On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 08:19:06PM +0800, Chao Yu wrote: > Hi Jaegeuk, > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jaegeuk Kim [mailto:jaeg...@kernel.org] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 12:56 AM > > To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; linux-fsde...@vger.kernel.org; > > linux-f2fs-de...@lists.sourceforge.net > > Cc: Jaegeuk Kim > > Subject: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH 2/2] f2fs: no need to lock for update_inode_page > > all the time > > > > As comment says, we don't need to call f2fs_lock_op in write_inode to > > prevent > > from producing dirty node pages all the time. > > That happens only when there is not enough free sections and we can avoid > > that > > by calling balance_fs in prior to that. > > > > Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaeg...@kernel.org> > > --- > > fs/f2fs/inode.c | 10 +++------- > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inode.c b/fs/f2fs/inode.c > > index 35aae65..0fc4d02 100644 > > --- a/fs/f2fs/inode.c > > +++ b/fs/f2fs/inode.c > > @@ -296,16 +296,12 @@ int f2fs_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct > > writeback_control *wbc) > > return 0; > > > > /* > > - * We need to lock here to prevent from producing dirty node pages > > + * We need to balance fs here to prevent from producing dirty node pages > > * during the urgent cleaning time when runing out of free sections. > > */ > > - f2fs_lock_op(sbi); > > - update_inode_page(inode); > > - f2fs_unlock_op(sbi); > > - > > - if (wbc) > > - f2fs_balance_fs(sbi); > > f2fs_balance_fs was moved here intentionally by Jin Xu in commit 92c4342fb72a > ("f2fs: avoid writing inode redundantly when creating a file") to avoid > redundantly inode page submitting, I was confused since I didn't know all > history here. So, should we change the position of f2fs_balance_fs?
Oh, I remained that order. Fixed and merged. Thanks, > > Thanks, > > > + f2fs_balance_fs(sbi); > > > > + update_inode_page(inode); > > return 0; > > } > > > > -- > > 2.1.1 > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-f2fs-devel mailing list > > linux-f2fs-de...@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-f2fs-devel -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
