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ext4: add block plug for .writepages

Add block plug for ext4 .writepages. Though ext4 .writepages
already handles request merge very well, block plug is still
helpful to reduce block lock contention.

Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Shaohua Li 13 years ago
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1 changed files with 3 additions and 0 deletions
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      fs/ext4/inode.c

+ 3 - 0
fs/ext4/inode.c

@@ -2160,6 +2160,7 @@ static int ext4_da_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(mapping->host->i_sb);
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(mapping->host->i_sb);
 	pgoff_t done_index = 0;
 	pgoff_t done_index = 0;
 	pgoff_t end;
 	pgoff_t end;
+	struct blk_plug plug;
 
 
 	trace_ext4_da_writepages(inode, wbc);
 	trace_ext4_da_writepages(inode, wbc);
 
 
@@ -2238,6 +2239,7 @@ retry:
 	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->tagged_writepages)
 	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->tagged_writepages)
 		tag_pages_for_writeback(mapping, index, end);
 		tag_pages_for_writeback(mapping, index, end);
 
 
+	blk_start_plug(&plug);
 	while (!ret && wbc->nr_to_write > 0) {
 	while (!ret && wbc->nr_to_write > 0) {
 
 
 		/*
 		/*
@@ -2302,6 +2304,7 @@ retry:
 			 */
 			 */
 			break;
 			break;
 	}
 	}
+	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 	if (!io_done && !cycled) {
 	if (!io_done && !cycled) {
 		cycled = 1;
 		cycled = 1;
 		index = 0;
 		index = 0;