In FG_GC process, it will search victim section twice. This will cause some dirty section with less valid blocks skip garbage collection.
section # 26425 : valid blocks # 3 142.037567: get_victim_by_default: victim 26425 : valid blocks # 3 142.037585: f2fs_get_victim: dev = (259,30), type = No TYPE, policy = (Foreground GC, LFS-mode, Greedy), victim = 26425 ofs_unit = 1, pre_victim_secno = 26425, prefree = 0, free = 244 142.039494: f2fs_get_victim: dev = (259,30), type = Hot DATA, policy = (Background GC, SSR-mode, Greedy), victim = 19022 ofs_unit = 1, pre_victim_secno = 26425, prefree = 0, free = 24 142.070247: new_curseg: Debug: alloc new segment 26746 142.244341: f2fs_get_victim: dev = (259,30), type = No TYPE, policy = (Foreground GC, LFS-mode, Greedy), victim = 26054 ofs_unit = 1, pre_victim_secno = 26054, prefree = 0, free = 243 142.254475: do_garbage_collect: Debug: FG_GC, seg_freed = 1 142.293131: f2fs_get_victim: dev = (259,30), type = Warm DATA, policy = (Background GC, SSR-mode, Greedy), victim = 23466 ofs_unit = 1, pre_victim_secno = -1, prefree = 0, free = 244 142.319001: f2fs_get_victim: dev = (259,30), type = Warm DATA, policy = (Background GC, SSR-mode, Greedy), victim = 23467 ofs_unit = 1, pre_victim_secno = -1, prefree = 0, free = 244 142.368879: get_victim_by_default: victim 26425 : valid blocks # 3 142.368894: f2fs_get_victim: dev = (259,30), type = No TYPE, policy = (Foreground GC, LFS-mode, Greedy), victim = 26425 ofs_unit = 1, pre_victim_secno = 26425, prefree = 0, free = 244 142.378127: f2fs_get_victim: dev = (259,30), type = Hot DATA, policy = (Background GC, SSR-mode, Greedy), victim = 19612 ofs_unit = 1, pre_victim_secno = 26425, prefree = 0, free = 24 142.416917: new_curseg: Debug: alloc new segment 26054 142.656794: f2fs_get_victim: dev = (259,30), type = No TYPE, policy = (Foreground GC, LFS-mode, Greedy), victim = 25404 ofs_unit = 1, pre_victim_secno = 25404, prefree = 0, free = 243 142.662139: do_garbage_collect: Debug: FG_GC, seg_freed = 1 142.684159: new_curseg: Debug: alloc new segment 25197 142.685059: get_victim_by_default: victim 26425 : valid blocks # 3 142.685079: f2fs_get_victim: dev = (259,30), type = No TYPE, policy = (Foreground GC, LFS-mode, Greedy), victim = 26425 ofs_unit = 1, pre_victim_secno = 26425, prefree = 0, free = 243 142.701427: f2fs_get_victim: dev = (259,30), type = No TYPE, policy = (Foreground GC, LFS-mode, Greedy), victim = 26238 ofs_unit = 1, pre_victim_secno = 26238, prefree = 0, free = 243 142.707105: do_garbage_collect: Debug: FG_GC, seg_freed = 1 142.802444: f2fs_get_victim: dev = (259,30), type = Warm DATA, policy = (Background GC, SSR-mode, Greedy), victim = 23473 ofs_unit = 1, pre_victim_secno = -1, prefree = 0, free = 244 142.804422: get_victim_by_default: victim 26425 : valid blocks # 3 142.804443: f2fs_get_victim: dev = (259,30), type = No TYPE, policy = (Foreground GC, LFS-mode, Greedy), victim = 26425 ofs_unit = 1, pre_victim_secno = 26425, prefree = 0, free = 244 142.851567: f2fs_get_victim: dev = (259,30), type = Hot DATA, policy = (Background GC, SSR-mode, Greedy), victim = 19092 ofs_unit = 1, pre_victim_secno = 26425, prefree = 0, free = 24 142.865014: new_curseg: Debug: alloc new segment 26238 143.082245: f2fs_get_victim: dev = (259,30), type = No TYPE, policy = (Foreground GC, LFS-mode, Greedy), victim = 26307 ofs_unit = 1, pre_victim_secno = 26307, prefree = 0, free = 244 143.088252: do_garbage_collect: Debug: FG_GC, seg_freed = 1 143.128307: new_curseg: Debug: alloc new segment 25404 143.181846: get_victim_by_default: victim 26425 : valid blocks # 3 143.181872: f2fs_get_victim: dev = (259,30), type = No TYPE, policy = (Foreground GC, LFS-mode, Greedy), victim = 26425 ofs_unit = 1, pre_victim_secno = 26425, prefree = 0, free = 244 Signed-off-by: Yunlei He <heyun...@huawei.com> --- fs/f2fs/gc.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c index 88e5e7b..74e1553 100644 --- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c +++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c @@ -943,12 +943,10 @@ int f2fs_gc(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, bool sync, bool background) * enough free sections, we should flush dent/node blocks and do * garbage collections. */ - if (__get_victim(sbi, &segno, gc_type) || - prefree_segments(sbi)) { + if (dirty_segments(sbi) || prefree_segments(sbi)) { ret = write_checkpoint(sbi, &cpc); if (ret) goto stop; - segno = NULL_SEGNO; } else if (has_not_enough_free_secs(sbi, 0, 0)) { ret = write_checkpoint(sbi, &cpc); if (ret) @@ -959,7 +957,7 @@ int f2fs_gc(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, bool sync, bool background) goto stop; } - if (segno == NULL_SEGNO && !__get_victim(sbi, &segno, gc_type)) + if (!__get_victim(sbi, &segno, gc_type)) goto stop; ret = 0; -- 2.10.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Linux-f2fs-devel mailing list Linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-f2fs-devel