On 04/13, Chao Yu wrote:
> On 2023/4/11 7:21, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> > On 04/10, Chao Yu wrote:
> > > On 2023/4/5 23:55, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> > > > On 04/05, Chao Yu wrote:
> > > > > On 2023/4/5 5:39, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> > > > > > Can we do like this?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > From 9a58f0e59364241aa31b555cfe793d278e39b0dc Mon Sep 17
> > > > > > 00:00:00 2001
> > > > > > From: Jaegeuk Kim <jaeg...@kernel.org>
> > > > > > Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2023 14:36:00 -0700
> > > > > > Subject: [PATCH] f2fs: do checkpoint when there's not enough free
> > > > > > sections
> > > > > >
> > > > > > We didn't do checkpoint in FG_GC case, which may cause losing to
> > > > > > reclaim prefree
> > > > > > sctions in time.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Fixes: 6f8d4455060d ("f2fs: avoid fi->i_gc_rwsem[WRITE] lock in
> > > > > > f2fs_gc")
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <c...@kernel.org>
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaeg...@kernel.org>
> > > > > > ---
> > > > > > fs/f2fs/gc.c | 24 +++++++++++-------------
> > > > > > 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
> > > > > > index 56c53dbe05c9..f1d0dd9c5a6c 100644
> > > > > > --- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
> > > > > > +++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
> > > > > > @@ -1806,6 +1806,7 @@ int f2fs_gc(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct
> > > > > > f2fs_gc_control *gc_control)
> > > > > > };
> > > > > > unsigned int skipped_round = 0, round = 0;
> > > > > > unsigned int upper_secs;
> > > > > > + bool stop_gc = false;
> > > > > > trace_f2fs_gc_begin(sbi->sb, gc_type,
> > > > > > gc_control->no_bg_gc,
> > > > > > gc_control->nr_free_secs,
> > > > > > @@ -1876,19 +1877,15 @@ int f2fs_gc(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
> > > > > > struct f2fs_gc_control *gc_control)
> > > > > > (gc_type == FG_GC) ? sec_freed
> > > > > > : 0, 0)) {
> > > > > > if (gc_type == FG_GC && sec_freed <
> > > > > > gc_control->nr_free_secs)
> > > > > > goto go_gc_more;
> > > > > > - goto stop;
> > > > > > - }
> > > > > > -
> > > > > > - /* FG_GC stops GC by skip_count */
> > > > > > - if (gc_type == FG_GC) {
> > > > > > + stop_gc = true;
> > > > >
> > > > > I guess below condition is for emergency recycle of prefree segments
> > > > > during
> > > > > foreground GC, in order to avoid exhausting free sections due to to
> > > > > many
> > > > > metadata allocation during CP.
> > > > >
> > > > > if (free_sections(sbi) <= upper_secs + NR_GC_CHECKPOINT_SECS &&
> > > > > prefree_segments(sbi)) {
> > > > >
> > > > > But for common case, free_sections() is close to reserved_segments(),
> > > > > and
> > > > > upper_secs + NR_GC_CHECKPOINT_SECS value may be far smaller than
> > > > > free_sections(),
> > > > > so checkpoint may not be trggered as expected, IIUC.
> > > > >
> > > > > So it's fine to just trigger CP in the end of foreground garbage
> > > > > collection?
> > > >
> > > > My major concern is to avoid unnecessary checkpointing given multiple
> > > > FG_GC
> > > > requests were pending in parallel. And, I don't want to add so many
> > > > combination
> > > > which gives so many corner cases, and feel f2fs_gc() needs to call
> > > > checkpoint
> > > > automatically in the worst case scenario only.
> > >
> > > Alright.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > By the way, do we just need to call checkpoint here including FG_GC as
> > > > well?
> > >
> > > I didn't get it, do you mean?
> > >
> > > - f2fs_balance_fs()
> > > - f2fs_gc() creates prefree segments but not call checkpoint to reclaim
> > >
> > > - f2fs_balance_fs()
> > > - f2fs_gc()
> > > - detect prefree segments created by last f2fs_balance_fs, then call
> > > f2fs_write_checkpoint to reclaim
> > >
> > > Or could you please provide a draft patch? :-P
> >
> > Testing this.
> >
> > From ec5f37bbe33110257c04e0ec97a80b0111465b52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Jaegeuk Kim <jaeg...@kernel.org>
> > Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 14:48:50 -0700
> > Subject: [PATCH] f2fs: refactor f2fs_gc to call checkpoint in urgent
> > condition
> >
> > The major change is to call checkpoint, if there's not enough space while
> > having
> > some prefree segments in FG_GC case.
>
> I found generic/269 will hang w/ this patch.
Yeah, I got 270 as well. I removed it in the tree first, and will check it out
later.
>
> Thanks,
>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaeg...@kernel.org>
> > ---
> > fs/f2fs/gc.c | 26 ++++++++++++--------------
> > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
> > index c748cdfb0501..0a823d2e8b9d 100644
> > --- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
> > +++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
> > @@ -1829,7 +1829,10 @@ int f2fs_gc(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct
> > f2fs_gc_control *gc_control)
> > goto stop;
> > }
> > - if (gc_type == BG_GC && has_not_enough_free_secs(sbi, 0, 0)) {
> > + /* Let's run FG_GC, if we don't have enough space. */
> > + if (has_not_enough_free_secs(sbi, 0, 0)) {
> > + gc_type = FG_GC;
> > +
> > /*
> > * For example, if there are many prefree_segments below given
> > * threshold, we can make them free by checkpoint. Then, we
> > @@ -1840,8 +1843,6 @@ int f2fs_gc(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct
> > f2fs_gc_control *gc_control)
> > if (ret)
> > goto stop;
> > }
> > - if (has_not_enough_free_secs(sbi, 0, 0))
> > - gc_type = FG_GC;
> > }
> > /* f2fs_balance_fs doesn't need to do BG_GC in critical path. */
> > @@ -1868,19 +1869,14 @@ int f2fs_gc(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct
> > f2fs_gc_control *gc_control)
> > if (seg_freed == f2fs_usable_segs_in_sec(sbi, segno))
> > sec_freed++;
> > - if (gc_type == FG_GC)
> > + if (gc_type == FG_GC) {
> > sbi->cur_victim_sec = NULL_SEGNO;
> > - if (gc_control->init_gc_type == FG_GC ||
> > - !has_not_enough_free_secs(sbi,
> > - (gc_type == FG_GC) ? sec_freed : 0, 0)) {
> > - if (gc_type == FG_GC && sec_freed < gc_control->nr_free_secs)
> > - goto go_gc_more;
> > - goto stop;
> > - }
> > -
> > - /* FG_GC stops GC by skip_count */
> > - if (gc_type == FG_GC) {
> > + if (!has_not_enough_free_secs(sbi, sec_freed, 0)) {
> > + if (sec_freed < gc_control->nr_free_secs)
> > + goto go_gc_more;
> > + goto stop;
> > + }
> > if (sbi->skipped_gc_rwsem)
> > skipped_round++;
> > round++;
> > @@ -1889,6 +1885,8 @@ int f2fs_gc(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct
> > f2fs_gc_control *gc_control)
> > ret = f2fs_write_checkpoint(sbi, &cpc);
> > goto stop;
> > }
> > + } else if (!has_not_enough_free_secs(sbi, 0, 0)) {
> > + goto stop;
> > }
> > __get_secs_required(sbi, NULL, &upper_secs, NULL);
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