linux-kernel - Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH 2/2 v3] f2fs: skip checkpoint if there is no dirty segments

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Date:	Wed, 12 Aug 2015 18:26:49 -0700
From:	Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
To:	Chao Yu <chao2.yu@...sung.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH 2/2 v3] f2fs: skip checkpoint if there is no
 dirty segments

Change log from v2:
 - consider omitting current dirty segments

>From 181cb245f6a406e89c00976f65a5727956a72942 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 21:59:49 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] f2fs: skip checkpoint if there is no dirty and prefree
 segments

We should avoid needless checkpoints when there is no dirty and prefree segment.

eviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao2.yu@...sung.com>
Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
---
 fs/f2fs/gc.c | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
index fcb263a..81de28d8 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
@@ -792,7 +792,8 @@ static void do_garbage_collect(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, unsigned int segno,
 
 int f2fs_gc(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 {
-	unsigned int segno, i;
+	unsigned int segno = NULL_SEGNO;
+	unsigned int i;
 	int gc_type = BG_GC;
 	int nfree = 0;
 	int ret = -1;
@@ -811,10 +812,11 @@ gc_more:
 
 	if (gc_type == BG_GC && has_not_enough_free_secs(sbi, nfree)) {
 		gc_type = FG_GC;
-		write_checkpoint(sbi, &cpc);
+		if (__get_victim(sbi, &segno, gc_type) || prefree_segments(sbi))
+			write_checkpoint(sbi, &cpc);
 	}
 
-	if (!__get_victim(sbi, &segno, gc_type))
+	if (segno == NULL_SEGNO && !__get_victim(sbi, &segno, gc_type))
 		goto stop;
 	ret = 0;
 
-- 
2.1.1

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