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Date:   Fri, 6 Jul 2018 18:10:59 -0700
From:   Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
To:     Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>
Cc:     Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] f2fs: issue small discard by LBA order

On 07/07, Chao Yu wrote:
> Hi Jaegeuk,
> 
> On 2018/7/7 7:23, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> > On 07/05, Chao Yu wrote:
> >> For small granularity discard which size is smaller than 64KB, if we
> >> issue those kind of discards orderly by size, their IOs will be spread
> >> into entire logical address, so that in FTL, L2P table will be updated
> >> randomly, result bad wear rate in the table.
> >>
> >> In this patch, we choose to issue small discard by LBA order, by this
> >> way, we can expect that L2P table updates from adjacent discard IOs can
> >> be merged in the cache, so it can reduce lifetime wearing of flash.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>
> >> ---
> >>  fs/f2fs/f2fs.h    |  2 ++
> >>  fs/f2fs/segment.c | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>  2 files changed, 73 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> >> index 47ac0a9b022f..8d592029328a 100644
> >> --- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> >> +++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> >> @@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ struct discard_policy {
> >>  	unsigned int io_aware_gran;	/* minimum granularity discard not be aware of I/O */
> >>  	bool io_aware;			/* issue discard in idle time */
> >>  	bool sync;			/* submit discard with REQ_SYNC flag */
> >> +	bool ordered;			/* issue discard by lba order */
> >>  	unsigned int granularity;	/* discard granularity */
> >>  };
> >>  
> >> @@ -306,6 +307,7 @@ struct discard_cmd_control {
> >>  	unsigned int max_discards;		/* max. discards to be issued */
> >>  	unsigned int discard_granularity;	/* discard granularity */
> >>  	unsigned int undiscard_blks;		/* # of undiscard blocks */
> >> +	unsigned int next_pos;			/* next discard position */
> >>  	atomic_t issued_discard;		/* # of issued discard */
> >>  	atomic_t issing_discard;		/* # of issing discard */
> >>  	atomic_t discard_cmd_cnt;		/* # of cached cmd count */
> >> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> >> index f95bf618bc1e..df0d91dfb8ac 100644
> >> --- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> >> +++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> >> @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
> >>  #include <linux/timer.h>
> >>  #include <linux/freezer.h>
> >>  #include <linux/sched/signal.h>
> >> +#include <linux/delay.h>
> > 
> > Why?
> 
> I forgot to remove this... will do it.
> 
> > 
> >>  
> >>  #include "f2fs.h"
> >>  #include "segment.h"
> >> @@ -936,6 +937,7 @@ static void __init_discard_policy(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
> >>  	/* common policy */
> >>  	dpolicy->type = discard_type;
> >>  	dpolicy->sync = true;
> >> +	dpolicy->ordered = false;
> >>  	dpolicy->granularity = granularity;
> >>  
> >>  	dpolicy->max_requests = DEF_MAX_DISCARD_REQUEST;
> >> @@ -947,6 +949,7 @@ static void __init_discard_policy(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
> >>  		dpolicy->max_interval = DEF_MAX_DISCARD_ISSUE_TIME;
> >>  		dpolicy->io_aware = true;
> >>  		dpolicy->sync = false;
> >> +		dpolicy->ordered = true;
> >>  		if (utilization(sbi) > DEF_DISCARD_URGENT_UTIL) {
> >>  			dpolicy->granularity = 1;
> >>  			dpolicy->max_interval = DEF_MIN_DISCARD_ISSUE_TIME;
> >> @@ -1202,6 +1205,69 @@ static int __queue_discard_cmd(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
> >>  	return 0;
> >>  }
> >>  
> >> +static unsigned int __issue_discard_cmd_orderly(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
> >> +					struct discard_policy *dpolicy)
> >> +{
> >> +	struct discard_cmd_control *dcc = SM_I(sbi)->dcc_info;
> >> +	struct discard_cmd *prev_dc = NULL, *next_dc = NULL;
> >> +	struct rb_node **insert_p = NULL, *insert_parent = NULL;
> >> +	struct discard_cmd *dc;
> >> +	struct blk_plug plug;
> >> +	unsigned int pos = dcc->next_pos;
> >> +	unsigned int issued = 0, iter = 0;
> >> +	bool io_interrupted;
> >> +
> >> +	mutex_lock(&dcc->cmd_lock);
> >> +	dc = (struct discard_cmd *)f2fs_lookup_rb_tree_ret(&dcc->root,
> >> +					NULL, pos,
> >> +					(struct rb_entry **)&prev_dc,
> >> +					(struct rb_entry **)&next_dc,
> >> +					&insert_p, &insert_parent, true);
> >> +	if (!dc)
> >> +		dc = next_dc;
> >> +
> >> +	blk_start_plug(&plug);
> >> +
> >> +	while (dc) {
> >> +		struct rb_node *node;
> >> +
> >> +		if (dc->state != D_PREP)
> >> +			goto next;
> >> +retry:
> >> +		io_interrupted = false;
> >> +
> >> +		if (dpolicy->io_aware && !is_idle(sbi)) {
> >> +			io_interrupted = true;
> >> +			goto skip;
> > 
> > Please don't try, if user is doing something.
> 
> Just use 'break' instead of 'goto skip' here?

Yes, likewise as is.

> 
> > 
> >> +		}
> >> +
> >> +		__submit_discard_cmd(sbi, dpolicy, dc);
> >> +		issued++;
> >> +		dcc->next_pos = dc->lstart + dc->len;
> >> +skip:
> >> +		if (++iter >= dpolicy->max_requests)
> >> +			break;
> >> +
> >> +		if (io_interrupted)
> >> +			goto retry;
> >> +next:
> >> +		node = rb_next(&dc->rb_node);
> >> +		dc = rb_entry_safe(node, struct discard_cmd, rb_node);
> >> +	}
> >> +
> >> +	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
> >> +
> >> +	if (!dc)
> >> +		dcc->next_pos = 0;
> >> +
> >> +	mutex_unlock(&dcc->cmd_lock);
> >> +
> >> +	if (!issued && io_interrupted)
> >> +		issued = -1;
> >> +
> >> +	return issued;
> >> +}
> >> +
> >>  static int __issue_discard_cmd(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
> >>  					struct discard_policy *dpolicy)
> >>  {
> >> @@ -1215,6 +1281,10 @@ static int __issue_discard_cmd(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
> >>  	for (i = MAX_PLIST_NUM - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
> >>  		if (i + 1 < dpolicy->granularity)
> >>  			break;
> >> +
> >> +		if (i < DEFAULT_DISCARD_GRANULARITY && dpolicy->ordered)
> >> +			return __issue_discard_cmd_orderly(sbi, dpolicy);
> > 
> > So, at this moment, we usually expect there'd be a bunch of small candidates
> > only, and thus, it'd be better to issue small chunks in LBA order?
> 
> Yes, that's right. :)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> > 
> >> +
> >>  		pend_list = &dcc->pend_list[i];
> >>  
> >>  		mutex_lock(&dcc->cmd_lock);
> >> @@ -1786,6 +1856,7 @@ static int create_discard_cmd_control(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
> >>  	dcc->nr_discards = 0;
> >>  	dcc->max_discards = MAIN_SEGS(sbi) << sbi->log_blocks_per_seg;
> >>  	dcc->undiscard_blks = 0;
> >> +	dcc->next_pos = 0;
> >>  	dcc->root = RB_ROOT;
> >>  	dcc->rbtree_check = false;
> >>  
> >> -- 
> >> 2.18.0.rc1

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