UBIFS: fully sort GCed nodes

The 'joinup()' function cannot deal with situations when nodes
go in reverse order - it just leaves them in this order. This
patch implement full nodes sorting using n*log(n) algorithm.
It sorts data nodes for bulk-read, and direntry nodes for
readdir().

Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
This commit is contained in:
Artem Bityutskiy 2009-03-08 15:13:00 +02:00
parent 7d4e9ccb43
commit f10770f5e5

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@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
* have to waste large pieces of free space at the end of LEB B, because nodes
* from LEB A would not fit. And the worst situation is when all nodes are of
* maximum size. So dark watermark is the amount of free + dirty space in LEB
* which are guaranteed to be reclaimable. If LEB has less space, the GC migh
* which are guaranteed to be reclaimable. If LEB has less space, the GC might
* be unable to reclaim it. So, LEBs with free + dirty greater than dark
* watermark are "good" LEBs from GC's point of few. The other LEBs are not so
* good, and GC takes extra care when moving them.
@ -56,14 +56,6 @@
#include <linux/pagemap.h>
#include "ubifs.h"
/*
* GC tries to optimize the way it fit nodes to available space, and it sorts
* nodes a little. The below constants are watermarks which define "large",
* "medium", and "small" nodes.
*/
#define MEDIUM_NODE_WM (UBIFS_BLOCK_SIZE / 4)
#define SMALL_NODE_WM UBIFS_MAX_DENT_NODE_SZ
/*
* GC may need to move more than one LEB to make progress. The below constants
* define "soft" and "hard" limits on the number of LEBs the garbage collector
@ -116,83 +108,222 @@ static int switch_gc_head(struct ubifs_info *c)
}
/**
* joinup - bring data nodes for an inode together.
* @c: UBIFS file-system description object
* @sleb: describes scanned LEB
* @inum: inode number
* @blk: block number
* @data: list to which to add data nodes
* list_sort - sort a list.
* @priv: private data, passed to @cmp
* @head: the list to sort
* @cmp: the elements comparison function
*
* This function looks at the first few nodes in the scanned LEB @sleb and adds
* them to @data if they are data nodes from @inum and have a larger block
* number than @blk. This function returns %0 on success and a negative error
* code on failure.
* This function has been implemented by Mark J Roberts <mjr@znex.org>. It
* implements "merge sort" which has O(nlog(n)) complexity. The list is sorted
* in ascending order.
*
* The comparison function @cmp is supposed to return a negative value if @a is
* than @b, and a positive value if @a is greater than @b. If @a and @b are
* equivalent, then it does not matter what this function returns.
*/
static int joinup(struct ubifs_info *c, struct ubifs_scan_leb *sleb, ino_t inum,
unsigned int blk, struct list_head *data)
static void list_sort(void *priv, struct list_head *head,
int (*cmp)(void *priv, struct list_head *a,
struct list_head *b))
{
int err, cnt = 6, lnum = sleb->lnum, offs;
struct ubifs_scan_node *snod, *tmp;
union ubifs_key *key;
struct list_head *p, *q, *e, *list, *tail, *oldhead;
int insize, nmerges, psize, qsize, i;
list_for_each_entry_safe(snod, tmp, &sleb->nodes, list) {
key = &snod->key;
if (key_inum(c, key) == inum &&
key_type(c, key) == UBIFS_DATA_KEY &&
key_block(c, key) > blk) {
offs = snod->offs;
err = ubifs_tnc_has_node(c, key, 0, lnum, offs, 0);
if (err < 0)
return err;
list_del(&snod->list);
if (err) {
list_add_tail(&snod->list, data);
blk = key_block(c, key);
} else
kfree(snod);
cnt = 6;
} else if (--cnt == 0)
if (list_empty(head))
return;
list = head->next;
list_del(head);
insize = 1;
for (;;) {
p = oldhead = list;
list = tail = NULL;
nmerges = 0;
while (p) {
nmerges++;
q = p;
psize = 0;
for (i = 0; i < insize; i++) {
psize++;
q = q->next == oldhead ? NULL : q->next;
if (!q)
break;
}
qsize = insize;
while (psize > 0 || (qsize > 0 && q)) {
if (!psize) {
e = q;
q = q->next;
qsize--;
if (q == oldhead)
q = NULL;
} else if (!qsize || !q) {
e = p;
p = p->next;
psize--;
if (p == oldhead)
p = NULL;
} else if (cmp(priv, p, q) <= 0) {
e = p;
p = p->next;
psize--;
if (p == oldhead)
p = NULL;
} else {
e = q;
q = q->next;
qsize--;
if (q == oldhead)
q = NULL;
}
if (tail)
tail->next = e;
else
list = e;
e->prev = tail;
tail = e;
}
p = q;
}
tail->next = list;
list->prev = tail;
if (nmerges <= 1)
break;
insize *= 2;
}
return 0;
head->next = list;
head->prev = list->prev;
list->prev->next = head;
list->prev = head;
}
/**
* move_nodes - move nodes.
* @c: UBIFS file-system description object
* @sleb: describes nodes to move
* data_nodes_cmp - compare 2 data nodes.
* @priv: UBIFS file-system description object
* @a: first data node
* @a: second data node
*
* This function moves valid nodes from data LEB described by @sleb to the GC
* journal head. The obsolete nodes are dropped.
*
* When moving nodes we have to deal with classical bin-packing problem: the
* space in the current GC journal head LEB and in @c->gc_lnum are the "bins",
* where the nodes in the @sleb->nodes list are the elements which should be
* fit optimally to the bins. This function uses the "first fit decreasing"
* strategy, although it does not really sort the nodes but just split them on
* 3 classes - large, medium, and small, so they are roughly sorted.
*
* This function returns zero in case of success, %-EAGAIN if commit is
* required, and other negative error codes in case of other failures.
* This function compares data nodes @a and @b. Returns %1 if @a has greater
* inode or block number, and %-1 otherwise.
*/
static int move_nodes(struct ubifs_info *c, struct ubifs_scan_leb *sleb)
int data_nodes_cmp(void *priv, struct list_head *a, struct list_head *b)
{
ino_t inuma, inumb;
struct ubifs_info *c = priv;
struct ubifs_scan_node *sa, *sb;
cond_resched();
sa = list_entry(a, struct ubifs_scan_node, list);
sb = list_entry(b, struct ubifs_scan_node, list);
ubifs_assert(key_type(c, &sa->key) == UBIFS_DATA_KEY);
ubifs_assert(key_type(c, &sb->key) == UBIFS_DATA_KEY);
inuma = key_inum(c, &sa->key);
inumb = key_inum(c, &sb->key);
if (inuma == inumb) {
unsigned int blka = key_block(c, &sa->key);
unsigned int blkb = key_block(c, &sb->key);
if (blka <= blkb)
return -1;
} else if (inuma <= inumb)
return -1;
return 1;
}
/*
* nondata_nodes_cmp - compare 2 non-data nodes.
* @priv: UBIFS file-system description object
* @a: first node
* @a: second node
*
* This function compares nodes @a and @b. It makes sure that inode nodes go
* first and sorted by length in descending order. Directory entry nodes go
* after inode nodes and are sorted in ascending hash valuer order.
*/
int nondata_nodes_cmp(void *priv, struct list_head *a, struct list_head *b)
{
int typea, typeb;
ino_t inuma, inumb;
struct ubifs_info *c = priv;
struct ubifs_scan_node *sa, *sb;
cond_resched();
sa = list_entry(a, struct ubifs_scan_node, list);
sb = list_entry(b, struct ubifs_scan_node, list);
typea = key_type(c, &sa->key);
typeb = key_type(c, &sb->key);
ubifs_assert(typea != UBIFS_DATA_KEY && typeb != UBIFS_DATA_KEY);
/* Inodes go before directory entries */
if (typea == UBIFS_INO_KEY) {
if (typeb == UBIFS_INO_KEY)
return sb->len - sa->len;
return -1;
}
if (typeb == UBIFS_INO_KEY)
return 1;
ubifs_assert(typea == UBIFS_DENT_KEY && typeb == UBIFS_DENT_KEY);
inuma = key_inum(c, &sa->key);
inumb = key_inum(c, &sb->key);
if (inuma == inumb) {
uint32_t hasha = key_hash(c, &sa->key);
uint32_t hashb = key_hash(c, &sb->key);
if (hasha <= hashb)
return -1;
} else if (inuma <= inumb)
return -1;
return 1;
}
/**
* sort_nodes - sort nodes for GC.
* @c: UBIFS file-system description object
* @sleb: describes nodes to sort and contains the result on exit
* @nondata: contains non-data nodes on exit
* @min: minimum node size is returned here
*
* This function sorts the list of inodes to garbage collect. First of all, it
* kills obsolete nodes and separates data and non-data nodes to the
* @sleb->nodes and @nondata lists correspondingly.
*
* Data nodes are then sorted in block number order - this is important for
* bulk-read; data nodes with lower inode number go before data nodes with
* higher inode number, and data nodes with lower block number go before data
* nodes with higher block number;
*
* Non-data nodes are sorted as follows.
* o First go inode nodes - they are sorted in descending length order.
* o Then go directory entry nodes - they are sorted in hash order, which
* should supposedly optimize 'readdir()'. Direntry nodes with lower parent
* inode number go before direntry nodes with higher parent inode number,
* and direntry nodes with lower name hash values go before direntry nodes
* with higher name hash values.
*
* This function returns zero in case of success and a negative error code in
* case of failure.
*/
static int sort_nodes(struct ubifs_info *c, struct ubifs_scan_leb *sleb,
struct list_head *nondata, int *min)
{
struct ubifs_scan_node *snod, *tmp;
struct list_head data, large, medium, small;
struct ubifs_wbuf *wbuf = &c->jheads[GCHD].wbuf;
int avail, err, min = INT_MAX;
unsigned int blk = 0;
ino_t inum = 0;
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&data);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&large);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&medium);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&small);
*min = INT_MAX;
while (!list_empty(&sleb->nodes)) {
struct list_head *lst = sleb->nodes.next;
snod = list_entry(lst, struct ubifs_scan_node, list);
/* Separate data nodes and non-data nodes */
list_for_each_entry_safe(snod, tmp, &sleb->nodes, list) {
int err;
ubifs_assert(snod->type != UBIFS_IDX_NODE);
ubifs_assert(snod->type != UBIFS_REF_NODE);
@ -201,53 +332,72 @@ static int move_nodes(struct ubifs_info *c, struct ubifs_scan_leb *sleb)
err = ubifs_tnc_has_node(c, &snod->key, 0, sleb->lnum,
snod->offs, 0);
if (err < 0)
goto out;
return err;
list_del(lst);
if (!err) {
/* The node is obsolete, remove it from the list */
list_del(&snod->list);
kfree(snod);
continue;
}
/*
* Sort the list of nodes so that data nodes go first, large
* nodes go second, and small nodes go last.
*/
if (key_type(c, &snod->key) == UBIFS_DATA_KEY) {
if (inum != key_inum(c, &snod->key)) {
if (inum) {
/*
* Try to move data nodes from the same
* inode together.
*/
err = joinup(c, sleb, inum, blk, &data);
if (err)
goto out;
}
inum = key_inum(c, &snod->key);
blk = key_block(c, &snod->key);
}
list_add_tail(lst, &data);
} else if (snod->len > MEDIUM_NODE_WM)
list_add_tail(lst, &large);
else if (snod->len > SMALL_NODE_WM)
list_add_tail(lst, &medium);
else
list_add_tail(lst, &small);
if (snod->len < *min)
*min = snod->len;
/* And find the smallest node */
if (snod->len < min)
min = snod->len;
if (key_type(c, &snod->key) != UBIFS_DATA_KEY)
list_move_tail(&snod->list, nondata);
}
/*
* Join the tree lists so that we'd have one roughly sorted list
* ('large' will be the head of the joined list).
*/
list_splice(&data, &large);
list_splice(&medium, large.prev);
list_splice(&small, large.prev);
/* Sort data and non-data nodes */
list_sort(c, &sleb->nodes, &data_nodes_cmp);
list_sort(c, nondata, &nondata_nodes_cmp);
return 0;
}
/**
* move_node - move a node.
* @c: UBIFS file-system description object
* @sleb: describes the LEB to move nodes from
* @snod: the mode to move
* @wbuf: write-buffer to move node to
*
* This function moves node @snod to @wbuf, changes TNC correspondingly, and
* destroys @snod. Returns zero in case of success and a negative error code in
* case of failure.
*/
static int move_node(struct ubifs_info *c, struct ubifs_scan_leb *sleb,
struct ubifs_scan_node *snod, struct ubifs_wbuf *wbuf)
{
int err, new_lnum = wbuf->lnum, new_offs = wbuf->offs + wbuf->used;
cond_resched();
err = ubifs_wbuf_write_nolock(wbuf, snod->node, snod->len);
if (err)
return err;
err = ubifs_tnc_replace(c, &snod->key, sleb->lnum,
snod->offs, new_lnum, new_offs,
snod->len);
list_del(&snod->list);
kfree(snod);
return err;
}
/**
* move_nodes - move nodes.
* @c: UBIFS file-system description object
* @sleb: describes the LEB to move nodes from
*
* This function moves valid nodes from data LEB described by @sleb to the GC
* journal head. This function returns zero in case of success, %-EAGAIN if
* commit is required, and other negative error codes in case of other
* failures.
*/
static int move_nodes(struct ubifs_info *c, struct ubifs_scan_leb *sleb)
{
int err, min;
LIST_HEAD(nondata);
struct ubifs_wbuf *wbuf = &c->jheads[GCHD].wbuf;
if (wbuf->lnum == -1) {
/*
@ -256,42 +406,59 @@ static int move_nodes(struct ubifs_info *c, struct ubifs_scan_leb *sleb)
*/
err = switch_gc_head(c);
if (err)
goto out;
return err;
}
err = sort_nodes(c, sleb, &nondata, &min);
if (err)
goto out;
/* Write nodes to their new location. Use the first-fit strategy */
while (1) {
avail = c->leb_size - wbuf->offs - wbuf->used;
list_for_each_entry_safe(snod, tmp, &large, list) {
int new_lnum, new_offs;
int avail;
struct ubifs_scan_node *snod, *tmp;
/* Move data nodes */
list_for_each_entry_safe(snod, tmp, &sleb->nodes, list) {
avail = c->leb_size - wbuf->offs - wbuf->used;
if (snod->len > avail)
/*
* Do not skip data nodes in order to optimize
* bulk-read.
*/
break;
err = move_node(c, sleb, snod, wbuf);
if (err)
goto out;
}
/* Move non-data nodes */
list_for_each_entry_safe(snod, tmp, &nondata, list) {
avail = c->leb_size - wbuf->offs - wbuf->used;
if (avail < min)
break;
if (snod->len > avail)
/* This node does not fit */
if (snod->len > avail) {
/*
* Keep going only if this is an inode with
* some data. Otherwise stop and switch the GC
* head. IOW, we assume that data-less inode
* nodes and direntry nodes are roughly of the
* same size.
*/
if (key_type(c, &snod->key) == UBIFS_DENT_KEY ||
snod->len == UBIFS_INO_NODE_SZ)
break;
continue;
}
cond_resched();
new_lnum = wbuf->lnum;
new_offs = wbuf->offs + wbuf->used;
err = ubifs_wbuf_write_nolock(wbuf, snod->node,
snod->len);
err = move_node(c, sleb, snod, wbuf);
if (err)
goto out;
err = ubifs_tnc_replace(c, &snod->key, sleb->lnum,
snod->offs, new_lnum, new_offs,
snod->len);
if (err)
goto out;
avail = c->leb_size - wbuf->offs - wbuf->used;
list_del(&snod->list);
kfree(snod);
}
if (list_empty(&large))
if (list_empty(&sleb->nodes) && list_empty(&nondata))
break;
/*
@ -306,10 +473,7 @@ static int move_nodes(struct ubifs_info *c, struct ubifs_scan_leb *sleb)
return 0;
out:
list_for_each_entry_safe(snod, tmp, &large, list) {
list_del(&snod->list);
kfree(snod);
}
list_splice_tail(&nondata, &sleb->nodes);
return err;
}