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-rw-r--r--fs/ext4/balloc.c14
-rw-r--r--fs/ext4/ext4.h8
-rw-r--r--fs/ext4/mballoc.c133
-rw-r--r--fs/ext4/sysfs.c4
4 files changed, 153 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ext4/balloc.c b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
index 1ba46d87cdf1..1e2b1b4093aa 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
@@ -413,7 +413,8 @@ verified:
* Return buffer_head on success or an ERR_PTR in case of failure.
*/
struct buffer_head *
-ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t block_group)
+ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t block_group,
+ bool ignore_locked)
{
struct ext4_group_desc *desc;
struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
@@ -441,6 +442,12 @@ ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t block_group)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
}
+ if (ignore_locked && buffer_locked(bh)) {
+ /* buffer under IO already, return if called for prefetching */
+ put_bh(bh);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
if (bitmap_uptodate(bh))
goto verify;
@@ -490,7 +497,8 @@ ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t block_group)
trace_ext4_read_block_bitmap_load(sb, block_group);
bh->b_end_io = ext4_end_bitmap_read;
get_bh(bh);
- submit_bh(REQ_OP_READ, REQ_META | REQ_PRIO, bh);
+ submit_bh(REQ_OP_READ, REQ_META | REQ_PRIO |
+ (ignore_locked ? REQ_RAHEAD : 0), bh);
return bh;
verify:
err = ext4_validate_block_bitmap(sb, desc, block_group, bh);
@@ -534,7 +542,7 @@ ext4_read_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t block_group)
struct buffer_head *bh;
int err;
- bh = ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait(sb, block_group);
+ bh = ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait(sb, block_group, false);
if (IS_ERR(bh))
return bh;
err = ext4_wait_block_bitmap(sb, block_group, bh);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index dd5e6c645442..4fba138b8722 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -1521,6 +1521,8 @@ struct ext4_sb_info {
/* where last allocation was done - for stream allocation */
unsigned long s_mb_last_group;
unsigned long s_mb_last_start;
+ unsigned int s_mb_prefetch;
+ unsigned int s_mb_prefetch_limit;
/* stats for buddy allocator */
atomic_t s_bal_reqs; /* number of reqs with len > 1 */
@@ -2462,7 +2464,8 @@ extern struct ext4_group_desc * ext4_get_group_desc(struct super_block * sb,
extern int ext4_should_retry_alloc(struct super_block *sb, int *retries);
extern struct buffer_head *ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait(struct super_block *sb,
- ext4_group_t block_group);
+ ext4_group_t block_group,
+ bool ignore_locked);
extern int ext4_wait_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb,
ext4_group_t block_group,
struct buffer_head *bh);
@@ -3161,6 +3164,7 @@ struct ext4_group_info {
(1 << EXT4_GROUP_INFO_BBITMAP_CORRUPT_BIT)
#define EXT4_GROUP_INFO_IBITMAP_CORRUPT \
(1 << EXT4_GROUP_INFO_IBITMAP_CORRUPT_BIT)
+#define EXT4_GROUP_INFO_BBITMAP_READ_BIT 4
#define EXT4_MB_GRP_NEED_INIT(grp) \
(test_bit(EXT4_GROUP_INFO_NEED_INIT_BIT, &((grp)->bb_state)))
@@ -3175,6 +3179,8 @@ struct ext4_group_info {
(set_bit(EXT4_GROUP_INFO_WAS_TRIMMED_BIT, &((grp)->bb_state)))
#define EXT4_MB_GRP_CLEAR_TRIMMED(grp) \
(clear_bit(EXT4_GROUP_INFO_WAS_TRIMMED_BIT, &((grp)->bb_state)))
+#define EXT4_MB_GRP_TEST_AND_SET_READ(grp) \
+ (test_and_set_bit(EXT4_GROUP_INFO_BBITMAP_READ_BIT, &((grp)->bb_state)))
#define EXT4_MAX_CONTENTION 8
#define EXT4_CONTENTION_THRESHOLD 2
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 6dc2c6c535ef..c350ae9cb0d9 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ static int ext4_mb_init_cache(struct page *page, char *incore, gfp_t gfp)
bh[i] = NULL;
continue;
}
- bh[i] = ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait(sb, group);
+ bh[i] = ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait(sb, group, false);
if (IS_ERR(bh[i])) {
err = PTR_ERR(bh[i]);
bh[i] = NULL;
@@ -2209,12 +2209,93 @@ out:
return ret;
}
+/*
+ * Start prefetching @nr block bitmaps starting at @group.
+ * Return the next group which needs to be prefetched.
+ */
+static ext4_group_t
+ext4_mb_prefetch(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group,
+ unsigned int nr, int *cnt)
+{
+ ext4_group_t ngroups = ext4_get_groups_count(sb);
+ struct buffer_head *bh;
+ struct blk_plug plug;
+
+ blk_start_plug(&plug);
+ while (nr-- > 0) {
+ struct ext4_group_desc *gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, group,
+ NULL);
+ struct ext4_group_info *grp = ext4_get_group_info(sb, group);
+
+ /*
+ * Prefetch block groups with free blocks; but don't
+ * bother if it is marked uninitialized on disk, since
+ * it won't require I/O to read. Also only try to
+ * prefetch once, so we avoid getblk() call, which can
+ * be expensive.
+ */
+ if (!EXT4_MB_GRP_TEST_AND_SET_READ(grp) &&
+ EXT4_MB_GRP_NEED_INIT(grp) &&
+ ext4_free_group_clusters(sb, gdp) > 0 &&
+ !(ext4_has_group_desc_csum(sb) &&
+ (gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT)))) {
+ bh = ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait(sb, group, true);
+ if (bh && !IS_ERR(bh)) {
+ if (!buffer_uptodate(bh) && cnt)
+ (*cnt)++;
+ brelse(bh);
+ }
+ }
+ if (++group >= ngroups)
+ group = 0;
+ }
+ blk_finish_plug(&plug);
+ return group;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Prefetching reads the block bitmap into the buffer cache; but we
+ * need to make sure that the buddy bitmap in the page cache has been
+ * initialized. Note that ext4_mb_init_group() will block if the I/O
+ * is not yet completed, or indeed if it was not initiated by
+ * ext4_mb_prefetch did not start the I/O.
+ *
+ * TODO: We should actually kick off the buddy bitmap setup in a work
+ * queue when the buffer I/O is completed, so that we don't block
+ * waiting for the block allocation bitmap read to finish when
+ * ext4_mb_prefetch_fini is called from ext4_mb_regular_allocator().
+ */
+static void
+ext4_mb_prefetch_fini(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group,
+ unsigned int nr)
+{
+ while (nr-- > 0) {
+ struct ext4_group_desc *gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, group,
+ NULL);
+ struct ext4_group_info *grp = ext4_get_group_info(sb, group);
+
+ if (!group)
+ group = ext4_get_groups_count(sb);
+ group--;
+ grp = ext4_get_group_info(sb, group);
+
+ if (EXT4_MB_GRP_NEED_INIT(grp) &&
+ ext4_free_group_clusters(sb, gdp) > 0 &&
+ !(ext4_has_group_desc_csum(sb) &&
+ (gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT)))) {
+ if (ext4_mb_init_group(sb, group, GFP_NOFS))
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+}
+
static noinline_for_stack int
ext4_mb_regular_allocator(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac)
{
- ext4_group_t ngroups, group, i;
+ ext4_group_t prefetch_grp = 0, ngroups, group, i;
int cr = -1;
int err = 0, first_err = 0;
+ unsigned int nr = 0, prefetch_ios = 0;
struct ext4_sb_info *sbi;
struct super_block *sb;
struct ext4_buddy e4b;
@@ -2282,6 +2363,7 @@ repeat:
* from the goal value specified
*/
group = ac->ac_g_ex.fe_group;
+ prefetch_grp = group;
for (i = 0; i < ngroups; group++, i++) {
int ret = 0;
@@ -2293,6 +2375,29 @@ repeat:
if (group >= ngroups)
group = 0;
+ /*
+ * Batch reads of the block allocation bitmaps
+ * to get multiple READs in flight; limit
+ * prefetching at cr=0/1, otherwise mballoc can
+ * spend a lot of time loading imperfect groups
+ */
+ if ((prefetch_grp == group) &&
+ (cr > 1 ||
+ prefetch_ios < sbi->s_mb_prefetch_limit)) {
+ unsigned int curr_ios = prefetch_ios;
+
+ nr = sbi->s_mb_prefetch;
+ if (ext4_has_feature_flex_bg(sb)) {
+ nr = (group / sbi->s_mb_prefetch) *
+ sbi->s_mb_prefetch;
+ nr = nr + sbi->s_mb_prefetch - group;
+ }
+ prefetch_grp = ext4_mb_prefetch(sb, group,
+ nr, &prefetch_ios);
+ if (prefetch_ios == curr_ios)
+ nr = 0;
+ }
+
/* This now checks without needing the buddy page */
ret = ext4_mb_good_group_nolock(ac, group, cr);
if (ret <= 0) {
@@ -2367,6 +2472,10 @@ out:
mb_debug(sb, "Best len %d, origin len %d, ac_status %u, ac_flags 0x%x, cr %d ret %d\n",
ac->ac_b_ex.fe_len, ac->ac_o_ex.fe_len, ac->ac_status,
ac->ac_flags, cr, err);
+
+ if (nr)
+ ext4_mb_prefetch_fini(sb, prefetch_grp, nr);
+
return err;
}
@@ -2613,6 +2722,26 @@ static int ext4_mb_init_backend(struct super_block *sb)
goto err_freebuddy;
}
+ if (ext4_has_feature_flex_bg(sb)) {
+ /* a single flex group is supposed to be read by a single IO */
+ sbi->s_mb_prefetch = 1 << sbi->s_es->s_log_groups_per_flex;
+ sbi->s_mb_prefetch *= 8; /* 8 prefetch IOs in flight at most */
+ } else {
+ sbi->s_mb_prefetch = 32;
+ }
+ if (sbi->s_mb_prefetch > ext4_get_groups_count(sb))
+ sbi->s_mb_prefetch = ext4_get_groups_count(sb);
+ /* now many real IOs to prefetch within a single allocation at cr=0
+ * given cr=0 is an CPU-related optimization we shouldn't try to
+ * load too many groups, at some point we should start to use what
+ * we've got in memory.
+ * with an average random access time 5ms, it'd take a second to get
+ * 200 groups (* N with flex_bg), so let's make this limit 4
+ */
+ sbi->s_mb_prefetch_limit = sbi->s_mb_prefetch * 4;
+ if (sbi->s_mb_prefetch_limit > ext4_get_groups_count(sb))
+ sbi->s_mb_prefetch_limit = ext4_get_groups_count(sb);
+
return 0;
err_freebuddy:
diff --git a/fs/ext4/sysfs.c b/fs/ext4/sysfs.c
index 6c9fc9e21c13..31e0db726d21 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/sysfs.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/sysfs.c
@@ -240,6 +240,8 @@ EXT4_RO_ATTR_ES_STRING(last_error_func, s_last_error_func, 32);
EXT4_ATTR(first_error_time, 0444, first_error_time);
EXT4_ATTR(last_error_time, 0444, last_error_time);
EXT4_ATTR(journal_task, 0444, journal_task);
+EXT4_RW_ATTR_SBI_UI(mb_prefetch, s_mb_prefetch);
+EXT4_RW_ATTR_SBI_UI(mb_prefetch_limit, s_mb_prefetch_limit);
static unsigned int old_bump_val = 128;
EXT4_ATTR_PTR(max_writeback_mb_bump, 0444, pointer_ui, &old_bump_val);
@@ -283,6 +285,8 @@ static struct attribute *ext4_attrs[] = {
#ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_DEBUG
ATTR_LIST(simulate_fail),
#endif
+ ATTR_LIST(mb_prefetch),
+ ATTR_LIST(mb_prefetch_limit),
NULL,
};
ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(ext4);