From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.3 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D00DAECE58C for ; Fri, 11 Oct 2019 12:40:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0982214E0 for ; Fri, 11 Oct 2019 12:40:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728018AbfJKMkq (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Oct 2019 08:40:46 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:46176 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727883AbfJKMkq (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Oct 2019 08:40:46 -0400 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.11]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 79308C04D293; Fri, 11 Oct 2019 12:40:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bfoster (dhcp-41-2.bos.redhat.com [10.18.41.2]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EDFB5600C4; Fri, 11 Oct 2019 12:40:44 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 08:40:43 -0400 From: Brian Foster To: Dave Chinner Cc: linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/26] xfs: tail updates only need to occur when LSN changes Message-ID: <20191011124043.GG61257@bfoster> References: <20191009032124.10541-1-david@fromorbit.com> <20191009032124.10541-8-david@fromorbit.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20191009032124.10541-8-david@fromorbit.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.12.1 (2019-06-15) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.11 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.31]); Fri, 11 Oct 2019 12:40:45 +0000 (UTC) Sender: linux-xfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Post: On Wed, Oct 09, 2019 at 02:21:05PM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote: > From: Dave Chinner > > We currently wake anything waiting on the log tail to move whenever > the log item at the tail of the log is removed. Historically this > was fine behaviour because there were very few items at any given > LSN. But with delayed logging, there may be thousands of items at > any given LSN, and we can't move the tail until they are all gone. > > Hence if we are removing them in near tail-first order, we might be > waking up processes waiting on the tail LSN to change (e.g. log > space waiters) repeatedly without them being able to make progress. > This also occurs with the new sync push waiters, and can result in > thousands of spurious wakeups every second when under heavy direct > reclaim pressure. > > To fix this, check that the tail LSN has actually changed on the > AIL before triggering wakeups. This will reduce the number of > spurious wakeups when doing bulk AIL removal and make this code much > more efficient. > > Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner > --- > fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c | 18 ++++++++++---- > fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------- > fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h | 4 ++-- > 3 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) > ... > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c > index 656819523bbd..685a21cd24c0 100644 > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c ... > @@ -745,9 +754,10 @@ xfs_trans_ail_update_bulk( > continue; > > trace_xfs_ail_move(lip, lip->li_lsn, lsn); > + if (mlip == lip && !tail_lsn) > + tail_lsn = lip->li_lsn; > + > xfs_ail_delete(ailp, lip); > - if (mlip == lip) > - mlip_changed = 1; FWIW, I think this code could be simplified to just assign tail_lsn directly via the new helper and pass that value into xfs_ail_update_finish() below. I doubt filtering out that extra lsn comparison with the mlip check makes much difference when we're already doing a bulk insertion and referencing every lip along the way. That's just a nit though. Otherwise looks fine to me: Reviewed-by: Brian Foster > } else { > trace_xfs_ail_insert(lip, 0, lsn); > } > @@ -758,15 +768,23 @@ xfs_trans_ail_update_bulk( > if (!list_empty(&tmp)) > xfs_ail_splice(ailp, cur, &tmp, lsn); > > - xfs_ail_update_finish(ailp, mlip_changed); > + xfs_ail_update_finish(ailp, tail_lsn); > } > > -bool > +/* > + * Delete one log item from the AIL. > + * > + * If this item was at the tail of the AIL, return the LSN of the log item so > + * that we can use it to check if the LSN of the tail of the log has moved > + * when finishing up the AIL delete process in xfs_ail_update_finish(). > + */ > +xfs_lsn_t > xfs_ail_delete_one( > struct xfs_ail *ailp, > struct xfs_log_item *lip) > { > struct xfs_log_item *mlip = xfs_ail_min(ailp); > + xfs_lsn_t lsn = lip->li_lsn; > > trace_xfs_ail_delete(lip, mlip->li_lsn, lip->li_lsn); > xfs_ail_delete(ailp, lip); > @@ -774,7 +792,9 @@ xfs_ail_delete_one( > clear_bit(XFS_LI_IN_AIL, &lip->li_flags); > lip->li_lsn = 0; > > - return mlip == lip; > + if (mlip == lip) > + return lsn; > + return 0; > } > > /** > @@ -805,7 +825,7 @@ xfs_trans_ail_delete( > int shutdown_type) > { > struct xfs_mount *mp = ailp->ail_mount; > - bool need_update; > + xfs_lsn_t tail_lsn; > > if (!test_bit(XFS_LI_IN_AIL, &lip->li_flags)) { > spin_unlock(&ailp->ail_lock); > @@ -818,8 +838,8 @@ xfs_trans_ail_delete( > return; > } > > - need_update = xfs_ail_delete_one(ailp, lip); > - xfs_ail_update_finish(ailp, need_update); > + tail_lsn = xfs_ail_delete_one(ailp, lip); > + xfs_ail_update_finish(ailp, tail_lsn); > } > > int > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h > index 64ffa746730e..35655eac01a6 100644 > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h > @@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ xfs_trans_ail_update( > xfs_trans_ail_update_bulk(ailp, NULL, &lip, 1, lsn); > } > > -bool xfs_ail_delete_one(struct xfs_ail *ailp, struct xfs_log_item *lip); > -void xfs_ail_update_finish(struct xfs_ail *ailp, bool do_tail_update) > +xfs_lsn_t xfs_ail_delete_one(struct xfs_ail *ailp, struct xfs_log_item *lip); > +void xfs_ail_update_finish(struct xfs_ail *ailp, xfs_lsn_t old_lsn) > __releases(ailp->ail_lock); > void xfs_trans_ail_delete(struct xfs_ail *ailp, struct xfs_log_item *lip, > int shutdown_type); > -- > 2.23.0.rc1 >