f2fs: give an option to enable in-place-updates during fsync to users

If user wrote F2FS_IPU_FSYNC:4 in /sys/fs/f2fs/ipu_policy, f2fs_sync_file
only starts to try in-place-updates.
And, if the number of dirty pages is over /sys/fs/f2fs/min_fsync_blocks, it
keeps out-of-order manner. Otherwise, it triggers in-place-updates.

This may be used by storage showing very high random write performance.

For example, it can be used when,

Seq. writes (Data) + wait + Seq. writes (Node)

is pretty much slower than,

Rand. writes (Data)

Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <[email protected]>
This commit is contained in:
Jaegeuk Kim 2014-09-10 16:53:02 -07:00
commit c1ce1b02bb
7 changed files with 33 additions and 10 deletions

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@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ struct f2fs_sm_info {
unsigned int ipu_policy; /* in-place-update policy */
unsigned int min_ipu_util; /* in-place-update threshold */
unsigned int min_fsync_blocks; /* threshold for fsync */
/* for flush command control */
struct flush_cmd_control *cmd_control_info;

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@ -154,12 +154,11 @@ int f2fs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
trace_f2fs_sync_file_enter(inode);
/* if fdatasync is triggered, let's do in-place-update */
if (datasync)
if (get_dirty_pages(inode) <= SM_I(sbi)->min_fsync_blocks)
set_inode_flag(fi, FI_NEED_IPU);
ret = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, start, end);
if (datasync)
clear_inode_flag(fi, FI_NEED_IPU);
clear_inode_flag(fi, FI_NEED_IPU);
if (ret) {
trace_f2fs_sync_file_exit(inode, need_cp, datasync, ret);
return ret;

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@ -1928,8 +1928,9 @@ int build_segment_manager(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
sm_info->ssa_blkaddr = le32_to_cpu(raw_super->ssa_blkaddr);
sm_info->rec_prefree_segments = sm_info->main_segments *
DEF_RECLAIM_PREFREE_SEGMENTS / 100;
sm_info->ipu_policy = F2FS_IPU_DISABLE;
sm_info->ipu_policy = F2FS_IPU_FSYNC;
sm_info->min_ipu_util = DEF_MIN_IPU_UTIL;
sm_info->min_fsync_blocks = DEF_MIN_FSYNC_BLOCKS;
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sm_info->discard_list);
sm_info->nr_discards = 0;

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@ -472,15 +472,20 @@ static inline int utilization(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
* F2FS_IPU_UTIL - if FS utilization is over threashold,
* F2FS_IPU_SSR_UTIL - if SSR mode is activated and FS utilization is over
* threashold,
* F2FS_IPU_FSYNC - activated in fsync path only for high performance flash
* storages. IPU will be triggered only if the # of dirty
* pages over min_fsync_blocks.
* F2FS_IPUT_DISABLE - disable IPU. (=default option)
*/
#define DEF_MIN_IPU_UTIL 70
#define DEF_MIN_FSYNC_BLOCKS 8
enum {
F2FS_IPU_FORCE,
F2FS_IPU_SSR,
F2FS_IPU_UTIL,
F2FS_IPU_SSR_UTIL,
F2FS_IPU_FSYNC,
F2FS_IPU_DISABLE,
};
@ -492,10 +497,6 @@ static inline bool need_inplace_update(struct inode *inode)
if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
return false;
/* this is only set during fdatasync */
if (is_inode_flag_set(F2FS_I(inode), FI_NEED_IPU))
return true;
switch (SM_I(sbi)->ipu_policy) {
case F2FS_IPU_FORCE:
return true;
@ -511,6 +512,11 @@ static inline bool need_inplace_update(struct inode *inode)
if (need_SSR(sbi) && utilization(sbi) > SM_I(sbi)->min_ipu_util)
return true;
break;
case F2FS_IPU_FSYNC:
/* this is only set during fdatasync */
if (is_inode_flag_set(F2FS_I(inode), FI_NEED_IPU))
return true;
break;
case F2FS_IPU_DISABLE:
break;
}

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@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ F2FS_RW_ATTR(SM_INFO, f2fs_sm_info, reclaim_segments, rec_prefree_segments);
F2FS_RW_ATTR(SM_INFO, f2fs_sm_info, max_small_discards, max_discards);
F2FS_RW_ATTR(SM_INFO, f2fs_sm_info, ipu_policy, ipu_policy);
F2FS_RW_ATTR(SM_INFO, f2fs_sm_info, min_ipu_util, min_ipu_util);
F2FS_RW_ATTR(SM_INFO, f2fs_sm_info, min_fsync_blocks, min_fsync_blocks);
F2FS_RW_ATTR(NM_INFO, f2fs_nm_info, ram_thresh, ram_thresh);
F2FS_RW_ATTR(F2FS_SBI, f2fs_sb_info, max_victim_search, max_victim_search);
F2FS_RW_ATTR(F2FS_SBI, f2fs_sb_info, dir_level, dir_level);
@ -204,6 +205,7 @@ static struct attribute *f2fs_attrs[] = {
ATTR_LIST(max_small_discards),
ATTR_LIST(ipu_policy),
ATTR_LIST(min_ipu_util),
ATTR_LIST(min_fsync_blocks),
ATTR_LIST(max_victim_search),
ATTR_LIST(dir_level),
ATTR_LIST(ram_thresh),