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linux/fs/btrfs/locking.c
Chris Mason 66d7e85ea7 Btrfs: Check for a blocking lock before taking the spin
This reduces contention on the extent buffer spin locks by testing for a
blocking lock before trying to take the spinlock.

Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>
2009-03-24 16:14:27 -04:00

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/*
* Copyright (C) 2008 Oracle. All rights reserved.
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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* License v2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
*
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* General Public License for more details.
*
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* License along with this program; if not, write to the
* Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
* Boston, MA 021110-1307, USA.
*/
#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <linux/gfp.h>
#include <linux/pagemap.h>
#include <linux/spinlock.h>
#include <linux/page-flags.h>
#include <asm/bug.h>
#include "ctree.h"
#include "extent_io.h"
#include "locking.h"
static inline void spin_nested(struct extent_buffer *eb)
{
spin_lock(&eb->lock);
}
/*
* Setting a lock to blocking will drop the spinlock and set the
* flag that forces other procs who want the lock to wait. After
* this you can safely schedule with the lock held.
*/
void btrfs_set_lock_blocking(struct extent_buffer *eb)
{
if (!test_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_BLOCKING, &eb->bflags)) {
set_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_BLOCKING, &eb->bflags);
spin_unlock(&eb->lock);
}
/* exit with the spin lock released and the bit set */
}
/*
* clearing the blocking flag will take the spinlock again.
* After this you can't safely schedule
*/
void btrfs_clear_lock_blocking(struct extent_buffer *eb)
{
if (test_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_BLOCKING, &eb->bflags)) {
spin_nested(eb);
clear_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_BLOCKING, &eb->bflags);
smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
}
/* exit with the spin lock held */
}
/*
* unfortunately, many of the places that currently set a lock to blocking
* don't end up blocking for every long, and often they don't block
* at all. For a dbench 50 run, if we don't spin one the blocking bit
* at all, the context switch rate can jump up to 400,000/sec or more.
*
* So, we're still stuck with this crummy spin on the blocking bit,
* at least until the most common causes of the short blocks
* can be dealt with.
*/
static int btrfs_spin_on_block(struct extent_buffer *eb)
{
int i;
for (i = 0; i < 512; i++) {
if (!test_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_BLOCKING, &eb->bflags))
return 1;
if (need_resched())
break;
cpu_relax();
}
return 0;
}
/*
* This is somewhat different from trylock. It will take the
* spinlock but if it finds the lock is set to blocking, it will
* return without the lock held.
*
* returns 1 if it was able to take the lock and zero otherwise
*
* After this call, scheduling is not safe without first calling
* btrfs_set_lock_blocking()
*/
int btrfs_try_spin_lock(struct extent_buffer *eb)
{
int i;
spin_nested(eb);
if (!test_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_BLOCKING, &eb->bflags))
return 1;
spin_unlock(&eb->lock);
/* spin for a bit on the BLOCKING flag */
for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
cpu_relax();
if (!btrfs_spin_on_block(eb))
break;
spin_nested(eb);
if (!test_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_BLOCKING, &eb->bflags))
return 1;
spin_unlock(&eb->lock);
}
return 0;
}
/*
* the autoremove wake function will return 0 if it tried to wake up
* a process that was already awake, which means that process won't
* count as an exclusive wakeup. The waitq code will continue waking
* procs until it finds one that was actually sleeping.
*
* For btrfs, this isn't quite what we want. We want a single proc
* to be notified that the lock is ready for taking. If that proc
* already happen to be awake, great, it will loop around and try for
* the lock.
*
* So, btrfs_wake_function always returns 1, even when the proc that we
* tried to wake up was already awake.
*/
static int btrfs_wake_function(wait_queue_t *wait, unsigned mode,
int sync, void *key)
{
autoremove_wake_function(wait, mode, sync, key);
return 1;
}
/*
* returns with the extent buffer spinlocked.
*
* This will spin and/or wait as required to take the lock, and then
* return with the spinlock held.
*
* After this call, scheduling is not safe without first calling
* btrfs_set_lock_blocking()
*/
int btrfs_tree_lock(struct extent_buffer *eb)
{
DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
wait.func = btrfs_wake_function;
if (!btrfs_spin_on_block(eb))
goto sleep;
while(1) {
spin_nested(eb);
/* nobody is blocking, exit with the spinlock held */
if (!test_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_BLOCKING, &eb->bflags))
return 0;
/*
* we have the spinlock, but the real owner is blocking.
* wait for them
*/
spin_unlock(&eb->lock);
/*
* spin for a bit, and if the blocking flag goes away,
* loop around
*/
cpu_relax();
if (btrfs_spin_on_block(eb))
continue;
sleep:
prepare_to_wait_exclusive(&eb->lock_wq, &wait,
TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
if (test_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_BLOCKING, &eb->bflags))
schedule();
finish_wait(&eb->lock_wq, &wait);
}
return 0;
}
/*
* Very quick trylock, this does not spin or schedule. It returns
* 1 with the spinlock held if it was able to take the lock, or it
* returns zero if it was unable to take the lock.
*
* After this call, scheduling is not safe without first calling
* btrfs_set_lock_blocking()
*/
int btrfs_try_tree_lock(struct extent_buffer *eb)
{
if (spin_trylock(&eb->lock)) {
if (test_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_BLOCKING, &eb->bflags)) {
/*
* we've got the spinlock, but the real owner is
* blocking. Drop the spinlock and return failure
*/
spin_unlock(&eb->lock);
return 0;
}
return 1;
}
/* someone else has the spinlock giveup */
return 0;
}
int btrfs_tree_unlock(struct extent_buffer *eb)
{
/*
* if we were a blocking owner, we don't have the spinlock held
* just clear the bit and look for waiters
*/
if (test_and_clear_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_BLOCKING, &eb->bflags))
smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
else
spin_unlock(&eb->lock);
if (waitqueue_active(&eb->lock_wq))
wake_up(&eb->lock_wq);
return 0;
}
void btrfs_assert_tree_locked(struct extent_buffer *eb)
{
if (!test_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_BLOCKING, &eb->bflags))
assert_spin_locked(&eb->lock);
}