From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932473Ab1JXMtU (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:49:20 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:37780 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932385Ab1JXMrz (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:47:55 -0400 From: Steven Whitehouse To: cluster-devel@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Bob Peterson , Steven Whitehouse Subject: [PATCH 20/24] GFS2: speed up delete/unlink performance for large files Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:48:34 +0100 Message-Id: <1319460518-9046-21-git-send-email-swhiteho@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <1319460518-9046-1-git-send-email-swhiteho@redhat.com> References: <1319460518-9046-1-git-send-email-swhiteho@redhat.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Bob Peterson This patch improves the performance of delete/unlink operations in a GFS2 file system where the files are large by adding a layer of metadata read-ahead for indirect blocks. Mileage will vary, but on my system, deleting an 8.6G file dropped from 22 seconds to about 4.5 seconds. Signed-off-by: Bob Peterson Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse diff --git a/fs/gfs2/bmap.c b/fs/gfs2/bmap.c index 22ad413..834cd94 100644 --- a/fs/gfs2/bmap.c +++ b/fs/gfs2/bmap.c @@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ static int recursive_scan(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct buffer_head *dibh, { struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(&ip->i_inode); struct buffer_head *bh = NULL; - __be64 *top, *bottom; + __be64 *top, *bottom, *t2; u64 bn; int error; int mh_size = sizeof(struct gfs2_meta_header); @@ -859,7 +859,27 @@ static int recursive_scan(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct buffer_head *dibh, if (error) goto out; - if (height < ip->i_height - 1) + if (height < ip->i_height - 1) { + struct buffer_head *rabh; + + for (t2 = top; t2 < bottom; t2++, first = 0) { + if (!*t2) + continue; + + bn = be64_to_cpu(*t2); + rabh = gfs2_getbuf(ip->i_gl, bn, CREATE); + if (trylock_buffer(rabh)) { + if (buffer_uptodate(rabh)) { + unlock_buffer(rabh); + brelse(rabh); + continue; + } + rabh->b_end_io = end_buffer_read_sync; + submit_bh(READA | REQ_META, rabh); + continue; + } + brelse(rabh); + } for (; top < bottom; top++, first = 0) { if (!*top) continue; @@ -871,7 +891,7 @@ static int recursive_scan(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct buffer_head *dibh, if (error) break; } - + } out: brelse(bh); return error; -- 1.7.4.4