From: Jan Kara Subject: Re: [RFC] ext4: Semantics of delalloc,data=ordered Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:20:46 +0200 Message-ID: <20080616172046.GC3279@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> References: <1213284316-22063-1-git-send-email-aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20080616150533.GB3279@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> <20080616160251.GA14214@skywalker> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: cmm@us.ibm.com, tytso@mit.edu, sandeen@redhat.com, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, adilger@sun.com To: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" Return-path: Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.26.193]:44655 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756585AbYFPRUr (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:20:47 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080616160251.GA14214@skywalker> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 05:05:33PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote: > > Hi Aneesh, > > > > First, I'd like to see some short comment on what semantics > > delalloc,data=ordered is going to have. At least I can imagine at least > > two sensible approaches: > > 1) All we guarantee is that user is not going to see uninitialized data. > > We send writes to disk (and allocate blocks) whenever it fits our needs > > (usually when pdflush finds them). > > 2) We guarantee that when transaction commits, your data is on disk - > > i.e., we allocate actual blocks on transaction commit. > > > > Both these possibilities have their pros and cons. Most importantly, > > 1) gives better disk layout while 2) gives higher consistency > > guarantees. Note that with 1), it can under some circumstances happen, > > that after a crash you see block 1 and 3 of your 3-block-write on disk, > > while block 2 is still a hole. 1) is easy to implement (you mostly did > > it below), 2) is harder. I think there should be broader consensus on > > what the semantics should be (changed subject to catch more attention > > ;). > > > > A few comments to your patch are also below. > > > > Honza > > The way I was looking at ordered mode was, we only guarantee that the > meta-data blocks corresponding to the data block allocated get committed > only after the data-blocks are written to the disk. As long as we don't > allocate blocks corresponding to a page we don't write the page to > disk. This should also speed up the "sync slowness" that lot of people > are reporting with ordered mode. I'm not sure if it helps - tons of dirty data have to get to transaction at some time even with delayed alloc and at that moment any "interactive application" is going to be starved. > Can you explain > " > 1), it can under some circumstances happen, that after a crash you see > block 1 and 3 of your 3-block-write on disk, while block 2 is still a hole. > " Imagine you have a file with blocks 1 and 3 allocated and block 2 is a hole. You write blocks 1-3. Block 2 isn't allocated because of delalloc. Now if inode is already in the current transaction's list, during commit writes to blocks 1 and 3 will land on disk but write to block 2 will happen only after pdflush finds it. > > > Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V > > > --- > > > fs/ext4/inode.c | 169 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- > > > fs/jbd2/commit.c | 41 ++++++++++++-- > > > 2 files changed, 198 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c > > > index 63355ab..7d87641 100644 > > > --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c > > > +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c > > > @@ -1606,13 +1606,12 @@ static int ext4_bh_unmapped_or_delay(handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh) > > > return !buffer_mapped(bh) || buffer_delay(bh); > > > } > > > > > > -/* FIXME!! only support data=writeback mode */ > > > /* > > > * get called vi ext4_da_writepages after taking page lock > > > * We may end up doing block allocation here in case > > > * mpage_da_map_blocks failed to allocate blocks. > > > */ > > > -static int ext4_da_writepage(struct page *page, > > > +static int ext4_da_writeback_writepage(struct page *page, > > > struct writeback_control *wbc) > > > { > > > int ret = 0; > > > @@ -1660,6 +1659,61 @@ static int ext4_da_writepage(struct page *page, > > > return ret; > > > } > > > > > > +/* > > > + * get called vi ext4_da_writepages after taking page lock > > > + * We may end up doing block allocation here in case > > > + * mpage_da_map_blocks failed to allocate blocks. > > > + * > > > + * We also get called via journal_submit_inode_data_buffers > > > + */ > > > +static int ext4_da_ordered_writepage(struct page *page, > > > + struct writeback_control *wbc) > > > +{ > > > + int ret = 0; > > > + loff_t size; > > > + unsigned long len; > > > + handle_t *handle = NULL; > > > + struct buffer_head *page_bufs; > > > + struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host; > > > + > > > + handle = ext4_journal_current_handle(); > > > + if (!handle) { > > > + /* > > > + * This can happen when we aren't called via > > > + * ext4_da_writepages() but directly (shrink_page_list). > > > + * We cannot easily start a transaction here so we just skip > > > + * writing the page in case we would have to do so. > > > + */ > > > + size = i_size_read(inode); > > > + > > > + page_bufs = page_buffers(page); > > > + if (page->index == size >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) > > > + len = size & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK; > > > + else > > > + len = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE; > > > + > > > + if (walk_page_buffers(NULL, page_bufs, 0, > > > + len, NULL, ext4_bh_unmapped_or_delay)) { > > > + /* > > > + * We can't do block allocation under > > > + * page lock without a handle . So redirty > > > + * the page and return. > > > + * We may reach here when we do a journal commit > > > + * via journal_submit_inode_data_buffers. > > > + * If we don't have mapping block we just ignore > > > + * them > > > + * > > > + */ > > > + redirty_page_for_writepage(wbc, page); > > > + unlock_page(page); > > > + return 0; > > > + } > > > + } > > > + > > > + ret = block_write_full_page(page, ext4_da_get_block_write, wbc); > > > + > > > + return ret; > > > +} > > If you're going to use this writepage() implementation from commit > > code, you cannot simply do redirty_page_for_writepage() and bail out > > when there's an unmapped buffer. You must write out at least mapped > > buffers to satisfy ordering guarantees (think of filesystems with > > blocksize < page size). > > With delalloc is it possible to have a page that have some buffer_heads > marked delay ? I thought more about the case where some buffers are mapped and some aren't (because there's a hole in the middle of the page)... Honza -- Jan Kara SuSE CR Labs