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Message-ID: <ZKWovWZDiHjMavtB@google.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2023 10:30:37 -0700
From: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
To: Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>
Cc: Daejun Park <daejun7.park@...sung.com>,
linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH v2] f2fs: do not issue small discard commands
during checkpoint
On 07/04, Chao Yu wrote:
> On 2023/7/4 18:53, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> > On 07/03, Chao Yu wrote:
> > > On 2023/6/15 0:10, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> > > > If there're huge # of small discards, this will increase checkpoint latency
> > > > insanely. Let's issue small discards only by trim.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
> > > > ---
> > > >
> > > > Change log from v1:
> > > > - move the skip logic to avoid dangling objects
> > > >
> > > > fs/f2fs/segment.c | 2 +-
> > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> > > > index 8c7af8b4fc47..0457d620011f 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> > > > +++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> > > > @@ -2193,7 +2193,7 @@ void f2fs_clear_prefree_segments(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
> > > > len = next_pos - cur_pos;
> > > > if (f2fs_sb_has_blkzoned(sbi) ||
> > > > - (force && len < cpc->trim_minlen))
> > > > + !force || len < cpc->trim_minlen)
> > > > goto skip;
> > >
> > > Sorry for late reply.
> > >
> > > We have a configuration for such case, what do you think of setting
> > > max_small_discards to zero? otherwise, w/ above change, max_small_discards
> > > logic may be broken?
> > >
> > > What: /sys/fs/f2fs/<disk>/max_small_discards
> > > Date: November 2013
> > > Contact: "Jaegeuk Kim" <jaegeuk.kim@...sung.com>
> > > Description: Controls the issue rate of discard commands that consist of small
> > > blocks less than 2MB. The candidates to be discarded are cached until
> > > checkpoint is triggered, and issued during the checkpoint.
> > > By default, it is disabled with 0.
> > >
> > > Or, if we prefer to disable small_discards by default, what about below change:
> >
> > I think small_discards is fine, but need to avoid long checkpoint latency only.
>
> I didn't get you, do you mean we can still issue small discard by
> fstrim, so small_discards functionality is fine?
You got the point.
>
> Thanks,
>
> >
> > >
> > > From eb89d9b56e817e3046d7fa17165b12416f09d456 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > > From: Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>
> > > Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2023 09:06:53 +0800
> > > Subject: [PATCH] Revert "f2fs: enable small discard by default"
> > >
> > > This reverts commit d618ebaf0aa83d175658aea5291e0c459d471d39 in order
> > > to disable small discard by default, so that if there're huge number of
> > > small discards, it will decrease checkpoint's latency obviously.
> > >
> > > Also, this patch reverts 9ac00e7cef10 ("f2fs: do not issue small discard
> > > commands during checkpoint"), due to it breaks small discard feature which
> > > may be configured via sysfs entry max_small_discards.
> > >
> > > Fixes: 9ac00e7cef10 ("f2fs: do not issue small discard commands during checkpoint")
> > > Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>
> > > ---
> > > fs/f2fs/segment.c | 4 ++--
> > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> > > index 14c822e5c9c9..0a313368f18b 100644
> > > --- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> > > +++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> > > @@ -2193,7 +2193,7 @@ void f2fs_clear_prefree_segments(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
> > > len = next_pos - cur_pos;
> > >
> > > if (f2fs_sb_has_blkzoned(sbi) ||
> > > - !force || len < cpc->trim_minlen)
> > > + (force && len < cpc->trim_minlen))
> > > goto skip;
> > >
> > > f2fs_issue_discard(sbi, entry->start_blkaddr + cur_pos,
> > > @@ -2269,7 +2269,7 @@ static int create_discard_cmd_control(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
> > > atomic_set(&dcc->queued_discard, 0);
> > > atomic_set(&dcc->discard_cmd_cnt, 0);
> > > dcc->nr_discards = 0;
> > > - dcc->max_discards = MAIN_SEGS(sbi) << sbi->log_blocks_per_seg;
> > > + dcc->max_discards = 0;
> > > dcc->max_discard_request = DEF_MAX_DISCARD_REQUEST;
> > > dcc->min_discard_issue_time = DEF_MIN_DISCARD_ISSUE_TIME;
> > > dcc->mid_discard_issue_time = DEF_MID_DISCARD_ISSUE_TIME;
> > > --
> > > 2.40.1
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > f2fs_issue_discard(sbi, entry->start_blkaddr + cur_pos,
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