dect
/
linux-2.6
Archived
13
0
Fork 0
Code Releases Activity

ext4: address scalability issue by removing extent cache statistics 

Andi Kleen and Tim Chen have reported that under certain circumstances
the extent cache statistics are causing scalability problems due to
cache line bounces.

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
This commit is contained in:
Theodore Ts'o 2012-04-16 12:16:20 -04:00
parent 0034102808
commit 9cd70b347e
3 changed files with 0 additions and 23 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

3
fs/ext4/ext4.h
View File

@ -1203,9 +1203,6 @@ struct ext4_sb_info {
unsigned long s_ext_blocks;
unsigned long s_ext_extents;
#endif
/* ext4 extent cache stats */
unsigned long extent_cache_hits;
unsigned long extent_cache_misses;
/* for buddy allocator */
struct ext4_group_info ***s_group_info;

4
fs/ext4/extents.c
View File

@ -2066,10 +2066,6 @@ static int ext4_ext_check_cache(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t block,
ret = 1;
}
errout:
if (!ret)
sbi->extent_cache_misses++;
else
sbi->extent_cache_hits++;
trace_ext4_ext_in_cache(inode, block, ret);
spin_unlock(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_block_reservation_lock);
return ret;

16
fs/ext4/super.c
View File

@ -2366,18 +2366,6 @@ static ssize_t lifetime_write_kbytes_show(struct ext4_attr *a,
EXT4_SB(sb)->s_sectors_written_start) >> 1)));
}
static ssize_t extent_cache_hits_show(struct ext4_attr *a,
struct ext4_sb_info *sbi, char *buf)
{
return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%lu\n", sbi->extent_cache_hits);
}
static ssize_t extent_cache_misses_show(struct ext4_attr *a,
struct ext4_sb_info *sbi, char *buf)
{
return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%lu\n", sbi->extent_cache_misses);
}
static ssize_t inode_readahead_blks_store(struct ext4_attr *a,
struct ext4_sb_info *sbi,
const char *buf, size_t count)
@ -2435,8 +2423,6 @@ static struct ext4_attr ext4_attr_##name = __ATTR(name, mode, show, store)
EXT4_RO_ATTR(delayed_allocation_blocks);
EXT4_RO_ATTR(session_write_kbytes);
EXT4_RO_ATTR(lifetime_write_kbytes);
EXT4_RO_ATTR(extent_cache_hits);
EXT4_RO_ATTR(extent_cache_misses);
EXT4_ATTR_OFFSET(inode_readahead_blks, 0644, sbi_ui_show,
inode_readahead_blks_store, s_inode_readahead_blks);
EXT4_RW_ATTR_SBI_UI(inode_goal, s_inode_goal);
@ -2452,8 +2438,6 @@ static struct attribute *ext4_attrs[] = {
ATTR_LIST(delayed_allocation_blocks),
ATTR_LIST(session_write_kbytes),
ATTR_LIST(lifetime_write_kbytes),
ATTR_LIST(extent_cache_hits),
ATTR_LIST(extent_cache_misses),
ATTR_LIST(inode_readahead_blks),
ATTR_LIST(inode_goal),
ATTR_LIST(mb_stats),