Commit eb6ef3df authored by Konstantin Khlebnikov's avatar Konstantin Khlebnikov Committed by Al Viro
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trylock_super(): replacement for grab_super_passive() 



I've noticed significant locking contention in memory reclaimer around
sb_lock inside grab_super_passive(). Grab_super_passive() is called from
two places: in icache/dcache shrinkers (function super_cache_scan) and
from writeback (function __writeback_inodes_wb). Both are required for
progress in memory allocator.

Grab_super_passive() acquires sb_lock to increment sb->s_count and check
sb->s_instances. It seems sb->s_umount locked for read is enough here:
super-block deactivation always runs under sb->s_umount locked for write.
Protecting super-block itself isn't a problem: in super_cache_scan() sb
is protected by shrinker_rwsem: it cannot be freed if its slab shrinkers
are still active. Inside writeback super-block comes from inode from bdi
writeback list under wb->list_lock.

This patch removes locking sb_lock and checks s_instances under s_umount:
generic_shutdown_super() unlinks it under sb->s_umount locked for write.
New variant is called trylock_super() and since it only locks semaphore,
callers must call up_read(&sb->s_umount) instead of drop_super(sb) when
they're done.

Signed-off-by: default avatarKonstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@yandex-team.ru>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
parent 54f2a2f4

fs/fs-writeback.c

+3 −3
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@@ -769,9 +769,9 @@ static long __writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, 
		struct inode *inode = wb_inode(wb->b_io.prev);

		struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;



		if (!grab_super_passive(sb)) {

		if (!trylock_super(sb)) {

			/*

			 * grab_super_passive() may fail consistently due to

			 * trylock_super() may fail consistently due to

			 * s_umount being grabbed by someone else. Don't use

			 * requeue_io() to avoid busy retrying the inode/sb.

			 */
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ static long __writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, 
			continue;

		}

		wrote += writeback_sb_inodes(sb, wb, work);

		drop_super(sb);

		up_read(&sb->s_umount);



		/* refer to the same tests at the end of writeback_sb_inodes */

		if (wrote) {

fs/internal.h

+1 −1
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@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ extern struct file *get_empty_filp(void); 
 * super.c

 */

extern int do_remount_sb(struct super_block *, int, void *, int);

extern bool grab_super_passive(struct super_block *sb);

extern bool trylock_super(struct super_block *sb);

extern struct dentry *mount_fs(struct file_system_type *,

			       int, const char *, void *);

extern struct super_block *user_get_super(dev_t);

fs/super.c

+18 −22
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@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static unsigned long super_cache_scan(struct shrinker *shrink, 
	if (!(sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_FS))

		return SHRINK_STOP;



	if (!grab_super_passive(sb))

	if (!trylock_super(sb))

		return SHRINK_STOP;



	if (sb->s_op->nr_cached_objects)
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static unsigned long super_cache_scan(struct shrinker *shrink, 
		freed += sb->s_op->free_cached_objects(sb, sc);

	}



	drop_super(sb);

	up_read(&sb->s_umount);

	return freed;

}
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static unsigned long super_cache_count(struct shrinker *shrink, 
	sb = container_of(shrink, struct super_block, s_shrink);



	/*

	 * Don't call grab_super_passive as it is a potential

	 * Don't call trylock_super as it is a potential

	 * scalability bottleneck. The counts could get updated

	 * between super_cache_count and super_cache_scan anyway.

	 * Call to super_cache_count with shrinker_rwsem held
@@ -348,35 +348,31 @@ static int grab_super(struct super_block *s) __releases(sb_lock) 
}



/*

 *	grab_super_passive - acquire a passive reference

 *	trylock_super - try to grab ->s_umount shared

 *	@sb: reference we are trying to grab

 *

 *	Tries to acquire a passive reference. This is used in places where we

 *	Try to prevent fs shutdown.  This is used in places where we

 *	cannot take an active reference but we need to ensure that the

 *	superblock does not go away while we are working on it. It returns

 *	false if a reference was not gained, and returns true with the s_umount

 *	lock held in read mode if a reference is gained. On successful return,

 *	the caller must drop the s_umount lock and the passive reference when

 *	done.

 *	filesystem is not shut down while we are working on it. It returns

 *	false if we cannot acquire s_umount or if we lose the race and

 *	filesystem already got into shutdown, and returns true with the s_umount

 *	lock held in read mode in case of success. On successful return,

 *	the caller must drop the s_umount lock when done.

 *

 *	Note that unlike get_super() et.al. this one does *not* bump ->s_count.

 *	The reason why it's safe is that we are OK with doing trylock instead

 *	of down_read().  There's a couple of places that are OK with that, but

 *	it's very much not a general-purpose interface.

 */

bool grab_super_passive(struct super_block *sb)

bool trylock_super(struct super_block *sb)

{

	spin_lock(&sb_lock);

	if (hlist_unhashed(&sb->s_instances)) {

		spin_unlock(&sb_lock);

		return false;

	}



	sb->s_count++;

	spin_unlock(&sb_lock);



	if (down_read_trylock(&sb->s_umount)) {

		if (sb->s_root && (sb->s_flags & MS_BORN))

		if (!hlist_unhashed(&sb->s_instances) &&

		    sb->s_root && (sb->s_flags & MS_BORN))

			return true;

		up_read(&sb->s_umount);

	}



	put_super(sb);

	return false;

}

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