linux/fs/xfs
Dave Chinner 055388a318 xfs: dynamic speculative EOF preallocation
Currently the size of the speculative preallocation during delayed
allocation is fixed by either the allocsize mount option of a
default size. We are seeing a lot of cases where we need to
recommend using the allocsize mount option to prevent fragmentation
when buffered writes land in the same AG.

Rather than using a fixed preallocation size by default (up to 64k),
make it dynamic by basing it on the current inode size. That way the
EOF preallocation will increase as the file size increases.  Hence
for streaming writes we are much more likely to get large
preallocations exactly when we need it to reduce fragementation.

For default settings, the size of the initial extents is determined
by the number of parallel writers and the amount of memory in the
machine. For 4GB RAM and 4 concurrent 32GB file writes:

EXT: FILE-OFFSET           BLOCK-RANGE          AG AG-OFFSET                 TOTAL
   0: [0..1048575]:         1048672..2097247      0 (1048672..2097247)      1048576
   1: [1048576..2097151]:   5242976..6291551      0 (5242976..6291551)      1048576
   2: [2097152..4194303]:   12583008..14680159    0 (12583008..14680159)    2097152
   3: [4194304..8388607]:   25165920..29360223    0 (25165920..29360223)    4194304
   4: [8388608..16777215]:  58720352..67108959    0 (58720352..67108959)    8388608
   5: [16777216..33554423]: 117440584..134217791  0 (117440584..134217791) 16777208
   6: [33554424..50331511]: 184549056..201326143  0 (184549056..201326143) 16777088
   7: [50331512..67108599]: 251657408..268434495  0 (251657408..268434495) 16777088

and for 16 concurrent 16GB file writes:

 EXT: FILE-OFFSET           BLOCK-RANGE          AG AG-OFFSET                 TOTAL
   0: [0..262143]:          2490472..2752615      0 (2490472..2752615)       262144
   1: [262144..524287]:     6291560..6553703      0 (6291560..6553703)       262144
   2: [524288..1048575]:    13631592..14155879    0 (13631592..14155879)     524288
   3: [1048576..2097151]:   30408808..31457383    0 (30408808..31457383)    1048576
   4: [2097152..4194303]:   52428904..54526055    0 (52428904..54526055)    2097152
   5: [4194304..8388607]:   104857704..109052007  0 (104857704..109052007)  4194304
   6: [8388608..16777215]:  209715304..218103911  0 (209715304..218103911)  8388608
   7: [16777216..33554423]: 452984848..469762055  0 (452984848..469762055) 16777208

Because it is hard to take back specualtive preallocation, cases
where there are large slow growing log files on a nearly full
filesystem may cause premature ENOSPC. Hence as the filesystem nears
full, the maximum dynamic prealloc size іs reduced according to this
table (based on 4k block size):

freespace       max prealloc size
  >5%             full extent (8GB)
  4-5%             2GB (8GB >> 2)
  3-4%             1GB (8GB >> 3)
  2-3%           512MB (8GB >> 4)
  1-2%           256MB (8GB >> 5)
  <1%            128MB (8GB >> 6)

This should reduce the amount of space held in speculative
preallocation for such cases.

The allocsize mount option turns off the dynamic behaviour and fixes
the prealloc size to whatever the mount option specifies. i.e. the
behaviour is unchanged.

Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
2011-01-04 11:35:03 +11:00
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linux-2.6 xfs: provide a inode iolock lockdep class 2010-12-23 11:57:13 +11:00
quota xfs: Extend project quotas to support 32bit project ids 2010-10-18 15:08:08 -05:00
support xfs: drop dmapi hooks 2010-07-26 13:16:33 -05:00
Kconfig quota: Make QUOTACTL config be selected by its users 2010-10-05 12:16:37 +02:00
Makefile xfs: simplify log item descriptor tracking 2010-07-26 13:16:34 -05:00
xfs.h
xfs_acl.h xfs: constify xattr_handler 2010-05-21 18:31:19 -04:00
xfs_ag.h xfs: convert buffer cache hash to rbtree 2010-10-18 15:07:56 -05:00
xfs_alloc.c xfs: factor duplicate code in xfs_alloc_ag_vextent_near into a helper 2010-12-16 16:06:15 -06:00
xfs_alloc.h xfs: do not use emums for flags used in tracing 2010-07-26 13:16:43 -05:00
xfs_alloc_btree.c xfs: remove the ->kill_root btree operation 2010-10-18 15:07:38 -05:00
xfs_alloc_btree.h
xfs_arch.h
xfs_attr.c xfs: remove xfs_buf wrappers 2010-10-18 15:08:07 -05:00
xfs_attr.h xfs: convert attr to use unsigned names 2010-01-20 10:47:48 +11:00
xfs_attr_leaf.c xfs: use KM_NOFS for allocations during attribute list operations 2010-12-23 11:57:37 +11:00
xfs_attr_leaf.h
xfs_attr_sf.h xfs: convert attr to use unsigned names 2010-01-20 10:47:48 +11:00
xfs_bit.c
xfs_bit.h
xfs_bmap.c xfs: delayed alloc blocks beyond EOF are valid after writeback 2010-12-01 07:40:20 -06:00
xfs_bmap.h xfs: fix failed write truncation handling. 2010-12-01 07:40:19 -06:00
xfs_bmap_btree.c xfs: remove unneeded #include statements 2010-07-26 13:16:33 -05:00
xfs_bmap_btree.h xfs: make several more functions static 2010-01-15 15:31:38 -06:00
xfs_btree.c xfs: remove xfs_buf wrappers 2010-10-18 15:08:07 -05:00
xfs_btree.h xfs: remove the ->kill_root btree operation 2010-10-18 15:07:38 -05:00
xfs_btree_trace.c
xfs_btree_trace.h
xfs_buf_item.c xfs: remove xfs_buf wrappers 2010-10-18 15:08:07 -05:00
xfs_buf_item.h xfs: use struct list_head for the buf cancel table 2010-12-16 16:05:22 -06:00
xfs_da_btree.c xfs: remove xfs_buf wrappers 2010-10-18 15:08:07 -05:00
xfs_da_btree.h xfs: convert dirnameops to unsigned char names 2010-01-20 10:47:17 +11:00
xfs_dfrag.c xfs: delayed alloc blocks beyond EOF are valid after writeback 2010-12-01 07:40:20 -06:00
xfs_dfrag.h xfs: clean up inconsistent variable naming in xfs_swap_extent 2010-01-15 15:31:23 -06:00
xfs_dinode.h xfs: Extend project quotas to support 32bit project ids 2010-10-18 15:08:08 -05:00
xfs_dir2.c xfs: split xfs_itrace_entry 2010-07-26 13:16:44 -05:00
xfs_dir2.h xfs: make xfs_dir_cilookup_result use unsigned char 2010-01-20 10:47:25 +11:00
xfs_dir2_block.c xfs: fix gcc 4.6 set but not read and unused statement warnings 2010-07-26 13:16:51 -05:00
xfs_dir2_block.h
xfs_dir2_data.c xfs: remove unneeded #include statements 2010-07-26 13:16:33 -05:00
xfs_dir2_data.h
xfs_dir2_leaf.c xfs: remove xfs_buf wrappers 2010-10-18 15:08:07 -05:00
xfs_dir2_leaf.h
xfs_dir2_node.c xfs: remove unneeded #include statements 2010-07-26 13:16:33 -05:00
xfs_dir2_node.h xfs: make several more functions static 2010-01-15 15:31:38 -06:00
xfs_dir2_sf.c xfs: remove unneeded #include statements 2010-07-26 13:16:33 -05:00
xfs_dir2_sf.h
xfs_error.c xfs: only run xfs_error_test if error injection is active 2010-12-01 07:40:20 -06:00
xfs_error.h xfs: only run xfs_error_test if error injection is active 2010-12-01 07:40:20 -06:00
xfs_extfree_item.c xfs: fix the xfs_log_iovec i_addr type 2010-07-26 13:16:36 -05:00
xfs_extfree_item.h
xfs_filestream.c xfs: tell lockdep about parent iolock usage in filestreams 2010-11-10 12:00:48 -06:00
xfs_filestream.h xfs: clean up filestreams helpers 2010-07-26 13:16:51 -05:00
xfs_fs.h xfs: Extend project quotas to support 32bit project ids 2010-10-18 15:08:08 -05:00
xfs_fsops.c xfs: dynamic speculative EOF preallocation 2011-01-04 11:35:03 +11:00
xfs_fsops.h xfs: dummy transactions should not dirty VFS state 2010-08-24 11:46:31 +10:00
xfs_ialloc.c xfs: remove xfs_buf wrappers 2010-10-18 15:08:07 -05:00
xfs_ialloc.h
xfs_ialloc_btree.c xfs: remove the ->kill_root btree operation 2010-10-18 15:07:38 -05:00
xfs_ialloc_btree.h
xfs_iget.c xfs: provide a inode iolock lockdep class 2010-12-23 11:57:13 +11:00
xfs_inode.c xfs: Extend project quotas to support 32bit project ids 2010-10-18 15:08:08 -05:00
xfs_inode.h xfs: provide a inode iolock lockdep class 2010-12-23 11:57:13 +11:00
xfs_inode_item.c xfs: avoid moving stale inodes in the AIL 2010-12-01 07:40:20 -06:00
xfs_inode_item.h xfs: simplify inode to transaction joining 2010-07-26 13:16:36 -05:00
xfs_inum.h
xfs_iomap.c xfs: dynamic speculative EOF preallocation 2011-01-04 11:35:03 +11:00
xfs_iomap.h xfs: kill xfs_iomap 2010-12-16 16:05:51 -06:00
xfs_itable.c xfs: Extend project quotas to support 32bit project ids 2010-10-18 15:08:08 -05:00
xfs_itable.h xfs: remove block number from inode lookup code 2010-06-24 11:35:17 +10:00
xfs_log.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfs 2010-10-22 17:32:27 -07:00
xfs_log.h xfs: remove the unused XFS_LOG_SLEEP and XFS_LOG_NOSLEEP flags 2010-07-26 13:16:38 -05:00
xfs_log_cil.c xfs: reduce the number of CIL lock round trips during commit 2010-10-18 15:07:42 -05:00
xfs_log_priv.h xfs: use struct list_head for the buf cancel table 2010-12-16 16:05:22 -06:00
xfs_log_recover.c xfs: untangle phase1 vs phase2 recovery helpers 2010-12-16 16:05:30 -06:00
xfs_log_recover.h xfs: Clean up XFS_BLI_* flag namespace 2010-05-24 10:33:39 -05:00
xfs_mount.c xfs: dynamic speculative EOF preallocation 2011-01-04 11:35:03 +11:00
xfs_mount.h xfs: dynamic speculative EOF preallocation 2011-01-04 11:35:03 +11:00
xfs_mru_cache.c xfs: Kill filestreams cache flush 2010-01-15 15:34:22 -06:00
xfs_mru_cache.h xfs: Kill filestreams cache flush 2010-01-15 15:34:22 -06:00
xfs_quota.h xfs: fix a few compiler warnings with CONFIG_XFS_QUOTA=n 2010-11-10 12:00:48 -06:00
xfs_rename.c xfs: log timestamp changes to the source inode in rename 2010-12-09 17:07:02 -06:00
xfs_rtalloc.c xfs: use unhashed buffers for size checks 2010-10-18 15:07:50 -05:00
xfs_rtalloc.h xfs: be more explicit if RT mount fails due to config 2010-05-28 14:58:24 -05:00
xfs_rw.c xfs: remove unneeded #include statements 2010-07-26 13:16:33 -05:00
xfs_rw.h xfs: only clear the suid bit once in xfs_write 2010-02-12 13:43:57 -06:00
xfs_sb.h xfs: Extend project quotas to support 32bit project ids 2010-10-18 15:08:08 -05:00
xfs_trans.c xfs: fix the xfs_trans_committed 2010-10-18 15:08:02 -05:00
xfs_trans.h xfs: remove unused t_callback field in struct xfs_trans 2010-10-18 15:08:01 -05:00
xfs_trans_ail.c xfs: drop dmapi hooks 2010-07-26 13:16:33 -05:00
xfs_trans_buf.c xfs: remove xfs_buf wrappers 2010-10-18 15:08:07 -05:00
xfs_trans_extfree.c xfs: simplify log item descriptor tracking 2010-07-26 13:16:34 -05:00
xfs_trans_inode.c xfs: don't use vfs writeback for pure metadata modifications 2010-10-18 15:07:45 -05:00
xfs_trans_priv.h xfs: unlock items before allowing the CIL to commit 2010-08-24 11:42:52 +10:00
xfs_trans_space.h
xfs_types.h xfs: Extend project quotas to support 32bit project ids 2010-10-18 15:08:08 -05:00
xfs_utils.c xfs: remove xfs_cred.h 2010-10-18 15:08:06 -05:00
xfs_utils.h xfs: remove xfs_cred.h 2010-10-18 15:08:06 -05:00
xfs_vnodeops.c xfs: Extend project quotas to support 32bit project ids 2010-10-18 15:08:08 -05:00
xfs_vnodeops.h xfs: remove xfs_cred.h 2010-10-18 15:08:06 -05:00