For non-atomic files, this patch adds an option to give nobarrier which
doesn't issue flush commands to the device.
Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaeg...@kernel.org>
---
Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt | 16 +++++++++-------
fs/f2fs/f2fs.h | 1 +
fs/f2fs/file.c | 2 +-
fs/f2fs/super.c | 4 ++++
4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt
b/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt
index 12a147c9f87f..69f8de995739 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.txt
@@ -182,13 +182,15 @@ whint_mode=%s Control which write hints are
passed down to block
passes down hints with its policy.
alloc_mode=%s Adjust block allocation policy, which supports "reuse"
and "default".
-fsync_mode=%s Control the policy of fsync. Currently supports "posix"
- and "strict". In "posix" mode, which is default, fsync
- will follow POSIX semantics and does a light operation
- to improve the filesystem performance. In "strict" mode,
- fsync will be heavy and behaves in line with xfs, ext4
- and btrfs, where xfstest generic/342 will pass, but the
- performance will regress.
+fsync_mode=%s Control the policy of fsync. Currently supports "posix",
+ "strict", and "nobarrier". In "posix" mode, which is
+ default, fsync will follow POSIX semantics and does a
+ light operation to improve the filesystem performance.
+ In "strict" mode, fsync will be heavy and behaves in
line
+ with xfs, ext4 and btrfs, where xfstest generic/342 will
+ pass, but the performance will regress. "nobarrier" is
+ based on "posix", but doesn't issue flush command for
+ non-atomic files likewise "nobarrier" mount option.
test_dummy_encryption Enable dummy encryption, which provides a fake fscrypt
context. The fake fscrypt context is used by xfstests.
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
index 6e0677aff8ca..659c63dae81c 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
@@ -1093,6 +1093,7 @@ enum {
enum fsync_mode {
FSYNC_MODE_POSIX, /* fsync follows posix semantics */
FSYNC_MODE_STRICT, /* fsync behaves in line with ext4 */
+ FSYNC_MODE_NOBARRIER, /* fsync behaves nobarrier based on posix */
};
#ifdef CONFIG_F2FS_FS_ENCRYPTION
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 7ac216bb560d..fab65a0bd4cc 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ static int f2fs_do_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t
start, loff_t end,
remove_ino_entry(sbi, ino, APPEND_INO);
clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_APPEND_WRITE);
flush_out:
- if (!atomic)
+ if (!atomic && F2FS_OPTION(sbi).fsync_mode != FSYNC_MODE_NOBARRIER)
ret = f2fs_issue_flush(sbi, inode->i_ino);
if (!ret) {
remove_ino_entry(sbi, ino, UPDATE_INO);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
index 1b42fc7e4b29..12282b144651 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
@@ -740,6 +740,10 @@ static int parse_options(struct super_block *sb, char
*options)
} else if (strlen(name) == 6 &&
!strncmp(name, "strict", 6)) {
F2FS_OPTION(sbi).fsync_mode = FSYNC_MODE_STRICT;
+ } else if (strlen(name) == 9 &&
+ !strncmp(name, "nobarrier", 9)) {
+ F2FS_OPTION(sbi).fsync_mode =
+ FSYNC_MODE_NOBARRIER;
} else {
kfree(name);
return -EINVAL;
--
2.17.0.441.gb46fe60e1d-goog
