linux-ext4 - Re: [RFC] Ext3 online defrag

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Message-ID: <016301c7089b$fe322240$4168010a@bsd.tnes.nec.co.jp>
Date:	Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:54:03 +0900
From:	"Takashi Sato" <sho@...s.nec.co.jp>
To:	"Alex Tomas" <alex@...sterfs.com>
Cc:	<linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Jan Kara" <jack@...e.cz>, "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Ext3 online defrag

Hi Alex,

Thank you for your information.
I have sent the patches of the defragmentation for a extent-based
file on ext3 using your patches of the multi-block allocation.
I'm happy if you have a time to review my patches.
"[RFC][PATCH 0/3] Extent base online defrag"
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-ext4&m=116307062907075&w=2

And I'd like to start considering the defragmentation for ext4.
Do you have a plan to update your patches for ext4?

> I've been reworking mballoc with few new features:
> 
> 1) in-core preallocation
>   like existing  reservation, but can preallocate few pieces for a file
> 
> 2) locality groups
>   to maintain groups of related files and flush them together.
>   say, two users are unpacking kernel. with delayed allocation
>   we've got bunch of files from the both in cache. then we flush
>   first set (few MBs) of files from one user, then from another.
>   this way write I/Os will be large enough to achieve good
>   throughput and files are still quite localized to be used later
>   at good read rate.
> 
> 3) scalable reservation
>   required for delayed allocation to avoid -ENOSPC at flush time.
>   current version uses per-sb spinlock.
> 
> probably we could add something for defragmentation?

Cheers, Takashi
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