Pull core block layer changes from Jens Axboe:
"This is the core block IO pull request for 3.18. Apart from the new
and improved flush machinery for blk-mq, this is all mostly bug fixes
and cleanups.
- blk-mq timeout updates and fixes from Christoph.
- Removal of REQ_END, also from Christoph. We pass it through the
->queue_rq() hook for blk-mq instead, freeing up one of the request
bits. The space was overly tight on 32-bit, so Martin also killed
REQ_KERNEL since it's no longer used.
- blk integrity updates and fixes from Martin and Gu Zheng.
- Update to the flush machinery for blk-mq from Ming Lei. Now we
have a per hardware context flush request, which both cleans up the
code should scale better for flush intensive workloads on blk-mq.
- Improve the error printing, from Rob Elliott.
- Backing device improvements and cleanups from Tejun.
- Fixup of a misplaced rq_complete() tracepoint from Hannes.
- Make blk_get_request() return error pointers, fixing up issues
where we NULL deref when a device goes bad or missing. From Joe
Lawrence.
- Prep work for drastically reducing the memory consumption of dm
devices from Junichi Nomura. This allows creating clone bio sets
without preallocating a lot of memory.
- Fix a blk-mq hang on certain combinations of queue depths and
hardware queues from me.
- Limit memory consumption for blk-mq devices for crash dump
scenarios and drivers that use crazy high depths (certain SCSI
shared tag setups). We now just use a single queue and limited
depth for that"
* 'for-3.18/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (58 commits)
block: Remove REQ_KERNEL
blk-mq: allocate cpumask on the home node
bio-integrity: remove the needless fail handle of bip_slab creating
block: include func name in __get_request prints
block: make blk_update_request print prefix match ratelimited prefix
blk-merge: don't compute bi_phys_segments from bi_vcnt for cloned bio
block: fix alignment_offset math that assumes io_min is a power-of-2
blk-mq: Make bt_clear_tag() easier to read
blk-mq: fix potential hang if rolling wakeup depth is too high
block: add bioset_create_nobvec()
block: use bio_clone_fast() in blk_rq_prep_clone()
block: misplaced rq_complete tracepoint
sd: Honor block layer integrity handling flags
block: Replace strnicmp with strncasecmp
block: Add T10 Protection Information functions
block: Don't merge requests if integrity flags differ
block: Integrity checksum flag
block: Relocate bio integrity flags
block: Add a disk flag to block integrity profile
block: Add prefix to block integrity profile flags
...
Sequential read from a block device is expected to be equal or faster than
from the file on a filesystem. But it is not correct due to the lack of
effective readpages() in the address space operations for block device.
This implements readpages() operation for block device by using
mpage_readpages() which can create multipage BIOs instead of BIOs for each
page and reduce system CPU time consumption.
Install 1GB of RAM disk storage:
# modprobe scsi_debug dev_size_mb=1024 delay=0
Sequential read from file on a filesystem:
# mkfs.ext4 /dev/$DEV
# mount /dev/$DEV /mnt
# fio --name=t --size=512m --rw=read --filename=/mnt/file
...
read : io=524288KB, bw=2133.4MB/s, iops=546133, runt= 240msec
Sequential read from a block device:
# fio --name=t --size=512m --rw=read --filename=/dev/$DEV
...
(Without this commit)
read : io=524288KB, bw=1700.2MB/s, iops=435455, runt= 301msec
(With this commit)
read : io=524288KB, bw=2160.4MB/s, iops=553046, runt= 237msec
Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
A block_device may be attached to different gendisks and thus
different bdis over time. bdev_inode_switch_bdi() is used to switch
the associated bdi. The function assumes that the inode could be
dirty and transfers it between bdis if so. This is a bit nasty in
that it reaches into bdi internals.
This patch reimplements the function so that it writes out the inode
if dirty. This is a lot simpler and can be implemented without
exposing bdi internals.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
bdev_get_queue() returns the request_queue associated with the
specified block_device. blk_get_backing_dev_info() makes use of
bdev_get_queue() to determine the associated bdi given a block_device.
All the callers of bdev_get_queue() including
blk_get_backing_dev_info() assume that bdev_get_queue() may return
NULL and implement NULL handling; however, bdev_get_queue() requires
the passed in block_device is opened and attached to its gendisk.
Because an active gendisk always has a valid request_queue associated
with it, bdev_get_queue() can never return NULL and neither can
blk_get_backing_dev_info().
Make it clear that neither of the two functions can return NULL and
remove NULL handling from all the callers.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Chris Mason <clm@fb.com>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
Pull vfs updates from Al Viro:
"This the bunch that sat in -next + lock_parent() fix. This is the
minimal set; there's more pending stuff.
In particular, I really hope to get acct.c fixes merged this cycle -
we need that to deal sanely with delayed-mntput stuff. In the next
pile, hopefully - that series is fairly short and localized
(kernel/acct.c, fs/super.c and fs/namespace.c). In this pile: more
iov_iter work. Most of prereqs for ->splice_write with sane locking
order are there and Kent's dio rewrite would also fit nicely on top of
this pile"
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (70 commits)
lock_parent: don't step on stale ->d_parent of all-but-freed one
kill generic_file_splice_write()
ceph: switch to iter_file_splice_write()
shmem: switch to iter_file_splice_write()
nfs: switch to iter_splice_write_file()
fs/splice.c: remove unneeded exports
ocfs2: switch to iter_file_splice_write()
->splice_write() via ->write_iter()
bio_vec-backed iov_iter
optimize copy_page_{to,from}_iter()
bury generic_file_aio_{read,write}
lustre: get rid of messing with iovecs
ceph: switch to ->write_iter()
ceph_sync_direct_write: stop poking into iov_iter guts
ceph_sync_read: stop poking into iov_iter guts
new helper: copy_page_from_iter()
fuse: switch to ->write_iter()
btrfs: switch to ->write_iter()
ocfs2: switch to ->write_iter()
xfs: switch to ->write_iter()
...
iter_file_splice_write() - a ->splice_write() instance that gathers the
pipe buffers, builds a bio_vec-based iov_iter covering those and feeds
it to ->write_iter(). A bunch of simple cases coverted to that...
[AV: fixed the braino spotted by Cyrill]
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
A block device driver may choose to provide a rw_page operation. These
will be called when the filesystem is attempting to do page sized I/O to
page cache pages (ie not for direct I/O). This does preclude I/Os that
are larger than page size, so this may only be a performance gain for
some devices.
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <matthew.r.wilcox@intel.com>
Tested-by: Dheeraj Reddy <dheeraj.reddy@intel.com>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Pull vfs updates from Al Viro:
"The first vfs pile, with deep apologies for being very late in this
window.
Assorted cleanups and fixes, plus a large preparatory part of iov_iter
work. There's a lot more of that, but it'll probably go into the next
merge window - it *does* shape up nicely, removes a lot of
boilerplate, gets rid of locking inconsistencie between aio_write and
splice_write and I hope to get Kent's direct-io rewrite merged into
the same queue, but some of the stuff after this point is having
(mostly trivial) conflicts with the things already merged into
mainline and with some I want more testing.
This one passes LTP and xfstests without regressions, in addition to
usual beating. BTW, readahead02 in ltp syscalls testsuite has started
giving failures since "mm/readahead.c: fix readahead failure for
memoryless NUMA nodes and limit readahead pages" - might be a false
positive, might be a real regression..."
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (63 commits)
missing bits of "splice: fix racy pipe->buffers uses"
cifs: fix the race in cifs_writev()
ceph_sync_{,direct_}write: fix an oops on ceph_osdc_new_request() failure
kill generic_file_buffered_write()
ocfs2_file_aio_write(): switch to generic_perform_write()
ceph_aio_write(): switch to generic_perform_write()
xfs_file_buffered_aio_write(): switch to generic_perform_write()
export generic_perform_write(), start getting rid of generic_file_buffer_write()
generic_file_direct_write(): get rid of ppos argument
btrfs_file_aio_write(): get rid of ppos
kill the 5th argument of generic_file_buffered_write()
kill the 4th argument of __generic_file_aio_write()
lustre: don't open-code kernel_recvmsg()
ocfs2: don't open-code kernel_recvmsg()
drbd: don't open-code kernel_recvmsg()
constify blk_rq_map_user_iov() and friends
lustre: switch to kernel_sendmsg()
ocfs2: don't open-code kernel_sendmsg()
take iov_iter stuff to mm/iov_iter.c
process_vm_access: tidy up a bit
...
Pull writeback fix from Wu Fengguang:
"A trivial writeback fix"
* tag 'writeback-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wfg/linux:
writeback: Do not sort b_io list only because of block device inode
Pull aio changes from Ben LaHaise:
"First off, sorry for this pull request being late in the merge window.
Al had raised a couple of concerns about 2 items in the series below.
I addressed the first issue (the race introduced by Gu's use of
mm_populate()), but he has not provided any further details on how he
wants to rework the anon_inode.c changes (which were sent out months
ago but have yet to be commented on).
The bulk of the changes have been sitting in the -next tree for a few
months, with all the issues raised being addressed"
* git://git.kvack.org/~bcrl/aio-next: (22 commits)
aio: rcu_read_lock protection for new rcu_dereference calls
aio: fix race in ring buffer page lookup introduced by page migration support
aio: fix rcu sparse warnings introduced by ioctx table lookup patch
aio: remove unnecessary debugging from aio_free_ring()
aio: table lookup: verify ctx pointer
staging/lustre: kiocb->ki_left is removed
aio: fix error handling and rcu usage in "convert the ioctx list to table lookup v3"
aio: be defensive to ensure request batching is non-zero instead of BUG_ON()
aio: convert the ioctx list to table lookup v3
aio: double aio_max_nr in calculations
aio: Kill ki_dtor
aio: Kill ki_users
aio: Kill unneeded kiocb members
aio: Kill aio_rw_vect_retry()
aio: Don't use ctx->tail unnecessarily
aio: io_cancel() no longer returns the io_event
aio: percpu ioctx refcount
aio: percpu reqs_available
aio: reqs_active -> reqs_available
aio: fix build when migration is disabled
...
Call generic_write_sync() from the deferred I/O completion handler if
O_DSYNC is set for a write request. Also make sure various callers
don't call generic_write_sync if the direct I/O code returns
-EIOCBQUEUED.
Based on an earlier patch from Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> with updates from
Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> and Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Pull core block IO updates from Jens Axboe:
"Here are the core IO block bits for 3.11. It contains:
- A tweak to the reserved tag logic from Jan, for weirdo devices with
just 3 free tags. But for those it improves things substantially
for random writes.
- Periodic writeback fix from Jan. Marked for stable as well.
- Fix for a race condition in IO scheduler switching from Jianpeng.
- The hierarchical blk-cgroup support from Tejun. This is the grunt
of the series.
- blk-throttle fix from Vivek.
Just a note that I'm in the middle of a relocation, whole family is
flying out tomorrow. Hence I will be awal the remainder of this week,
but back at work again on Monday the 15th. CC'ing Tejun, since any
potential "surprises" will most likely be from the blk-cgroup work.
But it's been brewing for a while and sitting in my tree and
linux-next for a long time, so should be solid."
* 'for-3.11/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (36 commits)
elevator: Fix a race in elevator switching
block: Reserve only one queue tag for sync IO if only 3 tags are available
writeback: Fix periodic writeback after fs mount
blk-throttle: implement proper hierarchy support
blk-throttle: implement throtl_grp->has_rules[]
blk-throttle: Account for child group's start time in parent while bio climbs up
blk-throttle: add throtl_qnode for dispatch fairness
blk-throttle: make throtl_pending_timer_fn() ready for hierarchy
blk-throttle: make tg_dispatch_one_bio() ready for hierarchy
blk-throttle: make blk_throtl_bio() ready for hierarchy
blk-throttle: make blk_throtl_drain() ready for hierarchy
blk-throttle: dispatch from throtl_pending_timer_fn()
blk-throttle: implement dispatch looping
blk-throttle: separate out throtl_service_queue->pending_timer from throtl_data->dispatch_work
blk-throttle: set REQ_THROTTLED from throtl_charge_bio() and gate stats update with it
blk-throttle: implement sq_to_tg(), sq_to_td() and throtl_log()
blk-throttle: add throtl_service_queue->parent_sq
blk-throttle: generalize update_disptime optimization in blk_throtl_bio()
blk-throttle: dispatch to throtl_data->service_queue.bio_lists[]
blk-throttle: move bio_lists[] and friends to throtl_service_queue
...
It is very likely that block device inode will be part of BDI dirty list
as well. However it doesn't make sence to sort inodes on the b_io list
just because of this inode (as it contains buffers all over the device
anyway). So save some CPU cycles which is valuable since we hold relatively
contented wb->list_lock.
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Page reclaim keeps track of dirty and under writeback pages and uses it
to determine if wait_iff_congested() should stall or if kswapd should
begin writing back pages. This fails to account for buffer pages that
can be under writeback but not PageWriteback which is the case for
filesystems like ext3 ordered mode. Furthermore, PageDirty buffer pages
can have all the buffers clean and writepage does no IO so it should not
be accounted as congested.
This patch adds an address_space operation that filesystems may
optionally use to check if a page is really dirty or really under
writeback. An implementation is provided for for buffer_heads is added
and used for block operations and ext3 in ordered mode. By default the
page flags are obeyed.
Credit goes to Jan Kara for identifying that the page flags alone are
not sufficient for ext3 and sanity checking a number of ideas on how the
problem could be addressed.
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
Cc: Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu>
Cc: Zlatko Calusic <zcalusic@bitsync.net>
Cc: dormando <dormando@rydia.net>
Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Code in blkdev.c moves a device inode to default_backing_dev_info when
the last reference to the device is put and moves the device inode back
to its bdi when the first reference is acquired. This includes moving to
wb.b_dirty list if the device inode is dirty. The code however doesn't
setup timer to wake corresponding flusher thread and while wb.b_dirty
list is non-empty __mark_inode_dirty() will not set it up either. Thus
periodic writeback is effectively disabled until a sync(2) call which can
lead to unexpected data loss in case of crash or power failure.
Fix the problem by setting up a timer for periodic writeback in case we
add the first dirty inode to wb.b_dirty list in bdev_inode_switch_bdi().
Reported-by: Bert De Jonghe <Bert.DeJonghe@amplidata.com>
CC: stable@vger.kernel.org # >= 3.0
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
