[PATCH 2/3] sysfs directory scaling: count number of children dirs

From: Benjamin LaHaise
Date: Sun Nov 01 2009 - 11:56:57 EST


sysfs_count_nlink() is a bottleneck during mass bring up of network
interfaces. Eliminate this problem by tracking the number of directories.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@xxxxxxxxx>
diff -u b/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
--- b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
sd->s_sibling = *pos;
sd->s_sibling_prev = prev;
*pos = sd;
+ parent_sd->s_nr_children_dir += (sysfs_type(sd) == SYSFS_DIR);

// rb tree insert
new = &(parent_sd->s_dir.child_rb_root.rb_node);
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@
if (sd->s_sibling)
sd->s_sibling->s_sibling_prev = prev;

+ sd->s_parent->s_nr_children_dir -= (sysfs_type(sd) == SYSFS_DIR);
sd->s_sibling_prev = NULL;
rb_erase(&sd->s_rb_node, &sd->s_parent->s_dir.child_rb_root);
}
diff -u b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
--- b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@
ino_t s_ino;
umode_t s_mode;
struct sysfs_inode_attrs *s_iattr;
+
+ int s_nr_children_dir;
};

#define SD_DEACTIVATED_BIAS INT_MIN
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -191,14 +191,7 @@ static struct lock_class_key sysfs_inode_imutex_key;

static int sysfs_count_nlink(struct sysfs_dirent *sd)
{
- struct sysfs_dirent *child;
- int nr = 0;
-
- for (child = sd->s_dir.children; child; child = child->s_sibling)
- if (sysfs_type(child) == SYSFS_DIR)
- nr++;
-
- return nr + 2;
+ return sd->s_nr_children_dir + 2;
}

static void sysfs_init_inode(struct sysfs_dirent *sd, struct inode *inode)
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