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Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:12:51 +0800
From: Zhi Yong Wu <zwu.kernel@...il.com>
To: Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
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stroetmann@...olinux.com, diegocg@...il.com, chris@...muel.org,
Zhi Yong Wu <wuzhy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC v2 06/10] vfs: enable hot data tracking
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 02:28:12PM +0800, Zhi Yong Wu wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com> wrote:
>> > On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 08:56:31PM +0800, zwu.kernel@...il.com wrote:
>> >> From: Zhi Yong Wu <wuzhy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> >>
>> >> Miscellaneous features that implement hot data tracking
>> >> and generally make the hot data functions a bit more friendly.
>> >>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Zhi Yong Wu <wuzhy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> >> ---
>> >> fs/direct-io.c | 10 ++++++++++
>> >> include/linux/hot_tracking.h | 11 +++++++++++
>> >> mm/filemap.c | 8 ++++++++
>> >> mm/page-writeback.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
>> >> mm/readahead.c | 9 +++++++++
>> >> 5 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>> >>
>> >> diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
>> >> index f86c720..3773f44 100644
>> >> --- a/fs/direct-io.c
>> >> +++ b/fs/direct-io.c
>> >> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
>> >> #include <linux/uio.h>
>> >> #include <linux/atomic.h>
>> >> #include <linux/prefetch.h>
>> >> +#include "hot_tracking.h"
>> >>
>> >> /*
>> >> * How many user pages to map in one call to get_user_pages(). This determines
>> >> @@ -1297,6 +1298,15 @@ __blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
>> >> prefetch(bdev->bd_queue);
>> >> prefetch((char *)bdev->bd_queue + SMP_CACHE_BYTES);
>> >>
>> >> + /* Hot data tracking */
>> >> + if (TRACK_THIS_INODE(iocb->ki_filp->f_mapping->host)
>> >> + && iov_length(iov, nr_segs) > 0) {
>> >> + hot_rb_update_freqs(iocb->ki_filp->f_mapping->host,
>> >> + (u64)offset,
>> >> + (u64)iov_length(iov, nr_segs),
>> >> + rw & WRITE);
>> >> + }
>> >
>> > That's a bit messy. I'd prefer a static inline function that hides
>> > all this. e.g.
>> Do you think of moving the condition into hot_inode_udate_freqs(), not
>> adding another new function?
>
> Moving it into hot_inode_udate_freqs() will add a function call
> overhead even when tracking is not enabled. a static inline function
Can we not directly define hot_inode_udate_freqs to be a static inline?:)
> will just result in no extra overhead other than the if
> statement....
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave.
> --
> Dave Chinner
> david@...morbit.com
--
Regards,
Zhi Yong Wu
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