kernel-ark/fs
Jens Axboe 78f707bfc7 block: revert part of 18ce3751cc
The above commit added WRITE_SYNC and switched various places to using
that for committing writes that will be waited upon immediately after
submission. However, this causes a performance regression with AS and CFQ
for ext3 at least, since sync_dirty_buffer() will submit some writes with
WRITE_SYNC while ext3 has sumitted others dependent writes without the sync
flag set. This causes excessive anticipation/idling in the IO scheduler
because sync and async writes get interleaved, causing a big performance
regression for the below test case (which is meant to simulate sqlite
like behaviour).

---- test case ----

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{

	int fdes, i;
	FILE *fp;
	struct timeval start;
	struct timeval end;
	struct timeval res;

	gettimeofday(&start, NULL);
	for (i=0; i<ROWS; i++) {
		fp = fopen("test_file", "a");
		fprintf(fp, "Some Text Data\n");
		fdes = fileno(fp);
		fsync(fdes);
		fclose(fp);
	}
	gettimeofday(&end, NULL);

	timersub(&end, &start, &res);
	fprintf(stdout, "time to write %d lines is %ld(msec)\n", ROWS,
			(res.tv_sec*1000000 + res.tv_usec)/1000);

	return 0;
}

-------------------

Thanks to Sean.White@APCC.com for tracking down this performance
regression and providing a test case.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2009-02-18 10:32:01 +01:00
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9p fs/Kconfig: move 9p out 2009-01-22 13:16:01 +03:00
adfs fs/Kconfig: move adfs out 2009-01-22 13:15:56 +03:00
affs fs/Kconfig: move affs out 2009-01-22 13:15:56 +03:00
afs fs/Kconfig: move afs out 2009-01-22 13:16:01 +03:00
autofs fs/Kconfig: move autofs, autofs4 out 2009-01-22 13:15:54 +03:00
autofs4 fs/Kconfig: move autofs, autofs4 out 2009-01-22 13:15:54 +03:00
befs fs/Kconfig: move befs out 2009-01-22 13:15:57 +03:00
bfs fs/Kconfig: move bfs out 2009-01-22 13:15:57 +03:00
btrfs Btrfs: hold trans_mutex when using btrfs_record_root_in_trans 2009-02-12 14:14:53 -05:00
cifs cifs: make sure we allocate enough storage for socket address 2009-01-29 03:32:13 +00:00
coda fs/Kconfig: move coda out 2009-01-22 13:16:01 +03:00
configfs Revert "configfs: Silence lockdep on mkdir(), rmdir() and configfs_depend_item()" 2009-02-04 09:46:25 -08:00
cramfs fs/Kconfig: move cramfs out 2009-01-22 13:15:58 +03:00
debugfs debugfs: add helpers for exporting a size_t simple value 2009-01-07 10:00:16 -08:00
devpts zero i_uid/i_gid on inode allocation 2009-01-05 11:54:28 -05:00
dlm dlm: initialize file_lock struct in GETLK before copying conflicting lock 2009-01-21 15:28:45 -06:00
ecryptfs eCryptfs: Regression in unencrypted filename symlinks 2009-02-06 18:36:40 -08:00
efs fs/Kconfig: move efs out 2009-01-22 13:15:57 +03:00
exportfs Merge branch 'next' into for-linus 2008-12-25 11:40:09 +11:00
ext2 ext2/xip: refuse to change xip flag during remount with busy inodes 2009-02-11 14:25:36 -08:00
ext3 ext3: revert "ext3: wait on all pending commits in ext3_sync_fs" 2009-02-11 14:25:35 -08:00
ext4 ext4: Fix NULL dereference in ext4_ext_migrate()'s error handling 2009-02-15 20:02:19 -05:00
fat fs/Kconfig: move fat out 2009-01-22 13:15:55 +03:00
freevxfs fs/Kconfig: move vxfs out 2009-01-22 13:15:58 +03:00
fuse Merge branch 'Kconfig' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/adobriyan/misc 2009-01-26 10:08:50 -08:00
gfs2 filesystem freeze: add error handling of write_super_lockfs/unlockfs 2009-01-09 16:54:42 -08:00
hfs fs/Kconfig: move hfs, hfsplus out 2009-01-22 13:15:57 +03:00
hfsplus fs/Kconfig: move hfs, hfsplus out 2009-01-22 13:15:57 +03:00
hostfs fs: symlink write_begin allocation context fix 2009-01-04 13:33:20 -08:00
hpfs fs/Kconfig: move hpfs out 2009-01-22 13:15:59 +03:00
hppfs CRED: Use creds in file structs 2008-11-14 10:39:25 +11:00
hugetlbfs Do not account for the address space used by hugetlbfs using VM_ACCOUNT 2009-02-10 10:48:42 -08:00
isofs fs/Kconfig: move iso9660, udf out 2009-01-22 13:15:55 +03:00
jbd jbd: fix return value of journal_start_commit() 2009-02-11 14:25:35 -08:00
jbd2 jbd2: Avoid possible NULL dereference in jbd2_journal_begin_ordered_truncate() 2009-02-10 11:15:34 -05:00
jffs2 [JFFS2] remove junk prototypes 2009-01-09 21:05:21 +00:00
jfs fs/Kconfig: move jfs out 2009-01-22 13:15:54 +03:00
lockd lockd: fix regression in lockd's handling of blocked locks 2009-02-09 13:19:46 -05:00
minix fs/Kconfig: move minix out 2009-01-22 13:15:58 +03:00
ncpfs fs/Kconfig: move the rest of ncpfs out 2009-01-22 13:16:01 +03:00
nfs fs/Kconfig: move nfs out 2009-01-22 13:16:00 +03:00
nfs_common SUNRPC: nfsacl_encode/nfsacl_decode should be exported as GPL-only 2008-12-23 15:21:32 -05:00
nfsd nfsd: only set file_lock.fl_lmops in nfsd4_lockt if a stateowner is found 2009-01-27 17:26:59 -05:00
nls remove CONFIG_KMOD from fs 2008-10-17 02:38:36 +11:00
notify inotify: clean up inotify_read and fix locking problems 2009-01-26 10:08:05 -08:00
ntfs fs/Kconfig: move ntfs out 2009-01-22 13:15:55 +03:00
ocfs2 jbd2: Avoid possible NULL dereference in jbd2_journal_begin_ordered_truncate() 2009-02-10 11:15:34 -05:00
omfs fs/Kconfig: move omfs out 2009-01-22 13:15:58 +03:00
openpromfs zero i_uid/i_gid on inode allocation 2009-01-05 11:54:28 -05:00
partitions block: fix bug in ptbl lookup cache 2009-01-09 21:46:13 +01:00
proc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-2.6-nommu 2009-01-09 14:00:58 -08:00
qnx4 fs/Kconfig: move qnx4 out 2009-01-22 13:15:59 +03:00
ramfs NOMMU: Fix cleanup handling in ramfs_nommu_get_umapped_area() 2009-01-08 12:04:46 +00:00
reiserfs fs/Kconfig: move reiserfs out 2009-01-22 13:15:53 +03:00
romfs fs/Kconfig: move romfs out 2009-01-22 13:15:59 +03:00
smbfs fs/Kconfig: move smbfs out 2009-01-22 13:16:01 +03:00
squashfs fs/Kconfig: move squashfs out 2009-01-22 13:15:58 +03:00
sysfs Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6 2009-01-26 10:40:28 -08:00
sysv fs/Kconfig: move sysv out 2009-01-22 13:15:59 +03:00
ubifs UBIFS: remove fast unmounting 2009-01-29 16:34:30 +02:00
udf fs/Kconfig: move iso9660, udf out 2009-01-22 13:15:55 +03:00
ufs fs/Kconfig: move ufs out 2009-01-22 13:16:00 +03:00
xfs [XFS] Warn on transaction in flight on read-only remount 2009-02-03 11:04:54 -06:00
aio.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 16 2009-01-14 14:15:25 +01:00
anon_inodes.c anon_inodes: use fops->owner for module refcount 2008-12-31 16:55:44 +02:00
attr.c CRED: Wrap task credential accesses in the filesystem subsystem 2008-11-14 10:39:05 +11:00
bad_inode.c kill ->dir_notify() 2008-12-31 18:07:43 -05:00
binfmt_aout.c sanitize ifdefs in binfmt_aout 2009-01-03 11:45:54 -08:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c FDPIC: Don't attempt to expand the userspace stack to fill the space allocated 2009-01-08 12:04:47 +00:00
binfmt_elf.c elf core dump: fix get_user use 2009-02-06 17:34:07 -08:00
binfmt_em86.c Allow recursion in binfmt_script and binfmt_misc 2008-10-16 11:21:38 -07:00
binfmt_flat.c FLAT: Don't attempt to expand the userspace stack to fill the space allocated 2009-01-08 12:04:47 +00:00
binfmt_misc.c fs/binfmt_misc.c: add terminating newline to /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/status 2009-01-06 15:59:19 -08:00
binfmt_script.c Allow recursion in binfmt_script and binfmt_misc 2008-10-16 11:21:38 -07:00
binfmt_som.c CRED: Make execve() take advantage of copy-on-write credentials 2008-11-14 10:39:24 +11:00
bio-integrity.c block: Remove obsolete BUG_ON 2009-01-30 12:34:36 +01:00
bio.c fs/bio: bio_alloc_bioset: pass right object ptr to mempool_free 2009-02-18 10:32:01 +01:00
block_dev.c filesystem freeze: implement generic freeze feature 2009-01-09 16:54:42 -08:00
buffer.c block: revert part of 18ce3751cc 2009-02-18 10:32:01 +01:00
char_dev.c fs: fix name overwrite in __register_chrdev_region() 2009-01-06 15:59:13 -08:00
compat_binfmt_elf.c
compat_ioctl.c braino in sg_ioctl_trans() 2009-02-05 16:35:52 -08:00
compat.c CRED: Fix SUID exec regression 2009-02-07 08:46:18 +11:00
dcache.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 20 2009-01-14 14:15:26 +01:00
dcookies.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrapper special cases 2009-01-14 14:15:18 +01:00
direct-io.c fs: truncate blocks outside i_size after O_DIRECT write error 2009-01-06 15:59:06 -08:00
dquot.c quota: Improve locking 2009-01-16 18:02:10 +01:00
drop_caches.c
eventfd.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 32 2009-01-14 14:15:31 +01:00
eventpoll.c epoll: drop max_user_instances and rely only on max_user_watches 2009-01-29 18:04:45 -08:00
exec.c CRED: Fix SUID exec regression 2009-02-07 08:46:18 +11:00
fcntl.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 15 2009-01-14 14:15:24 +01:00
fifo.c [PATCH] introduce fmode_t, do annotations 2008-10-21 07:47:06 -04:00
file_table.c filp_cachep can be static in fs/file_table.c 2008-12-31 18:07:42 -05:00
file.c
filesystems.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 27 2009-01-14 14:15:29 +01:00
fs-writeback.c fs: sys_sync fix 2009-01-06 15:59:09 -08:00
generic_acl.c
inode.c partial revert of asynchronous inode delete 2009-01-09 13:15:49 -08:00
internal.h CRED: Fix SUID exec regression 2009-02-07 08:46:18 +11:00
ioctl.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 15 2009-01-14 14:15:24 +01:00
ioprio.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 28 2009-01-14 14:15:30 +01:00
Kconfig fs/Kconfig: move 9p out 2009-01-22 13:16:01 +03:00
Kconfig.binfmt CORE_DUMP_DEFAULT_ELF_HEADERS depends on ELF_CORE 2009-01-09 16:54:41 -08:00
libfs.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2009-01-05 18:32:06 -08:00
locks.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 16 2009-01-14 14:15:25 +01:00
Makefile Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pkl/squashfs-linus 2009-01-09 15:18:49 -08:00
mbcache.c
mpage.c do_mpage_readpage(): remove useless clear_buffer_mapped() call 2009-01-06 15:59:01 -08:00
namei.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 29 2009-01-14 14:15:30 +01:00
namespace.c Fix incomplete __mntput locking 2009-02-17 14:02:08 -08:00
nfsctl.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 27 2009-01-14 14:15:29 +01:00
no-block.c
open.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 30 2009-01-14 14:15:30 +01:00
pipe.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 33 2009-01-14 14:15:32 +01:00
pnode.c
pnode.h
posix_acl.c CRED: Wrap task credential accesses in the filesystem subsystem 2008-11-14 10:39:05 +11:00
quota_tree.c quota: Split off quota tree handling into a separate file 2009-01-05 08:40:21 -08:00
quota_tree.h quota: Split off quota tree handling into a separate file 2009-01-05 08:40:21 -08:00
quota_v1.c quota: Move quotaio_v[12].h from include/linux/ to fs/ 2009-01-05 08:36:58 -08:00
quota_v2.c quota: Convert union in mem_dqinfo to a pointer 2009-01-05 08:40:21 -08:00
quota.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 20 2009-01-14 14:15:26 +01:00
quotaio_v1.h quota: Move quotaio_v[12].h from include/linux/ to fs/ 2009-01-05 08:36:58 -08:00
quotaio_v2.h quota: Split off quota tree handling into a separate file 2009-01-05 08:40:21 -08:00
read_write.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 20 2009-01-14 14:15:26 +01:00
read_write.h
readdir.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 32 2009-01-14 14:15:31 +01:00
select.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 32 2009-01-14 14:15:31 +01:00
seq_file.c seq_file: fix big-enough lseek() + read() 2009-02-05 14:18:14 -08:00
signalfd.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 31 2009-01-14 14:15:31 +01:00
splice.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 31 2009-01-14 14:15:31 +01:00
stack.c
stat.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 30 2009-01-14 14:15:30 +01:00
super.c async: Rename _special -> _domain for clarity. 2009-02-08 09:56:11 -08:00
sync.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 09 2009-01-14 14:15:21 +01:00
timerfd.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 32 2009-01-14 14:15:31 +01:00
utimes.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 30 2009-01-14 14:15:30 +01:00
xattr_acl.c
xattr.c [CVE-2009-0029] System call wrappers part 13 2009-01-14 14:15:23 +01:00