linux-ext4 - [PATCH 1/2] jbd2: don't wake kjournald unnecessarily

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Date:	Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:39:28 -0500
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>,
	Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>, mszeredi@...e.cz
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] jbd2: don't wake kjournald unnecessarily

Don't send an extra wakeup to kjournald in the case where we
already have the proper target in j_commit_request, i.e. that
transaction has already been requested for commit.

commit deeeaf13 "jbd2: fix fsync() tid wraparound bug" changed
the logic leading to a wakeup, but it caused some extra wakeups
which were found to lead to a measurable performance regression.

Reported-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Cc: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>
Cc: mszeredi@...e.cz
---

Eric,

I think this might be clearer than the patch which you proposed; what do
you think?

 fs/jbd2/journal.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index dbf41f9..1a80e31 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -513,6 +513,10 @@ int __jbd2_log_space_left(journal_t *journal)
  */
 int __jbd2_log_start_commit(journal_t *journal, tid_t target)
 {
+	/* Return if the txn has already requested to be committed */
+	if (journal->j_commit_request == target)
+		return 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * The only transaction we can possibly wait upon is the
 	 * currently running transaction (if it exists).  Otherwise,
-- 
1.7.12.rc0.22.gcdd159b

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