linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ext4: change the type of ext4 cache stats to percpu

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Message-ID: <20190826155728.GE4918@mit.edu>
Date:   Mon, 26 Aug 2019 11:57:28 -0400
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Shaokun Zhang <zhangshaokun@...ilicon.com>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Yang Guo <guoyang2@...wei.com>,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: change the type of ext4 cache stats to
 percpu_counter to improve performance

On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 04:24:20PM +0800, Shaokun Zhang wrote:
> > The other problem with this patch is that it initializes
> > es_stats_cache_hits and es_stats_cache_miesses too late.  They will
> > get used when the journal inode is loaded.  This is mostly harmless,
> 
> I have checked it again, @es_stats_cache_hits and @es_stats_cache_miesses
> have been initialized before the journal inode is loaded, Maybe I miss
> something else?

No, sorry, that was my mistake.  I misread things when I was looking
over your patch last night.

Please resubmit your patch once you've fixed things up and tested it.

I would recommend that you at least try running your patch using the
kvm-xfstests's smoke test[1] before submitting them.  It will save you
and me time.

[1] https://github.com/tytso/xfstests-bld/blob/master/Documentation/kvm-quickstart.md

Thanks,

					- Ted