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Message-ID: <4DB88012.8010305@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:44:02 -0700
From: Allison Henderson <achender@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>
CC: Yongqiang Yang <xiaoqiangnk@...il.com>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
Mingming Cao <cmm@...ibm.com>, Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
Subject: Re: [Ext4 punch hole 1/6 v5] Ext4 Punch Hole Support: Add flag to
ext4_has_free_blocks
On 4/25/2011 10:44 AM, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Yongqiang Yang<xiaoqiangnk@...il.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Amir Goldstein<amir73il@...il.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Allison,
>>>
>>> Sorry for the late response.
>>> I find it hard to digest yet another set of flags,
>>> especially, since there is already an impressive set of
>>> flags for allocation hints, which is what USE_ROOTBLKS flag really is.
>>>
>>> So I think it would be much better to pass the flag in ext4_allocation_request
>>> and add the 'ar' argument to functions that don't have it, rather than adding
>>> a 'flags' argument.
>> It depends. I had a look at Allison's patch and found that functions
>> influenced by the patch can be divided into two groups:
>> 1. one of which is extent related and led by ext4_ext_insert_extent()
>> 2. while other one of which is very low level such as
>> ext4_claim_free_blocks() which is used by ext4_da_reserve_space() in a
>> relatively hight level.
>>
>> So I think maybe it's a good idea for extent related functions, but
>> not for low level functions such as ext4_claim_free_blocks.
>>
>> Actually ext4_ext_insert_extent() seldom allocates blocks, because a
>> block can contain a lot of extents. Thus adding 'ar' parameter to
>> ext4_ext_insert_extent() induces much unnecessary 'ar''s initializing.
>>
>
> Yeah, it's not clear what's the best way to handle this.
> From a system designer point of view, I would suggest to add a capability flag
> for allocating from reserved space, but it is probably not going to be
> an easy fix to push.
>
>>
>>>
>>> If you do create a patch to pass 'ar' down to has_free_blocks()
>>> I will also be able to use it to pass the HINT_COWING flag.
>> HINT_COWING is being passed via 'ar'.
>>
>
> indeed, which is why if has_free_blocks gets 'ar' we will have that
> flag, which we do not need anyway, since we have the IS_COWING(handle) flag.
>
>> Yongqiang.
>>>
>>> Now here is another advise:
>>> In ext4_mb_new_blocks() after ext4_claim_free_blocks(), there is a call to
>>> dquot_alloc_block().
>>> You need to call dquot_alloc_block_nofail() when allocating for punch hole,
>>> otherwise punch hole can fail on quota limits.
>>> We already have a patch for doing that with HINT_COWING flag.
>>>
>>> I think maybe it is best if our groups (punch hole and snapshots) have
>>> a mutual 'next'
>>> repository we can work with to prepare for the 2.6.40 merge window.
>>> It would be even better, if Ted also collaborated his big alloc patches.
>>>
>>> What do you think guys?
>>>
>>> Amir.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Allison Henderson
>>> <achender@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>>>> This patch adds a flag to ext4_has_free_blocks which
>>>> enables the use of reserved blocks. This will allow
>>>> a punch hole to proceed even if the disk is full.
>>>> Punching a hole may require additional blocks to first
>>>> split the extents. The blocks will be reclaimed after
>>>> the punch hole completes.
>>>>
>>>> Because ext4_has_free_blocks is a low level function,
>>>> the flag needs to be passed down through several
>>>> functions listed below:
>>>>
>>>> ext4_ext_insert_extent
>>>> ext4_ext_create_new_leaf
>>>> ext4_ext_grow_indepth
>>>> ext4_ext_split
>>>> ext4_ext_new_meta_block
>>>> ext4_mb_new_blocks
>>>> ext4_claim_free_blocks
>>>> ext4_has_free_blocks
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Allison Henderson<achender@...ibm.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> :100644 100644 97b970e... 794c4d2... M fs/ext4/balloc.c
>>>> :100644 100644 4daaf2b... 6c1f415... M fs/ext4/ext4.h
>>>> :100644 100644 dd2cb50... 0b186d9... M fs/ext4/extents.c
>>>> :100644 100644 1a86282... ec890fd... M fs/ext4/inode.c
>>>> :100644 100644 a5837a8... db8b120... M fs/ext4/mballoc.c
>>>> :100644 100644 b545ca1... 2d9b12c... M fs/ext4/xattr.c
>>>> fs/ext4/balloc.c | 17 ++++++++++-------
>>>> fs/ext4/ext4.h | 16 +++++++++++++---
>>>> fs/ext4/extents.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++-----------
>>>> fs/ext4/inode.c | 6 +++---
>>>> fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 5 +++--
>>>> fs/ext4/xattr.c | 2 +-
>>>> 6 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/fs/ext4/balloc.c b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
>>>> index 97b970e..794c4d2 100644
>>>> --- a/fs/ext4/balloc.c
>>>> +++ b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
>>>> @@ -493,7 +493,8 @@ error_return:
>>>> * Check if filesystem has nblocks free& available for allocation.
>>>> * On success return 1, return 0 on failure.
>>>> */
>>>> -static int ext4_has_free_blocks(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi, s64 nblocks)
>>>> +static int ext4_has_free_blocks(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi,
>>>> + s64 nblocks, int flags)
>>>> {
>>>> s64 free_blocks, dirty_blocks, root_blocks;
>>>> struct percpu_counter *fbc =&sbi->s_freeblocks_counter;
>>>> @@ -522,7 +523,9 @@ static int ext4_has_free_blocks(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi, s64 nblocks)
>>>> /* Hm, nope. Are (enough) root reserved blocks available? */
>>>> if (sbi->s_resuid == current_fsuid() ||
>>>> ((sbi->s_resgid != 0)&& in_group_p(sbi->s_resgid)) ||
>>>> - capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE)) {
>>>> + capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE) ||
>>>> + (flags& EXT4_HAS_FREE_BLKS_USE_ROOTBLKS)) {
>>>> +
>>>> if (free_blocks>= (nblocks + dirty_blocks))
>>>> return 1;
>>>> }
>>>> @@ -531,9 +534,9 @@ static int ext4_has_free_blocks(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi, s64 nblocks)
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> int ext4_claim_free_blocks(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi,
>>>> - s64 nblocks)
>>>> + s64 nblocks, int flags)
>>>> {
>>>> - if (ext4_has_free_blocks(sbi, nblocks)) {
>>>> + if (ext4_has_free_blocks(sbi, nblocks, flags)) {
>>>> percpu_counter_add(&sbi->s_dirtyblocks_counter, nblocks);
>>>> return 0;
>>>> } else
>>>> @@ -554,7 +557,7 @@ int ext4_claim_free_blocks(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi,
>>>> */
>>>> int ext4_should_retry_alloc(struct super_block *sb, int *retries)
>>>> {
>>>> - if (!ext4_has_free_blocks(EXT4_SB(sb), 1) ||
>>>> + if (!ext4_has_free_blocks(EXT4_SB(sb), 1, 0) ||
>>>> (*retries)++> 3 ||
>>>> !EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal)
>>>> return 0;
>>>> @@ -577,7 +580,7 @@ int ext4_should_retry_alloc(struct super_block *sb, int *retries)
>>>> * error stores in errp pointer
>>>> */
>>>> ext4_fsblk_t ext4_new_meta_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
>>>> - ext4_fsblk_t goal, unsigned long *count, int *errp)
>>>> + ext4_fsblk_t goal, unsigned long *count, int *errp, int flags)
>>>> {
>>>> struct ext4_allocation_request ar;
>>>> ext4_fsblk_t ret;
>>>> @@ -588,7 +591,7 @@ ext4_fsblk_t ext4_new_meta_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
>>>> ar.goal = goal;
>>>> ar.len = count ? *count : 1;
>>>>
>>>> - ret = ext4_mb_new_blocks(handle,&ar, errp);
>>>> + ret = ext4_mb_new_blocks(handle,&ar, errp, flags);
>>>> if (count)
>>>> *count = ar.len;
>>>> /*
>>>> diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
>>>> index 4daaf2b..6c1f415 100644
>>>> --- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
>>>> +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
>>>> @@ -512,6 +512,8 @@ struct ext4_new_group_data {
>>>> /* Convert extent to initialized after IO complete */
>>>> #define EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_IO_CONVERT_EXT (EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CONVERT|\
>>>> EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CREATE_UNINIT_EXT)
>>>> + /* Punch out blocks of an extent */
>>>> +#define EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_PUNCH_OUT_EXT 0x0020
>>>>
>>>> /*
>>>> * Flags used by ext4_free_blocks
>>>> @@ -521,6 +523,11 @@ struct ext4_new_group_data {
>>>> #define EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_VALIDATED 0x0004
>>>>
>>>> /*
>>>> + * Flags used by ext4_has_free_blocks
>>>> + */
>>>> +#define EXT4_HAS_FREE_BLKS_USE_ROOTBLKS 0x0001
>>>> +
>>>> +/*
>>>> * ioctl commands
>>>> */
>>>> #define EXT4_IOC_GETFLAGS FS_IOC_GETFLAGS
>>>> @@ -1638,8 +1645,10 @@ extern int ext4_bg_has_super(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group);
>>>> extern unsigned long ext4_bg_num_gdb(struct super_block *sb,
>>>> ext4_group_t group);
>>>> extern ext4_fsblk_t ext4_new_meta_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
>>>> - ext4_fsblk_t goal, unsigned long *count, int *errp);
>>>> -extern int ext4_claim_free_blocks(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi, s64 nblocks);
>>>> + ext4_fsblk_t goal, unsigned long *count,
>>>> + int *errp, int flags);
>>>> +extern int ext4_claim_free_blocks(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi,
>>>> + s64 nblocks, int flags);
>>>> extern void ext4_add_groupblocks(handle_t *handle, struct super_block *sb,
>>>> ext4_fsblk_t block, unsigned long count);
>>>> extern ext4_fsblk_t ext4_count_free_blocks(struct super_block *);
>>>> @@ -1696,7 +1705,8 @@ extern long ext4_mb_max_to_scan;
>>>> extern int ext4_mb_init(struct super_block *, int);
>>>> extern int ext4_mb_release(struct super_block *);
>>>> extern ext4_fsblk_t ext4_mb_new_blocks(handle_t *,
>>>> - struct ext4_allocation_request *, int *);
>>>> + struct ext4_allocation_request *,
>>>> + int *, int flags);
>>>> extern int ext4_mb_reserve_blocks(struct super_block *, int);
>>>> extern void ext4_discard_preallocations(struct inode *);
>>>> extern int __init ext4_init_mballoc(void);
>>>> diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
>>>> index dd2cb50..0b186d9 100644
>>>> --- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
>>>> +++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
>>>> @@ -192,12 +192,12 @@ static ext4_fsblk_t ext4_ext_find_goal(struct inode *inode,
>>>> static ext4_fsblk_t
>>>> ext4_ext_new_meta_block(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
>>>> struct ext4_ext_path *path,
>>>> - struct ext4_extent *ex, int *err)
>>>> + struct ext4_extent *ex, int *err, int flags)
>>>> {
>>>> ext4_fsblk_t goal, newblock;
>>>>
>>>> goal = ext4_ext_find_goal(inode, path, le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block));
>>>> - newblock = ext4_new_meta_blocks(handle, inode, goal, NULL, err);
>>>> + newblock = ext4_new_meta_blocks(handle, inode, goal, NULL, err, flags);
>>>> return newblock;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> @@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ static int ext4_ext_insert_index(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
>>>> */
>>>> static int ext4_ext_split(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
>>>> struct ext4_ext_path *path,
>>>> - struct ext4_extent *newext, int at)
>>>> + struct ext4_extent *newext, int at, int flags)
>>>> {
>>>> struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
>>>> int depth = ext_depth(inode);
>>>> @@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ static int ext4_ext_split(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
>>>> ext_debug("allocate %d blocks for indexes/leaf\n", depth - at);
>>>> for (a = 0; a< depth - at; a++) {
>>>> newblock = ext4_ext_new_meta_block(handle, inode, path,
>>>> - newext,&err);
>>>> + newext,&err, flags);
>>>> if (newblock == 0)
>>>> goto cleanup;
>>>> ablocks[a] = newblock;
>>>> @@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ cleanup:
>>>> */
>>>> static int ext4_ext_grow_indepth(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
>>>> struct ext4_ext_path *path,
>>>> - struct ext4_extent *newext)
>>>> + struct ext4_extent *newext, int flags)
>>>> {
>>>> struct ext4_ext_path *curp = path;
>>>> struct ext4_extent_header *neh;
>>>> @@ -1065,7 +1065,8 @@ static int ext4_ext_grow_indepth(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
>>>> ext4_fsblk_t newblock;
>>>> int err = 0;
>>>>
>>>> - newblock = ext4_ext_new_meta_block(handle, inode, path, newext,&err);
>>>> + newblock = ext4_ext_new_meta_block(handle, inode, path,
>>>> + newext,&err, flags);
>>>> if (newblock == 0)
>>>> return err;
>>>>
>>>> @@ -1141,7 +1142,7 @@ out:
>>>> */
>>>> static int ext4_ext_create_new_leaf(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
>>>> struct ext4_ext_path *path,
>>>> - struct ext4_extent *newext)
>>>> + struct ext4_extent *newext, int flags)
>>>> {
>>>> struct ext4_ext_path *curp;
>>>> int depth, i, err = 0;
>>>> @@ -1161,7 +1162,7 @@ repeat:
>>>> if (EXT_HAS_FREE_INDEX(curp)) {
>>>> /* if we found index with free entry, then use that
>>>> * entry: create all needed subtree and add new leaf */
>>>> - err = ext4_ext_split(handle, inode, path, newext, i);
>>>> + err = ext4_ext_split(handle, inode, path, newext, i, flags);
>>>> if (err)
>>>> goto out;
>>>>
>>>> @@ -1174,7 +1175,7 @@ repeat:
>>>> err = PTR_ERR(path);
>>>> } else {
>>>> /* tree is full, time to grow in depth */
>>>> - err = ext4_ext_grow_indepth(handle, inode, path, newext);
>>>> + err = ext4_ext_grow_indepth(handle, inode, path, newext, flags);
>>>> if (err)
>>>> goto out;
>>>>
>>>> @@ -1668,6 +1669,7 @@ int ext4_ext_insert_extent(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
>>>> int depth, len, err;
>>>> ext4_lblk_t next;
>>>> unsigned uninitialized = 0;
>>>> + int free_blks_flags = 0;
>>>>
>>>> if (unlikely(ext4_ext_get_actual_len(newext) == 0)) {
>>>> EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "ext4_ext_get_actual_len(newext) == 0");
>>>> @@ -1742,7 +1744,10 @@ repeat:
>>>> * There is no free space in the found leaf.
>>>> * We're gonna add a new leaf in the tree.
>>>> */
>>>> - err = ext4_ext_create_new_leaf(handle, inode, path, newext);
>>>> + if (flag& EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_PUNCH_OUT_EXT)
>>>> + free_blks_flags = EXT4_HAS_FREE_BLKS_USE_ROOTBLKS;
>>>> + err = ext4_ext_create_new_leaf(handle, inode, path,
>>>> + newext, free_blks_flags);
>>>> if (err)
>>>> goto cleanup;
>>>> depth = ext_depth(inode);
>>>> @@ -3446,7 +3451,7 @@ int ext4_ext_map_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
>>>> else
>>>> /* disable in-core preallocation for non-regular files */
>>>> ar.flags = 0;
>>>> - newblock = ext4_mb_new_blocks(handle,&ar,&err);
>>>> + newblock = ext4_mb_new_blocks(handle,&ar,&err, 0);
>>>> if (!newblock)
>>>> goto out2;
>>>> ext_debug("allocate new block: goal %llu, found %llu/%u\n",
>>>> diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
>>>> index 1a86282..ec890fd 100644
>>>> --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
>>>> +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
>>>> @@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ static int ext4_alloc_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
>>>> count = target;
>>>> /* allocating blocks for indirect blocks and direct blocks */
>>>> current_block = ext4_new_meta_blocks(handle, inode,
>>>> - goal,&count, err);
>>>> + goal,&count, err, 0);
>>>> if (*err)
>>>> goto failed_out;
>>>>
>>>> @@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ static int ext4_alloc_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
>>>> /* enable in-core preallocation only for regular files */
>>>> ar.flags = EXT4_MB_HINT_DATA;
>>>>
>>>> - current_block = ext4_mb_new_blocks(handle,&ar, err);
>>>> + current_block = ext4_mb_new_blocks(handle,&ar, err, 0);
>>>> if (unlikely(current_block + ar.len> EXT4_MAX_BLOCK_FILE_PHYS)) {
>>>> EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode,
>>>> "current_block %llu + ar.len %d> %d!",
>>>> @@ -1930,7 +1930,7 @@ repeat:
>>>> * We do still charge estimated metadata to the sb though;
>>>> * we cannot afford to run out of free blocks.
>>>> */
>>>> - if (ext4_claim_free_blocks(sbi, md_needed + 1)) {
>>>> + if (ext4_claim_free_blocks(sbi, md_needed + 1, 0)) {
>>>> dquot_release_reservation_block(inode, 1);
>>>> if (ext4_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb,&retries)) {
>>>> yield();
>>>> diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
>>>> index a5837a8..db8b120 100644
>>>> --- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
>>>> +++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
>>>> @@ -4276,7 +4276,8 @@ static int ext4_mb_discard_preallocations(struct super_block *sb, int needed)
>>>> * to usual allocation
>>>> */
>>>> ext4_fsblk_t ext4_mb_new_blocks(handle_t *handle,
>>>> - struct ext4_allocation_request *ar, int *errp)
>>>> + struct ext4_allocation_request *ar, int *errp,
>>>> + int flags)
>>>> {
>>>> int freed;
>>>> struct ext4_allocation_context *ac = NULL;
>>>> @@ -4303,7 +4304,7 @@ ext4_fsblk_t ext4_mb_new_blocks(handle_t *handle,
>>>> * there is enough free blocks to do block allocation
>>>> * and verify allocation doesn't exceed the quota limits.
>>>> */
>>>> - while (ar->len&& ext4_claim_free_blocks(sbi, ar->len)) {
>>>> + while (ar->len&& ext4_claim_free_blocks(sbi, ar->len, flags)) {
>>>> /* let others to free the space */
>>>> yield();
>>>> ar->len = ar->len>> 1;
>>>> diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
>>>> index b545ca1..2d9b12c 100644
>>>> --- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
>>>> +++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
>>>> @@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ inserted:
>>>> goal = goal& EXT4_MAX_BLOCK_FILE_PHYS;
>>>>
>>>> block = ext4_new_meta_blocks(handle, inode,
>>>> - goal, NULL,&error);
>>>> + goal, NULL,&error, 0);
>>>> if (error)
>>>> goto cleanup;
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> 1.7.1
>>>>
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>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best Wishes
>> Yongqiang Yang
>>
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Hi All,
I did some looking around with the idea of using an allocation_request
instead of a flags parameter, but I noticed that ext4_new_meta_blocks is
already setting up an allocation_request to pass to ext4_mb_new_blocks.
Would it make sense then that we add an "ar_flags" parameter instead
of a "flag" or another "ar" parameter? That way, ext4_new_meta_blocks
can just add the flags to the ar that it already has, and we wouldn't
have to change the ext4_mb_new_blocks parameters. And then USE_ROOTBLKS
can be added on to the EXT4_MB_HINT scheme instead of starting a new
scheme. That would avoid the extra ar initializing. What does everybody
think? Would this work for the HINT_COWING flag?
Allison Henderson
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