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=-5.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no 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 D2EDAC433DF for ; Fri, 24 Jul 2020 05:35:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B78F920737 for ; Fri, 24 Jul 2020 05:35:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726280AbgGXFfd (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Jul 2020 01:35:33 -0400 Received: from mail107.syd.optusnet.com.au ([211.29.132.53]:46430 "EHLO mail107.syd.optusnet.com.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726277AbgGXFfc (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Jul 2020 01:35:32 -0400 Received: from dread.disaster.area (pa49-180-53-24.pa.nsw.optusnet.com.au [49.180.53.24]) by mail107.syd.optusnet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 247FBD5A713; Fri, 24 Jul 2020 15:35:27 +1000 (AEST) Received: from dave by dread.disaster.area with local (Exim 4.92.3) (envelope-from ) id 1jyqMg-0003Y7-JZ; Fri, 24 Jul 2020 15:35:26 +1000 Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 15:35:26 +1000 From: Dave Chinner To: Allison Collins Cc: linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 00/25] xfs: Delay Ready Attributes Message-ID: <20200724053526.GP2005@dread.disaster.area> References: <20200721001606.10781-1-allison.henderson@oracle.com> <20200724034100.GN2005@dread.disaster.area> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200724034100.GN2005@dread.disaster.area> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) X-Optus-CM-Score: 0 X-Optus-CM-Analysis: v=2.3 cv=QIgWuTDL c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=moVtWZxmCkf3aAMJKIb/8g==:117 a=moVtWZxmCkf3aAMJKIb/8g==:17 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=_RQrkK6FrEwA:10 a=20KFwNOVAAAA:8 a=7-415B0cAAAA:8 a=wVkfdLxGgUcmzkAhm8wA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=biEYGPWJfzWAr4FL6Ov7:22 Sender: linux-xfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 01:41:00PM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote: > On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 05:15:41PM -0700, Allison Collins wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > This set is a subset of a larger series for delayed attributes. Which is a > > subset of an even larger series, parent pointers. Delayed attributes allow > > attribute operations (set and remove) to be logged and committed in the same > > way that other delayed operations do. This allows more complex operations (like > > parent pointers) to be broken up into multiple smaller transactions. To do > > this, the existing attr operations must be modified to operate as either a > > delayed operation or a inline operation since older filesystems will not be > > able to use the new log entries. This means that they cannot roll, commit, or > > finish transactions. Instead, they return -EAGAIN to allow the calling > > function to handle the transaction. In this series, we focus on only the clean > > up and refactoring needed to accomplish this. We will introduce delayed attrs > > and parent pointers in a later set. > > > > At the moment, I would like people to focus their review efforts on just this > > "delay ready" subseries, as I think that is a more conservative use of peoples > > review time. I also think the set is a bit much to manage all at once, and we > > need to get the infrastructure ironed out before we focus too much anything > > that depends on it. But I do have the extended series for folks that want to > > see the bigger picture of where this is going. > > > > To help organize the set, I've arranged the patches to make sort of mini sets. > > I thought it would help reviewers break down the reviewing some. For reviewing > > purposes, the set could be broken up into 4 different phases: > > > > Error code filtering (patches 1-2): > > These two patches are all about finding and catching error codes that need to > > be sent back up to user space before starting delayed operations. Errors that > > happen during a delayed operation are treated like internal errors that cause a > > shutdown. But we wouldnt want that for example: when the user tries to rename > > a non existent attr. So the idea is that we need to find all such conditions, > > and take care of them before starting a delayed operation. > > xfs: Add xfs_has_attr and subroutines > > xfs: Check for -ENOATTR or -EEXIST > > > > Move transactions upwards (patches 3-12): > > The goal of this subset is to try and move all the transaction specific code up > > the call stack much as possible. The idea being that once we get them to the > > top, we can introduce the statemachine to handle the -EAGAIN logic where ever > > the transactions used to be. > > xfs: Factor out new helper functions xfs_attr_rmtval_set > > xfs: Pull up trans handling in xfs_attr3_leaf_flipflags > > xfs: Split apart xfs_attr_leaf_addname > > xfs: Refactor xfs_attr_try_sf_addname > > xfs: Pull up trans roll from xfs_attr3_leaf_setflag > > xfs: Factor out xfs_attr_rmtval_invalidate > > xfs: Pull up trans roll in xfs_attr3_leaf_clearflag > > xfs: Refactor xfs_attr_rmtval_remove > > xfs: Pull up xfs_attr_rmtval_invalidate > > xfs: Add helper function xfs_attr_node_shrink > > > > Modularizing and cleanups (patches 13-22): > > Now that we have pulled the transactions up to where we need them, it's time to > > start breaking down the top level functions into new subfunctions. The goal > > being to work towards a top level function that deals mostly with the > > statemachine, and helpers for those states > > xfs: Remove unneeded xfs_trans_roll_inode calls > > xfs: Remove xfs_trans_roll in xfs_attr_node_removename > > xfs: Add helpers xfs_attr_is_shortform and xfs_attr_set_shortform > > xfs: Add helper function xfs_attr_leaf_mark_incomplete > > xfs: Add remote block helper functions > > xfs: Add helper function xfs_attr_node_removename_setup > > xfs: Add helper function xfs_attr_node_removename_rmt > > xfs: Simplify xfs_attr_leaf_addname > > xfs: Simplify xfs_attr_node_addname > > xfs: Lift -ENOSPC handler from xfs_attr_leaf_addname > > I'm happy to see everything up to here merged. BTW, that translates as: Acked-by: Dave Chinner For the first 22 patches. -Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@fromorbit.com