Here is the updated patch from Badari for delayed allocation for ext3.
Delayed allocation defers block allocation from prepare-write time to
page writeout time.
---
linux-2.6.12-ming/fs/buffer.c | 13 +++++++++----
linux-2.6.12-ming/fs/ext3/inode.c | 6 ++++++
linux-2.6.12-ming/fs/ext3/super.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
linux-2.6.12-ming/include/linux/ext3_fs.h | 1 +
4 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff -puN include/linux/ext3_fs.h~ext3-delalloc include/linux/ext3_fs.h
--- linux-2.6.12/include/linux/ext3_fs.h~ext3-delalloc 2005-07-14
23:15:34.861753240 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.12-ming/include/linux/ext3_fs.h 2005-07-14 23:15:34.881750200
-0700
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ struct ext3_inode {
#define EXT3_MOUNT_BARRIER 0x20000 /* Use block barriers */
#define EXT3_MOUNT_NOBH 0x40000 /* No bufferheads */
#define EXT3_MOUNT_QUOTA 0x80000 /* Some quota option set */
+ #define EXT3_MOUNT_DELAYED_ALLOC 0xC0000 /* Delayed Allocation */
/* Compatibility, for having both ext2_fs.h and ext3_fs.h included at once */
#ifndef _LINUX_EXT2_FS_H
diff -puN fs/ext3/inode.c~ext3-delalloc fs/ext3/inode.c
--- linux-2.6.12/fs/ext3/inode.c~ext3-delalloc 2005-07-14 23:15:34.866752480
-0700
+++ linux-2.6.12-ming/fs/ext3/inode.c 2005-07-14 23:15:34.889748984 -0700
@@ -1340,6 +1340,9 @@ static int ext3_prepare_write(struct fil
handle_t *handle;
int retries = 0;
+
+ if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, DELAYED_ALLOC))
+ return __nobh_prepare_write(page, from, to, ext3_get_block, 0);
retry:
handle = ext3_journal_start(inode, needed_blocks);
if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
@@ -1439,6 +1442,9 @@ static int ext3_writeback_commit_write(s
else
ret = generic_commit_write(file, page, from, to);
+ if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, DELAYED_ALLOC))
+ return ret;
+
ret2 = ext3_journal_stop(handle);
if (!ret)
ret = ret2;
diff -puN fs/ext3/super.c~ext3-delalloc fs/ext3/super.c
--- linux-2.6.12/fs/ext3/super.c~ext3-delalloc 2005-07-14 23:15:34.870751872
-0700
+++ linux-2.6.12-ming/fs/ext3/super.c 2005-07-14 23:15:34.896747920 -0700
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ enum {
Opt_resgid, Opt_resuid, Opt_sb, Opt_err_cont, Opt_err_panic, Opt_err_ro,
Opt_nouid32, Opt_check, Opt_nocheck, Opt_debug, Opt_oldalloc, Opt_orlov,
Opt_user_xattr, Opt_nouser_xattr, Opt_acl, Opt_noacl,
- Opt_reservation, Opt_noreservation, Opt_noload, Opt_nobh,
+ Opt_reservation, Opt_noreservation, Opt_noload, Opt_nobh,
Opt_delayed_alloc,
Opt_commit, Opt_journal_update, Opt_journal_inum,
Opt_abort, Opt_data_journal, Opt_data_ordered, Opt_data_writeback,
Opt_usrjquota, Opt_grpjquota, Opt_offusrjquota, Opt_offgrpjquota,
@@ -621,6 +621,7 @@ static match_table_t tokens = {
{Opt_noreservation, "noreservation"},
{Opt_noload, "noload"},
{Opt_nobh, "nobh"},
+ {Opt_delayed_alloc, "delalloc"},
{Opt_commit, "commit=%u"},
{Opt_journal_update, "journal=update"},
{Opt_journal_inum, "journal=%u"},
@@ -954,6 +955,10 @@ clear_qf_name:
case Opt_nobh:
set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, NOBH);
break;
+ case Opt_delayed_alloc:
+ set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, NOBH);
+ set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, DELAYED_ALLOC);
+ break;
default:
printk (KERN_ERR
"EXT3-fs: Unrecognized mount option \"%s\" "
@@ -1612,6 +1617,13 @@ static int ext3_fill_super (struct super
clear_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, NOBH);
}
}
+ if (test_opt(sb, DELAYED_ALLOC)) {
+ if (!(test_opt(sb, DATA_FLAGS) == EXT3_MOUNT_WRITEBACK_DATA)) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "EXT3-fs: Ignoring delall option - "
+ "its supported only with writeback mode\n");
+ clear_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, DELAYED_ALLOC);
+ }
+ }
/*
* The journal_load will have done any necessary log recovery,
* so we can safely mount the rest of the filesystem now.
diff -puN fs/buffer.c~ext3-delalloc fs/buffer.c
--- linux-2.6.12/fs/buffer.c~ext3-delalloc 2005-07-14 23:15:34.875751112
-0700
+++ linux-2.6.12-ming/fs/buffer.c 2005-07-14 23:15:34.903746856 -0700
@@ -2337,8 +2337,8 @@ static void end_buffer_read_nobh(struct
* On entry, the page is fully not uptodate.
* On exit the page is fully uptodate in the areas outside (from,to)
*/
-int nobh_prepare_write(struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to,
- get_block_t *get_block)
+int __nobh_prepare_write(struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to,
+ get_block_t *get_block, int create)
{
struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
const unsigned blkbits = inode->i_blkbits;
@@ -2370,10 +2370,8 @@ int nobh_prepare_write(struct page *page
block_start < PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
block_in_page++, block_start += blocksize) {
unsigned block_end = block_start + blocksize;
- int create;
map_bh.b_state = 0;
- create = 1;
if (block_start >= to)
create = 0;
ret = get_block(inode, block_in_file + block_in_page,
@@ -2482,6 +2480,13 @@ failed:
set_page_dirty(page);
return ret;
}
+
+int nobh_prepare_write(struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to,
+ get_block_t *get_block)
+{
+ return __nobh_prepare_write(page, from, to, get_block, 1);
+}
+
EXPORT_SYMBOL(nobh_prepare_write);
int nobh_commit_write(struct file *file, struct page *page,
_
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