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ext4: make ext4_bio_write_page() use BH_Async_Write flags
authorJan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Fri, 12 Apr 2013 03:48:32 +0000 (23:48 -0400)
committerTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Fri, 12 Apr 2013 03:48:32 +0000 (23:48 -0400)
So far ext4_bio_write_page() attached all the pages to ext4_io_end
structure.  This makes that structure pretty heavy (1 KB for pointers
+ 16 bytes per page attached to the bio).  Also later we would like to
share ext4_io_end structure among several bios in case IO to a single
extent needs to be split among several bios and pointing to pages from
ext4_io_end makes this complex.

We remove page pointers from ext4_io_end and use pointers from bio
itself instead.  This isn't as easy when blocksize < pagesize because
then we can have several bios in flight for a single page and we have
to be careful when to call end_page_writeback().  However this is a
known problem already solved by block_write_full_page() /
end_buffer_async_write() so we mimic its behavior here.  We mark
buffers going to disk with BH_Async_Write flag and in
ext4_bio_end_io() we check whether there are any buffers with
BH_Async_Write flag left.  If there are not, we can call
end_page_writeback().

Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Reviewed-by: Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@openvz.org>
Reviewed-by: Zheng Liu <wenqing.lz@taobao.com>
fs/ext4/ext4.h
fs/ext4/page-io.c

index 75b2326b04c6a872d585273e2058356e06d85694..3b41d4ae6f9d35091ff5c69c935561e23e0587e5 100644 (file)
@@ -198,19 +198,8 @@ struct mpage_da_data {
 #define EXT4_IO_END_ERROR      0x0002
 #define EXT4_IO_END_DIRECT     0x0004
 
-struct ext4_io_page {
-       struct page     *p_page;
-       atomic_t        p_count;
-};
-
-#define MAX_IO_PAGES 128
-
 /*
  * For converting uninitialized extents on a work queue.
- *
- * 'page' is only used from the writepage() path; 'pages' is only used for
- * buffered writes; they are used to keep page references until conversion
- * takes place.  For AIO/DIO, neither field is filled in.
  */
 typedef struct ext4_io_end {
        struct list_head        list;           /* per-file finished IO list */
@@ -220,15 +209,12 @@ typedef struct ext4_io_end {
        ssize_t                 size;           /* size of the extent */
        struct kiocb            *iocb;          /* iocb struct for AIO */
        int                     result;         /* error value for AIO */
-       int                     num_io_pages;   /* for writepages() */
-       struct ext4_io_page     *pages[MAX_IO_PAGES]; /* for writepages() */
 } ext4_io_end_t;
 
 struct ext4_io_submit {
        int                     io_op;
        struct bio              *io_bio;
        ext4_io_end_t           *io_end;
-       struct ext4_io_page     *io_page;
        sector_t                io_next_block;
 };
 
index 047a6de04a0ac8195d5453de514a8e95526fcce4..1d98fcfc2ff0f9c68fd4f78cdd9a22a97dd646c2 100644 (file)
 #include "xattr.h"
 #include "acl.h"
 
-static struct kmem_cache *io_page_cachep, *io_end_cachep;
+static struct kmem_cache *io_end_cachep;
 
 int __init ext4_init_pageio(void)
 {
-       io_page_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(ext4_io_page, SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT);
-       if (io_page_cachep == NULL)
-               return -ENOMEM;
        io_end_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(ext4_io_end, SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT);
-       if (io_end_cachep == NULL) {
-               kmem_cache_destroy(io_page_cachep);
+       if (io_end_cachep == NULL)
                return -ENOMEM;
-       }
        return 0;
 }
 
 void ext4_exit_pageio(void)
 {
        kmem_cache_destroy(io_end_cachep);
-       kmem_cache_destroy(io_page_cachep);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -67,15 +61,6 @@ void ext4_ioend_shutdown(struct inode *inode)
                cancel_work_sync(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_unwritten_work);
 }
 
-static void put_io_page(struct ext4_io_page *io_page)
-{
-       if (atomic_dec_and_test(&io_page->p_count)) {
-               end_page_writeback(io_page->p_page);
-               put_page(io_page->p_page);
-               kmem_cache_free(io_page_cachep, io_page);
-       }
-}
-
 void ext4_free_io_end(ext4_io_end_t *io)
 {
        int i;
@@ -84,9 +69,6 @@ void ext4_free_io_end(ext4_io_end_t *io)
        BUG_ON(!list_empty(&io->list));
        BUG_ON(io->flag & EXT4_IO_END_UNWRITTEN);
 
-       for (i = 0; i < io->num_io_pages; i++)
-               put_io_page(io->pages[i]);
-       io->num_io_pages = 0;
        if (atomic_dec_and_test(&EXT4_I(io->inode)->i_ioend_count))
                wake_up_all(ext4_ioend_wq(io->inode));
        kmem_cache_free(io_end_cachep, io);
@@ -243,45 +225,56 @@ static void ext4_end_bio(struct bio *bio, int error)
        ext4_io_end_t *io_end = bio->bi_private;
        struct inode *inode;
        int i;
+       int blocksize;
        sector_t bi_sector = bio->bi_sector;
 
        BUG_ON(!io_end);
+       inode = io_end->inode;
+       blocksize = 1 << inode->i_blkbits;
        bio->bi_private = NULL;
        bio->bi_end_io = NULL;
        if (test_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bio->bi_flags))
                error = 0;
-       bio_put(bio);
-
-       for (i = 0; i < io_end->num_io_pages; i++) {
-               struct page *page = io_end->pages[i]->p_page;
+       for (i = 0; i < bio->bi_vcnt; i++) {
+               struct bio_vec *bvec = &bio->bi_io_vec[i];
+               struct page *page = bvec->bv_page;
                struct buffer_head *bh, *head;
-               loff_t offset;
-               loff_t io_end_offset;
+               unsigned bio_start = bvec->bv_offset;
+               unsigned bio_end = bio_start + bvec->bv_len;
+               unsigned under_io = 0;
+               unsigned long flags;
+
+               if (!page)
+                       continue;
 
                if (error) {
                        SetPageError(page);
                        set_bit(AS_EIO, &page->mapping->flags);
-                       head = page_buffers(page);
-                       BUG_ON(!head);
-
-                       io_end_offset = io_end->offset + io_end->size;
-
-                       offset = (sector_t) page->index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
-                       bh = head;
-                       do {
-                               if ((offset >= io_end->offset) &&
-                                   (offset+bh->b_size <= io_end_offset))
-                                       buffer_io_error(bh);
-
-                               offset += bh->b_size;
-                               bh = bh->b_this_page;
-                       } while (bh != head);
                }
-
-               put_io_page(io_end->pages[i]);
+               bh = head = page_buffers(page);
+               /*
+                * We check all buffers in the page under BH_Uptodate_Lock
+                * to avoid races with other end io clearing async_write flags
+                */
+               local_irq_save(flags);
+               bit_spin_lock(BH_Uptodate_Lock, &head->b_state);
+               do {
+                       if (bh_offset(bh) < bio_start ||
+                           bh_offset(bh) + blocksize > bio_end) {
+                               if (buffer_async_write(bh))
+                                       under_io++;
+                               continue;
+                       }
+                       clear_buffer_async_write(bh);
+                       if (error)
+                               buffer_io_error(bh);
+               } while ((bh = bh->b_this_page) != head);
+               bit_spin_unlock(BH_Uptodate_Lock, &head->b_state);
+               local_irq_restore(flags);
+               if (!under_io)
+                       end_page_writeback(page);
        }
-       io_end->num_io_pages = 0;
-       inode = io_end->inode;
+       bio_put(bio);
 
        if (error) {
                io_end->flag |= EXT4_IO_END_ERROR;
@@ -345,7 +338,6 @@ static int io_submit_init(struct ext4_io_submit *io,
 }
 
 static int io_submit_add_bh(struct ext4_io_submit *io,
-                           struct ext4_io_page *io_page,
                            struct inode *inode,
                            struct writeback_control *wbc,
                            struct buffer_head *bh)
@@ -353,11 +345,6 @@ static int io_submit_add_bh(struct ext4_io_submit *io,
        ext4_io_end_t *io_end;
        int ret;
 
-       if (buffer_new(bh)) {
-               clear_buffer_new(bh);
-               unmap_underlying_metadata(bh->b_bdev, bh->b_blocknr);
-       }
-
        if (io->io_bio && bh->b_blocknr != io->io_next_block) {
 submit_and_retry:
                ext4_io_submit(io);
@@ -368,9 +355,6 @@ submit_and_retry:
                        return ret;
        }
        io_end = io->io_end;
-       if ((io_end->num_io_pages >= MAX_IO_PAGES) &&
-           (io_end->pages[io_end->num_io_pages-1] != io_page))
-               goto submit_and_retry;
        if (buffer_uninit(bh))
                ext4_set_io_unwritten_flag(inode, io_end);
        io->io_end->size += bh->b_size;
@@ -378,11 +362,6 @@ submit_and_retry:
        ret = bio_add_page(io->io_bio, bh->b_page, bh->b_size, bh_offset(bh));
        if (ret != bh->b_size)
                goto submit_and_retry;
-       if ((io_end->num_io_pages == 0) ||
-           (io_end->pages[io_end->num_io_pages-1] != io_page)) {
-               io_end->pages[io_end->num_io_pages++] = io_page;
-               atomic_inc(&io_page->p_count);
-       }
        return 0;
 }
 
@@ -392,33 +371,29 @@ int ext4_bio_write_page(struct ext4_io_submit *io,
                        struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
        struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
-       unsigned block_start, block_end, blocksize;
-       struct ext4_io_page *io_page;
+       unsigned block_start, blocksize;
        struct buffer_head *bh, *head;
        int ret = 0;
+       int nr_submitted = 0;
 
        blocksize = 1 << inode->i_blkbits;
 
        BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
        BUG_ON(PageWriteback(page));
 
-       io_page = kmem_cache_alloc(io_page_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
-       if (!io_page) {
-               redirty_page_for_writepage(wbc, page);
-               unlock_page(page);
-               return -ENOMEM;
-       }
-       io_page->p_page = page;
-       atomic_set(&io_page->p_count, 1);
-       get_page(page);
        set_page_writeback(page);
        ClearPageError(page);
 
-       for (bh = head = page_buffers(page), block_start = 0;
-            bh != head || !block_start;
-            block_start = block_end, bh = bh->b_this_page) {
-
-               block_end = block_start + blocksize;
+       /*
+        * In the first loop we prepare and mark buffers to submit. We have to
+        * mark all buffers in the page before submitting so that
+        * end_page_writeback() cannot be called from ext4_bio_end_io() when IO
+        * on the first buffer finishes and we are still working on submitting
+        * the second buffer.
+        */
+       bh = head = page_buffers(page);
+       do {
+               block_start = bh_offset(bh);
                if (block_start >= len) {
                        /*
                         * Comments copied from block_write_full_page_endio:
@@ -431,7 +406,8 @@ int ext4_bio_write_page(struct ext4_io_submit *io,
                         * mapped, and writes to that region are not written
                         * out to the file."
                         */
-                       zero_user_segment(page, block_start, block_end);
+                       zero_user_segment(page, block_start,
+                                         block_start + blocksize);
                        clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
                        set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
                        continue;
@@ -445,7 +421,19 @@ int ext4_bio_write_page(struct ext4_io_submit *io,
                                ext4_io_submit(io);
                        continue;
                }
-               ret = io_submit_add_bh(io, io_page, inode, wbc, bh);
+               if (buffer_new(bh)) {
+                       clear_buffer_new(bh);
+                       unmap_underlying_metadata(bh->b_bdev, bh->b_blocknr);
+               }
+               set_buffer_async_write(bh);
+       } while ((bh = bh->b_this_page) != head);
+
+       /* Now submit buffers to write */
+       bh = head = page_buffers(page);
+       do {
+               if (!buffer_async_write(bh))
+                       continue;
+               ret = io_submit_add_bh(io, inode, wbc, bh);
                if (ret) {
                        /*
                         * We only get here on ENOMEM.  Not much else
@@ -455,17 +443,20 @@ int ext4_bio_write_page(struct ext4_io_submit *io,
                        redirty_page_for_writepage(wbc, page);
                        break;
                }
+               nr_submitted++;
                clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
+       } while ((bh = bh->b_this_page) != head);
+
+       /* Error stopped previous loop? Clean up buffers... */
+       if (ret) {
+               do {
+                       clear_buffer_async_write(bh);
+                       bh = bh->b_this_page;
+               } while (bh != head);
        }
        unlock_page(page);
-       /*
-        * If the page was truncated before we could do the writeback,
-        * or we had a memory allocation error while trying to write
-        * the first buffer head, we won't have submitted any pages for
-        * I/O.  In that case we need to make sure we've cleared the
-        * PageWriteback bit from the page to prevent the system from
-        * wedging later on.
-        */
-       put_io_page(io_page);
+       /* Nothing submitted - we have to end page writeback */
+       if (!nr_submitted)
+               end_page_writeback(page);
        return ret;
 }