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[v2,10/22] jbd2: add todo for a fast commit performance optimization

Message ID 20201106035911.1942128-11-harshadshirwadkar@gmail.com
State Accepted
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Series ext4 fast commit fixes | expand

Commit Message

harshad shirwadkar Nov. 6, 2020, 3:58 a.m. UTC 
Fast commit performance can be optimized if commit thread doesn't wait
for ongoing fast commits to complete until the transaction enters
T_FLUSH state. Document this optimization.

Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Harshad Shirwadkar <harshadshirwadkar@gmail.com>
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 fs/jbd2/commit.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index ec516490cb35..b121d7d434c6 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -450,6 +450,15 @@  void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 		schedule();
 		write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 		finish_wait(&journal->j_fc_wait, &wait);
+		/*
+		 * TODO: by blocking fast commits here, we are increasing
+		 * fsync() latency slightly. Strictly speaking, we don't need
+		 * to block fast commits until the transaction enters T_FLUSH
+		 * state. So an optimization is possible where we block new fast
+		 * commits here and wait for existing ones to complete
+		 * just before we enter T_FLUSH. That way, the existing fast
+		 * commits and this full commit can proceed parallely.
+		 */
 	}
 	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);