Re: [PATCH] udf: add extent cache support in case of file reading

From: Jan Kara
Date: Mon Jan 14 2013 - 09:56:18 EST


On Sat 12-01-13 15:13:08, Namjae Jeon wrote:
> From: Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> This patch implements extent caching in case of file reading.
> While reading a file, currently, UDF reads metadata serially
> which takes a lot of time depending on the number of extents present
> in the file. Caching last accessd extent improves metadata read time.
> Instead of reading file metadata from start, now we read from
> the cached extent.
>
> This patch considerably improves the time spent by CPU in kernel mode.
> For example, while reading a 10.9 GB file using dd:
> Time before applying patch:
> 11677022208 bytes (10.9GB) copied, 1529.748921 seconds, 7.3MB/s
> real 25m 29.85s
> user 0m 12.41s
> sys 15m 34.75s
>
> Time after applying patch:
> 11677022208 bytes (10.9GB) copied, 1469.338231 seconds, 7.6MB/s
> real 24m 29.44s
> user 0m 15.73s
> sys 3m 27.61s
Thanks for the patch! I have just three minor comments below.

> Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ashish Sangwan <a.sangwan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Bonggil Bak <bgbak@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/udf/ialloc.c | 2 ++
> fs/udf/inode.c | 74 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> fs/udf/udf_i.h | 17 +++++++++++++
> fs/udf/udfdecl.h | 10 ++++----
> 4 files changed, 92 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/udf/ialloc.c b/fs/udf/ialloc.c
> index 7e5aae4..7dd86a4a 100644
> --- a/fs/udf/ialloc.c
> +++ b/fs/udf/ialloc.c
> @@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ struct inode *udf_new_inode(struct inode *dir, umode_t mode, int *err)
> iinfo->i_lenAlloc = 0;
> iinfo->i_use = 0;
> iinfo->i_checkpoint = 1;
> + memset(&iinfo->cached_extent, 0, sizeof(struct udf_ext_cache));
> + mutex_init(&(iinfo->i_extent_cache_lock));
> if (UDF_QUERY_FLAG(inode->i_sb, UDF_FLAG_USE_AD_IN_ICB))
> iinfo->i_alloc_type = ICBTAG_FLAG_AD_IN_ICB;
> else if (UDF_QUERY_FLAG(inode->i_sb, UDF_FLAG_USE_SHORT_AD))
> diff --git a/fs/udf/inode.c b/fs/udf/inode.c
> index cbae1ed..9980381 100644
> --- a/fs/udf/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/udf/inode.c
> @@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ void udf_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
> }
> kfree(iinfo->i_ext.i_data);
> iinfo->i_ext.i_data = NULL;
> + udf_clear_extent_cache(iinfo);
> if (want_delete) {
> udf_free_inode(inode);
> }
> @@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ static void udf_write_failed(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t to)
> truncate_pagecache(inode, to, isize);
> if (iinfo->i_alloc_type != ICBTAG_FLAG_AD_IN_ICB) {
> down_write(&iinfo->i_data_sem);
> + udf_clear_extent_cache(iinfo);
> udf_truncate_extents(inode);
> up_write(&iinfo->i_data_sem);
> }
> @@ -372,7 +374,7 @@ static int udf_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t block,
> iinfo->i_next_alloc_goal++;
> }
>
> -
> + udf_clear_extent_cache(iinfo);
> phys = inode_getblk(inode, block, &err, &new);
> if (!phys)
> goto abort;
> @@ -1171,6 +1173,7 @@ set_size:
> } else {
> if (iinfo->i_alloc_type == ICBTAG_FLAG_AD_IN_ICB) {
> down_write(&iinfo->i_data_sem);
> + udf_clear_extent_cache(iinfo);
> memset(iinfo->i_ext.i_data + iinfo->i_lenEAttr + newsize,
> 0x00, bsize - newsize -
> udf_file_entry_alloc_offset(inode));
> @@ -1184,6 +1187,7 @@ set_size:
> if (err)
> return err;
> down_write(&iinfo->i_data_sem);
> + udf_clear_extent_cache(iinfo);
> truncate_setsize(inode, newsize);
> udf_truncate_extents(inode);
> up_write(&iinfo->i_data_sem);
> @@ -1301,6 +1305,8 @@ static void udf_fill_inode(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *bh)
> iinfo->i_lenAlloc = 0;
> iinfo->i_next_alloc_block = 0;
> iinfo->i_next_alloc_goal = 0;
> + memset(&iinfo->cached_extent, 0, sizeof(struct udf_ext_cache));
> + mutex_init(&(iinfo->i_extent_cache_lock));
> if (fe->descTag.tagIdent == cpu_to_le16(TAG_IDENT_EFE)) {
> iinfo->i_efe = 1;
> iinfo->i_use = 0;
> @@ -2156,11 +2162,12 @@ int8_t inode_bmap(struct inode *inode, sector_t block,
> struct udf_inode_info *iinfo;
>
> iinfo = UDF_I(inode);
> - pos->offset = 0;
> - pos->block = iinfo->i_location;
> - pos->bh = NULL;
> + if (!udf_read_extent_cache(inode, bcount, &lbcount, pos)) {
> + pos->offset = 0;
> + pos->block = iinfo->i_location;
> + pos->bh = NULL;
> + }
> *elen = 0;
> -
> do {
> etype = udf_next_aext(inode, pos, eloc, elen, 1);
> if (etype == -1) {
> @@ -2170,7 +2177,8 @@ int8_t inode_bmap(struct inode *inode, sector_t block,
> }
> lbcount += *elen;
> } while (lbcount <= bcount);
> -
> + /* update extent cache */
> + udf_update_extent_cache(inode, lbcount - *elen, pos, 1);
> *offset = (bcount + *elen - lbcount) >> blocksize_bits;
>
> return etype;
> @@ -2200,3 +2208,57 @@ long udf_block_map(struct inode *inode, sector_t block)
> else
> return ret;
> }
> +int udf_read_extent_cache(struct inode *inode, loff_t bcount,
> + loff_t *lbcount, struct extent_position *pos)
> +{
> + struct udf_inode_info *iinfo = UDF_I(inode);
Use empty line after declarations please...

> + mutex_lock(&iinfo->i_extent_cache_lock);
> + if ((iinfo->cached_extent.lstart <= bcount) &&
> + (iinfo->cached_extent.valid)) {
> + /* Cache hit */
> + *lbcount = iinfo->cached_extent.lstart;
> + memcpy(pos, &iinfo->cached_extent.epos,
> + sizeof(struct extent_position));
> + mutex_unlock(&iinfo->i_extent_cache_lock);
> + return 1;
> + } else
> + udf_clear_extent_cache(iinfo);
> + mutex_unlock(&iinfo->i_extent_cache_lock);
> + return 0;
> +}
> +void udf_update_extent_cache(struct inode *inode, loff_t estart,
> + struct extent_position *pos, int next_epos)
> +{
> + struct udf_inode_info *iinfo = UDF_I(inode);
> + mutex_lock(&iinfo->i_extent_cache_lock);
> + if (pos->bh != NULL)
> + /* Increase ref count */
> + get_bh(pos->bh);
> + memcpy(&iinfo->cached_extent.epos, pos,
> + sizeof(struct extent_position));
> + iinfo->cached_extent.lstart = estart;
> + iinfo->cached_extent.valid = 1;
> + if (next_epos)
> + switch (iinfo->i_alloc_type) {
> + case ICBTAG_FLAG_AD_SHORT:
> + iinfo->cached_extent.epos.offset -=
> + sizeof(struct short_ad);
> + break;
> + case ICBTAG_FLAG_AD_LONG:
> + iinfo->cached_extent.epos.offset -=
> + sizeof(struct long_ad);
> + }
> + mutex_unlock(&iinfo->i_extent_cache_lock);
> +}
> +
> +/* This function should be called after i_data_sem is
> + * held for writing OR i_extent_cache_lock is taken.
> + */
> +void udf_clear_extent_cache(struct udf_inode_info *iinfo)
> +{
> + if (iinfo->cached_extent.valid) {
> + brelse(iinfo->cached_extent.epos.bh);
> + memset(&iinfo->cached_extent, 0, sizeof(struct udf_ext_cache));
> + }
> +}
> +
> diff --git a/fs/udf/udf_i.h b/fs/udf/udf_i.h
> index bb8309d..95e5e17 100644
> --- a/fs/udf/udf_i.h
> +++ b/fs/udf/udf_i.h
> @@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
> #ifndef _UDF_I_H
> #define _UDF_I_H
>
> +struct extent_position {
> + struct buffer_head *bh;
> + uint32_t offset;
> + struct kernel_lb_addr block;
> +};
> +
> +struct udf_ext_cache {
> + /* Extent position */
> + struct extent_position epos;
> + /* Start logical offset in bytes */
> + loff_t lstart;
> + bool valid;
I'd just remove the 'valid' entry and use lstart == -1 as an indication
for invalid cache.

> +};
> +
> /*
> * The i_data_sem and i_mutex serve for protection of allocation information
> * of a regular files and symlinks. This includes all extents belonging to
> @@ -35,6 +49,9 @@ struct udf_inode_info {
> __u8 *i_data;
> } i_ext;
> struct rw_semaphore i_data_sem;
> + struct udf_ext_cache cached_extent;
> + /* Mutex for protecting extent cache */
> + struct mutex i_extent_cache_lock;
This should be spinlock not mutex. We don't need to sleep while holding
the lock and spinlocks are both faster and smaller...

> struct inode vfs_inode;
> };
>
> diff --git a/fs/udf/udfdecl.h b/fs/udf/udfdecl.h
> index de038da..db4a22e 100644
> --- a/fs/udf/udfdecl.h
> +++ b/fs/udf/udfdecl.h
> @@ -113,11 +113,6 @@ struct ustr {
> uint8_t u_len;
> };
>
> -struct extent_position {
> - struct buffer_head *bh;
> - uint32_t offset;
> - struct kernel_lb_addr block;
> -};
>
> /* super.c */
>
> @@ -164,6 +159,11 @@ extern int8_t udf_next_aext(struct inode *, struct extent_position *,
> struct kernel_lb_addr *, uint32_t *, int);
> extern int8_t udf_current_aext(struct inode *, struct extent_position *,
> struct kernel_lb_addr *, uint32_t *, int);
> +int udf_read_extent_cache(struct inode *inode, loff_t bcount, loff_t *lbcount,
> + struct extent_position *pos);
> +void udf_update_extent_cache(struct inode *inode, loff_t estart,
> + struct extent_position *pos, int next_epos);
> +void udf_clear_extent_cache(struct udf_inode_info *iinfo);
>
> /* misc.c */
> extern struct buffer_head *udf_tgetblk(struct super_block *, int);
> --
> 1.7.9.5
>
--
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR
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