Merge branch 'v2.6.36-rc8' into for-2.6.37/barrier

Conflicts:
	block/blk-core.c
	drivers/block/loop.c
	mm/swapfile.c

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>

1 files changed, 164 insertions, 107 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c
index 31e4ea2d19a..7e206fc1fa3 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ xlog_cil_init(
 	ctx->sequence = 1;
 	ctx->cil = cil;
 	cil->xc_ctx = ctx;
+	cil->xc_current_sequence = ctx->sequence;
 
 	cil->xc_log = log;
 	log->l_cilp = cil;
@@ -269,15 +270,10 @@ xlog_cil_insert(
 static void
 xlog_cil_format_items(
 	struct log		*log,
-	struct xfs_log_vec	*log_vector,
-	struct xlog_ticket	*ticket,
-	xfs_lsn_t		*start_lsn)
+	struct xfs_log_vec	*log_vector)
 {
 	struct xfs_log_vec *lv;
 
-	if (start_lsn)
-		*start_lsn = log->l_cilp->xc_ctx->sequence;
-
 	ASSERT(log_vector);
 	for (lv = log_vector; lv; lv = lv->lv_next) {
 		void	*ptr;
@@ -301,9 +297,24 @@ xlog_cil_format_items(
 			ptr += vec->i_len;
 		}
 		ASSERT(ptr == lv->lv_buf + lv->lv_buf_len);
+	}
+}
 
+static void
+xlog_cil_insert_items(
+	struct log		*log,
+	struct xfs_log_vec	*log_vector,
+	struct xlog_ticket	*ticket,
+	xfs_lsn_t		*start_lsn)
+{
+	struct xfs_log_vec *lv;
+
+	if (start_lsn)
+		*start_lsn = log->l_cilp->xc_ctx->sequence;
+
+	ASSERT(log_vector);
+	for (lv = log_vector; lv; lv = lv->lv_next)
 		xlog_cil_insert(log, ticket, lv->lv_item, lv);
-	}
 }
 
 static void
@@ -321,80 +332,6 @@ xlog_cil_free_logvec(
 }
 
 /*
- * Commit a transaction with the given vector to the Committed Item List.
- *
- * To do this, we need to format the item, pin it in memory if required and
- * account for the space used by the transaction. Once we have done that we
- * need to release the unused reservation for the transaction, attach the
- * transaction to the checkpoint context so we carry the busy extents through
- * to checkpoint completion, and then unlock all the items in the transaction.
- *
- * For more specific information about the order of operations in
- * xfs_log_commit_cil() please refer to the comments in
- * xfs_trans_commit_iclog().
- *
- * Called with the context lock already held in read mode to lock out
- * background commit, returns without it held once background commits are
- * allowed again.
- */
-int
-xfs_log_commit_cil(
-	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
-	struct xfs_trans	*tp,
-	struct xfs_log_vec	*log_vector,
-	xfs_lsn_t		*commit_lsn,
-	int			flags)
-{
-	struct log		*log = mp->m_log;
-	int			log_flags = 0;
-	int			push = 0;
-
-	if (flags & XFS_TRANS_RELEASE_LOG_RES)
-		log_flags = XFS_LOG_REL_PERM_RESERV;
-
-	if (XLOG_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(log)) {
-		xlog_cil_free_logvec(log_vector);
-		return XFS_ERROR(EIO);
-	}
-
-	/* lock out background commit */
-	down_read(&log->l_cilp->xc_ctx_lock);
-	xlog_cil_format_items(log, log_vector, tp->t_ticket, commit_lsn);
-
-	/* check we didn't blow the reservation */
-	if (tp->t_ticket->t_curr_res < 0)
-		xlog_print_tic_res(log->l_mp, tp->t_ticket);
-
-	/* attach the transaction to the CIL if it has any busy extents */
-	if (!list_empty(&tp->t_busy)) {
-		spin_lock(&log->l_cilp->xc_cil_lock);
-		list_splice_init(&tp->t_busy,
-					&log->l_cilp->xc_ctx->busy_extents);
-		spin_unlock(&log->l_cilp->xc_cil_lock);
-	}
-
-	tp->t_commit_lsn = *commit_lsn;
-	xfs_log_done(mp, tp->t_ticket, NULL, log_flags);
-	xfs_trans_unreserve_and_mod_sb(tp);
-
-	/* check for background commit before unlock */
-	if (log->l_cilp->xc_ctx->space_used > XLOG_CIL_SPACE_LIMIT(log))
-		push = 1;
-	up_read(&log->l_cilp->xc_ctx_lock);
-
-	/*
-	 * We need to push CIL every so often so we don't cache more than we
-	 * can fit in the log. The limit really is that a checkpoint can't be
-	 * more than half the log (the current checkpoint is not allowed to
-	 * overwrite the previous checkpoint), but commit latency and memory
-	 * usage limit this to a smaller size in most cases.
-	 */
-	if (push)
-		xlog_cil_push(log, 0);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/*
  * Mark all items committed and clear busy extents. We free the log vector
  * chains in a separate pass so that we unpin the log items as quickly as
  * possible.
@@ -427,13 +364,23 @@ xlog_cil_committed(
 }
 
 /*
- * Push the Committed Item List to the log. If the push_now flag is not set,
- * then it is a background flush and so we can chose to ignore it.
+ * Push the Committed Item List to the log. If @push_seq flag is zero, then it
+ * is a background flush and so we can chose to ignore it. Otherwise, if the
+ * current sequence is the same as @push_seq we need to do a flush. If
+ * @push_seq is less than the current sequence, then it has already been
+ * flushed and we don't need to do anything - the caller will wait for it to
+ * complete if necessary.
+ *
+ * @push_seq is a value rather than a flag because that allows us to do an
+ * unlocked check of the sequence number for a match. Hence we can allows log
+ * forces to run racily and not issue pushes for the same sequence twice. If we
+ * get a race between multiple pushes for the same sequence they will block on
+ * the first one and then abort, hence avoiding needless pushes.
  */
-int
+STATIC int
 xlog_cil_push(
 	struct log		*log,
-	int			push_now)
+	xfs_lsn_t		push_seq)
 {
 	struct xfs_cil		*cil = log->l_cilp;
 	struct xfs_log_vec	*lv;
@@ -453,12 +400,20 @@ xlog_cil_push(
 	if (!cil)
 		return 0;
 
+	ASSERT(!push_seq || push_seq <= cil->xc_ctx->sequence);
+
 	new_ctx = kmem_zalloc(sizeof(*new_ctx), KM_SLEEP|KM_NOFS);
 	new_ctx->ticket = xlog_cil_ticket_alloc(log);
 
-	/* lock out transaction commit, but don't block on background push */
+	/*
+	 * Lock out transaction commit, but don't block for background pushes
+	 * unless we are well over the CIL space limit. See the definition of
+	 * XLOG_CIL_HARD_SPACE_LIMIT() for the full explanation of the logic
+	 * used here.
+	 */
 	if (!down_write_trylock(&cil->xc_ctx_lock)) {
-		if (!push_now)
+		if (!push_seq &&
+		    cil->xc_ctx->space_used < XLOG_CIL_HARD_SPACE_LIMIT(log))
 			goto out_free_ticket;
 		down_write(&cil->xc_ctx_lock);
 	}
@@ -469,7 +424,11 @@ xlog_cil_push(
 		goto out_skip;
 
 	/* check for spurious background flush */
-	if (!push_now && cil->xc_ctx->space_used < XLOG_CIL_SPACE_LIMIT(log))
+	if (!push_seq && cil->xc_ctx->space_used < XLOG_CIL_SPACE_LIMIT(log))
+		goto out_skip;
+
+	/* check for a previously pushed seqeunce */
+	if (push_seq && push_seq < cil->xc_ctx->sequence)
 		goto out_skip;
 
 	/*
@@ -515,6 +474,13 @@ xlog_cil_push(
 	cil->xc_ctx = new_ctx;
 
 	/*
+	 * mirror the new sequence into the cil structure so that we can do
+	 * unlocked checks against the current sequence in log forces without
+	 * risking deferencing a freed context pointer.
+	 */
+	cil->xc_current_sequence = new_ctx->sequence;
+
+	/*
 	 * The switch is now done, so we can drop the context lock and move out
 	 * of a shared context. We can't just go straight to the commit record,
 	 * though - we need to synchronise with previous and future commits so
@@ -626,6 +592,102 @@ out_abort:
 }
 
 /*
+ * Commit a transaction with the given vector to the Committed Item List.
+ *
+ * To do this, we need to format the item, pin it in memory if required and
+ * account for the space used by the transaction. Once we have done that we
+ * need to release the unused reservation for the transaction, attach the
+ * transaction to the checkpoint context so we carry the busy extents through
+ * to checkpoint completion, and then unlock all the items in the transaction.
+ *
+ * For more specific information about the order of operations in
+ * xfs_log_commit_cil() please refer to the comments in
+ * xfs_trans_commit_iclog().
+ *
+ * Called with the context lock already held in read mode to lock out
+ * background commit, returns without it held once background commits are
+ * allowed again.
+ */
+int
+xfs_log_commit_cil(
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
+	struct xfs_trans	*tp,
+	struct xfs_log_vec	*log_vector,
+	xfs_lsn_t		*commit_lsn,
+	int			flags)
+{
+	struct log		*log = mp->m_log;
+	int			log_flags = 0;
+	int			push = 0;
+
+	if (flags & XFS_TRANS_RELEASE_LOG_RES)
+		log_flags = XFS_LOG_REL_PERM_RESERV;
+
+	if (XLOG_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(log)) {
+		xlog_cil_free_logvec(log_vector);
+		return XFS_ERROR(EIO);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * do all the hard work of formatting items (including memory
+	 * allocation) outside the CIL context lock. This prevents stalling CIL
+	 * pushes when we are low on memory and a transaction commit spends a
+	 * lot of time in memory reclaim.
+	 */
+	xlog_cil_format_items(log, log_vector);
+
+	/* lock out background commit */
+	down_read(&log->l_cilp->xc_ctx_lock);
+	xlog_cil_insert_items(log, log_vector, tp->t_ticket, commit_lsn);
+
+	/* check we didn't blow the reservation */
+	if (tp->t_ticket->t_curr_res < 0)
+		xlog_print_tic_res(log->l_mp, tp->t_ticket);
+
+	/* attach the transaction to the CIL if it has any busy extents */
+	if (!list_empty(&tp->t_busy)) {
+		spin_lock(&log->l_cilp->xc_cil_lock);
+		list_splice_init(&tp->t_busy,
+					&log->l_cilp->xc_ctx->busy_extents);
+		spin_unlock(&log->l_cilp->xc_cil_lock);
+	}
+
+	tp->t_commit_lsn = *commit_lsn;
+	xfs_log_done(mp, tp->t_ticket, NULL, log_flags);
+	xfs_trans_unreserve_and_mod_sb(tp);
+
+	/*
+	 * Once all the items of the transaction have been copied to the CIL,
+	 * the items can be unlocked and freed.
+	 *
+	 * This needs to be done before we drop the CIL context lock because we
+	 * have to update state in the log items and unlock them before they go
+	 * to disk. If we don't, then the CIL checkpoint can race with us and
+	 * we can run checkpoint completion before we've updated and unlocked
+	 * the log items. This affects (at least) processing of stale buffers,
+	 * inodes and EFIs.
+	 */
+	xfs_trans_free_items(tp, *commit_lsn, 0);
+
+	/* check for background commit before unlock */
+	if (log->l_cilp->xc_ctx->space_used > XLOG_CIL_SPACE_LIMIT(log))
+		push = 1;
+
+	up_read(&log->l_cilp->xc_ctx_lock);
+
+	/*
+	 * We need to push CIL every so often so we don't cache more than we
+	 * can fit in the log. The limit really is that a checkpoint can't be
+	 * more than half the log (the current checkpoint is not allowed to
+	 * overwrite the previous checkpoint), but commit latency and memory
+	 * usage limit this to a smaller size in most cases.
+	 */
+	if (push)
+		xlog_cil_push(log, 0);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
  * Conditionally push the CIL based on the sequence passed in.
  *
  * We only need to push if we haven't already pushed the sequence
@@ -639,39 +701,34 @@ out_abort:
  * commit lsn is there. It'll be empty, so this is broken for now.
  */
 xfs_lsn_t
-xlog_cil_push_lsn(
+xlog_cil_force_lsn(
 	struct log	*log,
-	xfs_lsn_t	push_seq)
+	xfs_lsn_t	sequence)
 {
 	struct xfs_cil		*cil = log->l_cilp;
 	struct xfs_cil_ctx	*ctx;
 	xfs_lsn_t		commit_lsn = NULLCOMMITLSN;
 
-restart:
-	down_write(&cil->xc_ctx_lock);
-	ASSERT(push_seq <= cil->xc_ctx->sequence);
-
-	/* check to see if we need to force out the current context */
-	if (push_seq == cil->xc_ctx->sequence) {
-		up_write(&cil->xc_ctx_lock);
-		xlog_cil_push(log, 1);
-		goto restart;
-	}
+	ASSERT(sequence <= cil->xc_current_sequence);
+
+	/*
+	 * check to see if we need to force out the current context.
+	 * xlog_cil_push() handles racing pushes for the same sequence,
+	 * so no need to deal with it here.
+	 */
+	if (sequence == cil->xc_current_sequence)
+		xlog_cil_push(log, sequence);
 
 	/*
 	 * See if we can find a previous sequence still committing.
-	 * We can drop the flush lock as soon as we have the cil lock
-	 * because we are now only comparing contexts protected by
-	 * the cil lock.
-	 *
 	 * We need to wait for all previous sequence commits to complete
 	 * before allowing the force of push_seq to go ahead. Hence block
 	 * on commits for those as well.
 	 */
+restart:
 	spin_lock(&cil->xc_cil_lock);
-	up_write(&cil->xc_ctx_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(ctx, &cil->xc_committing, committing) {
-		if (ctx->sequence > push_seq)
+		if (ctx->sequence > sequence)
 			continue;
 		if (!ctx->commit_lsn) {
 			/*
@@ -681,7 +738,7 @@ restart:
 			sv_wait(&cil->xc_commit_wait, 0, &cil->xc_cil_lock, 0);
 			goto restart;
 		}
-		if (ctx->sequence != push_seq)
+		if (ctx->sequence != sequence)
 			continue;
 		/* found it! */
 		commit_lsn = ctx->commit_lsn;