linux-kernel - [PATCH] Allow increasing the buffer-head per-CPU LRU size

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Date:	Fri, 27 Jun 2014 14:25:24 +0200
From:	Sebastien Buisson <sebastien.buisson@...l.net>
To:	<viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] Allow increasing the buffer-head per-CPU LRU size

Allow increasing the buffer-head per-CPU LRU size to allow efficient
filesystem operations that access many blocks for each transaction.
For example, creating a file in a large ext4 directory with quota
enabled will accesses multiple buffer heads and will overflow the LRU
at the default 8-block LRU size:

* parent directory inode table block (ctime, nlinks for subdirs)
* new inode bitmap
* inode table block
* 2 quota blocks
* directory leaf block (not reused, but pollutes one cache entry)
* 2 levels htree blocks (only one is reused, other pollutes cache)
* 2 levels indirect/index blocks (only one is reused)

The buffer-head per-CPU LRU size can be changed at config time, and its
default value is raised to 16.

Signed-off-by: Liang Zhen <liang.zhen@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@...el.com>
---
  fs/Kconfig  |    9 +++++++++
  fs/buffer.c |    3 +--
  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index c229f82..afea808 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -268,4 +268,13 @@ endif # NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS
  source "fs/nls/Kconfig"
  source "fs/dlm/Kconfig"

+config BH_LRU_SIZE
+      int "buffer head per-CPU LRU size"
+      range 8 64
+      default "16"
+      help
+        This sets the per-CPU LRU size for buffer heads in memory.
+        More complex filesystems may be modiyfing multiple blocks
+        within a single transaction, so keeping the buffer heads in
+        CPU-local cache speeds up modifations significantly.
  endmenu
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 6024877..b83fa63 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -1255,8 +1255,7 @@ static struct buffer_head *__bread_slow(struct 
buffer_head *bh)
   * The LRUs themselves only need locking against invalidate_bh_lrus. 
We use
   * a local interrupt disable for that.
   */
-
-#define BH_LRU_SIZE	8
+#define BH_LRU_SIZE	CONFIG_BH_LRU_SIZE

  struct bh_lru {
  	struct buffer_head *bhs[BH_LRU_SIZE];
-- 
1.7.1

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