linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v7 06/12] ext4: Separate block bitmap and buddy bitmap freeing in ext4_mb_clear

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Date:   Wed, 27 Sep 2023 16:36:18 +0530
From:   Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@...il.com>
To:     Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@...weicloud.com>, tytso@....edu,
        adilger.kernel@...ger.ca
Cc:     ojaswin@...ux.ibm.com, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 06/12] ext4: Separate block bitmap and buddy bitmap freeing in ext4_mb_clear_bb()

Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@...weicloud.com> writes:

> This patch separates block bitmap and buddy bitmap freeing in order to
> update block bitmap with ext4_mb_mark_context in following patch.
>
> Separated freeing is safe with concurrent allocation as long as:
> 1. Firstly allocate block in buddy bitmap, and then in block bitmap.
> 2. Firstly free block in block bitmap, and then buddy bitmap.
> Then freed block will only be available to allocation when both buddy
> bitmap and block bitmap are updated by freeing.
> Allocation obeys rule 1 already, just do sperated freeing with rule 2.
>
> Separated freeing has no race with generate_buddy as:
> Once ext4_mb_load_buddy_gfp is executed successfully, the update-to-date
> buddy page can be found in sbi->s_buddy_cache and no more buddy
> initialization of the buddy page will be executed concurrently until
> buddy page is unloaded. As we always do free in "load buddy, free,
> unload buddy" sequence, separated freeing has no race with generate_buddy.
>

Agreed. And thanks for adding a separate patch which talks about this
change. 

> Signed-off-by: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@...weicloud.com>
> ---
>  fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 98 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
>  1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)

The patch looks good to me. Please feel free to add - 

Reviewed-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@...il.com>