                */
-               error = xfs_inobt_lookup(cur, 0, XFS_LOOKUP_GE, &i);
+       /*
+        * None left in the last group, search the whole AG
+        */
+       error = xfs_inobt_lookup(cur, 0, XFS_LOOKUP_GE, &i);
+       if (error)
+               goto error0;
+       XFS_WANT_CORRUPTED_GOTO(i == 1, error0);
+
+       for (;;) {
+               error = xfs_inobt_get_rec(cur, &rec, &i);
+               if (error)
+                       goto error0;
+               XFS_WANT_CORRUPTED_GOTO(i == 1, error0);
+               if (rec.ir_freecount > 0)
+                       break;
+               error = xfs_btree_increment(cur, 0, &i);
                if (error)
                        goto error0;
                XFS_WANT_CORRUPTED_GOTO(i == 1, error0);
-
-               for (;;) {
-                       error = xfs_inobt_get_rec(cur, &rec, &i);
-                       if (error)
-                               goto error0;
-                       XFS_WANT_CORRUPTED_GOTO(i == 1, error0);
-                       if (rec.ir_freecount > 0)
-                               break;
-                       error = xfs_btree_increment(cur, 0, &i);
-                       if (error)
-                               goto error0;
-                       XFS_WANT_CORRUPTED_GOTO(i == 1, error0);
-               }
        }
 
 alloc_inode: