> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jaegeuk Kim [mailto:jaeg...@kernel.org]
> Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2015 3:04 PM
> To: Chao Yu
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; linux-f2fs-de...@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: reduce lock overhead of extent node 
> releasing
> 
> On Thu, Jul 02, 2015 at 08:40:12PM +0800, Chao Yu wrote:
> > >From e5c6600d01c4462c4e1ee0c70ec1d9319862077d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Chao Yu <chao2...@samsung.com>
> > Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 18:52:46 +0800
> > Subject: [PATCH] f2fs: reduce lock overhead of extent node releasing
> >
> > Open and close critical section for each extent node when traversing rb-tree
> > results in high overhead of cpu, slows thing down.
> >
> > This patch alternates to batch mode for removing extent nodes under spin 
> > lock.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <chao2...@samsung.com>
> > ---
> >  fs/f2fs/data.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++--------
> >  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
> > index 6a706dd..7fb56a0 100644
> > --- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
> > +++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
> > @@ -441,19 +441,31 @@ static unsigned int __free_extent_tree(struct 
> > f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
> >     struct extent_node *en;
> >     unsigned int count = et->count;
> >
> > -   node = rb_first(&et->root);
> > -   while (node) {
> > -           next = rb_next(node);
> > -           en = rb_entry(node, struct extent_node, rb_node);
> > +   if (!et->count)
> > +           return 0;
> > +
> > +   /* 1. remove all extent nodes in global lru list */
> > +   if (free_all) {
> > +           spin_lock(&sbi->extent_lock);
> > +           node = rb_first(&et->root);
> > +           while (node) {
> > +                   next = rb_next(node);
> > +                   en = rb_entry(node, struct extent_node, rb_node);
> >
> > -           if (free_all) {
> > -                   spin_lock(&sbi->extent_lock);
> >                     if (!list_empty(&en->list))
> >                             list_del_init(&en->list);
> > -                   spin_unlock(&sbi->extent_lock);
> > +                   node = next;
> >             }
> > +           spin_unlock(&sbi->extent_lock);
> > +   }
> > +
> > +   /* 2. release all extent nodes which are not in global lru list */
> 
> Hmm,
> Is there any overhead to traverse the rb_tree twice and 

Yes, it will cost us more time to traverse the rb tree twice, adding one more
shrink list may reduce the overhead.

> any spin_lock delay caused by contention?

Maybe, since our critical region is enlarged, but the overhead of operation
for re-entering the critical region will be decreased as we invoke spin_lock
only one time.

Thanks,

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> > +   node = rb_first(&et->root);
> > +   while (node) {
> > +           next = rb_next(node);
> > +           en = rb_entry(node, struct extent_node, rb_node);
> >
> > -           if (free_all || list_empty(&en->list)) {
> > +           if (list_empty(&en->list)) {
> >                     __detach_extent_node(sbi, et, en);
> >                     kmem_cache_free(extent_node_slab, en);
> >             }
> > --
> > 2.4.2
> 
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