linux/fs/xfs
Dave Chinner a1e16c2666 xfs: limit speculative prealloc size on sparse files
Speculative preallocation based on the current file size works well
for contiguous files, but is sub-optimal for sparse files where the
EOF preallocation can fill holes and result in large amounts of
zeros being written when it is not necessary.

The algorithm is modified to prevent EOF speculative preallocation
from triggering larger allocations on IO patterns of
truncate--to-zero-seek-write-seek-write-....  which results in
non-sparse files for large files. This, unfortunately, is the way cp
now behaves when copying sparse files and so needs to be fixed.

What this code does is that it looks at the existing extent adjacent
to the current EOF and if it determines that it is a hole we disable
speculative preallocation altogether. To avoid the next write from
doing a large prealloc, it takes the size of subsequent
preallocations from the current size of the existing EOF extent.
IOWs, if you leave a hole in the file, it resets preallocation
behaviour to the same as if it was a zero size file.

Example new behaviour:

$ xfs_io -f -c "pwrite 0 31m" \
            -c "pwrite 33m 1m" \
            -c "pwrite 128m 1m" \
            -c "fiemap -v" /mnt/scratch/blah
wrote 32505856/32505856 bytes at offset 0
31 MiB, 7936 ops; 0.0000 sec (1.608 GiB/sec and 421432.7439 ops/sec)
wrote 1048576/1048576 bytes at offset 34603008
1 MiB, 256 ops; 0.0000 sec (1.462 GiB/sec and 383233.5329 ops/sec)
wrote 1048576/1048576 bytes at offset 134217728
1 MiB, 256 ops; 0.0000 sec (1.719 GiB/sec and 450704.2254 ops/sec)
/mnt/scratch/blah:
 EXT: FILE-OFFSET      BLOCK-RANGE      TOTAL FLAGS
   0: [0..65535]:      96..65631        65536   0x0
   1: [65536..67583]:  hole              2048
   2: [67584..69631]:  67680..69727      2048   0x0
   3: [69632..262143]: hole             192512
   4: [262144..264191]: 262240..264287    2048   0x1

Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Mark Tinguely <tinguely@sgi.com>
Reviewed-by: Brian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Myers <bpm@sgi.com>
2013-02-14 17:21:32 -06:00
..
Kconfig xfs: add CRC infrastructure 2012-11-19 20:11:24 -06:00
kmem.c xfs: switch to proper __bitwise type for KM_... flags 2012-05-29 23:28:32 -04:00
kmem.h xfs: switch to proper __bitwise type for KM_... flags 2012-05-29 23:28:32 -04:00
Makefile xfs: remove xfs_flushinval_pages 2012-11-14 15:15:08 -06:00
mrlock.h xfs: remove subdirectories 2011-08-12 16:21:35 -05:00
time.h xfs: remove subdirectories 2011-08-12 16:21:35 -05:00
uuid.c xfs: remove subdirectories 2011-08-12 16:21:35 -05:00
uuid.h xfs: add CRC infrastructure 2012-11-19 20:11:24 -06:00
xfs_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
xfs_acl.h xfs: Fix build breakage in xfs_iops.c when CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL is not set 2011-08-01 02:35:04 -04:00
xfs_ag.h xfs: convert buffer verifiers to an ops structure. 2012-11-15 21:35:12 -06:00
xfs_alloc_btree.c xfs: convert buffer verifiers to an ops structure. 2012-11-15 21:35:12 -06:00
xfs_alloc_btree.h xfs: convert buffer verifiers to an ops structure. 2012-11-15 21:35:12 -06:00
xfs_alloc.c xfs: don't zero structure members after a memset(0) 2013-01-03 16:00:07 -06:00
xfs_alloc.h xfs: convert buffer verifiers to an ops structure. 2012-11-15 21:35:12 -06:00
xfs_aops.c xfs: Fix possible use-after-free with AIO 2013-01-26 09:43:58 -06:00
xfs_aops.h Prefix IO_XX flags with XFS_IO_XX to avoid namespace colision. 2012-07-22 11:00:55 -05:00
xfs_attr_leaf.c xfs: convert buffer verifiers to an ops structure. 2012-11-15 21:35:12 -06:00
xfs_attr_leaf.h xfs: convert buffer verifiers to an ops structure. 2012-11-15 21:35:12 -06:00
xfs_attr_sf.h
xfs_attr.c xfs: refactor space log reservation for XFS_TRANS_ATTR_SET 2013-02-01 14:56:31 -06:00
xfs_attr.h
xfs_bit.c
xfs_bit.h
xfs_bmap_btree.c xfs: convert buffer verifiers to an ops structure. 2012-11-15 21:35:12 -06:00
xfs_bmap_btree.h xfs: convert buffer verifiers to an ops structure. 2012-11-15 21:35:12 -06:00
xfs_bmap.c xfs: pull up stack_switch check into xfs_bmapi_write 2013-01-17 17:53:37 -06:00
xfs_bmap.h xfs: move allocation stack switch up to xfs_bmapi_allocate 2012-10-18 17:42:48 -05:00
xfs_btree.c xfs: convert buffer verifiers to an ops structure. 2012-11-15 21:35:12 -06:00
xfs_btree.h xfs: convert buffer verifiers to an ops structure. 2012-11-15 21:35:12 -06:00
xfs_buf_item.c xfs: fix shutdown hang on invalid inode during create 2013-01-26 09:34:38 -06:00
xfs_buf_item.h xfs remove the XFS_TRANS_DEBUG routines 2012-12-17 16:29:00 -06:00
xfs_buf.c xfs: fix shutdown hang on invalid inode during create 2013-01-26 09:34:38 -06:00
xfs_buf.h xfs: use b_maps[] for discontiguous buffers 2012-12-17 16:19:56 -06:00
xfs_cksum.h xfs: add CRC infrastructure 2012-11-19 20:11:24 -06:00
xfs_da_btree.c xfs: convert buffer verifiers to an ops structure. 2012-11-15 21:35:12 -06:00
xfs_da_btree.h xfs: convert buffer verifiers to an ops structure. 2012-11-15 21:35:12 -06:00
xfs_dfrag.c xfs: Fix xfs_swap_extents() after removal of xfs_flushinval_pages() 2013-01-28 13:50:10 -06:00
xfs_dfrag.h
xfs_dinode.h xfs: fix typo in comment of xfs_dinode_t. 2012-06-14 12:28:26 -05:00
xfs_dir2_block.c xfs: recalculate leaf entry pointer after compacting a dir2 block 2013-01-13 14:36:17 -06:00
xfs_dir2_data.c xfs: convert buffer verifiers to an ops structure. 2012-11-15 21:35:12 -06:00
xfs_dir2_format.h xfs: cleanup struct xfs_dir2_free 2011-07-13 13:43:48 +02:00
xfs_dir2_leaf.c xfs: convert buffer verifiers to an ops structure. 2012-11-15 21:35:12 -06:00
xfs_dir2_node.c xfs: convert buffer verifiers to an ops structure. 2012-11-15 21:35:12 -06:00
xfs_dir2_priv.h xfs: convert buffer verifiers to an ops structure. 2012-11-15 21:35:12 -06:00
xfs_dir2_sf.c xfs: remove struct xfs_dabuf and infrastructure 2012-07-01 14:50:07 -05:00
xfs_dir2.c xfs: remove struct xfs_dabuf and infrastructure 2012-07-01 14:50:07 -05:00
xfs_dir2.h xfs: reshuffle dir2 headers 2011-07-13 13:43:48 +02:00
xfs_discard.c xfs: check for possible overflow in xfs_ioc_trim 2012-08-23 14:48:44 -05:00
xfs_discard.h xfs: remove subdirectories 2011-08-12 16:21:35 -05:00
xfs_dquot_item.c xfs: clean up xfs_bit.h includes 2012-05-14 16:21:00 -05:00
xfs_dquot_item.h xfs: remove subdirectories 2011-08-12 16:21:35 -05:00
xfs_dquot.c xfs: calculate XFS_TRANS_QM_DQALLOC space log reservation at mount time 2013-02-01 14:43:51 -06:00
xfs_dquot.h xfs: convert buffer verifiers to an ops structure. 2012-11-15 21:35:12 -06:00
xfs_error.c xfs: move xfsagino_t to xfs_types.h 2012-05-14 16:20:54 -05:00
xfs_error.h xfs: kill support/debug.[ch] 2011-03-07 10:09:35 +11:00
xfs_export.c xfs: remove xfs_iget.c 2012-10-17 13:42:25 -05:00
xfs_export.h xfs: remove subdirectories 2011-08-12 16:21:35 -05:00
xfs_extent_busy.c xfs: make xfs_extent_busy_trim not static 2012-05-14 16:21:04 -05:00
xfs_extent_busy.h xfs: make xfs_extent_busy_trim not static 2012-05-14 16:21:04 -05:00
xfs_extfree_item.c xfs: move xfsagino_t to xfs_types.h 2012-05-14 16:20:54 -05:00
xfs_extfree_item.h xfs: Pull EFI/EFD handling out from under the AIL lock 2010-12-20 11:59:49 +11:00
xfs_file.c xfs: byte range granularity for XFS_IOC_ZERO_RANGE 2012-11-29 14:21:46 -06:00
xfs_filestream.c xfs: rename allocation range fields in struct xfs_bmalloca 2011-10-11 21:15:06 -05:00
xfs_filestream.h
xfs_fs.h xfs: add minimum file size filtering to eofblocks scan 2012-11-08 15:32:29 -06:00
xfs_fsops.c xfs: make use of XFS_SB_LOG_RES() at xfs_fs_log_dummy() 2013-02-01 14:55:59 -06:00
xfs_fsops.h xfs: ensure log covering transactions are synchronous 2011-01-11 20:28:17 -06:00
xfs_globals.c xfs: add background scanning to clear eofblocks inodes 2012-11-08 15:34:59 -06:00
xfs_ialloc_btree.c xfs: convert buffer verifiers to an ops structure. 2012-11-15 21:35:12 -06:00
xfs_ialloc_btree.h xfs: convert buffer verifiers to an ops structure. 2012-11-15 21:35:12 -06:00
xfs_ialloc.c xfs: don't zero structure members after a memset(0) 2013-01-03 16:00:07 -06:00
xfs_ialloc.h xfs: convert buffer verifiers to an ops structure. 2012-11-15 21:35:12 -06:00
xfs_icache.c xfs: add background scanning to clear eofblocks inodes 2012-11-08 15:34:59 -06:00
xfs_icache.h xfs: add background scanning to clear eofblocks inodes 2012-11-08 15:34:59 -06:00
xfs_inode_item.c xfs remove the XFS_TRANS_DEBUG routines 2012-12-17 16:29:00 -06:00
xfs_inode_item.h xfs remove the XFS_TRANS_DEBUG routines 2012-12-17 16:29:00 -06:00
xfs_inode.c xfs remove the XFS_TRANS_DEBUG routines 2012-12-17 16:29:00 -06:00
xfs_inode.h xfs: memory barrier before wake_up_bit() 2013-02-07 09:39:48 -06:00
xfs_inum.h xfs: move xfsagino_t to xfs_types.h 2012-05-14 16:20:54 -05:00
xfs_ioctl32.c xfs: Convert to new freezing code 2012-07-31 09:45:48 +04:00
xfs_ioctl32.h xfs: remove subdirectories 2011-08-12 16:21:35 -05:00
xfs_ioctl.c xfs: add inode id filtering to eofblocks scan 2012-11-08 15:29:14 -06:00
xfs_ioctl.h xfs: remove subdirectories 2011-08-12 16:21:35 -05:00
xfs_iomap.c xfs: limit speculative prealloc size on sparse files 2013-02-14 17:21:32 -06:00
xfs_iomap.h
xfs_iops.c xfs: remove xfs_flush_pages 2012-11-14 15:12:45 -06:00
xfs_iops.h xfs: remove subdirectories 2011-08-12 16:21:35 -05:00
xfs_itable.c xfs: convert buffer verifiers to an ops structure. 2012-11-15 21:35:12 -06:00
xfs_itable.h
xfs_linux.h xfs: add CRC infrastructure 2012-11-19 20:11:24 -06:00
xfs_log_cil.c xfs: rename log structure to xlog 2012-06-21 14:21:11 -05:00
xfs_log_priv.h xfs: fix sparse reported log CRC endian issue 2012-12-03 12:10:59 -06:00
xfs_log_recover.c xfs: fix sparse reported log CRC endian issue 2012-12-03 12:10:59 -06:00
xfs_log_recover.h
xfs_log.c xfs: fix fs/xfs/xfs_log.c:1740:39: error: 'B_TRUE' undeclared 2013-01-18 15:11:57 -06:00
xfs_log.h xfs: xfs_quiesce_attr() should quiesce the log like unmount 2012-10-17 13:39:14 -05:00
xfs_message.c xfs: move xfsagino_t to xfs_types.h 2012-05-14 16:20:54 -05:00
xfs_message.h treewide: use __printf not __attribute__((format(printf,...))) 2011-10-31 17:30:54 -07:00
xfs_mount.c xfs: make use of XFS_SB_LOG_RES() at xfs_mount_log_sb() 2013-02-01 14:55:08 -06:00
xfs_mount.h xfs: refactor space log reservation for XFS_TRANS_ATTR_SET 2013-02-01 14:56:31 -06:00
xfs_mru_cache.c xfs: convert to alloc_workqueue() 2011-02-01 11:42:43 +01:00
xfs_mru_cache.h
xfs_qm_bhv.c xfs: Remove boolean_t typedef completely. 2013-01-17 17:32:57 -06:00
xfs_qm_syscalls.c xfs: calculate XFS_TRANS_QM_QUOTAOFF_END space log reservation at mount time 2013-02-01 14:45:50 -06:00
xfs_qm.c xfs: calculate xfs_qm_write_sb_changes() space log reservation at mount time 2013-02-01 14:42:32 -06:00
xfs_qm.h xfs: remove the global xfs_Gqm structure 2012-03-14 12:06:32 -05:00
xfs_quota_priv.h xfs: use per-filesystem radix trees for dquot lookup 2012-03-14 11:09:06 -05:00
xfs_quota.h Define new macro XFS_ALL_QUOTA_ACTIVE and simply some usage 2012-02-03 11:32:20 -06:00
xfs_quotaops.c userns: Convert qutoactl 2012-09-18 01:01:39 -07:00
xfs_rename.c xfs: move xfsagino_t to xfs_types.h 2012-05-14 16:20:54 -05:00
xfs_rtalloc.c xfs: uncached buffer reads need to return an error 2012-11-15 21:34:05 -06:00
xfs_rtalloc.h xfs: Remove the macro XFS_BUF_PTR 2011-07-25 15:03:13 -05:00
xfs_sb.h xfs: add CRC infrastructure 2012-11-19 20:11:24 -06:00
xfs_stats.c xfs: use common code for quota statistics 2012-03-14 11:09:06 -05:00
xfs_stats.h xfs: use common code for quota statistics 2012-03-14 11:09:06 -05:00
xfs_super.c fs/xfs remove obsolete simple_strto<foo> 2013-01-13 14:42:07 -06:00
xfs_super.h xfs: xfs_sync_data is redundant. 2012-10-17 12:01:25 -05:00
xfs_sysctl.c xfs: add background scanning to clear eofblocks inodes 2012-11-08 15:34:59 -06:00
xfs_sysctl.h xfs: add background scanning to clear eofblocks inodes 2012-11-08 15:34:59 -06:00
xfs_trace.c xfs: clean up xfs_bit.h includes 2012-05-14 16:21:00 -05:00
xfs_trace.h xfs: fix shutdown hang on invalid inode during create 2013-01-26 09:34:38 -06:00
xfs_trans_ail.c xfs remove the XFS_TRANS_DEBUG routines 2012-12-17 16:29:00 -06:00
xfs_trans_buf.c xfs: fix the multi-segment log buffer format 2012-12-17 16:28:14 -06:00
xfs_trans_dquot.c xfs: Remove boolean_t typedef completely. 2013-01-17 17:32:57 -06:00
xfs_trans_extfree.c xfs: move xfsagino_t to xfs_types.h 2012-05-14 16:20:54 -05:00
xfs_trans_inode.c xfs remove the XFS_TRANS_DEBUG routines 2012-12-17 16:29:00 -06:00
xfs_trans_priv.h xfs: re-enable xfsaild idle mode and fix associated races 2012-07-29 16:27:57 -05:00
xfs_trans_space.h
xfs_trans.c xfs: refactor space log reservation for XFS_TRANS_ATTR_SET 2013-02-01 14:56:31 -06:00
xfs_trans.h xfs: refactor space log reservation for XFS_TRANS_ATTR_SET 2013-02-01 14:56:31 -06:00
xfs_types.h xfs: Remove boolean_t typedef completely. 2013-01-17 17:32:57 -06:00
xfs_utils.c xfs: remove the alloc_done argument to xfs_dialloc 2012-07-29 16:00:31 -05:00
xfs_utils.h xfs: propagate umode_t 2012-01-03 22:55:00 -05:00
xfs_vnode.h xfs: remove remaining scraps of struct xfs_iomap 2012-03-15 13:40:16 -05:00
xfs_vnodeops.c xfs: Remove boolean_t typedef completely. 2013-01-17 17:32:57 -06:00
xfs_vnodeops.h xfs: byte range granularity for XFS_IOC_ZERO_RANGE 2012-11-29 14:21:46 -06:00
xfs_xattr.c xfs: remove subdirectories 2011-08-12 16:21:35 -05:00
xfs.h xfs: don't expect xfs headers to be in subdirectories 2011-08-12 13:57:55 -05:00