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<title>GFS2: Split gfs2_trans_add_bh() into two</title>
<updated>2013-01-29T10:28:04+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Whitehouse</name>
<email>swhiteho@redhat.com</email>
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<published>2012-12-14T12:36:02+00:00</published>
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There is little common content in gfs2_trans_add_bh() between the data
and meta classes by the time that the functions which it calls are
taken into account. The intent here is to split this into two
separate functions. Stage one is to introduce gfs2_trans_add_data()
and gfs2_trans_add_meta() and update the callers accordingly.

Later patches will then pull in the content of gfs2_trans_add_bh()
and its dependent functions in order to clean up the code in this
area.

Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse &lt;swhiteho@redhat.com&gt;
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There is little common content in gfs2_trans_add_bh() between the data
and meta classes by the time that the functions which it calls are
taken into account. The intent here is to split this into two
separate functions. Stage one is to introduce gfs2_trans_add_data()
and gfs2_trans_add_meta() and update the callers accordingly.

Later patches will then pull in the content of gfs2_trans_add_bh()
and its dependent functions in order to clean up the code in this
area.

Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse &lt;swhiteho@redhat.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>GFS2: Remove rs_requested field from reservations</title>
<updated>2012-09-24T09:46:54+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Whitehouse</name>
<email>swhiteho@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2012-07-30T13:53:19+00:00</published>
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The rs_requested field is left over from the original allocation
code, however this should have been a parameter passed to the
various functions from gfs2_inplace_reserve() and not a member of the
reservation structure as the value is not required after the
initial allocation.

This also helps simplify the code since we no longer need to set
the rs_requested to zero. Also the gfs2_inplace_release()
function can also be simplified since the reservation structure
will always be defined when it is called, and the only remaining
task is to unlock the rgrp if required. It can also now be
called unconditionally too, resulting in a further simplification.

Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse &lt;swhiteho@redhat.com&gt;
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The rs_requested field is left over from the original allocation
code, however this should have been a parameter passed to the
various functions from gfs2_inplace_reserve() and not a member of the
reservation structure as the value is not required after the
initial allocation.

This also helps simplify the code since we no longer need to set
the rs_requested to zero. Also the gfs2_inplace_release()
function can also be simplified since the reservation structure
will always be defined when it is called, and the only remaining
task is to unlock the rgrp if required. It can also now be
called unconditionally too, resulting in a further simplification.

Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse &lt;swhiteho@redhat.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>GFS2: Extend the life of the reservations</title>
<updated>2012-06-06T10:17:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Bob Peterson</name>
<email>rpeterso@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2012-06-06T10:17:59+00:00</published>
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This patch lengthens the lifespan of the reservations structure for
inodes. Before, they were allocated and deallocated for every write
operation. With this patch, they are allocated when the first write
occurs, and deallocated when the last process closes the file.
It's more efficient to do it this way because it saves GFS2 a lot of
unnecessary allocates and frees. It also gives us more flexibility
for the future: (1) we can now fold the qadata structure back into
the structure and save those alloc/frees, (2) we can use this for
multi-block reservations.

Signed-off-by: Bob Peterson &lt;rpeterso@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse &lt;swhiteho@redhat.com&gt;
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This patch lengthens the lifespan of the reservations structure for
inodes. Before, they were allocated and deallocated for every write
operation. With this patch, they are allocated when the first write
occurs, and deallocated when the last process closes the file.
It's more efficient to do it this way because it saves GFS2 a lot of
unnecessary allocates and frees. It also gives us more flexibility
for the future: (1) we can now fold the qadata structure back into
the structure and save those alloc/frees, (2) we can use this for
multi-block reservations.

Signed-off-by: Bob Peterson &lt;rpeterso@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse &lt;swhiteho@redhat.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>GFS2: decouple quota allocations from block allocations</title>
<updated>2011-11-22T10:25:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Bob Peterson</name>
<email>rpeterso@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-11-21T18:36:17+00:00</published>
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This patch separates the code pertaining to allocations into two
parts: quota-related information and block reservations.
This patch also moves all the block reservation structure allocations to
function gfs2_inplace_reserve to simplify the code, and moves
the frees to function gfs2_inplace_release.

Signed-off-by: Bob Peterson &lt;rpeterso@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse &lt;swhiteho@redhat.com&gt;

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This patch separates the code pertaining to allocations into two
parts: quota-related information and block reservations.
This patch also moves all the block reservation structure allocations to
function gfs2_inplace_reserve to simplify the code, and moves
the frees to function gfs2_inplace_release.

Signed-off-by: Bob Peterson &lt;rpeterso@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse &lt;swhiteho@redhat.com&gt;

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<entry>
<title>GFS2: Cache the most recently used resource group in the inode</title>
<updated>2011-10-21T11:39:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Whitehouse</name>
<email>swhiteho@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-09-01T12:31:59+00:00</published>
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This means that after the initial allocation for any inode, the
last used resource group is cached in the inode for future use.
This drastically reduces the number of lookups of resource
groups in the common case, and this the contention on that
data structure.

The allocation algorithm is the same as previously, except that we
always check to see if the goal block is within the cached rgrp
first before going to the rbtree to look one up.

Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse &lt;swhiteho@redhat.com&gt;
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This means that after the initial allocation for any inode, the
last used resource group is cached in the inode for future use.
This drastically reduces the number of lookups of resource
groups in the common case, and this the contention on that
data structure.

The allocation algorithm is the same as previously, except that we
always check to see if the goal block is within the cached rgrp
first before going to the rbtree to look one up.

Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse &lt;swhiteho@redhat.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>GFS2: Use rbtree for resource groups and clean up bitmap buffer ref count scheme</title>
<updated>2011-10-21T11:39:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Bob Peterson</name>
<email>rpeterso@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2011-08-31T08:53:19+00:00</published>
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Here is an update of Bob's original rbtree patch which, in addition, also
resolves the rather strange ref counting that was being done relating to
the bitmap blocks.

Originally we had a dual system for journaling resource groups. The metadata
blocks were journaled and also the rgrp itself was added to a list. The reason
for adding the rgrp to the list in the journal was so that the "repolish
clones" code could be run to update the free space, and potentially send any
discard requests when the log was flushed. This was done by comparing the
"cloned" bitmap with what had been written back on disk during the transaction
commit.

Due to this, there was a requirement to hang on to the rgrps' bitmap buffers
until the journal had been flushed. For that reason, there was a rather
complicated set up in the -&gt;go_lock -&gt;go_unlock functions for rgrps involving
both a mutex and a spinlock (the -&gt;sd_rindex_spin) to maintain a reference
count on the buffers.

However, the journal maintains a reference count on the buffers anyway, since
they are being journaled as metadata buffers. So by moving the code which deals
with the post-journal accounting for bitmap blocks to the metadata journaling
code, we can entirely dispense with the rather strange buffer ref counting
scheme and also the requirement to journal the rgrps.

The net result of all this is that the -&gt;sd_rindex_spin is left to do exactly
one job, and that is to look after the rbtree or rgrps.

This patch is designed to be a stepping stone towards using RCU for the rbtree
of resource groups, however the reduction in the number of uses of the
-&gt;sd_rindex_spin is likely to have benefits for multi-threaded workloads,
anyway.

The patch retains -&gt;go_lock and -&gt;go_unlock for rgrps, however these maybe also
be removed in future in favour of calling the functions directly where required
in the code. That will allow locking of resource groups without needing to
actually read them in - something that could be useful in speeding up statfs.

In the mean time though it is valid to dereference -&gt;bi_bh only when the rgrp
is locked. This is basically the same rule as before, modulo the references not
being valid until the following journal flush.

Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse &lt;swhiteho@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Bob Peterson &lt;rpeterso@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Benjamin Marzinski &lt;bmarzins@redhat.com&gt;
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Here is an update of Bob's original rbtree patch which, in addition, also
resolves the rather strange ref counting that was being done relating to
the bitmap blocks.

Originally we had a dual system for journaling resource groups. The metadata
blocks were journaled and also the rgrp itself was added to a list. The reason
for adding the rgrp to the list in the journal was so that the "repolish
clones" code could be run to update the free space, and potentially send any
discard requests when the log was flushed. This was done by comparing the
"cloned" bitmap with what had been written back on disk during the transaction
commit.

Due to this, there was a requirement to hang on to the rgrps' bitmap buffers
until the journal had been flushed. For that reason, there was a rather
complicated set up in the -&gt;go_lock -&gt;go_unlock functions for rgrps involving
both a mutex and a spinlock (the -&gt;sd_rindex_spin) to maintain a reference
count on the buffers.

However, the journal maintains a reference count on the buffers anyway, since
they are being journaled as metadata buffers. So by moving the code which deals
with the post-journal accounting for bitmap blocks to the metadata journaling
code, we can entirely dispense with the rather strange buffer ref counting
scheme and also the requirement to journal the rgrps.

The net result of all this is that the -&gt;sd_rindex_spin is left to do exactly
one job, and that is to look after the rbtree or rgrps.

This patch is designed to be a stepping stone towards using RCU for the rbtree
of resource groups, however the reduction in the number of uses of the
-&gt;sd_rindex_spin is likely to have benefits for multi-threaded workloads,
anyway.

The patch retains -&gt;go_lock and -&gt;go_unlock for rgrps, however these maybe also
be removed in future in favour of calling the functions directly where required
in the code. That will allow locking of resource groups without needing to
actually read them in - something that could be useful in speeding up statfs.

In the mean time though it is valid to dereference -&gt;bi_bh only when the rgrp
is locked. This is basically the same rule as before, modulo the references not
being valid until the following journal flush.

Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse &lt;swhiteho@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Bob Peterson &lt;rpeterso@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Benjamin Marzinski &lt;bmarzins@redhat.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>GFS2: reserve more blocks for transactions</title>
<updated>2010-09-28T08:44:24+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Benjamin Marzinski</name>
<email>bmarzins@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2010-09-27T21:00:04+00:00</published>
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Some of the functions in GFS2 were not reserving space in the transaction for
the resource group header and the resource groups bitblocks that get added
when you do allocation. GFS2 now makes sure to reserve space for the
resource group header and either all the bitblocks in the resource group, or
one for each block that it may allocate, whichever is smaller using the new
gfs2_rg_blocks() inline function.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Marzinski &lt;bmarzins@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse &lt;swhiteho@redhat.com&gt;

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Some of the functions in GFS2 were not reserving space in the transaction for
the resource group header and the resource groups bitblocks that get added
when you do allocation. GFS2 now makes sure to reserve space for the
resource group header and either all the bitblocks in the resource group, or
one for each block that it may allocate, whichever is smaller using the new
gfs2_rg_blocks() inline function.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Marzinski &lt;bmarzins@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse &lt;swhiteho@redhat.com&gt;

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<entry>
<title>GFS2: fallocate support</title>
<updated>2010-09-20T10:19:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Benjamin Marzinski</name>
<email>bmarzins@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2010-08-20T05:21:02+00:00</published>
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This patch adds support for fallocate to gfs2.  Since the gfs2 does not support
uninitialized data blocks, it must write out zeros to all the blocks.  However,
since it does not need to lock any pages to read from, gfs2 can write out the
zero blocks much more efficiently.  On a moderately full filesystem, fallocate
works around 5 times faster on average.  The fallocate call also allows gfs2 to
add blocks to the file without changing the filesize, which will make it
possible for gfs2 to preallocate space for the rindex file, so that gfs2 can
grow a completely full filesystem.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Marzinski &lt;bmarzins@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse &lt;swhiteho@redhat.com&gt;
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This patch adds support for fallocate to gfs2.  Since the gfs2 does not support
uninitialized data blocks, it must write out zeros to all the blocks.  However,
since it does not need to lock any pages to read from, gfs2 can write out the
zero blocks much more efficiently.  On a moderately full filesystem, fallocate
works around 5 times faster on average.  The fallocate call also allows gfs2 to
add blocks to the file without changing the filesize, which will make it
possible for gfs2 to preallocate space for the rindex file, so that gfs2 can
grow a completely full filesystem.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Marzinski &lt;bmarzins@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse &lt;swhiteho@redhat.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>[GFS2] Update gfs2_trans_add_unrevoke to accept extents</title>
<updated>2008-03-31T09:40:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Whitehouse</name>
<email>swhiteho@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2008-02-01T13:16:55+00:00</published>
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By adding an extra argument to gfs2_trans_add_unrevoke we can now
specify an extent length of blocks to unrevoke. This means that
we only need to make one pass through the list for each extent
rather than each block. Currently the only extent length which
is used is 1, but that will change in the future.

Also gfs2_trans_add_unrevoke is removed from gfs2_alloc_meta
since its the only difference between this and gfs2_alloc_data
which is left. This will allow a future patch to merge these
two functions into one (i.e. one call to allocate both data
and metadata in a single extent in the future).

Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse &lt;swhiteho@redhat.com&gt;
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By adding an extra argument to gfs2_trans_add_unrevoke we can now
specify an extent length of blocks to unrevoke. This means that
we only need to make one pass through the list for each extent
rather than each block. Currently the only extent length which
is used is 1, but that will change in the future.

Also gfs2_trans_add_unrevoke is removed from gfs2_alloc_meta
since its the only difference between this and gfs2_alloc_data
which is left. This will allow a future patch to merge these
two functions into one (i.e. one call to allocate both data
and metadata in a single extent in the future).

Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse &lt;swhiteho@redhat.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>[GFS2] Don't add glocks to the journal</title>
<updated>2008-01-25T08:07:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Steven Whitehouse</name>
<email>swhiteho@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2007-11-08T14:25:12+00:00</published>
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The only reason for adding glocks to the journal was to keep track
of which locks required a log flush prior to release. We add a
flag to the glock to allow this check to be made in a simpler way.

This reduces the size of a glock (by 12 bytes on i386, 24 on x86_64)
and means that we can avoid extra work during the journal flush.

Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse &lt;swhiteho@redhat.com&gt;
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The only reason for adding glocks to the journal was to keep track
of which locks required a log flush prior to release. We add a
flag to the glock to allow this check to be made in a simpler way.

This reduces the size of a glock (by 12 bytes on i386, 24 on x86_64)
and means that we can avoid extra work during the journal flush.

Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse &lt;swhiteho@redhat.com&gt;
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