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Date:	Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:41:04 -0700
From:	Manish Katiyar <mkatiyar@...il.com>
To:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
CC:	tytso@....edu, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, mkatiyar@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] jbd2:Make journal transaction allocations come from its
 own cache.

On 06/08/2011 09:49 AM, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Sun 05-06-11 01:28:30, Manish Katiyar wrote:
>> Add a cache for jbd2 journal transaction allocations. This also
>> helps to leverage fault-injection framework to test various memory
>> allocation failures in the jbd2 layer.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Manish Katiyar <mkatiyar@...il.com>
>> ---
>>  fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c  |    2 +-
>>  fs/jbd2/commit.c      |    2 +-
>>  fs/jbd2/journal.c     |   25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  fs/jbd2/transaction.c |    7 ++++---
>>  include/linux/jbd2.h  |   21 +++++++++++++++++++++
>>  5 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
>> index 6a79fd0..6f554ce 100644
>> --- a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
>> +++ b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
>> @@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ int __jbd2_journal_remove_checkpoint(struct journal_head *jh)
>>  				    transaction->t_tid, stats);
>>
>>  	__jbd2_journal_drop_transaction(journal, transaction);
>> -	kfree(transaction);
>> +	jbd2_free_transaction(transaction);
>>
>>  	/* Just in case anybody was waiting for more transactions to be
>>             checkpointed... */
>> diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
>> index 7f21cf3..8e33d84 100644
>> --- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
>> +++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
>> @@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ restart_loop:
>>  	jbd_debug(1, "JBD: commit %d complete, head %d\n",
>>  		  journal->j_commit_sequence, journal->j_tail_sequence);
>>  	if (to_free)
>> -		kfree(commit_transaction);
>> +		jbd2_free_transaction(commit_transaction);
>>
>>  	wake_up(&journal->j_wait_done_commit);
>>  }
>> diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
>> index 9a78269..c0ec463 100644
>> --- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
>> +++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
>> @@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_init_jbd_inode);
>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_release_jbd_inode);
>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_begin_ordered_truncate);
>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_inode_cache);
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_transaction_cache);
>>
>>  static int journal_convert_superblock_v1(journal_t *, journal_superblock_t *);
>>  static void __journal_abort_soft (journal_t *journal, int errno);
>> @@ -2371,6 +2372,27 @@ static void jbd2_journal_destroy_handle_cache(void)
>>
>>  }
>>
>> +struct kmem_cache *jbd2_transaction_cache;
>> +
>> +static int journal_init_transaction_cache(void)
>> +{
>> +	J_ASSERT(jbd2_transaction_cache == NULL);
>> +	jbd2_transaction_cache = kmem_cache_create("jbd2_transaction",
>> +						   sizeof(transaction_t),
>> +						   0, SLAB_TEMPORARY, NULL);
>   Transactions are not really short-lived in the memory-management sense I
> think. They usually live for seconds while I'd understand 'short-lived' to
> mean a milisecond or less. So just drop this flag (it doesn't do anything
> these days anyway).
>
>> +	if (jbd2_transaction_cache == NULL) {
>> +		printk(KERN_EMERG "JBD2: failed to create transaction cache\n");
>> +		return -ENOMEM;
>> +	}
>> +	return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static void jbd2_journal_destroy_transaction_cache(void)
>> +{
>> +	if (jbd2_transaction_cache)
>   How can this happen?
>
>> +		kmem_cache_destroy(jbd2_transaction_cache);
>> +}
>> +
>>  /*
>>   * Module startup and shutdown
>>   */
>> @@ -2384,6 +2406,8 @@ static int __init journal_init_caches(void)
>>  		ret = journal_init_jbd2_journal_head_cache();
>>  	if (ret == 0)
>>  		ret = journal_init_handle_cache();
>> +	if (ret == 0)
>> +		ret = journal_init_transaction_cache();
>>  	return ret;
>>  }
>>
>> @@ -2392,6 +2416,7 @@ static void jbd2_journal_destroy_caches(void)
>>  	jbd2_journal_destroy_revoke_caches();
>>  	jbd2_journal_destroy_jbd2_journal_head_cache();
>>  	jbd2_journal_destroy_handle_cache();
>> +	jbd2_journal_destroy_transaction_cache();
>>  	jbd2_journal_destroy_slabs();
>>  }
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
>> index 3eec82d..58fbec7 100644
>> --- a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
>> +++ b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
>> @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static int start_this_handle(journal_t *journal, handle_t *handle,
>>
>>  alloc_transaction:
>>  	if (!journal->j_running_transaction) {
>> -		new_transaction = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_transaction), gfp_mask);
>> +		new_transaction = jbd2_alloc_transaction(gfp_mask);
>>  		if (!new_transaction) {
>>  			/*
>>  			 * If __GFP_FS is not present, then we may be
>> @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ repeat:
>>  	if (is_journal_aborted(journal) ||
>>  	    (journal->j_errno != 0 && !(journal->j_flags & JBD2_ACK_ERR))) {
>>  		read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
>> -		kfree(new_transaction);
>> +		jbd2_free_transaction(new_transaction);
>>  		return -EROFS;
>>  	}
>>
>> @@ -282,7 +282,8 @@ repeat:
>>  	read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
>>
>>  	lock_map_acquire(&handle->h_lockdep_map);
>> -	kfree(new_transaction);
>> +	jbd2_free_transaction(new_transaction);
>> +
>>  	return 0;
>>  }
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h
>> index 4ecb7b1..df7f101 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/jbd2.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h
>> @@ -1184,6 +1184,27 @@ static inline void jbd2_free_handle(handle_t *handle)
>>  }
>>
>>  /*
>> + * transaction management
>> + */
>> +extern struct kmem_cache *jbd2_transaction_cache;
>> +
>> +static inline transaction_t *jbd2_alloc_transaction(gfp_t gfp_flags)
>> +{
>> +	return kmem_cache_zalloc(jbd2_transaction_cache, gfp_flags);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static inline void jbd2_free_transaction(transaction_t *transaction)
>> +{
>> +	if (transaction) {
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_JBD2_DEBUG
>> +		memset(transaction, JBD2_POISON_FREE, sizeof(*transaction));
>> +#endif
>   No need for this - CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB does this for you...
>
>> +		kmem_cache_free(jbd2_transaction_cache, transaction);
>> +	}
>> +}
>> +
>> +
>> +/*
>>   * jbd2_inode management (optional, for those file systems that want to use
>>   * dynamically allocated jbd2_inode structures)
>>   */
>   Otherwise the patch looks OK to me.

Add a cache for jbd2 journal transaction allocations. This also
helps to leverage fault-injection framework to test various memory
allocation failures in the jbd2 layer.

Signed-off-by: Manish Katiyar <mkatiyar@...il.com>
---
v1->v2 :
  *) Drop SLAB_TEMPORARY flag for cache allocation.
  *) Remove filling with pattern during frees.

 fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c  |    2 +-
 fs/jbd2/commit.c      |    2 +-
 fs/jbd2/journal.c     |   24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 fs/jbd2/transaction.c |    7 ++++---
 include/linux/jbd2.h  |   17 +++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
index 6a79fd0..6f554ce 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ int __jbd2_journal_remove_checkpoint(struct journal_head *jh)
 				    transaction->t_tid, stats);

 	__jbd2_journal_drop_transaction(journal, transaction);
-	kfree(transaction);
+	jbd2_free_transaction(transaction);

 	/* Just in case anybody was waiting for more transactions to be
            checkpointed... */
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index 7f21cf3..8e33d84 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ restart_loop:
 	jbd_debug(1, "JBD: commit %d complete, head %d\n",
 		  journal->j_commit_sequence, journal->j_tail_sequence);
 	if (to_free)
-		kfree(commit_transaction);
+		jbd2_free_transaction(commit_transaction);

 	wake_up(&journal->j_wait_done_commit);
 }
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index 9a78269..2d9795b 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_init_jbd_inode);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_release_jbd_inode);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_begin_ordered_truncate);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_inode_cache);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_transaction_cache);

 static int journal_convert_superblock_v1(journal_t *, journal_superblock_t *);
 static void __journal_abort_soft (journal_t *journal, int errno);
@@ -2371,6 +2372,26 @@ static void jbd2_journal_destroy_handle_cache(void)

 }

+struct kmem_cache *jbd2_transaction_cache;
+
+static int journal_init_transaction_cache(void)
+{
+	J_ASSERT(jbd2_transaction_cache == NULL);
+	jbd2_transaction_cache = kmem_cache_create("jbd2_transaction",
+						   sizeof(transaction_t),
+						   0, 0, NULL);
+	if (jbd2_transaction_cache == NULL) {
+		printk(KERN_EMERG "JBD2: failed to create transaction cache\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void jbd2_journal_destroy_transaction_cache(void)
+{
+	kmem_cache_destroy(jbd2_transaction_cache);
+}
+
 /*
  * Module startup and shutdown
  */
@@ -2384,6 +2405,8 @@ static int __init journal_init_caches(void)
 		ret = journal_init_jbd2_journal_head_cache();
 	if (ret == 0)
 		ret = journal_init_handle_cache();
+	if (ret == 0)
+		ret = journal_init_transaction_cache();
 	return ret;
 }

@@ -2392,6 +2415,7 @@ static void jbd2_journal_destroy_caches(void)
 	jbd2_journal_destroy_revoke_caches();
 	jbd2_journal_destroy_jbd2_journal_head_cache();
 	jbd2_journal_destroy_handle_cache();
+	jbd2_journal_destroy_transaction_cache();
 	jbd2_journal_destroy_slabs();
 }

diff --git a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
index 3eec82d..58fbec7 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static int start_this_handle(journal_t *journal, handle_t *handle,

 alloc_transaction:
 	if (!journal->j_running_transaction) {
-		new_transaction = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_transaction), gfp_mask);
+		new_transaction = jbd2_alloc_transaction(gfp_mask);
 		if (!new_transaction) {
 			/*
 			 * If __GFP_FS is not present, then we may be
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ repeat:
 	if (is_journal_aborted(journal) ||
 	    (journal->j_errno != 0 && !(journal->j_flags & JBD2_ACK_ERR))) {
 		read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
-		kfree(new_transaction);
+		jbd2_free_transaction(new_transaction);
 		return -EROFS;
 	}

@@ -282,7 +282,8 @@ repeat:
 	read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);

 	lock_map_acquire(&handle->h_lockdep_map);
-	kfree(new_transaction);
+	jbd2_free_transaction(new_transaction);
+
 	return 0;
 }

diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h
index 4ecb7b1..803b5c4 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd2.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h
@@ -1184,6 +1184,23 @@ static inline void jbd2_free_handle(handle_t *handle)
 }

 /*
+ * transaction management
+ */
+extern struct kmem_cache *jbd2_transaction_cache;
+
+static inline transaction_t *jbd2_alloc_transaction(gfp_t gfp_flags)
+{
+	return kmem_cache_zalloc(jbd2_transaction_cache, gfp_flags);
+}
+
+static inline void jbd2_free_transaction(transaction_t *transaction)
+{
+	if (transaction)
+		kmem_cache_free(jbd2_transaction_cache, transaction);
+}
+
+
+/*
  * jbd2_inode management (optional, for those file systems that want to use
  * dynamically allocated jbd2_inode structures)
  */
-- 
1.7.4.1
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