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From: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.cz>
To: Qu Wenruo <wqu@suse.com>
Cc: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 08/11] btrfs: defrag: introduce a new helper to defrag one cluster
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2021 21:27:05 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210823192705.GR5047@twin.jikos.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210806081242.257996-9-wqu@suse.com>

On Fri, Aug 06, 2021 at 04:12:39PM +0800, Qu Wenruo wrote:
> This new helper, defrag_one_cluster(), will defrag one cluster (at most
> 256K) by:
> 
> - Collect all initial targets
> 
> - Kick in readahead when possible
> 
> - Call defrag_one_range() on each initial target
>   With some extra range clamping.
> 
> - Update @sectors_defragged parameter
> 
> This involves one behavior change, the defragged sectors accounting is
> no longer as accurate as old behavior, as the initial targets are not
> consistent.
> 
> We can have new holes punched inside the initial target, and we will
> skip such holes later.
> But the defragged sectors accounting doesn't need to be that accurate
> anyway, thus I don't want to pass those extra accounting burden into
> defrag_one_range().

I think it's ok, any parallel operation can change the file during
defragmentation at any point.

  reply	other threads:[~2021-08-23 19:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-08-06  8:12 [PATCH v5 00/11] btrfs: defrag: rework to support sector perfect defrag Qu Wenruo
2021-08-06  8:12 ` [PATCH v5 01/11] btrfs: defrag: pass file_ra_state instead of file for btrfs_defrag_file() Qu Wenruo
2021-08-06  8:12 ` [PATCH v5 02/11] btrfs: defrag: also check PagePrivate for subpage cases in cluster_pages_for_defrag() Qu Wenruo
2021-08-06  8:12 ` [PATCH v5 03/11] btrfs: defrag: replace hard coded PAGE_SIZE to sectorsize Qu Wenruo
2021-08-06  8:12 ` [PATCH v5 04/11] btrfs: defrag: extract the page preparation code into one helper Qu Wenruo
2021-08-23 19:04   ` David Sterba
2021-08-06  8:12 ` [PATCH v5 05/11] btrfs: defrag: introduce a new helper to collect target file extents Qu Wenruo
2021-08-23 19:08   ` David Sterba
2021-08-06  8:12 ` [PATCH v5 06/11] btrfs: defrag: introduce a helper to defrag a continuous prepared range Qu Wenruo
2021-08-06  8:12 ` [PATCH v5 07/11] btrfs: defrag: introduce a helper to defrag a range Qu Wenruo
2021-08-23 19:21   ` David Sterba
2021-08-06  8:12 ` [PATCH v5 08/11] btrfs: defrag: introduce a new helper to defrag one cluster Qu Wenruo
2021-08-23 19:27   ` David Sterba [this message]
2021-08-06  8:12 ` [PATCH v5 09/11] btrfs: defrag: use defrag_one_cluster() to implement btrfs_defrag_file() Qu Wenruo
2021-08-09 11:32   ` Dan Carpenter
2021-08-09 12:13     ` Qu Wenruo
2021-08-10  6:19       ` Qu Wenruo
2021-08-06  8:12 ` [PATCH v5 10/11] btrfs: defrag: remove the old infrastructure Qu Wenruo
2021-08-06  8:12 ` [PATCH v5 11/11] btrfs: defrag: enable defrag for subpage case Qu Wenruo
2021-08-23 19:43 ` [PATCH v5 00/11] btrfs: defrag: rework to support sector perfect defrag David Sterba
2021-08-27  9:18   ` David Sterba

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