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Message-ID: <e1a1dbfe-165f-4cb3-9d5b-8ac4ba61265e@vivo.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 16:03:53 +0800
From: hanqi <hanqi@...o.com>
To: Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>, jaegeuk@...nel.org
Cc: axboe@...nel.dk, linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] f2fs: f2fs supports uncached buffered I/O read

在 2025/7/28 15:38, Chao Yu 写道:

> On 7/25/25 15:53, Qi Han wrote:
>> Jens has already completed the development of uncached buffered I/O
>> in git [1], and in f2fs, uncached buffered I/O read can be enabled
>> simply by setting the FOP_DONTCACHE flag in f2fs_file_operations.
> IIUC, we may suffer lock issue when we call pwritev(.. ,RWF_DONTCACHE)?
> as Jen mentioned in below path, right?
>
> soft-irq
> - folio_end_writeback()
>   - filemap_end_dropbehind_write()
>    - filemap_end_dropbehind()
>     - folio_unmap_invalidate()
>      - lock i_lock
>
> Thanks,

That's how I understand it.

>> I have been testing a use case locally, which aligns with Jens' test
>> case [2]. In the read scenario, using uncached buffer I/O results in
>> more stable read performance and a lower load on the background memory
>> reclaim thread (kswapd). So let's enable uncached buffer I/O reads on
>> F2FS.
>>
>> Read test data without using uncached buffer I/O:
>> reading bs 32768, uncached 0
>>     1s: 1856MB/sec, MB=1856
>>     2s: 1907MB/sec, MB=3763
>>     3s: 1830MB/sec, MB=5594
>>     4s: 1745MB/sec, MB=7333
>>     5s: 1829MB/sec, MB=9162
>>     6s: 1903MB/sec, MB=11075
>>     7s: 1878MB/sec, MB=12942
>>     8s: 1763MB/sec, MB=14718
>>     9s: 1845MB/sec, MB=16549
>>    10s: 1915MB/sec, MB=18481
>>    11s: 1831MB/sec, MB=20295
>>    12s: 1750MB/sec, MB=22066
>>    13s: 1787MB/sec, MB=23832
>>    14s: 1913MB/sec, MB=25769
>>    15s: 1898MB/sec, MB=27668
>>    16s: 1795MB/sec, MB=29436
>>    17s: 1812MB/sec, MB=31248
>>    18s: 1890MB/sec, MB=33139
>>    19s: 1880MB/sec, MB=35020
>>    20s: 1754MB/sec, MB=36810
>>
>> 08:36:26      UID       PID    %usr %system  %guest   %wait    %CPU   CPU  Command
>> 08:36:27        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     7  kswapd0
>> 08:36:28        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     7  kswapd0
>> 08:36:29        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     7  kswapd0
>> 08:36:30        0        93    0.00   56.00    0.00    0.00   56.00     7  kswapd0
>> 08:36:31        0        93    0.00   73.00    0.00    0.00   73.00     7  kswapd0
>> 08:36:32        0        93    0.00   83.00    0.00    0.00   83.00     7  kswapd0
>> 08:36:33        0        93    0.00   75.00    0.00    0.00   75.00     7  kswapd0
>> 08:36:34        0        93    0.00   81.00    0.00    0.00   81.00     7  kswapd0
>> 08:36:35        0        93    0.00   54.00    0.00    1.00   54.00     2  kswapd0
>> 08:36:36        0        93    0.00   61.00    0.00    0.00   61.00     0  kswapd0
>> 08:36:37        0        93    0.00   68.00    0.00    0.00   68.00     7  kswapd0
>> 08:36:38        0        93    0.00   53.00    0.00    0.00   53.00     2  kswapd0
>> 08:36:39        0        93    0.00   82.00    0.00    0.00   82.00     7  kswapd0
>> 08:36:40        0        93    0.00   77.00    0.00    0.00   77.00     1  kswapd0
>> 08:36:41        0        93    0.00   74.00    0.00    1.00   74.00     7  kswapd0
>> 08:36:42        0        93    0.00   71.00    0.00    0.00   71.00     7  kswapd0
>> 08:36:43        0        93    0.00   78.00    0.00    0.00   78.00     7  kswapd0
>> 08:36:44        0        93    0.00   85.00    0.00    0.00   85.00     7  kswapd0
>> 08:36:45        0        93    0.00   83.00    0.00    0.00   83.00     7  kswapd0
>> 08:36:46        0        93    0.00   70.00    0.00    0.00   70.00     7  kswapd0
>> 08:36:47        0        93    0.00   78.00    0.00    1.00   78.00     2  kswapd0
>> 08:36:48        0        93    0.00   81.00    0.00    0.00   81.00     3  kswapd0
>> 08:36:49        0        93    0.00   54.00    0.00    0.00   54.00     7  kswapd0
>> 08:36:50        0        93    0.00   76.00    0.00    0.00   76.00     1  kswapd0
>> 08:36:51        0        93    0.00   75.00    0.00    0.00   75.00     0  kswapd0
>> 08:36:52        0        93    0.00   73.00    0.00    0.00   73.00     7  kswapd0
>> 08:36:53        0        93    0.00   61.00    0.00    1.00   61.00     7  kswapd0
>> 08:36:54        0        93    0.00   80.00    0.00    0.00   80.00     7  kswapd0
>> 08:36:55        0        93    0.00   64.00    0.00    0.00   64.00     7  kswapd0
>> 08:36:56        0        93    0.00   56.00    0.00    0.00   56.00     7  kswapd0
>> 08:36:57        0        93    0.00   26.00    0.00    0.00   26.00     2  kswapd0
>> 08:36:58        0        93    0.00   24.00    0.00    1.00   24.00     3  kswapd0
>> 08:36:59        0        93    0.00   22.00    0.00    1.00   22.00     3  kswapd0
>> 08:37:00        0        93    0.00   15.84    0.00    0.00   15.84     3  kswapd0
>> 08:37:01        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     3  kswapd0
>> 08:37:02        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     3  kswapd0
>>
>> Read test data after using uncached buffer I/O:
>> reading bs 32768, uncached 1
>>     1s: 1863MB/sec, MB=1863
>>     2s: 1903MB/sec, MB=3766
>>     3s: 1860MB/sec, MB=5627
>>     4s: 1864MB/sec, MB=7491
>>     5s: 1860MB/sec, MB=9352
>>     6s: 1854MB/sec, MB=11206
>>     7s: 1874MB/sec, MB=13081
>>     8s: 1874MB/sec, MB=14943
>>     9s: 1840MB/sec, MB=16798
>>    10s: 1849MB/sec, MB=18647
>>    11s: 1863MB/sec, MB=20511
>>    12s: 1798MB/sec, MB=22310
>>    13s: 1897MB/sec, MB=24207
>>    14s: 1817MB/sec, MB=26025
>>    15s: 1893MB/sec, MB=27918
>>    16s: 1917MB/sec, MB=29836
>>    17s: 1863MB/sec, MB=31699
>>    18s: 1904MB/sec, MB=33604
>>    19s: 1894MB/sec, MB=35499
>>    20s: 1907MB/sec, MB=37407
>>
>> 08:38:00      UID       PID    %usr %system  %guest   %wait    %CPU   CPU  Command
>> 08:38:01        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     4  kswapd0
>> 08:38:02        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     4  kswapd0
>> 08:38:03        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     4  kswapd0
>> 08:38:04        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     4  kswapd0
>> 08:38:05        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     4  kswapd0
>> 08:38:06        0        93    0.00    1.00    0.00    1.00    1.00     0  kswapd0
>> 08:38:07        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     0  kswapd0
>> 08:38:08        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     0  kswapd0
>> 08:38:09        0        93    0.00    1.00    0.00    0.00    1.00     1  kswapd0
>> 08:38:10        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     1  kswapd0
>> 08:38:11        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     1  kswapd0
>> 08:38:12        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     1  kswapd0
>> 08:38:13        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     1  kswapd0
>> 08:38:14        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     1  kswapd0
>> 08:38:15        0        93    0.00    3.00    0.00    0.00    3.00     0  kswapd0
>> 08:38:16        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     0  kswapd0
>> 08:38:17        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     0  kswapd0
>> 08:38:18        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     0  kswapd0
>> 08:38:19        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     0  kswapd0
>> 08:38:20        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     0  kswapd0
>> 08:38:21        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     0  kswapd0
>> 08:38:22        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     0  kswapd0
>> 08:38:23        0        93    0.00    3.00    0.00    0.00    3.00     4  kswapd0
>> 08:38:24        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     4  kswapd0
>> 08:38:25        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     4  kswapd0
>> 08:38:26        0        93    0.00    4.00    0.00    0.00    4.00     3  kswapd0
>> 08:38:27        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     3  kswapd0
>> 08:38:28        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     3  kswapd0
>> 08:38:29        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     3  kswapd0
>> 08:38:30        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     3  kswapd0
>> 08:38:31        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     3  kswapd0
>> 08:38:32        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     3  kswapd0
>> 08:38:33        0        93    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00     3  kswapd0
>>
>> [1]
>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241220154831.1086649-10-axboe@kernel.dk/T/#m58520a94b46f543d82db3711453dfc7bb594b2b0
>>
>> [2]
>> https://pastebin.com/u8eCBzB5
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Qi Han <hanqi@...o.com>
>> ---
>>   fs/f2fs/file.c | 2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
>> index 696131e655ed..d8da1fc2febf 100644
>> --- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
>> +++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
>> @@ -5425,5 +5425,5 @@ const struct file_operations f2fs_file_operations = {
>>   	.splice_read	= f2fs_file_splice_read,
>>   	.splice_write	= iter_file_splice_write,
>>   	.fadvise	= f2fs_file_fadvise,
>> -	.fop_flags	= FOP_BUFFER_RASYNC,
>> +	.fop_flags	= FOP_BUFFER_RASYNC | FOP_DONTCACHE,
>>   };


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