ext4: optimize ext4_should_retry_alloc() to improve ENOSPC performance

If there are no pending blocks to be released after a commit, forcing a journal commit has no hope of helping. It's possible that a commit had just completed, so if there are now free blocks available for allocation, it's worth retrying the commit. Reported-by: Chao Yu <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <[email protected]>
valschneider · Jun 26, 2016 · d08854f · d08854f
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diff --git a/fs/ext4/balloc.c b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
@@ -610,7 +610,9 @@ int ext4_should_retry_alloc(struct super_block *sb, int *retries)
 
 	jbd_debug(1, "%s: retrying operation after ENOSPC\n", sb->s_id);
 
-	jbd2_journal_force_commit_nested(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
+	smp_mb();
+	if (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mb_free_pending)
+		jbd2_journal_force_commit_nested(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
 	return 1;
 }
 

diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -1430,6 +1430,7 @@ struct ext4_sb_info {
 	unsigned short *s_mb_offsets;
 	unsigned int *s_mb_maxs;
 	unsigned int s_group_info_size;
+	unsigned int s_mb_free_pending;
 
 	/* tunables */
 	unsigned long s_stripe;

diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
@@ -175,6 +175,13 @@ struct ext4_journal_cb_entry {
  * There is no guaranteed calling order of multiple registered callbacks on
  * the same transaction.
  */
+static inline void _ext4_journal_callback_add(handle_t *handle,
+			struct ext4_journal_cb_entry *jce)
+{
+	/* Add the jce to transaction's private list */
+	list_add_tail(&jce->jce_list, &handle->h_transaction->t_private_list);
+}
+
 static inline void ext4_journal_callback_add(handle_t *handle,
 			void (*func)(struct super_block *sb,
 				     struct ext4_journal_cb_entry *jce,
@@ -187,10 +194,11 @@ static inline void ext4_journal_callback_add(handle_t *handle,
 	/* Add the jce to transaction's private list */
 	jce->jce_func = func;
 	spin_lock(&sbi->s_md_lock);
-	list_add_tail(&jce->jce_list, &handle->h_transaction->t_private_list);
+	_ext4_journal_callback_add(handle, jce);
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->s_md_lock);
 }
 
+
 /**
  * ext4_journal_callback_del: delete a registered callback
  * @handle: active journal transaction handle on which callback was registered

diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -2627,6 +2627,7 @@ int ext4_mb_init(struct super_block *sb)
 
 	spin_lock_init(&sbi->s_md_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&sbi->s_bal_lock);
+	sbi->s_mb_free_pending = 0;
 
 	sbi->s_mb_max_to_scan = MB_DEFAULT_MAX_TO_SCAN;
 	sbi->s_mb_min_to_scan = MB_DEFAULT_MIN_TO_SCAN;
@@ -2814,6 +2815,9 @@ static void ext4_free_data_callback(struct super_block *sb,
 	/* we expect to find existing buddy because it's pinned */
 	BUG_ON(err != 0);
 
+	spin_lock(&EXT4_SB(sb)->s_md_lock);
+	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mb_free_pending -= entry->efd_count;
+	spin_unlock(&EXT4_SB(sb)->s_md_lock);
 
 	db = e4b.bd_info;
 	/* there are blocks to put in buddy to make them really free */
@@ -4583,6 +4587,7 @@ ext4_mb_free_metadata(handle_t *handle, struct ext4_buddy *e4b,
 {
 	ext4_group_t group = e4b->bd_group;
 	ext4_grpblk_t cluster;
+	ext4_grpblk_t clusters = new_entry->efd_count;
 	struct ext4_free_data *entry;
 	struct ext4_group_info *db = e4b->bd_info;
 	struct super_block *sb = e4b->bd_sb;
@@ -4649,8 +4654,11 @@ ext4_mb_free_metadata(handle_t *handle, struct ext4_buddy *e4b,
 		}
 	}
 	/* Add the extent to transaction's private list */
-	ext4_journal_callback_add(handle, ext4_free_data_callback,
-				  &new_entry->efd_jce);
+	new_entry->efd_jce.jce_func = ext4_free_data_callback;
+	spin_lock(&sbi->s_md_lock);
+	_ext4_journal_callback_add(handle, &new_entry->efd_jce);
+	sbi->s_mb_free_pending += clusters;
+	spin_unlock(&sbi->s_md_lock);
 	return 0;
 }