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Dave Chinner a44f13edf0 xfs: Reduce log force overhead for delayed logging 
Delayed logging adds some serialisation to the log force process to
ensure that it does not deference a bad commit context structure
when determining if a CIL push is necessary or not. It does this by
grabing the CIL context lock exclusively, then dropping it before
pushing the CIL if necessary. This causes serialisation of all log
forces and pushes regardless of whether a force is necessary or not.
As a result fsync heavy workloads (like dbench) can be significantly
slower with delayed logging than without.

To avoid this penalty, copy the current sequence from the context to
the CIL structure when they are swapped. This allows us to do
unlocked checks on the current sequence without having to worry
about dereferencing context structures that may have already been
freed. Hence we can remove the CIL context locking in the forcing
code and only call into the push code if the current context matches
the sequence we need to force.

By passing the sequence into the push code, we can check the
sequence again once we have the CIL lock held exclusive and abort if
the sequence has already been pushed. This avoids a lock round-trip
and unnecessary CIL pushes when we have racing push calls.

The result is that the regression in dbench performance goes away -
this change improves dbench performance on a ramdisk from ~2100MB/s
to ~2500MB/s. This compares favourably to not using delayed logging
which retuns ~2500MB/s for the same workload.

Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
 		2010-08-24 11:40:03 +10:00
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9p v9fs: fixup for inode_setattr being removed 2010-08-11 00:08:00 -04:00
adfs check ATTR_SIZE contraints in inode_change_ok 2010-08-09 16:47:39 -04:00
affs AFFS: wait for sb synchronization when needed 2010-08-09 16:48:51 -04:00
afs Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sfrench/cifs-2.6 2010-08-13 10:37:30 -07:00
autofs autofs/autofs4: Move compat_ioctl handling into fs 2010-08-09 00:13:34 +02:00
autofs4 autofs4: remove unneeded null check in try_to_fill_dentry() 2010-08-11 08:59:06 -07:00
befs fix typos concerning "initiali[zs]e" 2010-06-16 18:05:05 +02:00
bfs BFS: clean up the superblock usage 2010-08-09 16:48:53 -04:00
btrfs Merge branch 'for-2.6.36' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2010-08-10 15:22:42 -07:00
cachefiles Add a dummy printk function for the maintenance of unused printks 2010-08-12 09:51:35 -07:00
ceph ceph: generalize mon requests, add pool op support 2010-08-10 14:41:25 -07:00
cifs cifs: update README to include details about 'fsc' option 2010-08-11 17:11:28 +00:00
coda Merge branch 'for-2.6.36' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2010-08-10 15:22:42 -07:00
configfs fix setattr error handling in sysfs, configfs 2010-06-04 17:16:29 -04:00
cramfs cramfs: only unlock new inodes 2010-08-18 01:01:33 -04:00
debugfs Add x64 support to debugfs 2010-05-19 22:41:57 -04:00
devpts Simplify devpts_get_sb() failure exits 2010-05-21 18:31:12 -04:00
dlm fs/dlm: Drop unnecessary null test 2010-08-05 14:23:45 -05:00
ecryptfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ecryptfs/ecryptfs-2.6 2010-08-10 12:14:39 -07:00
efs
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exofs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.open-osd.org/linux-open-osd 2010-08-11 09:19:43 -07:00
exportfs
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ext2 mbcache: Remove unused features 2010-08-09 16:48:45 -04:00
ext3 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2010-08-10 11:26:52 -07:00
ext4 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2010-08-10 11:26:52 -07:00
fat remove SWRITE* I/O types 2010-08-18 01:09:01 -04:00
freevxfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2010-08-10 11:26:52 -07:00
fscache Add a dummy printk function for the maintenance of unused printks 2010-08-12 09:51:35 -07:00
fuse Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2010-08-10 11:26:52 -07:00
gfs2 Merge branch 'for-2.6.36' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2010-08-10 15:22:42 -07:00
hfs convert remaining ->clear_inode() to ->evict_inode() 2010-08-09 16:48:37 -04:00
hfsplus convert remaining ->clear_inode() to ->evict_inode() 2010-08-09 16:48:37 -04:00
hostfs hostfs ->follow_link() braino 2010-08-18 06:21:10 -04:00
hpfs switch hpfs to ->evict_inode() 2010-08-09 16:48:17 -04:00
hppfs switch hppfs to ->evict_inode() 2010-08-09 16:48:16 -04:00
hugetlbfs new helper: end_writeback() 2010-08-09 16:47:49 -04:00
isofs isofs: Fix lseek() to position beyond 4 GB 2010-08-11 00:29:47 -04:00
jbd remove SWRITE* I/O types 2010-08-18 01:09:01 -04:00
jbd2 remove SWRITE* I/O types 2010-08-18 01:09:01 -04:00
jffs2 Merge git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6 2010-08-10 11:49:21 -07:00
jfs jfs: don't allow os2 xattr namespace overlap with others 2010-08-10 15:33:09 -07:00
lockd
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logfs logfs: kill BKL 2010-08-14 00:24:24 +02:00
minix switch minix to ->evict_inode(), fix write_inode/delete_inode race 2010-08-09 16:47:53 -04:00
ncpfs Merge branch 'bkl/ioctl' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frederic/random-tracing 2010-08-10 13:58:28 -07:00
nfs Merge branch 'bugfixes' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6 2010-08-18 15:45:23 -07:00
nfs_common
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nfsd Merge branch 'bugfixes' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6 2010-08-18 15:45:23 -07:00
nilfs2 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ryusuke/nilfs2 2010-08-22 09:44:47 -07:00
nls
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notify Revert "fsnotify: store struct file not struct path" 2010-08-12 14:23:04 -07:00
ntfs convert remaining ->clear_inode() to ->evict_inode() 2010-08-09 16:48:37 -04:00
ocfs2 Merge branch 'fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jlbec/ocfs2 2010-08-13 10:43:50 -07:00
omfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bcopeland/omfs 2010-08-10 11:47:36 -07:00
openpromfs
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partitions [S390] partitions: fix build error in ibm partition detection code 2010-08-13 10:06:55 +02:00
proc mm: fix up some user-visible effects of the stack guard page 2010-08-15 11:35:52 -07:00
qnx4 get rid of cont_write_begin_newtrunc 2010-08-09 16:47:31 -04:00
quota Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2010-08-10 11:26:52 -07:00
ramfs check ATTR_SIZE contraints in inode_change_ok 2010-08-09 16:47:39 -04:00
reiserfs remove SWRITE* I/O types 2010-08-18 01:09:01 -04:00
romfs
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smbfs switch smbfs to evict_inode() 2010-08-09 16:48:00 -04:00
squashfs Squashfs: fix checkpatch.pl warnings 2010-08-08 22:29:33 +00:00
sysfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2010-08-10 11:26:52 -07:00
sysv fs/sysv/super.c: add support for non-PDP11 v7 filesystems 2010-08-11 08:59:23 -07:00
ubifs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2010-08-10 11:26:52 -07:00
udf Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2010-08-10 11:26:52 -07:00
ufs remove SWRITE* I/O types 2010-08-18 01:09:01 -04:00
xfs xfs: Reduce log force overhead for delayed logging 2010-08-24 11:40:03 +10:00
Kconfig fs/Kconfig: Fix typo Userpace -> Userspace 2010-07-20 17:30:22 +02:00
Kconfig.binfmt
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Makefile Take statfs variants to fs/statfs.c 2010-05-21 18:31:17 -04:00
aio.c aio: fix wrong subsystem comments 2010-08-05 13:21:23 -07:00
anon_inodes.c Revert "anon_inode: set S_IFREG on the anon_inode" 2010-05-27 22:03:05 -04:00
attr.c check ATTR_SIZE contraints in inode_change_ok 2010-08-09 16:47:39 -04:00
bad_inode.c bkl: Remove locked .ioctl file operation 2010-08-14 00:24:24 +02:00
binfmt_aout.c
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binfmt_elf.c
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binfmt_elf_fdpic.c binfmt_elf_fdpic: Fix clear_user() error handling 2010-06-01 08:11:06 -07:00
binfmt_em86.c
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binfmt_flat.c flat: tweak default stack alignment 2010-06-29 15:29:31 -07:00
binfmt_misc.c Make do_execve() take a const filename pointer 2010-08-17 18:07:43 -07:00
binfmt_script.c Make do_execve() take a const filename pointer 2010-08-17 18:07:43 -07:00
binfmt_som.c
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bio-integrity.c
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bio.c block: unify flags for struct bio and struct request 2010-08-07 18:20:39 +02:00
block_dev.c blkdev: cgroup whitelist permission fix 2010-08-11 08:59:18 -07:00
buffer.c remove SWRITE* I/O types 2010-08-18 01:09:01 -04:00
char_dev.c Fix init ordering of /dev/console vs callers of modprobe 2010-08-06 09:17:02 -07:00
compat.c Mark arguments to certain syscalls as being const 2010-08-13 16:53:13 -07:00
compat_binfmt_elf.c
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compat_ioctl.c bkl: Remove locked .ioctl file operation 2010-08-14 00:24:24 +02:00
dcache.c fs: brlock vfsmount_lock 2010-08-18 08:35:48 -04:00
dcookies.c
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direct-io.c sort out blockdev_direct_IO variants 2010-08-09 16:47:29 -04:00
drop_caches.c simplify checks for I_CLEAR/I_FREEING 2010-08-09 16:47:44 -04:00
eventfd.c
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eventpoll.c
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exec.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2010-08-18 09:35:08 -07:00
fcntl.c vfs: O_* bit numbers uniqueness check 2010-08-11 08:59:02 -07:00
fifo.c
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file.c vfs: use kmalloc() to allocate fdmem if possible 2010-08-11 08:59:02 -07:00
file_table.c fs: scale files_lock 2010-08-18 08:35:48 -04:00
filesystems.c
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fs-writeback.c mm: fix writeback_in_progress() 2010-08-12 08:43:30 -07:00
fs_struct.c fs: fs_struct rwlock to spinlock 2010-08-18 08:35:46 -04:00
generic_acl.c vfs: update ctime when changing the file's permission by setfacl 2010-08-18 01:04:22 -04:00
inode.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.infradead.org/users/eparis/notify 2010-08-10 11:39:13 -07:00
internal.h fs: brlock vfsmount_lock 2010-08-18 08:35:48 -04:00
ioctl.c bkl: Remove locked .ioctl file operation 2010-08-14 00:24:24 +02:00
ioprio.c
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libfs.c check ATTR_SIZE contraints in inode_change_ok 2010-08-09 16:47:39 -04:00
locks.c
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mbcache.c mbcache: Limit the maximum number of cache entries 2010-08-18 06:24:41 -04:00
mpage.c
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namei.c fs: brlock vfsmount_lock 2010-08-18 08:35:48 -04:00
namespace.c fs: brlock vfsmount_lock 2010-08-18 08:35:48 -04:00
nfsctl.c
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no-block.c
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open.c fs: cleanup files_lock locking 2010-08-18 08:35:47 -04:00
pipe.c pipe: fix check in "set size" fcntl 2010-06-10 19:08:34 +02:00
pnode.c fs: brlock vfsmount_lock 2010-08-18 08:35:48 -04:00
pnode.h
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posix_acl.c
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read_write.c fsnotify: pass a file instead of an inode to open, read, and write 2010-07-28 09:58:32 -04:00
read_write.h
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readdir.c vfs: fix warning: 'dirent' is used uninitialized in this function 2010-08-09 20:45:05 -07:00
select.c
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seq_file.c
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signalfd.c signalfd: fill in ssi_int for posix timers and message queues 2010-08-11 08:59:20 -07:00
splice.c splice: fix misuse of SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK 2010-08-07 18:52:56 +02:00
stack.c
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stat.c Mark arguments to certain syscalls as being const 2010-08-13 16:53:13 -07:00
statfs.c add f_flags to struct statfs(64) 2010-08-09 16:48:44 -04:00
super.c fs: scale files_lock 2010-08-18 08:35:48 -04:00
sync.c get rid of file_fsync() 2010-08-09 16:47:43 -04:00
timerfd.c fs/timerfd.c: make use of wait_event_interruptible_locked_irq() 2010-05-20 13:21:42 -07:00
utimes.c Mark arguments to certain syscalls as being const 2010-08-13 16:53:13 -07:00
xattr.c fs: xattr_handler table should be const 2010-05-21 18:31:18 -04:00
xattr_acl.c
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