[GFS2] Remove useless i_cache from inodes
The i_cache was designed to keep references to the indirect blocks
used during block mapping so that they didn't have to be looked
up continually. The idea failed because there are too many places
where the i_cache needs to be freed, and this has in the past been
the cause of many bugs.
In addition there was no performance benefit being gained since the
disk blocks in question were cached anyway. So this patch removes
it in order to simplify the code to prepare for other changes which
would otherwise have had to add further support for this feature.
Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glops.c b/fs/gfs2/glops.c
index 110f03d..ba12423 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/glops.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/glops.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
bd = list_entry(head->next, struct gfs2_bufdata,
bd_ail_gl_list);
bh = bd->bd_bh;
- gfs2_remove_from_ail(NULL, bd);
+ gfs2_remove_from_ail(bd);
bd->bd_bh = NULL;
bh->b_private = NULL;
bd->bd_blkno = bh->b_blocknr;
@@ -287,23 +287,6 @@
}
/**
- * inode_go_unlock - operation done before an inode lock is unlocked by a
- * process
- * @gl: the glock
- * @flags:
- *
- */
-
-static void inode_go_unlock(struct gfs2_holder *gh)
-{
- struct gfs2_glock *gl = gh->gh_gl;
- struct gfs2_inode *ip = gl->gl_object;
-
- if (ip)
- gfs2_meta_cache_flush(ip);
-}
-
-/**
* rgrp_go_demote_ok - Check to see if it's ok to unlock a RG's glock
* @gl: the glock
*
@@ -377,7 +360,6 @@
if (gl->gl_state != LM_ST_UNLOCKED &&
test_bit(SDF_JOURNAL_LIVE, &sdp->sd_flags)) {
- gfs2_meta_cache_flush(GFS2_I(sdp->sd_jdesc->jd_inode));
j_gl->gl_ops->go_inval(j_gl, DIO_METADATA);
error = gfs2_find_jhead(sdp->sd_jdesc, &head);
@@ -437,7 +419,6 @@
.go_inval = inode_go_inval,
.go_demote_ok = inode_go_demote_ok,
.go_lock = inode_go_lock,
- .go_unlock = inode_go_unlock,
.go_type = LM_TYPE_INODE,
.go_min_hold_time = HZ / 10,
};
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/incore.h b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
index 55c72f0..5662ff9 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/incore.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
@@ -275,8 +275,6 @@
spinlock_t i_spin;
struct rw_semaphore i_rw_mutex;
unsigned long i_last_pfault;
-
- struct buffer_head *i_cache[GFS2_MAX_META_HEIGHT];
};
/*
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index ad0fe37..af493fc 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -293,11 +293,6 @@
return 0;
}
-static void gfs2_inode_bh(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct buffer_head *bh)
-{
- ip->i_cache[0] = bh;
-}
-
/**
* gfs2_inode_refresh - Refresh the incore copy of the dinode
* @ip: The GFS2 inode
@@ -965,7 +960,7 @@
struct gfs2_inum_host inum = { .no_addr = 0, .no_formal_ino = 0 };
int error;
u64 generation;
- struct buffer_head *bh=NULL;
+ struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
if (!name->len || name->len > GFS2_FNAMESIZE)
return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
@@ -1002,8 +997,6 @@
if (IS_ERR(inode))
goto fail_gunlock2;
- gfs2_inode_bh(GFS2_I(inode), bh);
-
error = gfs2_inode_refresh(GFS2_I(inode));
if (error)
goto fail_gunlock2;
@@ -1020,6 +1013,8 @@
if (error)
goto fail_gunlock2;
+ if (bh)
+ brelse(bh);
if (!inode)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
return inode;
@@ -1031,6 +1026,8 @@
fail_gunlock:
gfs2_glock_dq(ghs);
fail:
+ if (bh)
+ brelse(bh);
return ERR_PTR(error);
}
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/log.c b/fs/gfs2/log.c
index 7df7024..70b404d 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/log.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/log.c
@@ -68,14 +68,12 @@
*
*/
-void gfs2_remove_from_ail(struct address_space *mapping, struct gfs2_bufdata *bd)
+void gfs2_remove_from_ail(struct gfs2_bufdata *bd)
{
bd->bd_ail = NULL;
list_del_init(&bd->bd_ail_st_list);
list_del_init(&bd->bd_ail_gl_list);
atomic_dec(&bd->bd_gl->gl_ail_count);
- if (mapping)
- gfs2_meta_cache_flush(GFS2_I(mapping->host));
brelse(bd->bd_bh);
}
@@ -248,7 +246,7 @@
bd = list_entry(head->prev, struct gfs2_bufdata,
bd_ail_st_list);
gfs2_assert(sdp, bd->bd_ail == ai);
- gfs2_remove_from_ail(bd->bd_bh->b_page->mapping, bd);
+ gfs2_remove_from_ail(bd);
}
}
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/log.h b/fs/gfs2/log.h
index dae2824..24e7161 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/log.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/log.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
struct buffer_head *real);
void gfs2_log_flush(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct gfs2_glock *gl);
void gfs2_log_commit(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct gfs2_trans *trans);
-void gfs2_remove_from_ail(struct address_space *mapping, struct gfs2_bufdata *bd);
+void gfs2_remove_from_ail(struct gfs2_bufdata *bd);
void gfs2_log_shutdown(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp);
void gfs2_meta_syncfs(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/main.c b/fs/gfs2/main.c
index 7ecfe0d..653fd5a 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/main.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/main.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
inode_init_once(&ip->i_inode);
spin_lock_init(&ip->i_spin);
init_rwsem(&ip->i_rw_mutex);
- memset(ip->i_cache, 0, sizeof(ip->i_cache));
}
static void gfs2_init_glock_once(struct kmem_cache *cachep, void *foo)
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
index 4da4239..01ef902 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
}
if (bd) {
if (bd->bd_ail) {
- gfs2_remove_from_ail(NULL, bd);
+ gfs2_remove_from_ail(bd);
bh->b_private = NULL;
bd->bd_bh = NULL;
bd->bd_blkno = bh->b_blocknr;
@@ -358,32 +358,6 @@
}
/**
- * gfs2_meta_cache_flush - get rid of any references on buffers for this inode
- * @ip: The GFS2 inode
- *
- * This releases buffers that are in the most-recently-used array of
- * blocks used for indirect block addressing for this inode.
- */
-
-void gfs2_meta_cache_flush(struct gfs2_inode *ip)
-{
- struct buffer_head **bh_slot;
- unsigned int x;
-
- spin_lock(&ip->i_spin);
-
- for (x = 0; x < GFS2_MAX_META_HEIGHT; x++) {
- bh_slot = &ip->i_cache[x];
- if (*bh_slot) {
- brelse(*bh_slot);
- *bh_slot = NULL;
- }
- }
-
- spin_unlock(&ip->i_spin);
-}
-
-/**
* gfs2_meta_indirect_buffer - Get a metadata buffer
* @ip: The GFS2 inode
* @height: The level of this buf in the metadata (indir addr) tree (if any)
@@ -391,8 +365,6 @@
* @new: Non-zero if we may create a new buffer
* @bhp: the buffer is returned here
*
- * Try to use the gfs2_inode's MRU metadata tree cache.
- *
* Returns: errno
*/
@@ -401,58 +373,25 @@
{
struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(&ip->i_inode);
struct gfs2_glock *gl = ip->i_gl;
- struct buffer_head *bh = NULL, **bh_slot = ip->i_cache + height;
- int in_cache = 0;
-
- BUG_ON(!gl);
- BUG_ON(!sdp);
-
- spin_lock(&ip->i_spin);
- if (*bh_slot && (*bh_slot)->b_blocknr == num) {
- bh = *bh_slot;
- get_bh(bh);
- in_cache = 1;
- }
- spin_unlock(&ip->i_spin);
-
- if (!bh)
- bh = getbuf(gl, num, CREATE);
-
- if (!bh)
- return -ENOBUFS;
+ struct buffer_head *bh;
+ int ret = 0;
if (new) {
- if (gfs2_assert_warn(sdp, height))
- goto err;
- meta_prep_new(bh);
+ BUG_ON(height == 0);
+ bh = gfs2_meta_new(gl, num);
gfs2_trans_add_bh(ip->i_gl, bh, 1);
gfs2_metatype_set(bh, GFS2_METATYPE_IN, GFS2_FORMAT_IN);
gfs2_buffer_clear_tail(bh, sizeof(struct gfs2_meta_header));
} else {
u32 mtype = height ? GFS2_METATYPE_IN : GFS2_METATYPE_DI;
- if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
- ll_rw_block(READ_META, 1, &bh);
- if (gfs2_meta_wait(sdp, bh))
- goto err;
+ ret = gfs2_meta_read(gl, num, DIO_WAIT, &bh);
+ if (ret == 0 && gfs2_metatype_check(sdp, bh, mtype)) {
+ brelse(bh);
+ ret = -EIO;
}
- if (gfs2_metatype_check(sdp, bh, mtype))
- goto err;
}
-
- if (!in_cache) {
- spin_lock(&ip->i_spin);
- if (*bh_slot)
- brelse(*bh_slot);
- *bh_slot = bh;
- get_bh(bh);
- spin_unlock(&ip->i_spin);
- }
-
*bhp = bh;
- return 0;
-err:
- brelse(bh);
- return -EIO;
+ return ret;
}
/**
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.h b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.h
index b704822..73e3b1c 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.h
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
void gfs2_meta_wipe(struct gfs2_inode *ip, u64 bstart, u32 blen);
-void gfs2_meta_cache_flush(struct gfs2_inode *ip);
int gfs2_meta_indirect_buffer(struct gfs2_inode *ip, int height, u64 num,
int new, struct buffer_head **bhp);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_address.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_address.c
index 1696e5d..4c4ef7f 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_address.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_address.c
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@
error = block_write_full_page(page, gfs2_get_block_noalloc, wbc);
if (done_trans)
gfs2_trans_end(sdp);
- gfs2_meta_cache_flush(ip);
return error;
out_ignore:
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/super.c b/fs/gfs2/super.c
index dd3e737..5183dfb 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/super.c
@@ -543,7 +543,6 @@
if (error)
return error;
- gfs2_meta_cache_flush(ip);
j_gl->gl_ops->go_inval(j_gl, DIO_METADATA);
error = gfs2_find_jhead(sdp->sd_jdesc, &head);