On 2013/6/10 20:11, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote: > On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 5:09 AM, shencanquan<shencanq...@huawei.com> wrote: >> On 2013/6/8 22:34, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am trying to understand why the unlinks (distributed) are slow with >>> ocfs2. My investigation so far has revealed that ocfs2_try_open_lock >>> fails on the directory unlinked but works for a file unlinked. This >>> creates a checkpoint everytime a directory is deleted.. slowing >>> transactions following it. >>> >>> To explain the problem, consider the following scenario: >>> >>> On node A, I create multiple directories say d1-d8, and each have 3 >>> files under it f1, f2 and f3. >>> On node B, I delete all directories using rm -Rf d* >>> >>> The FS first unlinks f1, f2 and f3. However, when it performs >>> ocfs2_evict_inode() -> ocfs2_delete_inode() -> >>> ocfs2_query_inode_wipe() -> ocfs2_try_open_lock() on d1, it fails. >> on directory d1 it fail to call ocfs2_try_open_lock, it mean other node has >> lock the open lock. it maybe node A has open the directory d1? > This is a self-fabricated test and I just created the directory using > mkdir and files using touch Yes, it is possible that the PR open lock > is still on the directory. > >>> This starts a checkpoint because OCFS2_INODE_DELETED flag is not set >>> on the directory inode. >>> >>> Now, a checkpoint interferes with the journaling of the inodes deleted >>> in the following unlinks, in our case, directories d2-d8 and the files >>> contained in it. >>> >>> So why do the files get the open_lock but the directories don't? >> I don't think that the directory don't use the open_lock, otherwise it >> will be success to call the ocfs2_try_open_lock. > Do you mean to say directories don't use open_lock. Could you provide > the code/design reference? No , I think the directories use the open_lock. because the open_lock use to check the other node had opened the file or directory in the ocfs2 cluster. if yes , it can't delete the file or directory on the disk. > >
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