kernel.git/fs/gfs2/aops.c, branch linux-3.5.y

GFS2: eliminate log elements and simplify

2012-05-02T08:14:36Z

This patch eliminates the gfs2_log_element data structure and rolls its two components into the gfs2_bufdata. This makes the code easier to understand and makes it easier to migrate to a rbtree to keep the list sorted. Signed-off-by: Bob Peterson Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse

GFS2: Remove unused argument from gfs2_internal_read

2012-04-24T15:44:37Z

gfs2_internal_read accepts an unused ra_state argument, left over from when we did readahead on the rindex. Since there are currently no plans to add back this readahead, this patch removes the ra_state parameter and updates the functions which call gfs2_internal_read accordingly. Signed-off-by: Andrew Price Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse

GFS2: Remove bd_list_tr

2012-04-24T15:44:36Z

This is another clean up in the logging code. This per-transaction list was largely unused. Its main function was to ensure that the number of buffers in a transaction was correct, however that counter was only used to check the number of buffers in the bd_list_tr, plus an assert at the end of each transaction. With the assert now changed to use the calculated buffer counts, we can remove both bd_list_tr and its associated counter. This should make the code easier to understand as well as shrinking a couple of structures. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse

GFS2: make function gfs2_page_add_databufs static

2012-04-24T15:44:28Z

This patch makes function gfs2_page_add_databufs static. Signed-off-by: Bob Peterson Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse

GFS2: Allow caching of rindex glock

2012-04-10T12:49:53Z

This patch allows caching of the rindex glock. We were previously setting the GL_NOCACHE bit when the glock was released. That forced the rindex inode to be invalidated, which caused us to re-read rindex at the next access. However, it caused the glock to be unnecessarily bounced around the cluster. This patch allows the glock to remain cached, but it still causes the rindex to be re-read once it has been written to by gfs2_grow. Ben and I have tested single-node gfs2_grow cases and I've tested clustered gfs2_grow cases on my four-node cluster. Signed-off-by: Bob Peterson Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse

gfs2: remove the second argument of k[un]map_atomic()

2012-03-20T13:48:23Z

Signed-off-by: Cong Wang

GFS2: decouple quota allocations from block allocations

2011-11-22T10:25:21Z

This patch separates the code pertaining to allocations into two parts: quota-related information and block reservations. This patch also moves all the block reservation structure allocations to function gfs2_inplace_reserve to simplify the code, and moves the frees to function gfs2_inplace_release. Signed-off-by: Bob Peterson Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse

GFS2: Cache the most recently used resource group in the inode

2011-10-21T11:39:34Z

This means that after the initial allocation for any inode, the last used resource group is cached in the inode for future use. This drastically reduces the number of lookups of resource groups in the common case, and this the contention on that data structure. The allocation algorithm is the same as previously, except that we always check to see if the goal block is within the cached rgrp first before going to the rbtree to look one up. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse

GFS2: Use ->dirty_inode()

2011-10-21T11:39:26Z

The aim of this patch is to use the newly enhanced ->dirty_inode() super block operation to deal with atime updates, rather than piggy backing that code into ->write_inode() as is currently done. The net result is a simplification of the code in various places and a reduction of the number of gfs2_dinode_out() calls since this is now implied by ->dirty_inode(). Some of the mark_inode_dirty() calls have been moved under glocks in order to take advantage of then being able to avoid locking in ->dirty_inode() when we already have suitable locks. One consequence is that generic_write_end() now correctly deals with file size updates, so that we do not need a separate check for that afterwards. This also, indirectly, means that fdatasync should work correctly on GFS2 - the current code always syncs the metadata whether it needs to or not. Has survived testing with postmark (with and without atime) and also fsx. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse

GFS2: Resolve inode eviction and ail list interaction bug

2011-07-14T07:59:44Z

This patch contains a few misc fixes which resolve a recently reported issue. This patch has been a real team effort and has received a lot of testing. The first issue is that the ail lock needs to be held over a few more operations. The lock thats added into gfs2_releasepage() may possibly be a candidate for replacing with RCU at some future point, but at this stage we've gone for the obvious fix. The second issue is that gfs2_write_inode() can end up calling a glock recursively when called from gfs2_evict_inode() via the syncing code, so it needs a guard added. The third issue is that we either need to not truncate the metadata pages of inodes which have zero link count, but which we cannot deallocate due to them still being in use by other nodes, or we need to ensure that those pages have all made it through the journal and ail lists first. This patch takes the former approach, but the latter has also been tested and there is nothing to choose between them performance-wise. So again, we could revise that decision in the future. Also, the inode eviction process is now better documented. Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse Tested-by: Bob Peterson Tested-by: Abhijith Das Reported-by: Barry J. Marson Reported-by: David Teigland