dm bufio: submit writes outside lock

This patch changes dm-bufio so that it submits write I/Os outside of the
lock. If the number of submitted buffers is greater than the number of
requests on the target queue, submit_bio blocks. We want to block outside
of the lock to improve latency of other threads that may need the lock.

Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>

drivers/md/dm-bufio.c

@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ struct dm_buffer {
 	unsigned long state;
 	unsigned long last_accessed;
 	struct dm_bufio_client *c;
+	struct list_head write_list;
 	struct bio bio;
 	struct bio_vec bio_vec[DM_BUFIO_INLINE_VECS];
 };
@@ -630,7 +631,8 @@ static int do_io_schedule(void *word)
  * - Submit our write and don't wait on it. We set B_WRITING indicating
  *   that there is a write in progress.
  */
-static void __write_dirty_buffer(struct dm_buffer *b)
+static void __write_dirty_buffer(struct dm_buffer *b,
+				 struct list_head *write_list)
 {
 	if (!test_bit(B_DIRTY, &b->state))
 		return;
@@ -639,7 +641,24 @@ static void __write_dirty_buffer(struct dm_buffer *b)
 	wait_on_bit_lock(&b->state, B_WRITING,
 			 do_io_schedule, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 
-	submit_io(b, WRITE, b->block, write_endio);
+	if (!write_list)
+		submit_io(b, WRITE, b->block, write_endio);
+	else
+		list_add_tail(&b->write_list, write_list);
+}
+
+static void __flush_write_list(struct list_head *write_list)
+{
+	struct blk_plug plug;
+	blk_start_plug(&plug);
+	while (!list_empty(write_list)) {
+		struct dm_buffer *b =
+			list_entry(write_list->next, struct dm_buffer, write_list);
+		list_del(&b->write_list);
+		submit_io(b, WRITE, b->block, write_endio);
+		dm_bufio_cond_resched();
+	}
+	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -655,7 +674,7 @@ static void __make_buffer_clean(struct dm_buffer *b)
 		return;
 
 	wait_on_bit(&b->state, B_READING, do_io_schedule, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
-	__write_dirty_buffer(b);
+	__write_dirty_buffer(b, NULL);
 	wait_on_bit(&b->state, B_WRITING, do_io_schedule, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 }
 
@@ -802,7 +821,8 @@ static void __free_buffer_wake(struct dm_buffer *b)
 	wake_up(&c->free_buffer_wait);
 }
 
-static void __write_dirty_buffers_async(struct dm_bufio_client *c, int no_wait)
+static void __write_dirty_buffers_async(struct dm_bufio_client *c, int no_wait,
+					struct list_head *write_list)
 {
 	struct dm_buffer *b, *tmp;
 
@@ -818,7 +838,7 @@ static void __write_dirty_buffers_async(struct dm_bufio_client *c, int no_wait)
 		if (no_wait && test_bit(B_WRITING, &b->state))
 			return;
 
-		__write_dirty_buffer(b);
+		__write_dirty_buffer(b, write_list);
 		dm_bufio_cond_resched();
 	}
 }
@@ -853,7 +873,8 @@ static void __get_memory_limit(struct dm_bufio_client *c,
  * If we are over threshold_buffers, start freeing buffers.
  * If we're over "limit_buffers", block until we get under the limit.
  */
-static void __check_watermark(struct dm_bufio_client *c)
+static void __check_watermark(struct dm_bufio_client *c,
+			      struct list_head *write_list)
 {
 	unsigned long threshold_buffers, limit_buffers;
 
@@ -872,7 +893,7 @@ static void __check_watermark(struct dm_bufio_client *c)
 	}
 
 	if (c->n_buffers[LIST_DIRTY] > threshold_buffers)
-		__write_dirty_buffers_async(c, 1);
+		__write_dirty_buffers_async(c, 1, write_list);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -897,7 +918,8 @@ static struct dm_buffer *__find(struct dm_bufio_client *c, sector_t block)
  *--------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 static struct dm_buffer *__bufio_new(struct dm_bufio_client *c, sector_t block,
-				     enum new_flag nf, int *need_submit)
+				     enum new_flag nf, int *need_submit,
+				     struct list_head *write_list)
 {
 	struct dm_buffer *b, *new_b = NULL;
 
@@ -924,7 +946,7 @@ static struct dm_buffer *__bufio_new(struct dm_bufio_client *c, sector_t block,
 		goto found_buffer;
 	}
 
-	__check_watermark(c);
+	__check_watermark(c, write_list);
 
 	b = new_b;
 	b->hold_count = 1;
@@ -992,10 +1014,14 @@ static void *new_read(struct dm_bufio_client *c, sector_t block,
 	int need_submit;
 	struct dm_buffer *b;
 
+	LIST_HEAD(write_list);
+
 	dm_bufio_lock(c);
-	b = __bufio_new(c, block, nf, &need_submit);
+	b = __bufio_new(c, block, nf, &need_submit, &write_list);
 	dm_bufio_unlock(c);
 
+	__flush_write_list(&write_list);
+
 	if (!b)
 		return b;
 
@@ -1047,6 +1073,8 @@ void dm_bufio_prefetch(struct dm_bufio_client *c,
 {
 	struct blk_plug plug;
 
+	LIST_HEAD(write_list);
+
 	BUG_ON(dm_bufio_in_request());
 
 	blk_start_plug(&plug);
@@ -1055,7 +1083,15 @@ void dm_bufio_prefetch(struct dm_bufio_client *c,
 	for (; n_blocks--; block++) {
 		int need_submit;
 		struct dm_buffer *b;
-		b = __bufio_new(c, block, NF_PREFETCH, &need_submit);
+		b = __bufio_new(c, block, NF_PREFETCH, &need_submit,
+				&write_list);
+		if (unlikely(!list_empty(&write_list))) {
+			dm_bufio_unlock(c);
+			blk_finish_plug(&plug);
+			__flush_write_list(&write_list);
+			blk_start_plug(&plug);
+			dm_bufio_lock(c);
+		}
 		if (unlikely(b != NULL)) {
 			dm_bufio_unlock(c);
 
@@ -1069,7 +1105,6 @@ void dm_bufio_prefetch(struct dm_bufio_client *c,
 				goto flush_plug;
 			dm_bufio_lock(c);
 		}
-
 	}
 
 	dm_bufio_unlock(c);
@@ -1126,11 +1161,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dm_bufio_mark_buffer_dirty);
 
 void dm_bufio_write_dirty_buffers_async(struct dm_bufio_client *c)
 {
+	LIST_HEAD(write_list);
+
 	BUG_ON(dm_bufio_in_request());
 
 	dm_bufio_lock(c);
-	__write_dirty_buffers_async(c, 0);
+	__write_dirty_buffers_async(c, 0, &write_list);
 	dm_bufio_unlock(c);
+	__flush_write_list(&write_list);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dm_bufio_write_dirty_buffers_async);
 
@@ -1147,8 +1185,13 @@ int dm_bufio_write_dirty_buffers(struct dm_bufio_client *c)
 	unsigned long buffers_processed = 0;
 	struct dm_buffer *b, *tmp;
 
+	LIST_HEAD(write_list);
+
+	dm_bufio_lock(c);
+	__write_dirty_buffers_async(c, 0, &write_list);
+	dm_bufio_unlock(c);
+	__flush_write_list(&write_list);
 	dm_bufio_lock(c);
-	__write_dirty_buffers_async(c, 0);
 
 again:
 	list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse(b, tmp, &c->lru[LIST_DIRTY], lru_list) {
@@ -1274,7 +1317,7 @@ retry:
 	BUG_ON(!b->hold_count);
 	BUG_ON(test_bit(B_READING, &b->state));
 
-	__write_dirty_buffer(b);
+	__write_dirty_buffer(b, NULL);
 	if (b->hold_count == 1) {
 		wait_on_bit(&b->state, B_WRITING,
 			    do_io_schedule, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);