linux_dsm_epyc7002/fs
Jan Kara 211d022c43 xfs: Avoid pathological backwards allocation
Writing a large file using direct IO in 16 MB chunks sometimes results
in a pathological allocation pattern where 16 MB chunks of large free
extent are allocated to a file in a reversed order. So extents of a file
look for example as:

 ext logical physical expected length flags
   0        0        13          4550656
   1  4550656 188136807   4550668 12562432
   2 17113088 200699240 200699238 622592
   3 17735680 182046055 201321831   4096
   4 17739776 182041959 182050150   4096
   5 17743872 182037863 182046054   4096
   6 17747968 182033767 182041958   4096
   7 17752064 182029671 182037862   4096
...
6757 45400064 154381644 154389835   4096
6758 45404160 154377548 154385739   4096
6759 45408256 252951571 154381643  73728 eof

This happens because XFS_ALLOCTYPE_THIS_BNO allocation fails (the last
extent in the file cannot be further extended) so we fall back to
XFS_ALLOCTYPE_NEAR_BNO allocation which picks end of a large free
extent as the best place to continue the file. Since the chunk at the
end of the free extent again cannot be further extended, this behavior
repeats until the whole free extent is consumed in a reversed order.

For data allocations this backward allocation isn't beneficial so make
xfs_alloc_compute_diff() pick start of a free extent instead of its end
for them. That avoids the backward allocation pattern.

See thread at http://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2013-03/msg00144.html for
more details about the reproduction case and why this solution was
chosen.

Based on idea by Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>.

CC: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Mark Tinguely <tinguely@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Myers <bpm@sgi.com>
2013-05-20 13:09:11 -05:00
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9p aio: don't include aio.h in sched.h 2013-05-07 20:16:25 -07:00
adfs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
affs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
afs aio: don't include aio.h in sched.h 2013-05-07 20:16:25 -07:00
autofs4 autofs - remove autofs dentry mount check 2013-05-06 13:06:59 -07:00
befs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2013-04-30 09:36:50 -07:00
bfs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
btrfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mason/linux-btrfs 2013-05-09 13:07:40 -07:00
cachefiles lift sb_start_write() out of ->write() 2013-04-09 14:12:56 -04:00
ceph aio: don't include aio.h in sched.h 2013-05-07 20:16:25 -07:00
cifs cifs: small variable name cleanup 2013-05-04 22:18:10 -05:00
coda lift sb_start_write() out of ->write() 2013-04-09 14:12:56 -04:00
configfs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
cramfs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
debugfs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
devpts fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules (Part 2). 2013-03-07 01:08:55 -08:00
dlm Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2013-05-01 14:08:52 -07:00
ecryptfs Improve performance when AES-NI (and most likely other crypto accelerators) is 2013-05-10 09:20:01 -07:00
efivarfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-05-01 17:51:54 -07:00
efs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
exofs block: Add bio_for_each_segment_all() 2013-03-23 14:26:28 -07:00
exportfs hlist: drop the node parameter from iterators 2013-02-27 19:10:24 -08:00
ext2 aio: don't include aio.h in sched.h 2013-05-07 20:16:25 -07:00
ext3 Merge branch 'akpm' (incoming from Andrew) 2013-05-07 20:49:51 -07:00
ext4 Merge branch 'akpm' (incoming from Andrew) 2013-05-07 20:49:51 -07:00
f2fs f2fs updates for v3.10 2013-05-08 15:11:48 -07:00
fat aio: don't include aio.h in sched.h 2013-05-07 20:16:25 -07:00
freevxfs fs: Readd the fs module aliases. 2013-03-12 18:55:21 -07:00
fscache fs/fscache/stats.c: fix memory leak 2013-04-29 15:54:27 -07:00
fuse Merge branch 'akpm' (incoming from Andrew) 2013-05-07 20:49:51 -07:00
gfs2 Merge branch 'for-3.10/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2013-05-08 10:13:35 -07:00
hfs Merge branch 'akpm' (incoming from Andrew) 2013-05-07 20:49:51 -07:00
hfsplus aio: don't include aio.h in sched.h 2013-05-07 20:16:25 -07:00
hostfs hostfs: use kmalloc instead of kzalloc 2013-05-04 15:48:45 -04:00
hpfs hpfs: move setting hpfs-private i_dirty to ->write_end() 2013-04-09 14:12:55 -04:00
hppfs hppfs: get rid of ->fsync() 2013-04-29 15:41:42 -04:00
hugetlbfs hugetlbfs: fix mmap failure in unaligned size request 2013-05-07 18:38:27 -07:00
isofs fs: Readd the fs module aliases. 2013-03-12 18:55:21 -07:00
jbd Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs 2013-05-03 09:56:25 -07:00
jbd2 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-05-01 17:51:54 -07:00
jffs2 fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
jfs Merge branch 'for-3.10/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2013-05-08 10:13:35 -07:00
lockd LOCKD: Ensure that nlmclnt_block resets block->b_status after a server reboot 2013-04-21 18:08:42 -04:00
logfs block: Remove bi_idx references 2013-03-23 14:15:31 -07:00
minix fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
ncpfs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
nfs More NFS client bugfixes for 3.10 2013-05-09 10:24:54 -07:00
nfs_common nfs_common: Update the translation between nfsv3 acls linux posix acls 2013-02-13 06:15:14 -08:00
nfsd Merge branch 'for-3.10' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux 2013-05-10 09:28:55 -07:00
nilfs2 aio: don't include aio.h in sched.h 2013-05-07 20:16:25 -07:00
nls
notify unify compat fanotify_mark(2), switch to COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE 2013-05-09 13:46:38 -04:00
ntfs aio: don't include aio.h in sched.h 2013-05-07 20:16:25 -07:00
ocfs2 aio: don't include aio.h in sched.h 2013-05-07 20:16:25 -07:00
omfs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
openpromfs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
proc Merge branch 'slab/for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/penberg/linux 2013-05-07 08:42:20 -07:00
pstore Couple of pstore cleanups 2013-05-09 16:42:10 -07:00
qnx4 fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
qnx6 fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
quota quota: add missing use of dq_data_lock in __dquot_initialize 2013-03-11 22:05:56 +01:00
ramfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-02-26 20:16:07 -08:00
reiserfs Merge branch 'akpm' (incoming from Andrew) 2013-05-07 20:49:51 -07:00
romfs romfs: fix nommu map length to keep inside filesystem 2013-04-29 09:17:57 +10:00
squashfs fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. (Part 3) 2013-03-11 07:09:48 -07:00
sysfs sysfs: check if one entry has been removed before freeing 2013-04-05 15:35:52 -07:00
sysv fs: Readd the fs module aliases. 2013-03-12 18:55:21 -07:00
ubifs aio: don't include aio.h in sched.h 2013-05-07 20:16:25 -07:00
udf aio: don't include aio.h in sched.h 2013-05-07 20:16:25 -07:00
ufs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2013-04-30 09:36:50 -07:00
xfs xfs: Avoid pathological backwards allocation 2013-05-20 13:09:11 -05:00
aio.c aio: kill ki_retry 2013-05-07 19:46:02 -07:00
anon_inodes.c get_empty_filp()/alloc_file() leave both ->f_pos and ->f_version zero 2013-02-26 02:46:11 -05:00
attr.c userns: Allow chown and setgid preservation 2012-11-20 04:17:24 -08:00
bad_inode.c lseek: the "whence" argument is called "whence" 2012-12-17 17:15:12 -08:00
binfmt_aout.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-05-01 17:51:54 -07:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc 2013-05-02 10:16:16 -07:00
binfmt_elf.c Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc 2013-05-02 10:16:16 -07:00
binfmt_em86.c exec: use -ELOOP for max recursion depth 2012-12-17 17:15:23 -08:00
binfmt_flat.c new helper: read_code() 2013-04-29 15:40:23 -04:00
binfmt_misc.c binfmt_misc: reuse string_unescape_inplace() 2013-04-30 17:04:03 -07:00
binfmt_script.c exec: do not leave bprm->interp on stack 2012-12-20 17:40:19 -08:00
binfmt_som.c get rid of pt_regs argument of ->load_binary() 2012-11-28 21:53:38 -05:00
bio-integrity.c bio-integrity: Add explicit field for owner of bip_buf 2013-03-23 14:26:34 -07:00
bio.c Merge branch 'for-3.10/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2013-05-08 10:13:35 -07:00
block_dev.c Merge branch 'for-3.10/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2013-05-08 10:13:35 -07:00
buffer.c Merge branch 'for-3.10/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2013-05-08 10:13:35 -07:00
char_dev.c char_dev: pin parent kobject 2012-10-22 08:50:37 +03:00
compat_binfmt_elf.c coredump: extend core dump note section to contain file names of mapped files 2012-10-06 03:05:17 +09:00
compat_ioctl.c Removed unused typedef to avoid "unused local typedef" warnings. 2013-05-04 15:03:05 -04:00
compat.c aio: don't include aio.h in sched.h 2013-05-07 20:16:25 -07:00
coredump.c do_coredump(): don't wait for thaw if coredump has already been interrupted 2013-05-04 14:45:54 -04:00
coredump.h coredump: update coredump-related headers 2012-10-06 03:05:15 +09:00
dcache.c vfs: use list_move instead of list_del/list_add 2013-05-04 15:43:02 -04:00
dcookies.c consolidate compat lookup_dcookie() 2013-03-03 23:00:23 -05:00
direct-io.c Merge branch 'for-3.10/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2013-05-08 10:13:35 -07:00
drop_caches.c
eventfd.c fs, eventfd: add procfs fdinfo helper 2012-12-17 17:15:27 -08:00
eventpoll.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal 2013-05-01 07:21:43 -07:00
exec.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-05-01 17:51:54 -07:00
fcntl.c new helper: file_inode(file) 2013-02-22 23:31:31 -05:00
fhandle.c Merge branch 'for-3.8' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux 2012-12-20 14:04:11 -08:00
file_table.c cache the value of file_inode() in struct file 2013-03-01 19:48:30 -05:00
file.c don't bother with deferred freeing of fdtables 2013-05-01 17:31:42 -04:00
filesystems.c fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules. 2013-03-03 19:36:31 -08:00
fs_struct.c constify path_get/path_put and fs_struct.c stuff 2013-03-01 23:51:07 -05:00
fs-writeback.c Merge branch 'for-3.10/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2013-05-08 10:13:35 -07:00
generic_acl.c userns: Pass a userns parameter into posix_acl_to_xattr and posix_acl_from_xattr 2012-09-18 01:01:35 -07:00
inode.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-05-01 17:51:54 -07:00
internal.h pipe: fold file_operations instances in one 2013-04-09 14:12:58 -04:00
ioctl.c new helper: file_inode(file) 2013-02-22 23:31:31 -05:00
ioprio.c
Kconfig efivarfs: Move to fs/efivarfs 2013-04-17 13:25:09 +01:00
Kconfig.binfmt fs: make binfmt support for #! scripts modular and removable 2013-04-30 17:04:04 -07:00
libfs.c vfs: drop vmtruncate 2012-12-20 18:46:29 -05:00
locks.c new helper: file_inode(file) 2013-02-22 23:31:31 -05:00
Makefile Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-05-01 17:51:54 -07:00
mbcache.c
mount.h get rid of full-hash scan on detaching vfsmounts 2013-04-09 14:12:52 -04:00
mpage.c
namei.c Merge git://git.infradead.org/users/eparis/audit 2013-05-11 14:29:11 -07:00
namespace.c create_mnt_ns: unidiomatic use of list_add() 2013-05-04 15:18:53 -04:00
no-block.c
open.c make SYSCALL_DEFINE<n>-generated wrappers do asmlinkage_protect 2013-03-03 22:58:33 -05:00
pipe.c aio: don't include aio.h in sched.h 2013-05-07 20:16:25 -07:00
pnode.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-05-01 17:51:54 -07:00
pnode.h Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-05-01 17:51:54 -07:00
posix_acl.c userns: Convert vfs posix_acl support to use kuids and kgids 2012-09-18 01:01:35 -07:00
proc_namespace.c
read_write.c aio: don't include aio.h in sched.h 2013-05-07 20:16:25 -07:00
readdir.c new helper: file_inode(file) 2013-02-22 23:31:31 -05:00
select.c sched/rt: Move rt specific bits into new header file 2013-02-07 20:51:08 +01:00
seq_file.c new helper: single_open_size() 2013-04-09 14:13:29 -04:00
signalfd.c switch signalfd{,4}() to COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE 2013-03-03 22:58:46 -05:00
splice.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-05-01 17:51:54 -07:00
stack.c
stat.c switch vfs_getattr() to struct path 2013-02-26 02:46:08 -05:00
statfs.c vfs: fix user_statfs to retry once on ESTALE errors 2012-12-20 18:50:07 -05:00
super.c hlist: drop the node parameter from iterators 2013-02-27 19:10:24 -08:00
sync.c teach SYSCALL_DEFINE<n> how to deal with long long/unsigned long long 2013-03-03 22:46:22 -05:00
timerfd.c compat: restore timerfd settime and gettime compat syscalls 2013-03-02 09:35:13 -05:00
utimes.c vfs: allow utimensat() calls to retry once on an ESTALE error 2012-12-20 18:50:08 -05:00
xattr_acl.c userns: Fix posix_acl_file_xattr_userns gid conversion 2012-10-12 13:16:48 -07:00
xattr.c vfs: make lremovexattr retry once on ESTALE error 2012-12-20 18:50:11 -05:00