NFS: Use cond_resched_lock() to reduce latencies in the commit scans

Ensure that we conditionally drop the inode->i_lock when it is safe
to do so in the commit loops.
We do so after locking the nfs_page, but before removing it from the
commit list. We can then use list_safe_reset_next to recover the loop
after the lock is retaken.

Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>

diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
index e0bdbf4fe4544e162f9ed4e52e8992375985a3e3..634c0bcb4fd6878776f9d560e8ad023199b975d4 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c
@@ -936,7 +936,8 @@ static struct pnfs_layout_segment *find_only_write_lseg(struct inode *inode)
 }
 
 static int
-filelayout_scan_ds_commit_list(struct nfs4_fl_commit_bucket *bucket, int max)
+filelayout_scan_ds_commit_list(struct nfs4_fl_commit_bucket *bucket, int max,
+               spinlock_t *lock)
 {
        struct list_head *src = &bucket->written;
        struct list_head *dst = &bucket->committing;
@@ -946,6 +947,8 @@ filelayout_scan_ds_commit_list(struct nfs4_fl_commit_bucket *bucket, int max)
        list_for_each_entry_safe(req, tmp, src, wb_list) {
                if (!nfs_lock_request(req))
                        continue;
+               if (cond_resched_lock(lock))
+                       list_safe_reset_next(req, tmp, wb_list);
                nfs_request_remove_commit_list(req);
                clear_bit(PG_COMMIT_TO_DS, &req->wb_flags);
                nfs_list_add_request(req, dst);
@@ -959,7 +962,8 @@ filelayout_scan_ds_commit_list(struct nfs4_fl_commit_bucket *bucket, int max)
 /* Move reqs from written to committing lists, returning count of number moved.
  * Note called with i_lock held.
  */
-static int filelayout_scan_commit_lists(struct inode *inode, int max)
+static int filelayout_scan_commit_lists(struct inode *inode, int max,
+               spinlock_t *lock)
 {
        struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg;
        struct nfs4_filelayout_segment *fl;
@@ -972,7 +976,8 @@ static int filelayout_scan_commit_lists(struct inode *inode, int max)
        if (fl->commit_through_mds)
                goto out_done;
        for (i = 0; i < fl->number_of_buckets && max != 0; i++) {
-               cnt = filelayout_scan_ds_commit_list(&fl->commit_buckets[i], max);
+               cnt = filelayout_scan_ds_commit_list(&fl->commit_buckets[i],
+                               max, lock);
                max -= cnt;
                rv += cnt;
        }

diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.h b/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
index e98ff3027d3a8b93ec6f923717e13564bf0c96ce..07802652f5a3a572b00feb5580f421caa58c76e4 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ struct pnfs_layoutdriver_type {
        void (*mark_request_commit) (struct nfs_page *req,
                                        struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg);
        void (*clear_request_commit) (struct nfs_page *req);
-       int (*scan_commit_lists) (struct inode *inode, int max);
+       int (*scan_commit_lists) (struct inode *inode, int max, spinlock_t *lock);
        int (*commit_pagelist)(struct inode *inode, struct list_head *mds_pages, int how);
 
        /*
@@ -294,14 +294,14 @@ pnfs_clear_request_commit(struct nfs_page *req)
 }
 
 static inline int
-pnfs_scan_commit_lists(struct inode *inode, int max)
+pnfs_scan_commit_lists(struct inode *inode, int max, spinlock_t *lock)
 {
        struct pnfs_layoutdriver_type *ld = NFS_SERVER(inode)->pnfs_curr_ld;
        int ret;
 
        if (ld == NULL || ld->scan_commit_lists == NULL)
                return 0;
-       ret = ld->scan_commit_lists(inode, max);
+       ret = ld->scan_commit_lists(inode, max, lock);
        if (ret != 0)
                set_bit(NFS_INO_PNFS_COMMIT, &NFS_I(inode)->flags);
        return ret;
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ pnfs_clear_request_commit(struct nfs_page *req)
 }
 
 static inline int
-pnfs_scan_commit_lists(struct inode *inode, int max)
+pnfs_scan_commit_lists(struct inode *inode, int max, spinlock_t *lock)
 {
        return 0;
 }

diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 628d9a69d0a20f022e028bc5d0fbdf9137eb33c3..bd93d40099f9f9be4ab84f2b6016e90f71752775 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -561,7 +561,8 @@ nfs_need_commit(struct nfs_inode *nfsi)
 
 /* i_lock held by caller */
 static int
-nfs_scan_commit_list(struct list_head *src, struct list_head *dst, int max)
+nfs_scan_commit_list(struct list_head *src, struct list_head *dst, int max,
+               spinlock_t *lock)
 {
        struct nfs_page *req, *tmp;
        int ret = 0;
@@ -569,6 +570,8 @@ nfs_scan_commit_list(struct list_head *src, struct list_head *dst, int max)
        list_for_each_entry_safe(req, tmp, src, wb_list) {
                if (!nfs_lock_request(req))
                        continue;
+               if (cond_resched_lock(lock))
+                       list_safe_reset_next(req, tmp, wb_list);
                nfs_request_remove_commit_list(req);
                nfs_list_add_request(req, dst);
                ret++;
@@ -596,8 +599,10 @@ nfs_scan_commit(struct inode *inode, struct list_head *dst)
        if (nfsi->ncommit > 0) {
                const int max = INT_MAX;
 
-               ret = nfs_scan_commit_list(&nfsi->commit_list, dst, max);
-               ret += pnfs_scan_commit_lists(inode, max - ret);
+               ret = nfs_scan_commit_list(&nfsi->commit_list, dst, max,
+                               &inode->i_lock);
+               ret += pnfs_scan_commit_lists(inode, max - ret,
+                               &inode->i_lock);
        }
        spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
        return ret;