linux/fs/btrfs
Filipe Manana ffa7c4296e Btrfs: send, do not issue unnecessary truncate operations
When send finishes processing an inode representing a regular file, it
always issues a truncate operation for that file, even if its size did
not change or the last write sets the file size correctly. In the most
common cases, the issued write operations set the file to correct size
(either full or incremental sends) or the file size did not change (for
incremental sends), so the only case where a truncate operation is needed
is when a file size becomes smaller in the send snapshot when compared
to the parent snapshot.

By not issuing unnecessary truncate operations we reduce the stream size
and save time in the receiver. Currently truncating a file to the same
size triggers writeback of its last page (if it's dirty) and waits for it
to complete (only if the file size is not aligned with the filesystem's
sector size). This is being fixed by another patch and is independent of
this change (that patch's title is "Btrfs: skip writeback of last page
when truncating file to same size").

The following script was used to measure time spent by a receiver without
this change applied, with this change applied, and without this change and
with the truncate fix applied (the fix to not make it start and wait for
writeback to complete).

  $ cat test_send.sh
  #!/bin/bash

  SRC_DEV=/dev/sdc
  DST_DEV=/dev/sdd
  SRC_MNT=/mnt/sdc
  DST_MNT=/mnt/sdd

  mkfs.btrfs -f $SRC_DEV >/dev/null
  mkfs.btrfs -f $DST_DEV >/dev/null
  mount $SRC_DEV $SRC_MNT
  mount $DST_DEV $DST_MNT

  echo "Creating source filesystem"
  for ((t = 0; t < 10; t++)); do
      (
          for ((i = 1; i <= 20000; i++)); do
              xfs_io -f -c "pwrite -S 0xab 0 5000" \
                  $SRC_MNT/file_$i > /dev/null
          done
      ) &
     worker_pids[$t]=$!
  done
  wait ${worker_pids[@]}

  echo "Creating and sending snapshot"
  btrfs subvolume snapshot -r $SRC_MNT $SRC_MNT/snap1 >/dev/null
  /usr/bin/time -f "send took %e seconds"    \
         btrfs send -f $SRC_MNT/send_file $SRC_MNT/snap1
  /usr/bin/time -f "receive took %e seconds" \
         btrfs receive -f $SRC_MNT/send_file $DST_MNT

  umount $SRC_MNT
  umount $DST_MNT

The results, which are averages for 5 runs for each case, were the
following:

* Without this change

average receive time was 26.49 seconds
standard deviation of 2.53 seconds

* Without this change and with the truncate fix

average receive time was 12.51 seconds
standard deviation of 0.32 seconds

* With this change and without the truncate fix

average receive time was 10.02 seconds
standard deviation of 1.11 seconds

Signed-off-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
2018-03-26 15:09:41 +02:00
..
tests Btrfs: extent map selftest: add missing void parameter to btrfs_test_extent_map 2018-03-26 15:09:29 +02:00
acl.c btrfs: preserve i_mode if __btrfs_set_acl() fails 2017-08-21 17:47:42 +02:00
async-thread.c Btrfs: fix confusing worker helper info in stacktrace 2017-10-30 12:27:57 +01:00
async-thread.h btrfs: constify tracepoint arguments 2017-08-16 14:19:53 +02:00
backref.c btrfs: add more __cold annotations 2018-03-26 15:09:39 +02:00
backref.h btrfs: add more __cold annotations 2018-03-26 15:09:39 +02:00
btrfs_inode.h btrfs: Remove btrfs_inode::delayed_iput_count 2018-03-26 15:09:37 +02:00
check-integrity.c btrfs: Remove custom crc32c init code 2018-03-26 15:09:39 +02:00
check-integrity.h btrfs: take an fs_info directly when the root is not used otherwise 2016-12-06 16:06:59 +01:00
compression.c btrfs: add more __cold annotations 2018-03-26 15:09:39 +02:00
compression.h btrfs: add more __cold annotations 2018-03-26 15:09:39 +02:00
ctree.c btrfs: Improve btrfs_search_slot description 2018-01-22 16:08:19 +01:00
ctree.h btrfs: unify types for metadata_ratio and data_chunk_allocations 2018-03-26 15:09:40 +02:00
dedupe.h btrfs: expand cow_file_range() to support in-band dedup and subpage-blocksize 2016-07-26 13:52:25 +02:00
delayed-inode.c btrfs: add more __cold annotations 2018-03-26 15:09:39 +02:00
delayed-inode.h btrfs: add more __cold annotations 2018-03-26 15:09:39 +02:00
delayed-ref.c btrfs: add more __cold annotations 2018-03-26 15:09:39 +02:00
delayed-ref.h btrfs: add more __cold annotations 2018-03-26 15:09:39 +02:00
dev-replace.c btrfs: log, when replace, is canceled by the user 2018-03-26 15:09:34 +02:00
dev-replace.h btrfs: btrfs_dev_replace_cancel() can return int 2018-03-26 15:09:30 +02:00
dir-item.c btrfs: Remove custom crc32c init code 2018-03-26 15:09:39 +02:00
disk-io.c btrfs: add more __cold annotations 2018-03-26 15:09:39 +02:00
disk-io.h btrfs: add more __cold annotations 2018-03-26 15:09:39 +02:00
export.c btrfs: Cleanup existing name_len checks 2018-01-22 16:08:12 +01:00
export.h License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
extent_io.c btrfs: add more __cold annotations 2018-03-26 15:09:39 +02:00
extent_io.h btrfs: add more __cold annotations 2018-03-26 15:09:39 +02:00
extent_map.c btrfs: add more __cold annotations 2018-03-26 15:09:39 +02:00
extent_map.h btrfs: add more __cold annotations 2018-03-26 15:09:39 +02:00
extent-tree.c btrfs: Remove custom crc32c init code 2018-03-26 15:09:39 +02:00
file-item.c Merge branch 'for-4.13-part1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux 2017-07-05 16:41:23 -07:00
file.c btrfs: add more __cold annotations 2018-03-26 15:09:39 +02:00
free-space-cache.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2018-01-31 14:31:10 -08:00
free-space-cache.h btrfs: free-space-cache, clean up unnecessary root arguments 2017-02-17 12:03:56 +01:00
free-space-tree.c btrfs: use reada direction enum instead of constant value in load_free_space_tree 2018-03-26 15:09:37 +02:00
free-space-tree.h btrfs: expose internal free space tree routine only if sanity tests are enabled 2017-08-18 16:36:29 +02:00
inode-item.c btrfs: Remove custom crc32c init code 2018-03-26 15:09:39 +02:00
inode-map.c Btrfs: rework outstanding_extents 2017-11-01 20:45:35 +01:00
inode-map.h License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
inode.c Btrfs: skip writeback of last page when truncating file to same size 2018-03-26 15:09:40 +02:00
ioctl.c btrfs: rename __btrfs_dev_replace_cancel() 2018-03-26 15:09:30 +02:00
Kconfig btrfs: Remove custom crc32c init code 2018-03-26 15:09:39 +02:00
locking.c
locking.h
lzo.c btrfs: allow to set compression level for zlib 2017-11-01 20:45:29 +01:00
Makefile btrfs: Remove custom crc32c init code 2018-03-26 15:09:39 +02:00
math.h
ordered-data.c btrfs: add more __cold annotations 2018-03-26 15:09:39 +02:00
ordered-data.h btrfs: add more __cold annotations 2018-03-26 15:09:39 +02:00
orphan.c
print-tree.c Btrfs: add one more sanity check for shared ref type 2017-08-21 17:47:43 +02:00
print-tree.h btrfs: get fs_info from eb in btrfs_print_tree, remove argument 2017-08-16 16:12:03 +02:00
props.c btrfs: Remove custom crc32c init code 2018-03-26 15:09:39 +02:00
props.h
qgroup.c btrfs: Move qgroup rescan on quota enable to btrfs_quota_enable 2018-03-26 15:09:38 +02:00
qgroup.h btrfs: qgroup: Fix qgroup reserved space underflow by only freeing reserved ranges 2017-06-29 20:17:02 +02:00
raid56.c btrfs: Fix NULL pointer exception in find_bio_stripe 2018-03-14 22:26:35 +01:00
raid56.h btrfs: take an fs_info directly when the root is not used otherwise 2016-12-06 16:06:59 +01:00
rcu-string.h
reada.c btrfs: remove unused member err from reada_extent 2017-06-19 18:25:59 +02:00
ref-verify.c btrfs: ref-verify: Remove unused parameter from walk_up_tree() to kill warning 2018-01-22 16:08:13 +01:00
ref-verify.h Btrfs: add a extent ref verify tool 2017-10-30 12:28:00 +01:00
relocation.c btrfs: Handle btrfs_set_extent_delalloc failure in relocate_file_extent_cluster 2018-03-01 16:16:12 +01:00
root-tree.c btrfs: Cleanup existing name_len checks 2018-01-22 16:08:12 +01:00
scrub.c Btrfs: dev-replace: skip prealloc extents when copy nocow pages 2018-03-26 15:09:40 +02:00
send.c Btrfs: send, do not issue unnecessary truncate operations 2018-03-26 15:09:41 +02:00
send.h btrfs: fix send ioctl on 32bit with 64bit kernel 2017-10-30 12:27:59 +01:00
struct-funcs.c btrfs: struct-funcs, constify readers 2017-08-16 14:19:53 +02:00
super.c btrfs: unify types for metadata_ratio and data_chunk_allocations 2018-03-26 15:09:40 +02:00
sysfs.c btrfs: add more __cold annotations 2018-03-26 15:09:39 +02:00
sysfs.h Merge branch 'for-4.15' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux 2017-11-14 13:35:29 -08:00
transaction.c btrfs: Move error handling of btrfs_start_dirty_block_groups closer to call site 2018-03-26 15:09:36 +02:00
transaction.h btrfs: Document consistency of transaction->io_bgs list 2018-03-26 15:09:34 +02:00
tree-checker.c btrfs: add more __cold annotations 2018-03-26 15:09:39 +02:00
tree-checker.h btrfs: tree-checker: Replace root parameter with fs_info 2018-03-26 15:09:38 +02:00
tree-defrag.c
tree-log.c btrfs: Remove custom crc32c init code 2018-03-26 15:09:39 +02:00
tree-log.h btrfs: Make btrfs_del_inode_ref take btrfs_inode 2017-02-14 15:50:54 +01:00
ulist.c btrfs: ulist: rename ulist_fini to ulist_release 2017-02-17 12:03:50 +01:00
ulist.h btrfs: ulist: rename ulist_fini to ulist_release 2017-02-17 12:03:50 +01:00
uuid-tree.c btrfs: return the actual error value from from btrfs_uuid_tree_iterate 2016-12-19 18:08:15 +01:00
volumes.c btrfs: remove assert in btrfs_init_dev_replace_tgtdev() 2018-03-26 15:09:40 +02:00
volumes.h btrfs: add (the only possible) __exit annotation 2018-03-26 15:09:39 +02:00
xattr.c for-4.16-tag 2018-01-29 14:04:23 -08:00
xattr.h btrfs: Switch to generic xattr handlers 2016-05-17 19:17:09 -04:00
zlib.c btrfs: allow to set compression level for zlib 2017-11-01 20:45:29 +01:00
zstd.c btrfs: move some zstd work data from stack to workspace 2018-01-22 16:08:14 +01:00