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Date:	Sat, 12 Feb 2011 20:25:29 -0500
From:	Josef Bacik <josef@...hat.com>
To:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH,RFC 1/7] ext4: fold __mpage_da_writepage() into
	write_cache_pages_da()

On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 07:15:51PM -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> Fold the __mpage_da_writepage() function into write_cache_pages_da().
> This will give us opportunities to clean up and simplify the resulting
> code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
> ---
>  fs/ext4/inode.c |  206 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------------
>  1 files changed, 91 insertions(+), 115 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> index 9f7f9e4..627729f 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> @@ -2438,102 +2438,6 @@ static int ext4_bh_delay_or_unwritten(handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh)
>  }
>  
>  /*
> - * __mpage_da_writepage - finds extent of pages and blocks
> - *
> - * @page: page to consider
> - * @wbc: not used, we just follow rules
> - * @data: context
> - *
> - * The function finds extents of pages and scan them for all blocks.
> - */
> -static int __mpage_da_writepage(struct page *page,
> -				struct writeback_control *wbc,
> -				struct mpage_da_data *mpd)
> -{
> -	struct inode *inode = mpd->inode;
> -	struct buffer_head *bh, *head;
> -	sector_t logical;
> -
> -	/*
> -	 * Can we merge this page to current extent?
> -	 */
> -	if (mpd->next_page != page->index) {
> -		/*
> -		 * Nope, we can't. So, we map non-allocated blocks
> -		 * and start IO on them
> -		 */
> -		if (mpd->next_page != mpd->first_page) {
> -			mpage_da_map_and_submit(mpd);
> -			/*
> -			 * skip rest of the page in the page_vec
> -			 */
> -			redirty_page_for_writepage(wbc, page);
> -			unlock_page(page);
> -			return MPAGE_DA_EXTENT_TAIL;
> -		}
> -
> -		/*
> -		 * Start next extent of pages ...
> -		 */
> -		mpd->first_page = page->index;
> -
> -		/*
> -		 * ... and blocks
> -		 */
> -		mpd->b_size = 0;
> -		mpd->b_state = 0;
> -		mpd->b_blocknr = 0;
> -	}
> -
> -	mpd->next_page = page->index + 1;
> -	logical = (sector_t) page->index <<
> -		  (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - inode->i_blkbits);
> -
> -	if (!page_has_buffers(page)) {
> -		mpage_add_bh_to_extent(mpd, logical, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE,
> -				       (1 << BH_Dirty) | (1 << BH_Uptodate));
> -		if (mpd->io_done)
> -			return MPAGE_DA_EXTENT_TAIL;
> -	} else {
> -		/*
> -		 * Page with regular buffer heads, just add all dirty ones
> -		 */
> -		head = page_buffers(page);
> -		bh = head;
> -		do {
> -			BUG_ON(buffer_locked(bh));
> -			/*
> -			 * We need to try to allocate
> -			 * unmapped blocks in the same page.
> -			 * Otherwise we won't make progress
> -			 * with the page in ext4_writepage
> -			 */
> -			if (ext4_bh_delay_or_unwritten(NULL, bh)) {
> -				mpage_add_bh_to_extent(mpd, logical,
> -						       bh->b_size,
> -						       bh->b_state);
> -				if (mpd->io_done)
> -					return MPAGE_DA_EXTENT_TAIL;
> -			} else if (buffer_dirty(bh) && (buffer_mapped(bh))) {
> -				/*
> -				 * mapped dirty buffer. We need to update
> -				 * the b_state because we look at
> -				 * b_state in mpage_da_map_blocks. We don't
> -				 * update b_size because if we find an
> -				 * unmapped buffer_head later we need to
> -				 * use the b_state flag of that buffer_head.
> -				 */
> -				if (mpd->b_size == 0)
> -					mpd->b_state = bh->b_state & BH_FLAGS;
> -			}
> -			logical++;
> -		} while ((bh = bh->b_this_page) != head);
> -	}
> -
> -	return 0;
> -}
> -
> -/*
>   * This is a special get_blocks_t callback which is used by
>   * ext4_da_write_begin().  It will either return mapped block or
>   * reserve space for a single block.
> @@ -2811,18 +2715,17 @@ static int ext4_da_writepages_trans_blocks(struct inode *inode)
>  
>  /*
>   * write_cache_pages_da - walk the list of dirty pages of the given
> - * address space and call the callback function (which usually writes
> - * the pages).
> - *
> - * This is a forked version of write_cache_pages().  Differences:
> - *	Range cyclic is ignored.
> - *	no_nrwrite_index_update is always presumed true
> + * address space and accumulate pages that need writing, and call
> + * mpage_da_map_and_submit to map the pages and then write them.
>   */
>  static int write_cache_pages_da(struct address_space *mapping,
>  				struct writeback_control *wbc,
>  				struct mpage_da_data *mpd,
>  				pgoff_t *done_index)
>  {
> +	struct inode *inode = mpd->inode;
> +	struct buffer_head *bh, *head;
> +	sector_t logical;
>  	int ret = 0;
>  	int done = 0;
>  	struct pagevec pvec;
> @@ -2899,17 +2802,90 @@ continue_unlock:
>  			if (!clear_page_dirty_for_io(page))
>  				goto continue_unlock;
>  
> -			ret = __mpage_da_writepage(page, wbc, mpd);
> -			if (unlikely(ret)) {
> -				if (ret == AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE) {
> +			/* BEGIN __mpage_da_writepage */
> +
> +			/*
> +			 * Can we merge this page to current extent?
> +			 */
> +			if (mpd->next_page != page->index) {
> +				/*
> +				 * Nope, we can't. So, we map
> +				 * non-allocated blocks and start IO
> +				 * on them
> +				 */
> +				if (mpd->next_page != mpd->first_page) {
> +					mpage_da_map_and_submit(mpd);
> +					/*
> +					 * skip rest of the page in the page_vec
> +					 */
> +					redirty_page_for_writepage(wbc, page);
>  					unlock_page(page);
> -					ret = 0;
> -				} else {
> -					done = 1;
> -					break;
> +					ret = MPAGE_DA_EXTENT_TAIL;
> +					goto out;
> +				}
> +
> +				/*
> +				 * Start next extent of pages and blocks
> +				 */
> +				mpd->first_page = page->index;
> +				mpd->b_size = 0;
> +				mpd->b_state = 0;
> +				mpd->b_blocknr = 0;
> +			}
> +
> +			mpd->next_page = page->index + 1;
> +			logical = (sector_t) page->index <<
> +				(PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - inode->i_blkbits);
> +
> +			if (!page_has_buffers(page)) {
> +				mpage_add_bh_to_extent(mpd, logical, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE,
> +						       (1 << BH_Dirty) | (1 << BH_Uptodate));
> +				if (mpd->io_done) {
> +					ret = MPAGE_DA_EXTENT_TAIL;
> +					goto out;
>  				}
> +			} else {
> +				/*
> +				 * Page with regular buffer heads, just add all dirty ones
> +				 */
> +				head = page_buffers(page);
> +				bh = head;
> +				do {
> +					BUG_ON(buffer_locked(bh));
> +					/*
> +					 * We need to try to allocate
> +					 * unmapped blocks in the same page.
> +					 * Otherwise we won't make progress
> +					 * with the page in ext4_writepage
> +					 */
> +					if (ext4_bh_delay_or_unwritten(NULL, bh)) {
> +						mpage_add_bh_to_extent(mpd, logical,
> +								       bh->b_size,
> +								       bh->b_state);
> +						if (mpd->io_done) {
> +							ret = MPAGE_DA_EXTENT_TAIL;
> +							goto out;
> +						}
> +					} else if (buffer_dirty(bh) && (buffer_mapped(bh))) {
> +						/*
> +						 * mapped dirty buffer. We need to update
> +						 * the b_state because we look at
> +						 * b_state in mpage_da_map_blocks. We don't
> +						 * update b_size because if we find an
> +						 * unmapped buffer_head later we need to
> +						 * use the b_state flag of that buffer_head.
> +						 */
> +						if (mpd->b_size == 0)
> +							mpd->b_state = bh->b_state & BH_FLAGS;
> +					}
> +					logical++;
> +				} while ((bh = bh->b_this_page) != head);
>  			}
>  
> +			ret = 0;
> +
> +			/* END __mpage_da_writepage */
> +
>  			if (nr_to_write > 0) {
>  				nr_to_write--;
>  				if (nr_to_write == 0 &&
> @@ -2933,6 +2909,10 @@ continue_unlock:
>  		cond_resched();
>  	}
>  	return ret;
> +out:
> +	pagevec_release(&pvec);
> +	cond_resched();
> +	return ret;
>  }

Do we really need the cond_resched() here?  Seems like it will just add
unwanted/uneeded latencies.  Thanks,

Josef
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