On 2014-01-24 19:26, Ryusuke Konishi wrote:
>> +    freeblocks = (nilfs_get_blocks_per_segment(nilfs) * n)
>> +                            - (nilfs_vector_get_size(vdescv)
>> +                            + nilfs_vector_get_size(bdescv));
>> +
>> +    /* if there are less free blocks than the
>> +     * minimal threshold try to update suinfo
>> +     * instead of cleaning */
>> +    if (freeblocks < minblocks * n) {
>> +            ret = gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
>> +            if (ret < 0)
>> +                    goto out_lock;
>> +
>> +            supv = malloc(sizeof(struct nilfs_suinfo_update) * n);
>> +            if (supv == NULL) {
>> +                    ret = -1;
>> +                    goto out_lock;
>> +            }
>> +
>> +            for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
>> +                    supv[i].sup_segnum = segnums[i];
>> +                    supv[i].sup_flags = 0;
>> +                    nilfs_suinfo_update_set_lastmod(&supv[i]);
>> +                    supv[i].sup_sui.sui_lastmod = tv.tv_sec;
>> +            }
>> +
>> +            ret = nilfs_set_suinfo(nilfs, supv, n);
>> +            free(supv);
>> +            if (ret >= 0) {
>> +                    /* success, tell caller
>> +                     * to try another segment/s */
>> +                    ret = -EGCTRYAGAIN;
>> +                    goto out_lock;
>> +            }
> 
> You should design the new reclaim function so that it turns off the
> logic using nilfs_set_suinfo() once nilfs_set_suinfo() returned a
> status code < 0 and errno was ENOTTY.
> 
> This fallback logic is needed to keep compatibility for old kernel.

Thanks for your review. I am quite devastated how much needs to be fixed
:). I implemented most of your suggestions. I will test them tomorrow
and compose a new version of the patch set.

> In addition, whether applying the optimization or not, should be
> selectable in /etc/nilfs_cleanerd.conf.

You can set the two options to 0, which would completely disable the
optimization.

# Minimum number of free blocks before a segment
# can be cleaned. Set to 0 to disable it.
min_free_blocks_threshold       0

# Minimum number of free blocks before a segment
# can be cleaned. Set to 0 to disable it.
# if clean segments < min_clean_segments
mc_min_free_blocks_threshold    0

Is that enough or should I add an additional switch, like the use_mmap
switch?

br,
Andreas Rohner
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