2008-09-21 03:15:54

by Theodore Ts'o

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Subject: [PATCH] ext4: Enable asynchronous commits by default


Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <[email protected]>
---
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index fb5766e..e6d5af7 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -747,8 +747,15 @@ static int ext4_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct vfsmount *vfs)
*/
seq_puts(seq, ",barrier=");
seq_puts(seq, test_opt(sb, BARRIER) ? "1" : "0");
+ /* journal_async_commit enables journal_checksum internally */
if (test_opt(sb, JOURNAL_ASYNC_COMMIT))
seq_puts(seq, ",journal_async_commit");
+ else {
+ seq_puts(seq, ",journal_sync_commit");
+ if (test_opt(sb, JOURNAL_CHECKSUM))
+ seq_puts(seq, ",journal_checksum");
+ }
+
if (test_opt(sb, NOBH))
seq_puts(seq, ",nobh");
if (!test_opt(sb, EXTENTS))
@@ -902,6 +909,7 @@ enum {
Opt_reservation, Opt_noreservation, Opt_noload, Opt_nobh, Opt_bh,
Opt_commit, Opt_journal_update, Opt_journal_inum, Opt_journal_dev,
Opt_journal_checksum, Opt_journal_async_commit,
+ Opt_journal_sync_commit,
Opt_abort, Opt_data_journal, Opt_data_ordered, Opt_data_writeback,
Opt_usrjquota, Opt_grpjquota, Opt_offusrjquota, Opt_offgrpjquota,
Opt_jqfmt_vfsold, Opt_jqfmt_vfsv0, Opt_quota, Opt_noquota,
@@ -944,6 +952,7 @@ static match_table_t tokens = {
{Opt_journal_dev, "journal_dev=%u"},
{Opt_journal_checksum, "journal_checksum"},
{Opt_journal_async_commit, "journal_async_commit"},
+ {Opt_journal_sync_commit, "journal_sync_commit"},
{Opt_abort, "abort"},
{Opt_data_journal, "data=journal"},
{Opt_data_ordered, "data=ordered"},
@@ -1145,7 +1154,9 @@ static int parse_options(char *options, struct super_block *sb,
break;
case Opt_journal_async_commit:
set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, JOURNAL_ASYNC_COMMIT);
- set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, JOURNAL_CHECKSUM);
+ break;
+ case Opt_journal_sync_commit:
+ clear_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, JOURNAL_ASYNC_COMMIT);
break;
case Opt_noload:
set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, NOLOAD);
@@ -2026,6 +2037,11 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
*/
set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, DELALLOC);

+ /*
+ * enable async commit by default
+ * Use -o sync_commit to turn it off
+ */
+ set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, JOURNAL_ASYNC_COMMIT);

if (!parse_options((char *) data, sb, &journal_inum, &journal_devnum,
NULL, 0))


2008-09-22 02:53:33

by Eric Sandeen

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Enable asynchronous commits by default

Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <[email protected]>
> ---
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
> index fb5766e..e6d5af7 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
> @@ -747,8 +747,15 @@ static int ext4_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct vfsmount *vfs)
> */
> seq_puts(seq, ",barrier=");
> seq_puts(seq, test_opt(sb, BARRIER) ? "1" : "0");
> + /* journal_async_commit enables journal_checksum internally */
> if (test_opt(sb, JOURNAL_ASYNC_COMMIT))
> seq_puts(seq, ",journal_async_commit");
> + else {
> + seq_puts(seq, ",journal_sync_commit");
> + if (test_opt(sb, JOURNAL_CHECKSUM))
> + seq_puts(seq, ",journal_checksum");
> + }
> +

Technically, I guess if async_commit is the default, it doesn't need to
be shown. But maybe since it's a new default it's fine at least for a
time.

Rest seems good.

Acked-by: Eric Sandeen <[email protected]>

-Eric

> if (test_opt(sb, NOBH))
> seq_puts(seq, ",nobh");
> if (!test_opt(sb, EXTENTS))
> @@ -902,6 +909,7 @@ enum {
> Opt_reservation, Opt_noreservation, Opt_noload, Opt_nobh, Opt_bh,
> Opt_commit, Opt_journal_update, Opt_journal_inum, Opt_journal_dev,
> Opt_journal_checksum, Opt_journal_async_commit,
> + Opt_journal_sync_commit,
> Opt_abort, Opt_data_journal, Opt_data_ordered, Opt_data_writeback,
> Opt_usrjquota, Opt_grpjquota, Opt_offusrjquota, Opt_offgrpjquota,
> Opt_jqfmt_vfsold, Opt_jqfmt_vfsv0, Opt_quota, Opt_noquota,
> @@ -944,6 +952,7 @@ static match_table_t tokens = {
> {Opt_journal_dev, "journal_dev=%u"},
> {Opt_journal_checksum, "journal_checksum"},
> {Opt_journal_async_commit, "journal_async_commit"},
> + {Opt_journal_sync_commit, "journal_sync_commit"},
> {Opt_abort, "abort"},
> {Opt_data_journal, "data=journal"},
> {Opt_data_ordered, "data=ordered"},
> @@ -1145,7 +1154,9 @@ static int parse_options(char *options, struct super_block *sb,
> break;
> case Opt_journal_async_commit:
> set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, JOURNAL_ASYNC_COMMIT);
> - set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, JOURNAL_CHECKSUM);
> + break;
> + case Opt_journal_sync_commit:
> + clear_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, JOURNAL_ASYNC_COMMIT);
> break;
> case Opt_noload:
> set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, NOLOAD);
> @@ -2026,6 +2037,11 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
> */
> set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, DELALLOC);
>
> + /*
> + * enable async commit by default
> + * Use -o sync_commit to turn it off
> + */
> + set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, JOURNAL_ASYNC_COMMIT);
>
> if (!parse_options((char *) data, sb, &journal_inum, &journal_devnum,
> NULL, 0))
> --
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