linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH RFC] jbd: don't wake kjournald unnecessarily

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Date:	Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:08:51 -0600
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
CC:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] jbd: don't wake kjournald unnecessarily

On 12/18/12 8:05 PM, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Wed 19-12-12 02:27:10, Jan Kara wrote:
>>> With a u8 tid_t, the "else" clause from commit d9b0193 fires
>>> frequently; I really think the underlying problem is that tid_geq()
>>> etc does not properly handle wraparounds - if, say, target is 255
>>> and j_commit_request is 0, we don't know if j_commit_request
>>> is 255 tids behind, or 1 tid ahead.  I have to think about that
>>> some more, unless it's obvious to someone else.
>>   Well, there's no way to handle wraps better AFAICT. Tids eventually wrap
>> and if someone has stored away tid of a transaction he wants committed and
>> keeps it for a long time before using it, it can end up being anywhere
>> before / after current j_commit_request. The hope was that it takes long
>> enough to wrap around 32-bit tids. If this happens often in practice we may
>> have to switch to 64-bit tids (in memory, on disk 32-bit tids are enough
>> because of limited journal size).

I was wondering if, since the tid_g*() functions only work if the
distance is half the unsigned int space, we can force a commit at some
point if j_transaction_sequence has gotten too far ahead?  I'm not sure
where or if that could be done...

-Eric
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