From: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
To: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 39/39] xfs: expanding delayed logging design with background material
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2021 10:57:00 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210603005700.GC664593@dread.disaster.area> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210527203844.GP2402049@locust>
On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 01:38:44PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 10:13:17PM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote:
> > +As a result, permanent transactions only "regrant" reservation space during
> > +xfs_trans_commit() calls, while the physical log space reservation - tracked by
> > +the write head - is then reserved separately by a call to xfs_log_reserve()
> > +after the commit completes. Once the commit completes, we can sleep waiting for
> > +physical log space to be reserved from the write grant head, but only if one
> > +critical rule has been observed::
> > +
> > + Code using permanent reservations must always log the items they hold
> > + locked across each transaction they roll in the chain.
> > +
> > +"Re-logging" the locked items on every transaction roll ensures that the items
> > +the transaction chain is rolling are always relocated to the physical head of
>
> This reads (to me) a little awkwardly. One could ask if the transaction
> chain itself is rolling the items? Which is not really what's
> happening. How about:
>
> "...ensures that the items attached to the transaction chain being
> rolled are always relocated..."
Fixed.
> > -This relogging is also used to implement long-running, multiple-commit
> > -transactions. These transaction are known as rolling transactions, and require
> > -a special log reservation known as a permanent transaction reservation. A
> > -typical example of a rolling transaction is the removal of extents from an
> > +A typical example of a rolling transaction is the removal of extents from an
> > inode which can only be done at a rate of two extents per transaction because
>
> Ignoring rt files, do we even have /that/ limit anymore? Especially
> considering the other patchset you just sent... :)
Well.... Remind me to make this update in that patch set if I
forget to do it. :P
> With that one odd sentence up there reworked,
> Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
Thx!
-Dave.
--
Dave Chinner
david@fromorbit.com
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Thread overview: 87+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-19 12:12 [PATCH 00/39 v4] xfs: CIL and log optimisations Dave Chinner
2021-05-19 12:12 ` [PATCH 01/39] xfs: log stripe roundoff is a property of the log Dave Chinner
2021-05-28 0:54 ` Allison Henderson
2021-05-19 12:12 ` [PATCH 02/39] xfs: separate CIL commit record IO Dave Chinner
2021-05-28 0:54 ` Allison Henderson
2021-05-19 12:12 ` [PATCH 03/39] xfs: remove xfs_blkdev_issue_flush Dave Chinner
2021-05-28 0:54 ` Allison Henderson
2021-05-19 12:12 ` [PATCH 04/39] xfs: async blkdev cache flush Dave Chinner
2021-05-20 23:53 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-05-28 0:54 ` Allison Henderson
2021-05-19 12:12 ` [PATCH 05/39] xfs: CIL checkpoint flushes caches unconditionally Dave Chinner
2021-05-28 0:54 ` Allison Henderson
2021-05-19 12:12 ` [PATCH 06/39] xfs: remove need_start_rec parameter from xlog_write() Dave Chinner
2021-05-19 12:12 ` [PATCH 07/39] xfs: journal IO cache flush reductions Dave Chinner
2021-05-21 0:16 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-05-19 12:12 ` [PATCH 08/39] xfs: Fix CIL throttle hang when CIL space used going backwards Dave Chinner
2021-05-19 12:12 ` [PATCH 09/39] xfs: xfs_log_force_lsn isn't passed a LSN Dave Chinner
2021-05-21 0:20 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-05-19 12:12 ` [PATCH 10/39] xfs: AIL needs asynchronous CIL forcing Dave Chinner
2021-05-21 0:33 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-05-19 12:12 ` [PATCH 11/39] xfs: CIL work is serialised, not pipelined Dave Chinner
2021-05-21 0:32 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-05-19 12:12 ` [PATCH 12/39] xfs: factor out the CIL transaction header building Dave Chinner
2021-05-19 12:12 ` [PATCH 13/39] xfs: only CIL pushes require a start record Dave Chinner
2021-05-19 12:12 ` [PATCH 14/39] xfs: embed the xlog_op_header in the unmount record Dave Chinner
2021-05-21 0:35 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-05-19 12:12 ` [PATCH 15/39] xfs: embed the xlog_op_header in the commit record Dave Chinner
2021-05-19 12:12 ` [PATCH 16/39] xfs: log tickets don't need log client id Dave Chinner
2021-05-21 0:38 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-05-19 12:12 ` [PATCH 17/39] xfs: move log iovec alignment to preparation function Dave Chinner
2021-05-19 12:12 ` [PATCH 18/39] xfs: reserve space and initialise xlog_op_header in item formatting Dave Chinner
2021-05-19 12:12 ` [PATCH 19/39] xfs: log ticket region debug is largely useless Dave Chinner
2021-05-19 12:12 ` [PATCH 20/39] xfs: pass lv chain length into xlog_write() Dave Chinner
2021-05-27 17:20 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-06-02 22:18 ` Dave Chinner
2021-06-02 22:24 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-06-02 22:58 ` [PATCH 20/39 V2] " Dave Chinner
2021-06-02 23:01 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-05-19 12:12 ` [PATCH 21/39] xfs: introduce xlog_write_single() Dave Chinner
2021-05-27 17:27 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-05-19 12:13 ` [PATCH 22/39] xfs:_introduce xlog_write_partial() Dave Chinner
2021-05-27 18:06 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-06-02 22:21 ` Dave Chinner
2021-05-19 12:13 ` [PATCH 23/39] xfs: xlog_write() no longer needs contwr state Dave Chinner
2021-05-19 12:13 ` [PATCH 24/39] xfs: xlog_write() doesn't need optype anymore Dave Chinner
2021-05-27 18:07 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-05-19 12:13 ` [PATCH 25/39] xfs: CIL context doesn't need to count iovecs Dave Chinner
2021-05-27 18:08 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-05-19 12:13 ` [PATCH 26/39] xfs: use the CIL space used counter for emptiness checks Dave Chinner
2021-05-19 12:13 ` [PATCH 27/39] xfs: lift init CIL reservation out of xc_cil_lock Dave Chinner
2021-05-19 12:13 ` [PATCH 28/39] xfs: rework per-iclog header CIL reservation Dave Chinner
2021-05-27 18:17 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-05-19 12:13 ` [PATCH 29/39] xfs: introduce per-cpu CIL tracking structure Dave Chinner
2021-05-27 18:31 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-05-19 12:13 ` [PATCH 30/39] xfs: implement percpu cil space used calculation Dave Chinner
2021-05-27 18:41 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-06-02 23:47 ` Dave Chinner
2021-06-03 1:26 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-06-03 2:28 ` Dave Chinner
2021-06-03 3:01 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-06-03 3:56 ` Dave Chinner
2021-05-19 12:13 ` [PATCH 31/39] xfs: track CIL ticket reservation in percpu structure Dave Chinner
2021-05-27 18:48 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-05-19 12:13 ` [PATCH 32/39] xfs: convert CIL busy extents to per-cpu Dave Chinner
2021-05-27 18:49 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-05-19 12:13 ` [PATCH 33/39] xfs: Add order IDs to log items in CIL Dave Chinner
2021-05-27 19:00 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-06-03 0:16 ` Dave Chinner
2021-06-03 0:49 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-06-03 2:13 ` Dave Chinner
2021-06-03 3:02 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-05-19 12:13 ` [PATCH 34/39] xfs: convert CIL to unordered per cpu lists Dave Chinner
2021-05-27 19:03 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-06-03 0:27 ` Dave Chinner
2021-05-19 12:13 ` [PATCH 35/39] xfs: convert log vector chain to use list heads Dave Chinner
2021-05-27 19:13 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-06-03 0:38 ` Dave Chinner
2021-06-03 0:50 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-05-19 12:13 ` [PATCH 36/39] xfs: move CIL ordering to the logvec chain Dave Chinner
2021-05-27 19:14 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-05-19 12:13 ` [PATCH 37/39] xfs: avoid cil push lock if possible Dave Chinner
2021-05-27 19:18 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-05-19 12:13 ` [PATCH 38/39] xfs: xlog_sync() manually adjusts grant head space Dave Chinner
2021-05-19 12:13 ` [PATCH 39/39] xfs: expanding delayed logging design with background material Dave Chinner
2021-05-27 20:38 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-06-03 0:57 ` Dave Chinner [this message]
2021-06-03 5:22 [PATCH 00/39 v5] xfs: CIL and log optimisations Dave Chinner
2021-06-03 5:22 ` [PATCH 39/39] xfs: expanding delayed logging design with background material Dave Chinner
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