Re: [PATCH 1/3] f2fs: avoid redundant call to has_not_enough_free_secsin f2fs_gc

[Namjae Jeon]

2013/1/31, Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk.kim@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 2013-01-30 (ì), 22:47 +0900, Namjae Jeon:
>> From: Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> After doing a write_checkpoint from garbage collection path if there is
>> still
>> need to do more garbage collection, gc_more label is used to jump and
>> start
>> the process again. And in that process, first step before getting victim
>> is to
>> check if there are not enough free sections, which is already done before
>> doing a jump to gc_more. We can avoid the redundant call to check free
>> sections, by checking the gc_type flag which will remain FG_GC(value 1)
>> under
>> this condition.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Amit Sahrawat <a.sahrawat@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  fs/f2fs/gc.c |    2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
>> index 9b5d0aa..0dfdaa5 100644
>> --- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
>> +++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
>> @@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ gc_more:
>>  	if (!(sbi->sb->s_flags & MS_ACTIVE))
>>  		goto stop;
>>
>> -	if (has_not_enough_free_secs(sbi))
>> +	if (!gc_type && has_not_enough_free_secs(sbi))
>
> I applied this patch with the following change:
> 	if (gc_type == BG_GC && has_not_enough_free_secs(sbi))
>
> Thank you. :)

Right!, Thanks Jaegeuk :)
>
>>  		gc_type = FG_GC;
>>
>>  	if (!__get_victim(sbi, &segno, gc_type, NO_CHECK_TYPE))
>
> --
> Jaegeuk Kim
> Samsung
>
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/