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Date:	Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:29:10 +0800
From:	Robin Dong <hao.bigrat@...il.com>
To:	Zheng Liu <gnehzuil.liu@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Tao Ma <tm@....ma>,
	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>,
	Zheng Liu <wenqing.lz@...bao.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH v2 2/3] ext4: add a new flag for ext4_map_blocks

2012/6/14 Zheng Liu <gnehzuil.liu@...il.com>:
> From: Zheng Liu <wenqing.lz@...bao.com>
>
> EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_NO_LOCK flag is added to indicate that we don't need to acquire
> i_data_sem lock in ext4_map_blocks.  Meanwhile, it lets _ext4_get_block do not
> start a new journal because when we do a overwrite dio, there is no any
> metadata that needs to be modified.
>
> We define a new function called ext4_get_block_write_nolock, which is used in
> dio overwrite nolock.  In this function, it doesn't try to acquire i_data_sem
> lock and doesn't start a new journal as it does a lookup.
>
> CC: Tao Ma <tm@....ma>
> CC: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Zheng Liu <wenqing.lz@...bao.com>
> ---
>  fs/ext4/ext4.h  |    2 +
>  fs/ext4/inode.c |   59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>  2 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> index cfc4e01..d1a2b1e 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> @@ -571,6 +571,8 @@ enum {
>  #define EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_NO_NORMALIZE           0x0040
>        /* Request will not result in inode size update (user for fallocate) */
>  #define EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_KEEP_SIZE              0x0080
> +       /* Do not take i_data_sem locking in ext4_map_blocks */
> +#define EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_NO_LOCK                        0x0100
>
>  /*
>  * Flags used by ext4_free_blocks
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> index 02bc8cb..9a714ff 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> @@ -544,7 +544,8 @@ int ext4_map_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
>         * Try to see if we can get the block without requesting a new
>         * file system block.
>         */
> -       down_read((&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem));
> +       if (!(flags & EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_NO_LOCK))
> +               down_read((&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem));
>        if (ext4_test_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS)) {
>                retval = ext4_ext_map_blocks(handle, inode, map, flags &
>                                             EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_KEEP_SIZE);
> @@ -552,7 +553,8 @@ int ext4_map_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
>                retval = ext4_ind_map_blocks(handle, inode, map, flags &
>                                             EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_KEEP_SIZE);
>        }
> -       up_read((&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem));
> +       if (!(flags & EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_NO_LOCK))
> +               up_read((&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem));
>
>        if (retval > 0 && map->m_flags & EXT4_MAP_MAPPED) {
>                int ret = check_block_validity(inode, map);
> @@ -2818,6 +2820,32 @@ static int ext4_get_block_write(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
>                               EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_IO_CREATE_EXT);
>  }
>
> +static int ext4_get_block_write_nolock(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
> +                  struct buffer_head *bh_result, int create)
> +{
> +       handle_t *handle = ext4_journal_current_handle();
> +       struct ext4_map_blocks map;
> +       int ret = 0;
> +
> +       ext4_debug("ext4_get_block_write_nolock: inode %lu, create flag %d\n",
> +                  inode->i_ino, create);
> +
> +       create = EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_NO_LOCK;

May be better to change the variable "create" to "flags"

> +
> +       map.m_lblk = iblock;
> +       map.m_len = bh_result->b_size >> inode->i_blkbits;
> +
> +       ret = ext4_map_blocks(handle, inode, &map, create);
> +       if (ret > 0) {
> +               map_bh(bh_result, inode->i_sb, map.m_pblk);
> +               bh_result->b_state = (bh_result->b_state & ~EXT4_MAP_FLAGS) |
> +                                       map.m_flags;
> +               bh_result->b_size = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize * map.m_len;
> +               ret = 0;
> +       }
> +       return ret;
> +}
> +
>  static void ext4_end_io_dio(struct kiocb *iocb, loff_t offset,
>                            ssize_t size, void *private, int ret,
>                            bool is_async)
> @@ -2966,6 +2994,8 @@ static ssize_t ext4_ext_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb,
>
>        loff_t final_size = offset + count;
>        if (rw == WRITE && final_size <= inode->i_size) {
> +               int overwrite = 0;
> +
>                /*
>                 * We could direct write to holes and fallocate.
>                 *
> @@ -3005,13 +3035,22 @@ static ssize_t ext4_ext_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb,
>                        EXT4_I(inode)->cur_aio_dio = iocb->private;
>                }
>
> -               ret = __blockdev_direct_IO(rw, iocb, inode,
> -                                        inode->i_sb->s_bdev, iov,
> -                                        offset, nr_segs,
> -                                        ext4_get_block_write,
> -                                        ext4_end_io_dio,
> -                                        NULL,
> -                                        DIO_LOCKING);
> +               if (overwrite)
> +                       ret = __blockdev_direct_IO(rw, iocb, inode,
> +                                                inode->i_sb->s_bdev, iov,
> +                                                offset, nr_segs,
> +                                                ext4_get_block_write_nolock,
> +                                                ext4_end_io_dio,
> +                                                NULL,
> +                                                0);
> +               else
> +                       ret = __blockdev_direct_IO(rw, iocb, inode,
> +                                                inode->i_sb->s_bdev, iov,
> +                                                offset, nr_segs,
> +                                                ext4_get_block_write,
> +                                                ext4_end_io_dio,
> +                                                NULL,
> +                                                DIO_LOCKING);
>                if (iocb->private)
>                        EXT4_I(inode)->cur_aio_dio = NULL;
>                /*
> @@ -3031,7 +3070,7 @@ static ssize_t ext4_ext_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb,
>                if (ret != -EIOCBQUEUED && ret <= 0 && iocb->private) {
>                        ext4_free_io_end(iocb->private);
>                        iocb->private = NULL;
> -               } else if (ret > 0 && ext4_test_inode_state(inode,
> +               } else if (ret > 0 && !overwrite && ext4_test_inode_state(inode,
>                                                EXT4_STATE_DIO_UNWRITTEN)) {
>                        int err;
>                        /*
> --
> 1.7.4.1
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