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Ojaswin Mujoo 3582e74599 Revert "ext4: remove ac->ac_found > sbi->s_mb_min_to_scan dead check in ext4_mb_check_limits"
This reverts commit 32c0869370.

The reverted commit was intended to remove a dead check however it was observed
that this check was actually being used to exit early instead of looping
sbi->s_mb_max_to_scan times when we are able to find a free extent bigger than
the goal extent. Due to this, a my performance tests (fsmark, parallel file
writes in a highly fragmented FS) were seeing a 2x-3x regression.

Example, the default value of the following variables is:

sbi->s_mb_max_to_scan = 200
sbi->s_mb_min_to_scan = 10

In ext4_mb_check_limits() if we find an extent smaller than goal, then we return
early and try again. This loop will go on until we have processed
sbi->s_mb_max_to_scan(=200) number of free extents at which point we exit and
just use whatever we have even if it is smaller than goal extent.

Now, the regression comes when we find an extent bigger than goal. Earlier, in
this case we would loop only sbi->s_mb_min_to_scan(=10) times and then just use
the bigger extent. However with commit 32c08693 that check was removed and hence
we would loop sbi->s_mb_max_to_scan(=200) times even though we have a big enough
free extent to satisfy the request. The only time we would exit early would be
when the free extent is *exactly* the size of our goal, which is pretty uncommon
occurrence and so we would almost always end up looping 200 times.

Hence, revert the commit by adding the check back to fix the regression. Also
add a comment to outline this policy.

Fixes: 32c0869370 ("ext4: remove ac->ac_found > sbi->s_mb_min_to_scan dead check in ext4_mb_check_limits")
Signed-off-by: Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@huaweicloud.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ddcae9658e46880dfec2fb0aa61d01fb3353d202.1685449706.git.ojaswin@linux.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
2023-06-02 14:47:29 -04:00
Documentation A set of fixes for interrupt chip drivers: 2023-05-28 07:12:21 -04:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add the copyleft-next-0.3.1 license 2022-11-08 15:44:01 +01:00
arch A single fix for x86: 2023-05-28 07:42:05 -04:00
block block: make bio_check_eod work for zero sized devices 2023-05-24 08:19:26 -06:00
certs KEYS: Add missing function documentation 2023-04-24 16:15:52 +03:00
crypto This push fixes the following problems: 2023-05-07 10:57:14 -07:00
drivers A set of fixes for interrupt chip drivers: 2023-05-28 07:12:21 -04:00
fs Revert "ext4: remove ac->ac_found > sbi->s_mb_min_to_scan dead check in ext4_mb_check_limits" 2023-06-02 14:47:29 -04:00
include A set of unwinder and tooling fixes: 2023-05-28 07:33:29 -04:00
init Objtool changes for v6.4: 2023-04-28 14:02:54 -07:00
io_uring io_uring: unlock sqd->lock before sq thread release CPU 2023-05-25 09:30:13 -06:00
ipc Merge branch 'work.namespace' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2023-02-24 19:20:07 -08:00
kernel Two fixes for debugobjects: 2023-05-28 07:15:33 -04:00
lib Two fixes for debugobjects: 2023-05-28 07:15:33 -04:00
mm mm: fix zswap writeback race condition 2023-05-17 15:24:33 -07:00
net Networking fixes for 6.4-rc4, including fixes from bluetooth and bpf 2023-05-25 10:55:26 -07:00
rust Rust changes for v6.4 2023-04-30 11:20:22 -07:00
samples samples/bpf: Drop unnecessary fallthrough 2023-05-16 19:44:05 +02:00
scripts Locking changes in v6.4: 2023-05-05 12:56:55 -07:00
security integrity-v6.4 2023-04-29 10:11:32 -07:00
sound ALSA: hda/realtek: Enable headset onLenovo M70/M90 2023-05-24 14:18:59 +02:00
tools cxl fixes for v6.4-rc4 2023-05-26 17:45:24 -07:00
usr initramfs: Check negative timestamp to prevent broken cpio archive 2023-04-16 17:37:01 +09:00
virt KVM: Fix vcpu_array[0] races 2023-05-19 13:56:26 -04:00
.clang-format cxl for v6.4 2023-04-30 11:51:51 -07:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore get_maintainer: add Alan to .get_maintainer.ignore 2022-08-20 15:17:44 -07:00
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.mailmap mailmap: add entries for Nikolay Aleksandrov 2023-05-17 09:35:05 +01:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add `.rustfmt.toml` 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: sctp: move Neil to CREDITS 2023-05-12 08:51:32 +01:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v6.1 2022-10-10 12:00:45 -07:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS ARM: SoC fixes for 6.4 2023-05-26 16:17:56 -07:00
Makefile Linux 6.4-rc4 2023-05-28 07:49:00 -04:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

README

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.