Re: [PATCH v2] f2fs: sysfs: support gc_io_aware

[Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>]

On 2024/2/2 19:22, liujinbao1 wrote:
> From: liujinbao1 <liujinbao1@xiaomi.corp-partner.google.com>

AFAIK, this account is only used for interaction between google and
its partner, I guess you can use xiaomi's email address instead?

> 
> Currently, IO can only be ignored when GC_URGENT_HIGH is set,
> and the default algorithm used for GC_URGENT_HIGH is greedy.
> It gives a way to enable/disable IO aware feature for background
> gc, so that we can tune background gc more precisely. e.g.
> force to disable IO aware and choose more suitable algorithm
> if there are large number of dirty segments.
> 
> Signed-off-by: liujinbao1 <liujinbao1@xiaomi.corp-partner.google.com>

Ditto,

> 
> changes of v2: Improve the patch according to Chao's suggestions

Trivial thing, it's better not include above line in commit message.

Thanks,

> 
> ---
>   Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-fs-f2fs | 6 ++++++
>   fs/f2fs/gc.c                            | 3 ++-
>   fs/f2fs/gc.h                            | 1 +
>   fs/f2fs/sysfs.c                         | 9 +++++++++
>   4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-fs-f2fs b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-fs-f2fs
> index 36c3cb547901..47f02fa471fe 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-fs-f2fs
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-fs-f2fs
> @@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ Contact:	"Namjae Jeon" <namjae.jeon@samsung.com>
>   Description:	Controls the default sleep time for gc_thread. Time
>   		is in milliseconds.
>   
> +What:		/sys/fs/f2fs/<disk>/gc_io_aware
> +Date:		January 2024
> +Contact:	"Jinbao Liu" <liujinbao1@xiaomi.com>
> +Description:	It controls to enable/disable IO aware feature for background gc.
> ++		By default, the value is 1 which indicates IO aware is on.
> +
>   What:		/sys/fs/f2fs/<disk>/gc_idle
>   Date:		July 2013
>   Contact:	"Namjae Jeon" <namjae.jeon@samsung.com>
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
> index 309da3d0faff..0b75d37acc63 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
> @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static int gc_thread_func(void *data)
>   			goto next;
>   		}
>   
> -		if (!is_idle(sbi, GC_TIME)) {
> +		if (gc_th->io_aware && !is_idle(sbi, GC_TIME)) {
>   			increase_sleep_time(gc_th, &wait_ms);
>   			f2fs_up_write(&sbi->gc_lock);
>   			stat_io_skip_bggc_count(sbi);
> @@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ int f2fs_start_gc_thread(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
>   	gc_th->min_sleep_time = DEF_GC_THREAD_MIN_SLEEP_TIME;
>   	gc_th->max_sleep_time = DEF_GC_THREAD_MAX_SLEEP_TIME;
>   	gc_th->no_gc_sleep_time = DEF_GC_THREAD_NOGC_SLEEP_TIME;
> +	gc_th->io_aware = true;
>   
>   	gc_th->gc_wake = false;
>   
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.h b/fs/f2fs/gc.h
> index 28a00942802c..51d6ad26b76a 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/gc.h
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.h
> @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ struct f2fs_gc_kthread {
>   	unsigned int min_sleep_time;
>   	unsigned int max_sleep_time;
>   	unsigned int no_gc_sleep_time;
> +	bool io_aware;
>   
>   	/* for changing gc mode */
>   	bool gc_wake;
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/sysfs.c b/fs/f2fs/sysfs.c
> index 417fae96890f..e8d5667cfddd 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/sysfs.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/sysfs.c
> @@ -516,6 +516,13 @@ static ssize_t __sbi_store(struct f2fs_attr *a,
>   		return count;
>   	}
>   
> +	if (!strcmp(a->attr.name, "gc_io_aware")) {
> +		if (t > 1)
> +			return -EINVAL;
> +		*ui = t ? true : false;
> +		return count;
> +	}
> +
>   	if (!strcmp(a->attr.name, "migration_granularity")) {
>   		if (t == 0 || t > sbi->segs_per_sec)
>   			return -EINVAL;
> @@ -906,6 +913,7 @@ GC_THREAD_RW_ATTR(gc_urgent_sleep_time, urgent_sleep_time);
>   GC_THREAD_RW_ATTR(gc_min_sleep_time, min_sleep_time);
>   GC_THREAD_RW_ATTR(gc_max_sleep_time, max_sleep_time);
>   GC_THREAD_RW_ATTR(gc_no_gc_sleep_time, no_gc_sleep_time);
> +GC_THREAD_RW_ATTR(gc_io_aware, io_aware);
>   
>   /* SM_INFO ATTR */
>   SM_INFO_RW_ATTR(reclaim_segments, rec_prefree_segments);
> @@ -1061,6 +1069,7 @@ static struct attribute *f2fs_attrs[] = {
>   	ATTR_LIST(gc_min_sleep_time),
>   	ATTR_LIST(gc_max_sleep_time),
>   	ATTR_LIST(gc_no_gc_sleep_time),
> +	ATTR_LIST(gc_io_aware),
>   	ATTR_LIST(gc_idle),
>   	ATTR_LIST(gc_urgent),
>   	ATTR_LIST(reclaim_segments),