linux-ext4 - [PATCH] ext4: group cache is added in ext4_mb_discard

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Date:	Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:36:17 +0800
From:	jing zhang <zj.barak@...il.com>
To:	linux-ext4 <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	"zj.barak" <zj.barak@...il.com>
Cc:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, Andreas Dilger <adilger@....com>,
	Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"Aneesh Kumar K. V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: group cache is added in ext4_mb_discard_preallocations()

From: Jing Zhang <zj.barak@...il.com>

Date: Tue Mar 30 20:35:22     2010

With the added cache, better group locality may be earned when
allocating blocks.

Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc: Andreas Dilger <adilger@....com>
Cc: Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: "Aneesh Kumar K. V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jing Zhang <zj.barak@...il.com>

---

--- linux-2.6.32/fs/ext4/mballoc.c	2009-12-03 11:51:22.000000000 +0800
+++ ext4_mm_leak/mballoc-13.c	2010-03-30 20:28:08.000000000 +0800
@@ -4183,12 +4183,20 @@ static int ext4_mb_discard_preallocation
 	ext4_group_t i, ngroups = ext4_get_groups_count(sb);
 	int ret;
 	int freed = 0;
+	static ext4_group_t grp_cache = 0;

 	trace_ext4_mb_discard_preallocations(sb, needed);
-	for (i = 0; i < ngroups && needed > 0; i++) {
-		ret = ext4_mb_discard_group_preallocations(sb, i, needed);
+	if (needed <= 0)
+		return freed;
+	for (i = 0; i < ngroups; i++) {
+		if (grp_cache >= ngroups)
+			grp_cache -= ngroups;
+		ret = ext4_mb_discard_group_preallocations(sb, grp_cache, needed);
 		freed += ret;
 		needed -= ret;
+		if (needed <= 0)
+			break;
+		grp_cache++;
 	}

 	return freed;
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