[PATCH] NFS: Write optimization for short files and small O_SYNC writes.
Use stable writes if we can see that we are only going to put a single
write on the wire.
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index c574d55..79b621a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@
* is entirely in cache, it may be more efficient to avoid
* fragmenting write requests.
*/
- if (PageUptodate(page) && inode->i_flock == NULL) {
+ if (PageUptodate(page) && inode->i_flock == NULL && !(file->f_mode & O_SYNC)) {
loff_t end_offs = i_size_read(inode) - 1;
unsigned long end_index = end_offs >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
@@ -1342,8 +1342,16 @@
spin_lock(&nfsi->req_lock);
res = nfs_scan_dirty(inode, &head, idx_start, npages);
spin_unlock(&nfsi->req_lock);
- if (res)
- error = nfs_flush_list(&head, NFS_SERVER(inode)->wpages, how);
+ if (res) {
+ struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(inode);
+
+ /* For single writes, FLUSH_STABLE is more efficient */
+ if (res == nfsi->npages && nfsi->npages <= server->wpages) {
+ if (res > 1 || nfs_list_entry(head.next)->wb_bytes <= server->wsize)
+ how |= FLUSH_STABLE;
+ }
+ error = nfs_flush_list(&head, server->wpages, how);
+ }
if (error < 0)
return error;
return res;