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Date:	Tue, 19 Nov 2013 12:56:08 +0800
From:	Chao Yu <chao2.yu@...sung.com>
To:	jaegeuk.kim@...sung.com
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: split sbi->write_mutex for DATA/NODE/META
 to avoid unnecessary race

Hi

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jaegeuk Kim [mailto:jaegeuk.kim@...sung.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 11:36 AM
> To: Chao Yu
> Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
> linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: split sbi->write_mutex for DATA/NODE/META to
> avoid unnecessary race
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I think we don't need to make two patches for this.
> How about this?

This could be reasonable,
And I will refer to this patch.

> 
> From 71c27f78e72d680edcd7b1c0917842343044653c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk.kim@...sung.com>
> Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 17:16:17 +0900
> Subject: [PATCH] f2fs: use sbi->write_mutex for write bios
> 
> This patch removes an unnecessary semaphore (i.e., sbi->bio_sem).
> There is no reason to use the semaphore when f2fs submits read and write
> IOs.
> Instead, let's use a write mutex and cover the sbi->bio[] by the lock.
> 
> Change log from v1:
>  o split write_mutex suggested by Chao Yu
> 
> Chao described,
> "All DATA/NODE/META bio buffers in superblock is protected by
> 'sbi->write_mutex', but each bio buffer area is independent, So we
> should split write_mutex to three for DATA/NODE/META."
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <chao2.yu@...sung.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk.kim@...sung.com>
> ---
>  fs/f2fs/data.c    |  4 ----
>  fs/f2fs/f2fs.h    |  2 +-
>  fs/f2fs/segment.c | 13 +++++++++----
>  fs/f2fs/super.c   |  6 +++++-
>  4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
> index 076a60c..5920639 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
> @@ -383,8 +383,6 @@ int f2fs_readpage(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct
> page *page,
> 
>  	trace_f2fs_readpage(page, blk_addr, type);
> 
> -	down_read(&sbi->bio_sem);
> -
>  	/* Allocate a new bio */
>  	bio = f2fs_bio_alloc(bdev, 1);
> 
> @@ -394,13 +392,11 @@ int f2fs_readpage(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct
> page *page,
> 
>  	if (bio_add_page(bio, page, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, 0) < PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) {
>  		bio_put(bio);
> -		up_read(&sbi->bio_sem);
>  		f2fs_put_page(page, 1);
>  		return -EFAULT;
>  	}
> 
>  	submit_bio(type, bio);
> -	up_read(&sbi->bio_sem);
>  	return 0;
>  }
> 
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> index 6a49554..6e67f28 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> @@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ struct f2fs_sb_info {
>  	struct f2fs_sm_info *sm_info;		/* segment manager */
>  	struct bio *bio[NR_PAGE_TYPE];		/* bios to merge */
>  	sector_t last_block_in_bio[NR_PAGE_TYPE];	/* last block number */
> -	struct rw_semaphore bio_sem;		/* IO semaphore */
> +	struct mutex write_mutex[NR_PAGE_TYPE];	/* mutex for writing IOs */
> 
>  	/* for checkpoint */
>  	struct f2fs_checkpoint *ckpt;		/* raw checkpoint pointer */
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> index dad5f1a..119af0b 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> @@ -871,9 +871,14 @@ static void do_submit_bio(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
> 
>  void f2fs_submit_bio(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, enum page_type type,
> bool sync)
>  {
> -	down_write(&sbi->bio_sem);
> +	enum page_type btype = PAGE_TYPE_OF_BIO(type);
> +
> +	if (!sbi->bio[btype])
> +		return;
> +
> +	mutex_lock(&sbi->write_mutex[btype]);
>  	do_submit_bio(sbi, type, sync);
> -	up_write(&sbi->bio_sem);
> +	mutex_unlock(&sbi->write_mutex[btype]);
>  }
> 
>  static void submit_write_page(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct page
> *page,
> @@ -884,7 +889,7 @@ static void submit_write_page(struct f2fs_sb_info
> *sbi, struct page *page,
> 
>  	verify_block_addr(sbi, blk_addr);
> 
> -	down_write(&sbi->bio_sem);
> +	mutex_lock(&sbi->write_mutex[type]);
> 
>  	inc_page_count(sbi, F2FS_WRITEBACK);
> 
> @@ -919,7 +924,7 @@ retry:
> 
>  	sbi->last_block_in_bio[type] = blk_addr;
> 
> -	up_write(&sbi->bio_sem);
> +	mutex_unlock(&sbi->write_mutex[type]);
>  	trace_f2fs_submit_write_page(page, blk_addr, type);
>  }
> 
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
> index a022412..e194578 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
> @@ -820,6 +820,7 @@ static int f2fs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb,
> void *data, int silent)
>  	struct buffer_head *raw_super_buf;
>  	struct inode *root;
>  	long err = -EINVAL;
> +	int i;
> 
>  	/* allocate memory for f2fs-specific super block info */
>  	sbi = kzalloc(sizeof(struct f2fs_sb_info), GFP_KERNEL);
> @@ -876,7 +877,10 @@ static int f2fs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb,
> void *data, int silent)
>  	mutex_init(&sbi->node_write);
>  	sbi->por_doing = false;
>  	spin_lock_init(&sbi->stat_lock);
> -	init_rwsem(&sbi->bio_sem);
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < NR_PAGE_TYPE; i++)
> +		mutex_init(&sbi->write_mutex[i]);
> +
>  	init_rwsem(&sbi->cp_rwsem);
>  	init_waitqueue_head(&sbi->cp_wait);
>  	init_sb_info(sbi);
> --
> 1.8.4.474.g128a96c
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Jaegeuk Kim
> Samsung

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