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Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 22:53:35 +0800
From: Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>
To: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>, Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>
Cc: linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] f2fs: sepearte hot/cold in free nid
On 2018/4/23 22:49, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> On 04/20, Chao Yu wrote:
>> On 2018/4/20 12:04, Chao Yu wrote:
>>> On 2018/4/20 11:37, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
>>>> On 04/20, Chao Yu wrote:
>>>>> As most indirect node, dindirect node, and xattr node won't be updated
>>>>> after they are created, but inode node and other direct node will change
>>>>> more frequently, so store their nat entries mixedly in whole nat table
>>>>> will suffer:
>>>>> - fragment nat table soon due to different update rate
>>>>> - more nat block update due to fragmented nat table
>>>>>
>>>>> In order to solve above issue, we're trying to separate whole nat table to
>>>>> two part:
>>>>> a. Hot free nid area:
>>>>> - range: [nid #0, nid #x)
>>>>> - store node block address for
>>>>> * inode node
>>>>> * other direct node
>>>>> b. Cold free nid area:
>>>>> - range: [nid #x, max nid)
>>>>> - store node block address for
>>>>> * indirect node
>>>>> * dindirect node
>>>>> * xattr node
>>>>>
>>>>> Allocation strategy example:
>>>>>
>>>>> Free nid: '-'
>>>>> Used nid: '='
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Initial status:
>>>>> Free Nids: |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
>>>>> ^ ^ ^ ^
>>>>> Alloc Range: |---------------| |---------------|
>>>>> hot_start hot_end cold_start cold_end
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. Free nids have ran out:
>>>>> Free Nids: |===============-----------------------------------------===============|
>>>>> ^ ^ ^ ^
>>>>> Alloc Range: |===============| |===============|
>>>>> hot_start hot_end cold_start cold_end
>>>>>
>>>>> 3. Expand hot/cold area range:
>>>>> Free Nids: |===============-----------------------------------------===============|
>>>>> ^ ^ ^ ^
>>>>> Alloc Range: |===============----------------| |----------------===============|
>>>>> hot_start hot_end cold_start cold_end
>>>>>
>>>>> 4. Hot free nids have ran out:
>>>>> Free Nids: |===============================-------------------------===============|
>>>>> ^ ^ ^ ^
>>>>> Alloc Range: |===============================| |----------------===============|
>>>>> hot_start hot_end cold_start cold_end
>>>>>
>>>>> 5. Expand hot area range, hot/cold area boundary has been fixed:
>>>>> Free Nids: |===============================-------------------------===============|
>>>>> ^ ^ ^
>>>>> Alloc Range: |===============================--------|----------------===============|
>>>>> hot_start hot_end(cold_start) cold_end
>>>>>
>>>>> Run xfstests with generic/*:
>>>>>
>>>>> before
>>>>> node_write: 169660
>>>>> cp_count: 60118
>>>>> node/cp 2.82
>>>>>
>>>>> after:
>>>>> node_write: 159145
>>>>> cp_count: 84501
>>>>> node/cp: 2.64
>>>>
>>>> Nice trial tho, I don't see much benefit on this huge patch. I guess we may be
>>>> able to find an efficient way to achieve this issue rather than changing whole
>>>> stable codes.
>>>
>>> IMO, based on this, later, we can add more allocation policy to manage free nid
>>> resource to get more benefit.
>>>
>>> If you worry about code stability, we can queue this patch in dev-test branch to
>>> test this longer time.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> How about getting a free nid in the list from head or tail separately?
>>>
>>> I don't think this can get benefit from long time used image, since nat table
>>> will be fragmented anyway, then we won't know free nid in head or in tail comes
>>> from hot nat block or cold nat block.
>>>
>>> Anyway, I will have a try.
>>
>> A quick test result with below patch:
>>
>> node_write:187837, cp_count:76431
>
> Can we gather some real numbers from android workloads?
No problem. :)
Thanks,
>
> Thanks,
>
>>
>> >From 9f88ea8a36a74f1d3ed8df57ceffb1b8ae41a161 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>
>> Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 16:18:26 +0800
>> Subject: [PATCH] f2fs: separate hot/cold free nid simply
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>
>> ---
>> fs/f2fs/f2fs.h | 2 +-
>> fs/f2fs/namei.c | 2 +-
>> fs/f2fs/node.c | 14 +++++++++-----
>> fs/f2fs/xattr.c | 2 +-
>> 4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
>> index 7651a118faa3..adca5e8bc19a 100644
>> --- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
>> +++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
>> @@ -2800,7 +2800,7 @@ int fsync_node_pages(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct
>> inode *inode,
>> int sync_node_pages(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct writeback_control *wbc,
>> bool do_balance, enum iostat_type io_type);
>> void build_free_nids(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, bool sync, bool mount);
>> -bool alloc_nid(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t *nid);
>> +bool alloc_nid(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t *nid, bool hot);
>> void alloc_nid_done(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t nid);
>> void alloc_nid_failed(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t nid);
>> int try_to_free_nids(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, int nr_shrink);
>> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
>> index 3d59149590f7..bbf6edbb7298 100644
>> --- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
>> +++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
>> @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static struct inode *f2fs_new_inode(struct inode *dir, umode_t
>> mode)
>> return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>>
>> f2fs_lock_op(sbi);
>> - if (!alloc_nid(sbi, &ino)) {
>> + if (!alloc_nid(sbi, &ino, true)) {
>> f2fs_unlock_op(sbi);
>> err = -ENOSPC;
>> goto fail;
>> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
>> index ea231f8a0cce..bbaae2f3461e 100644
>> --- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
>> +++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
>> @@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ int get_dnode_of_data(struct dnode_of_data *dn, pgoff_t
>> index, int mode)
>>
>> if (!nids[i] && mode == ALLOC_NODE) {
>> /* alloc new node */
>> - if (!alloc_nid(sbi, &(nids[i]))) {
>> + if (!alloc_nid(sbi, &(nids[i]), i == 1)) {
>> err = -ENOSPC;
>> goto release_pages;
>> }
>> @@ -2108,7 +2108,7 @@ void build_free_nids(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, bool sync,
>> bool mount)
>> * from second parameter of this function.
>> * The returned nid could be used ino as well as nid when inode is created.
>> */
>> -bool alloc_nid(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t *nid)
>> +bool alloc_nid(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t *nid, bool hot)
>> {
>> struct f2fs_nm_info *nm_i = NM_I(sbi);
>> struct free_nid *i = NULL;
>> @@ -2129,8 +2129,12 @@ bool alloc_nid(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t *nid)
>> /* We should not use stale free nids created by build_free_nids */
>> if (nm_i->nid_cnt[FREE_NID] && !on_build_free_nids(nm_i)) {
>> f2fs_bug_on(sbi, list_empty(&nm_i->free_nid_list));
>> - i = list_first_entry(&nm_i->free_nid_list,
>> - struct free_nid, list);
>> + if (hot)
>> + i = list_first_entry(&nm_i->free_nid_list,
>> + struct free_nid, list);
>> + else
>> + i = list_last_entry(&nm_i->free_nid_list,
>> + struct free_nid, list);
>> *nid = i->nid;
>>
>> __move_free_nid(sbi, i, FREE_NID, PREALLOC_NID);
>> @@ -2275,7 +2279,7 @@ int recover_xattr_data(struct inode *inode, struct page *page)
>>
>> recover_xnid:
>> /* 2: update xattr nid in inode */
>> - if (!alloc_nid(sbi, &new_xnid))
>> + if (!alloc_nid(sbi, &new_xnid, false))
>> return -ENOSPC;
>>
>> set_new_dnode(&dn, inode, NULL, NULL, new_xnid);
>> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
>> index d847b2b11659..46c090614563 100644
>> --- a/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
>> +++ b/fs/f2fs/xattr.c
>> @@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ static inline int write_all_xattrs(struct inode *inode,
>> __u32 hsize,
>> int err = 0;
>>
>> if (hsize > inline_size && !F2FS_I(inode)->i_xattr_nid)
>> - if (!alloc_nid(sbi, &new_nid))
>> + if (!alloc_nid(sbi, &new_nid, false))
>> return -ENOSPC;
>>
>> /* write to inline xattr */
>> --
>> 2.15.0.55.gc2ece9dc4de6
>>
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