Hi Jaegeuk,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-fsdevel-ow...@vger.kernel.org 
> [mailto:linux-fsdevel-ow...@vger.kernel.org] On
> Behalf Of Jaegeuk Kim
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 7:32 AM
> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; linux-fsde...@vger.kernel.org;
> linux-f2fs-de...@lists.sourceforge.net
> Cc: Jaegeuk Kim
> Subject: [PATCH 5/5] f2fs: introduce a batched trim
> 
> This patch introduces a batched trimming feature, which submits split discard
> commands.

I didn't get it, why we should split discard commands. :(

Does smaller discarding for flash shows better performance or effect or safety?
Can you please explain more about this patch?

Thanks,

> 
> Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaeg...@kernel.org>
> ---
>  fs/f2fs/f2fs.h    |  1 +
>  fs/f2fs/segment.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
>  2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> index c0b83d6..ec4d16b 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h
> @@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ enum {
>       CP_DISCARD,
>  };
> 
> +#define BATCHED_TRIM_SEGMENTS        10
>  struct cp_control {
>       int reason;
>       __u64 trim_start;
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> index 31c4e57..6c9c784 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> @@ -1066,14 +1066,19 @@ int f2fs_trim_fs(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct 
> fstrim_range *range)
>       end_segno = (end >= MAX_BLKADDR(sbi)) ? MAIN_SEGS(sbi) - 1 :
>                                               GET_SEGNO(sbi, end);
>       cpc.reason = CP_DISCARD;
> -     cpc.trim_start = start_segno;
> -     cpc.trim_end = end_segno;
>       cpc.trim_minlen = range->minlen >> sbi->log_blocksize;
> 
>       /* do checkpoint to issue discard commands safely */
> -     mutex_lock(&sbi->gc_mutex);
> -     write_checkpoint(sbi, &cpc);
> -     mutex_unlock(&sbi->gc_mutex);
> +     for (; start_segno <= end_segno;
> +                             start_segno += BATCHED_TRIM_SEGMENTS + 1) {
> +             cpc.trim_start = start_segno;
> +             cpc.trim_end = min_t(unsigned int,
> +                             start_segno + BATCHED_TRIM_SEGMENTS, end_segno);
> +
> +             mutex_lock(&sbi->gc_mutex);
> +             write_checkpoint(sbi, &cpc);
> +             mutex_unlock(&sbi->gc_mutex);
> +     }
>  out:
>       range->len = cpc.trimmed << sbi->log_blocksize;
>       return 0;
> --
> 2.1.1
> 
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