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Date:	Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:05:43 +0100
From:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:	Zheng Liu <gnehzuil.liu@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Zheng Liu <wenqing.lz@...bao.com>,
	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/9 v4] ext4: remove single extent cache

On Thu 31-01-13 13:17:55, Zheng Liu wrote:
> From: Zheng Liu <wenqing.lz@...bao.com>
> 
> Single extent cache could be removed because we have extent status tree
> as a extent cache, and it would be better.
  Just one note: The original extent cache has a capability of containing
information "there's a hole in range x-y" so we don't have to walk the tree
again only to find there's nothing for given block. It might be useful to
put this extent type in extent status tree as well for caching purposes...

								Honza

> 
> Signed-off-by: Zheng Liu <wenqing.lz@...bao.com>
> Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
> ---
>  fs/ext4/ext4.h         |  12 ---
>  fs/ext4/ext4_extents.h |   6 --
>  fs/ext4/extents.c      | 220 ++++++++-----------------------------------------
>  fs/ext4/move_extent.c  |   3 -
>  fs/ext4/super.c        |   1 -
>  5 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 208 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> index 36145ef1..60d16d1 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> @@ -802,17 +802,6 @@ do {									       \
>  
>  #endif /* defined(__KERNEL__) || defined(__linux__) */
>  
> -/*
> - * storage for cached extent
> - * If ec_len == 0, then the cache is invalid.
> - * If ec_start == 0, then the cache represents a gap (null mapping)
> - */
> -struct ext4_ext_cache {
> -	ext4_fsblk_t	ec_start;
> -	ext4_lblk_t	ec_block;
> -	__u32		ec_len; /* must be 32bit to return holes */
> -};
> -
>  #include "extents_status.h"
>  
>  /*
> @@ -879,7 +868,6 @@ struct ext4_inode_info {
>  	struct inode vfs_inode;
>  	struct jbd2_inode *jinode;
>  
> -	struct ext4_ext_cache i_cached_extent;
>  	/*
>  	 * File creation time. Its function is same as that of
>  	 * struct timespec i_{a,c,m}time in the generic inode.
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_extents.h b/fs/ext4/ext4_extents.h
> index 487fda1..8643ff5 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/ext4_extents.h
> +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_extents.h
> @@ -193,12 +193,6 @@ static inline unsigned short ext_depth(struct inode *inode)
>  	return le16_to_cpu(ext_inode_hdr(inode)->eh_depth);
>  }
>  
> -static inline void
> -ext4_ext_invalidate_cache(struct inode *inode)
> -{
> -	EXT4_I(inode)->i_cached_extent.ec_len = 0;
> -}
> -
>  static inline void ext4_ext_mark_uninitialized(struct ext4_extent *ext)
>  {
>  	/* We can not have an uninitialized extent of zero length! */
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
> index d23a654..dedd557 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
> @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static int ext4_split_extent_at(handle_t *handle,
>  			     int flags);
>  
>  static int ext4_find_delayed_extent(struct inode *inode,
> -				    struct ext4_ext_cache *newex);
> +				    struct extent_status *newes);
>  
>  static int ext4_ext_truncate_extend_restart(handle_t *handle,
>  					    struct inode *inode,
> @@ -714,7 +714,6 @@ int ext4_ext_tree_init(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
>  	eh->eh_magic = EXT4_EXT_MAGIC;
>  	eh->eh_max = cpu_to_le16(ext4_ext_space_root(inode, 0));
>  	ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
> -	ext4_ext_invalidate_cache(inode);
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> @@ -1960,7 +1959,6 @@ cleanup:
>  		ext4_ext_drop_refs(npath);
>  		kfree(npath);
>  	}
> -	ext4_ext_invalidate_cache(inode);
>  	return err;
>  }
>  
> @@ -1969,8 +1967,8 @@ static int ext4_fill_fiemap_extents(struct inode *inode,
>  				    struct fiemap_extent_info *fieinfo)
>  {
>  	struct ext4_ext_path *path = NULL;
> -	struct ext4_ext_cache newex;
>  	struct ext4_extent *ex;
> +	struct extent_status es;
>  	ext4_lblk_t next, next_del, start = 0, end = 0;
>  	ext4_lblk_t last = block + num;
>  	int exists, depth = 0, err = 0;
> @@ -2044,31 +2042,31 @@ static int ext4_fill_fiemap_extents(struct inode *inode,
>  		BUG_ON(end <= start);
>  
>  		if (!exists) {
> -			newex.ec_block = start;
> -			newex.ec_len = end - start;
> -			newex.ec_start = 0;
> +			es.es_lblk = start;
> +			es.es_len = end - start;
> +			es.es_pblk = 0;
>  		} else {
> -			newex.ec_block = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block);
> -			newex.ec_len = ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex);
> -			newex.ec_start = ext4_ext_pblock(ex);
> +			es.es_lblk = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block);
> +			es.es_len = ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex);
> +			es.es_pblk = ext4_ext_pblock(ex);
>  			if (ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(ex))
>  				flags |= FIEMAP_EXTENT_UNWRITTEN;
>  		}
>  
>  		/*
> -		 * Find delayed extent and update newex accordingly. We call
> -		 * it even in !exists case to find out whether newex is the
> +		 * Find delayed extent and update es accordingly. We call
> +		 * it even in !exists case to find out whether es is the
>  		 * last existing extent or not.
>  		 */
> -		next_del = ext4_find_delayed_extent(inode, &newex);
> +		next_del = ext4_find_delayed_extent(inode, &es);
>  		if (!exists && next_del) {
>  			exists = 1;
>  			flags |= FIEMAP_EXTENT_DELALLOC;
>  		}
>  		up_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
>  
> -		if (unlikely(newex.ec_len == 0)) {
> -			EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "newex.ec_len == 0");
> +		if (unlikely(es.es_len == 0)) {
> +			EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "es.es_len == 0");
>  			err = -EIO;
>  			break;
>  		}
> @@ -2089,9 +2087,9 @@ static int ext4_fill_fiemap_extents(struct inode *inode,
>  
>  		if (exists) {
>  			err = fiemap_fill_next_extent(fieinfo,
> -				(__u64)newex.ec_block << blksize_bits,
> -				(__u64)newex.ec_start << blksize_bits,
> -				(__u64)newex.ec_len << blksize_bits,
> +				(__u64)es.es_lblk << blksize_bits,
> +				(__u64)es.es_pblk << blksize_bits,
> +				(__u64)es.es_len << blksize_bits,
>  				flags);
>  			if (err < 0)
>  				break;
> @@ -2101,7 +2099,7 @@ static int ext4_fill_fiemap_extents(struct inode *inode,
>  			}
>  		}
>  
> -		block = newex.ec_block + newex.ec_len;
> +		block = es.es_lblk + es.es_len;
>  	}
>  
>  	if (path) {
> @@ -2112,115 +2110,6 @@ static int ext4_fill_fiemap_extents(struct inode *inode,
>  	return err;
>  }
>  
> -static void
> -ext4_ext_put_in_cache(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t block,
> -			__u32 len, ext4_fsblk_t start)
> -{
> -	struct ext4_ext_cache *cex;
> -	BUG_ON(len == 0);
> -	spin_lock(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_block_reservation_lock);
> -	trace_ext4_ext_put_in_cache(inode, block, len, start);
> -	cex = &EXT4_I(inode)->i_cached_extent;
> -	cex->ec_block = block;
> -	cex->ec_len = len;
> -	cex->ec_start = start;
> -	spin_unlock(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_block_reservation_lock);
> -}
> -
> -/*
> - * ext4_ext_put_gap_in_cache:
> - * calculate boundaries of the gap that the requested block fits into
> - * and cache this gap
> - */
> -static void
> -ext4_ext_put_gap_in_cache(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_ext_path *path,
> -				ext4_lblk_t block)
> -{
> -	int depth = ext_depth(inode);
> -	unsigned long len;
> -	ext4_lblk_t lblock;
> -	struct ext4_extent *ex;
> -
> -	ex = path[depth].p_ext;
> -	if (ex == NULL) {
> -		/* there is no extent yet, so gap is [0;-] */
> -		lblock = 0;
> -		len = EXT_MAX_BLOCKS;
> -		ext_debug("cache gap(whole file):");
> -	} else if (block < le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block)) {
> -		lblock = block;
> -		len = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block) - block;
> -		ext_debug("cache gap(before): %u [%u:%u]",
> -				block,
> -				le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block),
> -				 ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex));
> -	} else if (block >= le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block)
> -			+ ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex)) {
> -		ext4_lblk_t next;
> -		lblock = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block)
> -			+ ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex);
> -
> -		next = ext4_ext_next_allocated_block(path);
> -		ext_debug("cache gap(after): [%u:%u] %u",
> -				le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block),
> -				ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex),
> -				block);
> -		BUG_ON(next == lblock);
> -		len = next - lblock;
> -	} else {
> -		lblock = len = 0;
> -		BUG();
> -	}
> -
> -	ext_debug(" -> %u:%lu\n", lblock, len);
> -	ext4_ext_put_in_cache(inode, lblock, len, 0);
> -}
> -
> -/*
> - * ext4_ext_in_cache()
> - * Checks to see if the given block is in the cache.
> - * If it is, the cached extent is stored in the given
> - * cache extent pointer.
> - *
> - * @inode: The files inode
> - * @block: The block to look for in the cache
> - * @ex:    Pointer where the cached extent will be stored
> - *         if it contains block
> - *
> - * Return 0 if cache is invalid; 1 if the cache is valid
> - */
> -static int
> -ext4_ext_in_cache(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t block,
> -		  struct ext4_extent *ex)
> -{
> -	struct ext4_ext_cache *cex;
> -	int ret = 0;
> -
> -	/*
> -	 * We borrow i_block_reservation_lock to protect i_cached_extent
> -	 */
> -	spin_lock(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_block_reservation_lock);
> -	cex = &EXT4_I(inode)->i_cached_extent;
> -
> -	/* has cache valid data? */
> -	if (cex->ec_len == 0)
> -		goto errout;
> -
> -	if (in_range(block, cex->ec_block, cex->ec_len)) {
> -		ex->ee_block = cpu_to_le32(cex->ec_block);
> -		ext4_ext_store_pblock(ex, cex->ec_start);
> -		ex->ee_len = cpu_to_le16(cex->ec_len);
> -		ext_debug("%u cached by %u:%u:%llu\n",
> -				block,
> -				cex->ec_block, cex->ec_len, cex->ec_start);
> -		ret = 1;
> -	}
> -errout:
> -	trace_ext4_ext_in_cache(inode, block, ret);
> -	spin_unlock(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_block_reservation_lock);
> -	return ret;
> -}
> -
>  /*
>   * ext4_ext_rm_idx:
>   * removes index from the index block.
> @@ -2658,8 +2547,6 @@ static int ext4_ext_remove_space(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t start,
>  		return PTR_ERR(handle);
>  
>  again:
> -	ext4_ext_invalidate_cache(inode);
> -
>  	trace_ext4_ext_remove_space(inode, start, depth);
>  
>  	/*
> @@ -3900,29 +3787,6 @@ int ext4_ext_map_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
>  		  map->m_lblk, map->m_len, inode->i_ino);
>  	trace_ext4_ext_map_blocks_enter(inode, map->m_lblk, map->m_len, flags);
>  
> -	/* check in cache */
> -	if (ext4_ext_in_cache(inode, map->m_lblk, &newex)) {
> -		if (!newex.ee_start_lo && !newex.ee_start_hi) {
> -			if ((flags & EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CREATE) == 0) {
> -				/*
> -				 * block isn't allocated yet and
> -				 * user doesn't want to allocate it
> -				 */
> -				goto out2;
> -			}
> -			/* we should allocate requested block */
> -		} else {
> -			/* block is already allocated */
> -			newblock = map->m_lblk
> -				   - le32_to_cpu(newex.ee_block)
> -				   + ext4_ext_pblock(&newex);
> -			/* number of remaining blocks in the extent */
> -			allocated = ext4_ext_get_actual_len(&newex) -
> -				(map->m_lblk - le32_to_cpu(newex.ee_block));
> -			goto out;
> -		}
> -	}
> -
>  	/* find extent for this block */
>  	path = ext4_ext_find_extent(inode, map->m_lblk, NULL);
>  	if (IS_ERR(path)) {
> @@ -3969,15 +3833,9 @@ int ext4_ext_map_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
>  			ext_debug("%u fit into %u:%d -> %llu\n", map->m_lblk,
>  				  ee_block, ee_len, newblock);
>  
> -			/*
> -			 * Do not put uninitialized extent
> -			 * in the cache
> -			 */
> -			if (!ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(ex)) {
> -				ext4_ext_put_in_cache(inode, ee_block,
> -					ee_len, ee_start);
> +			if (!ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(ex))
>  				goto out;
> -			}
> +
>  			allocated = ext4_ext_handle_uninitialized_extents(
>  				handle, inode, map, path, flags,
>  				allocated, newblock);
> @@ -3989,14 +3847,8 @@ int ext4_ext_map_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
>  	 * requested block isn't allocated yet;
>  	 * we couldn't try to create block if create flag is zero
>  	 */
> -	if ((flags & EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CREATE) == 0) {
> -		/*
> -		 * put just found gap into cache to speed up
> -		 * subsequent requests
> -		 */
> -		ext4_ext_put_gap_in_cache(inode, path, map->m_lblk);
> +	if ((flags & EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CREATE) == 0)
>  		goto out2;
> -	}
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Okay, we need to do block allocation.
> @@ -4232,10 +4084,9 @@ got_allocated_blocks:
>  	 * Cache the extent and update transaction to commit on fdatasync only
>  	 * when it is _not_ an uninitialized extent.
>  	 */
> -	if ((flags & EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_UNINIT_EXT) == 0) {
> -		ext4_ext_put_in_cache(inode, map->m_lblk, allocated, newblock);
> +	if ((flags & EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_UNINIT_EXT) == 0)
>  		ext4_update_inode_fsync_trans(handle, inode, 1);
> -	} else
> +	else
>  		ext4_update_inode_fsync_trans(handle, inode, 0);
>  out:
>  	if (allocated > map->m_len)
> @@ -4294,7 +4145,6 @@ void ext4_ext_truncate(struct inode *inode)
>  		goto out_stop;
>  
>  	down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
> -	ext4_ext_invalidate_cache(inode);
>  
>  	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
>  
> @@ -4544,26 +4394,26 @@ int ext4_convert_unwritten_extents(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset,
>  }
>  
>  /*
> - * If newex is not existing extent (newex->ec_start equals zero) find
> - * delayed extent at start of newex and update newex accordingly and
> + * If newes is not existing extent (newes->ec_pblk equals zero) find
> + * delayed extent at start of newes and update newes accordingly and
>   * return start of the next delayed extent.
>   *
> - * If newex is existing extent (newex->ec_start is not equal zero)
> + * If newes is existing extent (newes->ec_pblk is not equal zero)
>   * return start of next delayed extent or EXT_MAX_BLOCKS if no delayed
> - * extent found. Leave newex unmodified.
> + * extent found. Leave newes unmodified.
>   */
>  static int ext4_find_delayed_extent(struct inode *inode,
> -				    struct ext4_ext_cache *newex)
> +				    struct extent_status *newes)
>  {
>  	struct extent_status es;
>  	ext4_lblk_t next_del;
>  
> -	es.es_lblk = newex->ec_block;
> +	es.es_lblk = newes->es_lblk;
>  	next_del = ext4_es_find_extent(inode, &es);
>  
> -	if (newex->ec_start == 0) {
> +	if (newes->es_pblk == 0) {
>  		/*
> -		 * No extent in extent-tree contains block @newex->ec_start,
> +		 * No extent in extent-tree contains block @newes->es_pblk,
>  		 * then the block may stay in 1)a hole or 2)delayed-extent.
>  		 */
>  		if (es.es_len == 0)
> @@ -4573,14 +4423,14 @@ static int ext4_find_delayed_extent(struct inode *inode,
>  		if (!ext4_es_is_delayed(&es))
>  			return 0;
>  
> -		if (es.es_lblk > newex->ec_block) {
> +		if (es.es_lblk > newes->es_lblk) {
>  			/* A hole found. */
> -			newex->ec_len = min(es.es_lblk - newex->ec_block,
> -					    newex->ec_len);
> +			newes->es_len = min(es.es_lblk - newes->es_lblk,
> +					    newes->es_len);
>  			return 0;
>  		}
>  
> -		newex->ec_len = es.es_lblk + es.es_len - newex->ec_block;
> +		newes->es_len = es.es_lblk + es.es_len - newes->es_lblk;
>  	}
>  
>  	return next_del;
> @@ -4780,14 +4630,12 @@ int ext4_ext_punch_hole(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t length)
>  		goto out;
>  
>  	down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
> -	ext4_ext_invalidate_cache(inode);
>  	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
>  
>  	err = ext4_es_remove_extent(inode, first_block,
>  				    stop_block - first_block);
>  	err = ext4_ext_remove_space(inode, first_block, stop_block - 1);
>  
> -	ext4_ext_invalidate_cache(inode);
>  	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
>  
>  	if (IS_SYNC(inode))
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
> index d9cc5ee..b9222c8 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
> @@ -761,9 +761,6 @@ out:
>  		kfree(donor_path);
>  	}
>  
> -	ext4_ext_invalidate_cache(orig_inode);
> -	ext4_ext_invalidate_cache(donor_inode);
> -
>  	return replaced_count;
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
> index 3d4fb81..a35c6c1 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
> @@ -939,7 +939,6 @@ static struct inode *ext4_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
>  		return NULL;
>  
>  	ei->vfs_inode.i_version = 1;
> -	memset(&ei->i_cached_extent, 0, sizeof(struct ext4_ext_cache));
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ei->i_prealloc_list);
>  	spin_lock_init(&ei->i_prealloc_lock);
>  	ext4_es_init_tree(&ei->i_es_tree);
> -- 
> 1.7.12.rc2.18.g61b472e
> 
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