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Message-ID: <aIeo-kTFqsUs7L0v@google.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 16:44:42 +0000
From: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
To: Daeho Jeong <daeho43@...il.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	kernel-team@...roid.com, Daeho Jeong <daehojeong@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] f2fs: add gc_boost_gc_multiple sysfs node

Please check

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs.git/log/?h=dev-test

On 07/28, Daeho Jeong wrote:
> From: Daeho Jeong <daehojeong@...gle.com>
> 
> Add a sysfs knob to set a multiplier for the background GC migration
> window when F2FS Garbage Collection is boosted.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daeho Jeong <daehojeong@...gle.com>
> ---
> v3: fix the range check condition
> v2: limit the available value range
> ---
>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-fs-f2fs | 8 ++++++++
>  fs/f2fs/gc.c                            | 3 ++-
>  fs/f2fs/gc.h                            | 1 +
>  fs/f2fs/sysfs.c                         | 9 +++++++++
>  4 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-fs-f2fs b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-fs-f2fs
> index bf03263b9f46..931c1f63aa2e 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-fs-f2fs
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-fs-f2fs
> @@ -861,3 +861,11 @@ Description:	This is a read-only entry to show the value of sb.s_encoding_flags,
>  		SB_ENC_STRICT_MODE_FL            0x00000001
>  		SB_ENC_NO_COMPAT_FALLBACK_FL     0x00000002
>  		============================     ==========
> +
> +What:		/sys/fs/f2fs/<disk>/gc_boost_gc_multiple
> +Date:		June 2025
> +Contact:	"Daeho Jeong" <daehojeong@...gle.com>
> +Description:	Set a multiplier for the background GC migration window when F2FS GC is
> +		boosted.
> +		Default: 5
> +
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
> index 3cb5242f4ddf..de7e59bc0906 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
> @@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ int f2fs_start_gc_thread(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
>  
>  	gc_th->urgent_sleep_time = DEF_GC_THREAD_URGENT_SLEEP_TIME;
>  	gc_th->valid_thresh_ratio = DEF_GC_THREAD_VALID_THRESH_RATIO;
> +	gc_th->boost_gc_multiple = BOOST_GC_MULTIPLE;
>  
>  	if (f2fs_sb_has_blkzoned(sbi)) {
>  		gc_th->min_sleep_time = DEF_GC_THREAD_MIN_SLEEP_TIME_ZONED;
> @@ -1749,7 +1750,7 @@ static int do_garbage_collect(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
>  					!has_enough_free_blocks(sbi,
>  					sbi->gc_thread->boost_zoned_gc_percent))
>  				window_granularity *=
> -					BOOST_GC_MULTIPLE;
> +					sbi->gc_thread->boost_gc_multiple;
>  
>  			end_segno = start_segno + window_granularity;
>  		}
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.h b/fs/f2fs/gc.h
> index 5c1eaf55e127..efa1968810a0 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/gc.h
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.h
> @@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ struct f2fs_gc_kthread {
>  	unsigned int no_zoned_gc_percent;
>  	unsigned int boost_zoned_gc_percent;
>  	unsigned int valid_thresh_ratio;
> +	unsigned int boost_gc_multiple;
>  };
>  
>  struct gc_inode_list {
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/sysfs.c b/fs/f2fs/sysfs.c
> index 75134d69a0bd..b417b655d4e8 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/sysfs.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/sysfs.c
> @@ -824,6 +824,13 @@ static ssize_t __sbi_store(struct f2fs_attr *a,
>  		return count;
>  	}
>  
> +	if (!strcmp(a->attr.name, "gc_boost_gc_multiple")) {
> +		if (t < 1 || t > SEGS_PER_SEC(sbi))
> +			return -EINVAL;
> +		sbi->gc_thread->boost_gc_multiple = (unsigned int)t;
> +		return count;
> +	}
> +
>  	*ui = (unsigned int)t;
>  
>  	return count;
> @@ -1050,6 +1057,7 @@ GC_THREAD_RW_ATTR(gc_no_gc_sleep_time, no_gc_sleep_time);
>  GC_THREAD_RW_ATTR(gc_no_zoned_gc_percent, no_zoned_gc_percent);
>  GC_THREAD_RW_ATTR(gc_boost_zoned_gc_percent, boost_zoned_gc_percent);
>  GC_THREAD_RW_ATTR(gc_valid_thresh_ratio, valid_thresh_ratio);
> +GC_THREAD_RW_ATTR(gc_boost_gc_multiple, boost_gc_multiple);
>  
>  /* SM_INFO ATTR */
>  SM_INFO_RW_ATTR(reclaim_segments, rec_prefree_segments);
> @@ -1220,6 +1228,7 @@ static struct attribute *f2fs_attrs[] = {
>  	ATTR_LIST(gc_no_zoned_gc_percent),
>  	ATTR_LIST(gc_boost_zoned_gc_percent),
>  	ATTR_LIST(gc_valid_thresh_ratio),
> +	ATTR_LIST(gc_boost_gc_multiple),
>  	ATTR_LIST(gc_idle),
>  	ATTR_LIST(gc_urgent),
>  	ATTR_LIST(reclaim_segments),
> -- 
> 2.50.1.470.g6ba607880d-goog
>