From 5e745b041f2ccad63077118b40468521306f3962 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:00:57 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] ext4: Fix small file fragmentation For small file block allocations, mballoc uses per cpu prealloc space. Use goal block when searching for the right prealloc space. Also make sure ext4_da_writepages tries to write all the pages for small files in single attempt Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" --- fs/ext4/inode.c | 21 +++++++++++++------ fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- 2 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c index d1906d9a22de..7e91913e325b 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c @@ -2282,13 +2282,12 @@ static int ext4_da_writepages_trans_blocks(struct inode *inode) static int ext4_da_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc) { - struct inode *inode = mapping->host; handle_t *handle = NULL; - int needed_blocks; - int ret = 0; - long to_write; loff_t range_start = 0; - long pages_skipped = 0; + struct inode *inode = mapping->host; + int needed_blocks, ret = 0, nr_to_writebump = 0; + long to_write, pages_skipped = 0; + struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(mapping->host->i_sb); /* * No pages to write? This is mainly a kludge to avoid starting @@ -2297,6 +2296,16 @@ static int ext4_da_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, */ if (!mapping->nrpages || !mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) return 0; + /* + * Make sure nr_to_write is >= sbi->s_mb_stream_request + * This make sure small files blocks are allocated in + * single attempt. This ensure that small files + * get less fragmented. + */ + if (wbc->nr_to_write < sbi->s_mb_stream_request) { + nr_to_writebump = sbi->s_mb_stream_request - wbc->nr_to_write; + wbc->nr_to_write = sbi->s_mb_stream_request; + } if (!wbc->range_cyclic) /* @@ -2377,7 +2386,7 @@ restart_loop: } out_writepages: - wbc->nr_to_write = to_write; + wbc->nr_to_write = to_write - nr_to_writebump; wbc->range_start = range_start; return ret; } diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c index 865e9ddb44d4..e0e3a5eb1ddb 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c +++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c @@ -3281,6 +3281,35 @@ static void ext4_mb_use_group_pa(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac, mb_debug("use %u/%u from group pa %p\n", pa->pa_lstart-len, len, pa); } +/* + * Return the prealloc space that have minimal distance + * from the goal block. @cpa is the prealloc + * space that is having currently known minimal distance + * from the goal block. + */ +static struct ext4_prealloc_space * +ext4_mb_check_group_pa(ext4_fsblk_t goal_block, + struct ext4_prealloc_space *pa, + struct ext4_prealloc_space *cpa) +{ + ext4_fsblk_t cur_distance, new_distance; + + if (cpa == NULL) { + atomic_inc(&pa->pa_count); + return pa; + } + cur_distance = abs(goal_block - cpa->pa_pstart); + new_distance = abs(goal_block - pa->pa_pstart); + + if (cur_distance < new_distance) + return cpa; + + /* drop the previous reference */ + atomic_dec(&cpa->pa_count); + atomic_inc(&pa->pa_count); + return pa; +} + /* * search goal blocks in preallocated space */ @@ -3290,7 +3319,8 @@ ext4_mb_use_preallocated(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac) int order, i; struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(ac->ac_inode); struct ext4_locality_group *lg; - struct ext4_prealloc_space *pa; + struct ext4_prealloc_space *pa, *cpa = NULL; + ext4_fsblk_t goal_block; /* only data can be preallocated */ if (!(ac->ac_flags & EXT4_MB_HINT_DATA)) @@ -3333,6 +3363,13 @@ ext4_mb_use_preallocated(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac) /* The max size of hash table is PREALLOC_TB_SIZE */ order = PREALLOC_TB_SIZE - 1; + goal_block = ac->ac_g_ex.fe_group * EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(ac->ac_sb) + + ac->ac_g_ex.fe_start + + le32_to_cpu(EXT4_SB(ac->ac_sb)->s_es->s_first_data_block); + /* + * search for the prealloc space that is having + * minimal distance from the goal block. + */ for (i = order; i < PREALLOC_TB_SIZE; i++) { rcu_read_lock(); list_for_each_entry_rcu(pa, &lg->lg_prealloc_list[i], @@ -3340,17 +3377,19 @@ ext4_mb_use_preallocated(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac) spin_lock(&pa->pa_lock); if (pa->pa_deleted == 0 && pa->pa_free >= ac->ac_o_ex.fe_len) { - atomic_inc(&pa->pa_count); - ext4_mb_use_group_pa(ac, pa); - spin_unlock(&pa->pa_lock); - ac->ac_criteria = 20; - rcu_read_unlock(); - return 1; + + cpa = ext4_mb_check_group_pa(goal_block, + pa, cpa); } spin_unlock(&pa->pa_lock); } rcu_read_unlock(); } + if (cpa) { + ext4_mb_use_group_pa(ac, cpa); + ac->ac_criteria = 20; + return 1; + } return 0; }