linux-kernel - [PATCH] nilfs2: fix very long mount time issue

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Message-ID: <1358004888.2130.18.camel@slavad-ubuntu-12.04>
Date:	Sat, 12 Jan 2013 19:34:48 +0400
From:	Vyacheslav Dubeyko <slava@...eyko.com>
To:	Сергей Александров <splavgm@...il.com>,
	Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@....ntt.co.jp>,
	linux-nilfs@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] nilfs2: fix very long mount time issue

From: Vyacheslav Dubeyko <slava@...eyko.com>
Subject: [PATCH] nilfs2: fix very long mount time issue

DESCRIPTION:
It exists situation when GC can work in background alone without any other filesystem activity during significant time. The nilfs_clean_segments() method calls nilfs_segctor_construct() that updates superblocks in the case of NILFS_SC_SUPER_ROOT and THE_NILFS_DISCONTINUED flags are set. But when GC is working alone the nilfs_clean_segments() is called with unset THE_NILFS_DISCONTINUED flag. As a result, the update of superblocks doesn't occurred all this time and in the case of SPOR superblocks keep very old values of last super root placement.

SYMPTOMS:
Trying to mount a NILFS2 volume after SPOR in such environment ends with very long mounting time (it can achieve about several hours in some cases).

REPRODUCING PATH:
1. It needs to use external USB HDD, disable automount and doesn't make any additional filesystem activity on the NILFS2 volume.
2. Generate temporary file with size about 100 - 500 GB (for example, dd if=/dev/zero of=<file_name> bs=1073741824 count=200). The size of file defines duration of GC working.
3. Then it needs to delete file.
4. Start GC manually by means of command "nilfs-clean -p 0". When you start GC by means of such way then, at the end, superblocks is updated by once. So, for simulation of SPOR, it needs to wait sometime (15 - 40 minutes) and simply switch off USB HDD manually.
5. Switch on USB HDD again and try to mount NILFS2 volume. As a result, NILFS2 volume will mount during very long time.

REPRODUCIBILITY: 100%

FIX:
This patch adds checking that superblocks need to update and set THE_NILFS_DISCONTINUED flag before nilfs_clean_segments() call.

Reported-by: Sergey Alexandrov <splavgm@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Vyacheslav Dubeyko <slava@...eyko.com>
Tested-by: Vyacheslav Dubeyko <slava@...eyko.com>
---
 fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c |    5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c b/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c
index fdb1807..f385935 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c
@@ -664,8 +664,11 @@ static int nilfs_ioctl_clean_segments(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		printk(KERN_ERR "NILFS: GC failed during preparation: "
 			"cannot read source blocks: err=%d\n", ret);
-	else
+	else {
+		if (nilfs_sb_need_update(nilfs))
+			set_nilfs_discontinued(nilfs);
 		ret = nilfs_clean_segments(inode->i_sb, argv, kbufs);
+	}

 	nilfs_remove_all_gcinodes(nilfs);
 	clear_nilfs_gc_running(nilfs);
-- 
1.7.9.5

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