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author | Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com> | 2014-08-04 20:37:21 +0200 |
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committer | Chris Mason <clm@fb.com> | 2014-09-17 22:38:02 +0200 |
commit | f98de9b9c07485f7e21edfd5b2b20c89d662af3c (patch) | |
tree | cf83b225c48c5f3fa32be73c25ad4c20b087d580 /Documentation/HOWTO | |
parent | btrfs: sysfs label interface should check for read only FS (diff) | |
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Btrfs: make btrfs_search_forward return with nodes unlocked
None of the uses of btrfs_search_forward() need to have the path
nodes (level >= 1) read locked, only the leaf needs to be locked
while the caller processes it. Therefore make it return a path
with all nodes unlocked, except for the leaf.
This change is motivated by the observation that during a file
fsync we repeatdly call btrfs_search_forward() and process the
returned leaf while upper nodes of the returned path (level >= 1)
are read locked, which unnecessarily blocks other tasks that want
to write to the same fs/subvol btree.
Therefore instead of modifying the fsync code to unlock all nodes
with level >= 1 immediately after calling btrfs_search_forward(),
change btrfs_search_forward() to do it, so that it benefits all
callers.
Signed-off-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <clm@fb.com>
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