Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] Btrfs: improve fsync for nocow file

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On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 3:09 AM, Liu Bo <bo.li.liu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 01:56:41PM +0100, Filipe David Manana wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 1:04 PM, Liu Bo <bo.li.liu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > If  we're overwriting an allocated file without changing timestamp
>> > and inode version, and the file is with NODATACOW, we don't have any metadata to
>> > commit, thus we can just flush the data device cache and go forward.
>> >
>> > However, if there's have any change on extents' disk bytenr, inode size,
>> > timestamp or inode version, we need to go through the normal btrfs_log_inode
>> > path.
>> >
>> > Test:
>> > ----------------------------
>> > 1. sysbench test of
>> > "1 file + 1 thread + bs=4k + size=40k + synchronous I/O mode + randomwrite +
>> > fsync_on_each_write",
>> > 2. loop device associated with tmpfs file
>> > 3.
>> >   - For btrfs, "-o nodatacow" and "-o noi_version" option
>> >   - For ext4 and xfs, no extra mount options
>> > ----------------------------
>> >
>> > Results:
>> > ----------------------------
>> > - btrfs:
>> > w/o: ~30Mb/sec
>> > w:   ~181Mb/sec
>> >
>> > - other filesystems: (both don't enable i_version by default)
>> > ext4:  203Mb/sec
>> > xfs:   212Mb/sec
>> > ----------------------------
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Liu Bo <bo.li.liu@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> > ---
>> >  fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h |  2 ++
>> >  fs/btrfs/disk-io.c     |  2 +-
>> >  fs/btrfs/disk-io.h     |  1 +
>> >  fs/btrfs/file.c        | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>> >  fs/btrfs/inode.c       |  3 +++
>> >  5 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h b/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h
>> > index 0ef5cc1..b36d87a 100644
>> > --- a/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h
>> > +++ b/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h
>> > @@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
>> >  #define BTRFS_INODE_IN_DELALLOC_LIST           9
>> >  #define BTRFS_INODE_READDIO_NEED_LOCK          10
>> >  #define BTRFS_INODE_HAS_PROPS                  11
>> > +#define BTRFS_INODE_NOTIMESTAMP                        12
>> > +#define BTRFS_INODE_NOISIZE                    13
>> >  /*
>> >   * The following 3 bits are meant only for the btree inode.
>> >   * When any of them is set, it means an error happened while writing an
>> > diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
>> > index 2ef9a4b..de7fd94 100644
>> > --- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
>> > +++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
>> > @@ -3343,7 +3343,7 @@ static int write_dev_flush(struct btrfs_device *device, int wait)
>> >   * send an empty flush down to each device in parallel,
>> >   * then wait for them
>> >   */
>> > -static int barrier_all_devices(struct btrfs_fs_info *info)
>> > +int barrier_all_devices(struct btrfs_fs_info *info)
>> >  {
>> >         struct list_head *head;
>> >         struct btrfs_device *dev;
>> > diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.h b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.h
>> > index d4cbfee..2bc91fe 100644
>> > --- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.h
>> > +++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.h
>> > @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ void close_ctree(struct btrfs_root *root);
>> >  int write_ctree_super(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
>> >                       struct btrfs_root *root, int max_mirrors);
>> >  struct buffer_head *btrfs_read_dev_super(struct block_device *bdev);
>> > +int barrier_all_devices(struct btrfs_fs_info *info);
>> >  int btrfs_commit_super(struct btrfs_root *root);
>> >  struct extent_buffer *btrfs_find_tree_block(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
>> >                                             u64 bytenr);
>> > diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
>> > index 23b6e03..861c29f 100644
>> > --- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
>> > +++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
>> > @@ -519,8 +519,12 @@ int btrfs_dirty_pages(struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *inode,
>> >          * the disk i_size.  There is no need to log the inode
>> >          * at this time.
>> >          */
>> > -       if (end_pos > isize)
>> > +       if (end_pos > isize) {
>> >                 i_size_write(inode, end_pos);
>> > +               clear_bit(BTRFS_INODE_NOISIZE, &BTRFS_I(inode)->runtime_flags);
>> > +       } else {
>> > +               set_bit(BTRFS_INODE_NOISIZE, &BTRFS_I(inode)->runtime_flags);
>> > +       }
>> >         return 0;
>> >  }
>> >
>> > @@ -1711,19 +1715,33 @@ out:
>> >  static void update_time_for_write(struct inode *inode)
>> >  {
>> >         struct timespec now;
>> > +       int sync_it = 0;
>> >
>> > -       if (IS_NOCMTIME(inode))
>> > +       if (IS_NOCMTIME(inode)) {
>> > +               set_bit(BTRFS_INODE_NOTIMESTAMP, &BTRFS_I(inode)->runtime_flags);
>> >                 return;
>> > +       }
>> >
>> >         now = current_fs_time(inode->i_sb);
>> > -       if (!timespec_equal(&inode->i_mtime, &now))
>> > +       if (!timespec_equal(&inode->i_mtime, &now)) {
>> >                 inode->i_mtime = now;
>> > +               sync_it = S_MTIME;
>> > +       }
>> >
>> > -       if (!timespec_equal(&inode->i_ctime, &now))
>> > +       if (!timespec_equal(&inode->i_ctime, &now)) {
>> >                 inode->i_ctime = now;
>> > +               sync_it |= S_CTIME;
>> > +       }
>> >
>> > -       if (IS_I_VERSION(inode))
>> > +       if (IS_I_VERSION(inode)) {
>> >                 inode_inc_iversion(inode);
>> > +               sync_it |= S_VERSION;
>> > +       }
>> > +
>> > +       if (!sync_it)
>> > +               set_bit(BTRFS_INODE_NOTIMESTAMP, &BTRFS_I(inode)->runtime_flags);
>> > +       else
>> > +               clear_bit(BTRFS_INODE_NOTIMESTAMP, &BTRFS_I(inode)->runtime_flags);
>> >  }
>> >
>> >  static ssize_t btrfs_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb,
>> > @@ -1987,6 +2005,17 @@ int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
>> >                 goto out;
>> >         }
>> >
>> > +       if (BTRFS_I(inode)->flags & BTRFS_INODE_NODATACOW) {
>> > +               if (test_and_clear_bit(BTRFS_INODE_NOTIMESTAMP,
>> > +                                       &BTRFS_I(inode)->runtime_flags) &&
>> > +                   test_and_clear_bit(BTRFS_INODE_NOISIZE,
>> > +                                       &BTRFS_I(inode)->runtime_flags)) {
>> > +                       barrier_all_devices(root->fs_info);
>> > +                       mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
>> > +                       goto out;
>>
>> Hi Liu,
>>
>> For the non-full sync case, what happens if an IO error happened
>> during writeback?
>> I don't see anything here that checks if an IO error happened and
>> return -EIO to user space if such error happened.
>> In other words, testing for the bit AS_EIO in the inode->i_mapping->flags.
>
> Good point, I missed that part.
>
> Besides that, is the whole "noi_version and nocow" idea acceptable to you?

Yes.
I haven't tested it however, just eyeballed the patches.

Thanks.

>
> Thanks,
>
> -liubo
>
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> > +               }
>> > +       }
>> > +
>> >         /*
>> >          * ok we haven't committed the transaction yet, lets do a commit
>> >          */
>> > diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
>> > index 0020b56..3d230e6 100644
>> > --- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
>> > +++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
>> > @@ -1384,6 +1384,7 @@ out_check:
>> >
>> >                 btrfs_release_path(path);
>> >                 if (cow_start != (u64)-1) {
>> > +                       clear_bit(BTRFS_INODE_NOISIZE, &BTRFS_I(inode)->runtime_flags);
>> >                         ret = cow_file_range(inode, locked_page,
>> >                                              cow_start, found_key.offset - 1,
>> >                                              page_started, nr_written, 1);
>> > @@ -1426,6 +1427,7 @@ out_check:
>> >                                                 em->start + em->len - 1, 0);
>> >                         }
>> >                         type = BTRFS_ORDERED_PREALLOC;
>> > +                       clear_bit(BTRFS_INODE_NOISIZE, &BTRFS_I(inode)->runtime_flags);
>> >                 } else {
>> >                         type = BTRFS_ORDERED_NOCOW;
>> >                 }
>> > @@ -1464,6 +1466,7 @@ out_check:
>> >         }
>> >
>> >         if (cow_start != (u64)-1) {
>> > +               clear_bit(BTRFS_INODE_NOISIZE, &BTRFS_I(inode)->runtime_flags);
>> >                 ret = cow_file_range(inode, locked_page, cow_start, end,
>> >                                      page_started, nr_written, 1);
>> >                 if (ret)
>> > --
>> > 2.1.0
>> >
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>>
>> --
>> Filipe David Manana,
>>
>> "Reasonable men adapt themselves to the world.
>>  Unreasonable men adapt the world to themselves.
>>  That's why all progress depends on unreasonable men."



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