linux-kernel - [PATCH 02/14] f2fs: sysfs: introduce max_lock_elapsed

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Message-ID: <20260104020729.1064529-2-chao@kernel.org>
Date: Sun,  4 Jan 2026 10:07:17 +0800
From: Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>
To: jaegeuk@...nel.org
Cc: linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 02/14] f2fs: sysfs: introduce max_lock_elapsed_time

This patch add a new sysfs node in /sys/fs/f2fs/<device>/max_lock_elapsed_time.

This is a threshold, once a thread enters critical region that lock covers,
total elapsed time exceeds this threshold, f2fs will print tracepoint to dump
information of related context. This sysfs entry can be used to control the
value of threshold, by default, the value is 500 ms.

Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>
---
 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-fs-f2fs | 8 ++++++++
 fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c                    | 2 +-
 fs/f2fs/f2fs.h                          | 3 +++
 fs/f2fs/super.c                         | 1 +
 fs/f2fs/sysfs.c                         | 2 ++
 5 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-fs-f2fs b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-fs-f2fs
index c39a85e84b6b..648ddd0d59f6 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-fs-f2fs
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-fs-f2fs
@@ -939,3 +939,11 @@ Description:	Controls write priority in multi-devices setups. A value of 0 means
 		allocate_section_policy = 1  Prioritize writing to section before allocate_section_hint
 		allocate_section_policy = 2  Prioritize writing to section after allocate_section_hint
 		===========================  ==========================================================
+
+What:		/sys/fs/f2fs/<disk>/max_lock_elapsed_time
+Date:		December 2025
+Contact:	"Chao Yu" <chao@...nel.org>
+Description:	This is a threshold, once a thread enters critical region that lock covers, total
+		elapsed time exceeds this threshold, f2fs will print tracepoint to dump information
+		of related context. This sysfs entry can be used to control the value of threshold,
+		by default, the value is 500 ms.
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
index bc6058a3122b..61bcf227d8ca 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static inline void trace_lock_elapsed_time_end(struct f2fs_rwsem *sem,
 	get_lock_elapsed_time(&tts);
 
 	total_time = div_u64(tts.total_time - lc->ts.total_time, npm);
-	if (total_time <= MAX_LOCK_ELAPSED_TIME)
+	if (total_time <= sem->sbi->max_lock_elapsed_time)
 		return;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 7e22315dbedd..b31589e5e19f 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -1951,6 +1951,9 @@ struct f2fs_sb_info {
 	/* carve out reserved_blocks from total blocks */
 	bool carve_out;
 
+	/* max elapsed time threshold in critical region that lock covered */
+	unsigned long long max_lock_elapsed_time;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_F2FS_FS_COMPRESSION
 	struct kmem_cache *page_array_slab;	/* page array entry */
 	unsigned int page_array_slab_size;	/* default page array slab size */
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index 16293b0f4480..d277f082d4c0 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -4295,6 +4295,7 @@ static void init_sb_info(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	sbi->max_fragment_hole = DEF_FRAGMENT_SIZE;
 	spin_lock_init(&sbi->gc_remaining_trials_lock);
 	atomic64_set(&sbi->current_atomic_write, 0);
+	sbi->max_lock_elapsed_time = MAX_LOCK_ELAPSED_TIME;
 
 	sbi->dir_level = DEF_DIR_LEVEL;
 	sbi->interval_time[CP_TIME] = DEF_CP_INTERVAL;
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/sysfs.c b/fs/f2fs/sysfs.c
index e6a98ddd73b3..e95aa23c5bef 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/sysfs.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/sysfs.c
@@ -1263,6 +1263,7 @@ F2FS_SBI_GENERAL_RW_ATTR(blkzone_alloc_policy);
 F2FS_SBI_GENERAL_RW_ATTR(carve_out);
 F2FS_SBI_GENERAL_RW_ATTR(reserved_pin_section);
 F2FS_SBI_GENERAL_RW_ATTR(bggc_io_aware);
+F2FS_SBI_GENERAL_RW_ATTR(max_lock_elapsed_time);
 
 /* STAT_INFO ATTR */
 #ifdef CONFIG_F2FS_STAT_FS
@@ -1466,6 +1467,7 @@ static struct attribute *f2fs_attrs[] = {
 	ATTR_LIST(reserved_pin_section),
 	ATTR_LIST(allocate_section_hint),
 	ATTR_LIST(allocate_section_policy),
+	ATTR_LIST(max_lock_elapsed_time),
 	NULL,
 };
 ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(f2fs);
-- 
2.49.0