linux/fs/f2fs
Eric Biggers fd39073dba fs-verity: implement readahead of Merkle tree pages
When fs-verity verifies data pages, currently it reads each Merkle tree
page synchronously using read_mapping_page().

Therefore, when the Merkle tree pages aren't already cached, fs-verity
causes an extra 4 KiB I/O request for every 512 KiB of data (assuming
that the Merkle tree uses SHA-256 and 4 KiB blocks).  This results in
more I/O requests and performance loss than is strictly necessary.

Therefore, implement readahead of the Merkle tree pages.

For simplicity, we take advantage of the fact that the kernel already
does readahead of the file's *data*, just like it does for any other
file.  Due to this, we don't really need a separate readahead state
(struct file_ra_state) just for the Merkle tree, but rather we just need
to piggy-back on the existing data readahead requests.

We also only really need to bother with the first level of the Merkle
tree, since the usual fan-out factor is 128, so normally over 99% of
Merkle tree I/O requests are for the first level.

Therefore, make fsverity_verify_bio() enable readahead of the first
Merkle tree level, for up to 1/4 the number of pages in the bio, when it
sees that the REQ_RAHEAD flag is set on the bio.  The readahead size is
then passed down to ->read_merkle_tree_page() for the filesystem to
(optionally) implement if it sees that the requested page is uncached.

While we're at it, also make build_merkle_tree_level() set the Merkle
tree readahead size, since it's easy to do there.

However, for now don't set the readahead size in fsverity_verify_page(),
since currently it's only used to verify holes on ext4 and f2fs, and it
would need parameters added to know how much to read ahead.

This patch significantly improves fs-verity sequential read performance.
Some quick benchmarks with 'cat'-ing a 250MB file after dropping caches:

    On an ARM64 phone (using sha256-ce):
        Before: 217 MB/s
        After: 263 MB/s
        (compare to sha256sum of non-verity file: 357 MB/s)

    In an x86_64 VM (using sha256-avx2):
        Before: 173 MB/s
        After: 215 MB/s
        (compare to sha256sum of non-verity file: 223 MB/s)

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200106205533.137005-1-ebiggers@kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
2020-01-14 13:27:32 -08:00
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acl.c f2fs: Replace spaces with tab 2019-05-08 21:23:11 -07:00
acl.h
checkpoint.c f2fs: show f2fs instance in printk_ratelimited 2019-11-19 14:41:21 -08:00
data.c fs-verity: implement readahead of Merkle tree pages 2020-01-14 13:27:32 -08:00
debug.c fs: f2fs: Remove unnecessary checks of SM_I(sbi) in update_general_status() 2019-08-23 07:57:12 -07:00
dir.c f2fs: show f2fs instance in printk_ratelimited 2019-11-19 14:41:21 -08:00
extent_cache.c f2fs: introduce f2fs_<level> macros to wrap f2fs_printk() 2019-07-02 15:40:40 -07:00
f2fs.h fs-verity: implement readahead of Merkle tree pages 2020-01-14 13:27:32 -08:00
file.c compat_ioctl: remove most of fs/compat_ioctl.c 2019-12-01 13:46:15 -08:00
gc.c f2fs: stop GC when the victim becomes fully valid 2019-11-25 10:01:28 -08:00
gc.h
hash.c f2fs: Support case-insensitive file name lookups 2019-08-23 07:57:13 -07:00
inline.c f2fs: fix to avoid accessing uninitialized field of inode page in is_alive() 2019-09-16 08:38:26 -07:00
inode.c f2fs: show f2fs instance in printk_ratelimited 2019-11-19 14:41:21 -08:00
Kconfig f2fs: Add a small clarification to CONFIG_FS_F2FS_FS_SECURITY 2019-09-16 08:38:48 -07:00
Makefile f2fs: add fs-verity support 2019-08-12 19:33:51 -07:00
namei.c f2fs: fix to update dir's i_pino during cross_rename 2019-11-07 11:15:39 -08:00
node.c f2fs: show f2fs instance in printk_ratelimited 2019-11-19 14:41:21 -08:00
node.h f2fs: check PageWriteback flag for ordered case 2018-12-26 15:16:56 -08:00
recovery.c f2fs: support aligned pinned file 2019-11-07 10:40:59 -08:00
segment.c f2fs-for-5.5-rc1 2019-11-30 11:02:30 -08:00
segment.h f2fs: support aligned pinned file 2019-11-07 10:40:59 -08:00
shrinker.c f2fs: fix sbi->extent_list corruption issue 2018-12-26 15:16:54 -08:00
super.c \n 2019-11-30 11:16:07 -08:00
sysfs.c f2fs: expose main_blkaddr in sysfs 2019-11-25 10:01:27 -08:00
trace.c f2fs: do not use mutex lock in atomic context 2019-03-05 19:58:06 -08:00
trace.h
verity.c fs-verity: implement readahead of Merkle tree pages 2020-01-14 13:27:32 -08:00
xattr.c f2fs: fix to avoid memory leakage in f2fs_listxattr 2019-10-22 10:32:42 -07:00
xattr.h f2fs: add fs-verity support 2019-08-12 19:33:51 -07:00