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-rw-r--r--fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c12
-rw-r--r--fs/xfs/xfs_log_priv.h37
2 files changed, 30 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c
index ed575fb4b49..7e206fc1fa3 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c
@@ -405,9 +405,15 @@ xlog_cil_push(
new_ctx = kmem_zalloc(sizeof(*new_ctx), KM_SLEEP|KM_NOFS);
new_ctx->ticket = xlog_cil_ticket_alloc(log);
- /* lock out transaction commit, but don't block on background push */
+ /*
+ * Lock out transaction commit, but don't block for background pushes
+ * unless we are well over the CIL space limit. See the definition of
+ * XLOG_CIL_HARD_SPACE_LIMIT() for the full explanation of the logic
+ * used here.
+ */
if (!down_write_trylock(&cil->xc_ctx_lock)) {
- if (!push_seq)
+ if (!push_seq &&
+ cil->xc_ctx->space_used < XLOG_CIL_HARD_SPACE_LIMIT(log))
goto out_free_ticket;
down_write(&cil->xc_ctx_lock);
}
@@ -422,7 +428,7 @@ xlog_cil_push(
goto out_skip;
/* check for a previously pushed seqeunce */
- if (push_seq < cil->xc_ctx->sequence)
+ if (push_seq && push_seq < cil->xc_ctx->sequence)
goto out_skip;
/*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_priv.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_priv.h
index ced52b98b32..edcdfe01617 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_priv.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_priv.h
@@ -426,13 +426,13 @@ struct xfs_cil {
};
/*
- * The amount of log space we should the CIL to aggregate is difficult to size.
- * Whatever we chose we have to make we can get a reservation for the log space
- * effectively, that it is large enough to capture sufficient relogging to
- * reduce log buffer IO significantly, but it is not too large for the log or
- * induces too much latency when writing out through the iclogs. We track both
- * space consumed and the number of vectors in the checkpoint context, so we
- * need to decide which to use for limiting.
+ * The amount of log space we allow the CIL to aggregate is difficult to size.
+ * Whatever we choose, we have to make sure we can get a reservation for the
+ * log space effectively, that it is large enough to capture sufficient
+ * relogging to reduce log buffer IO significantly, but it is not too large for
+ * the log or induces too much latency when writing out through the iclogs. We
+ * track both space consumed and the number of vectors in the checkpoint
+ * context, so we need to decide which to use for limiting.
*
* Every log buffer we write out during a push needs a header reserved, which
* is at least one sector and more for v2 logs. Hence we need a reservation of
@@ -459,16 +459,21 @@ struct xfs_cil {
* checkpoint transaction ticket is specific to the checkpoint context, rather
* than the CIL itself.
*
- * With dynamic reservations, we can basically make up arbitrary limits for the
- * checkpoint size so long as they don't violate any other size rules. Hence
- * the initial maximum size for the checkpoint transaction will be set to a
- * quarter of the log or 8MB, which ever is smaller. 8MB is an arbitrary limit
- * right now based on the latency of writing out a large amount of data through
- * the circular iclog buffers.
+ * With dynamic reservations, we can effectively make up arbitrary limits for
+ * the checkpoint size so long as they don't violate any other size rules.
+ * Recovery imposes a rule that no transaction exceed half the log, so we are
+ * limited by that. Furthermore, the log transaction reservation subsystem
+ * tries to keep 25% of the log free, so we need to keep below that limit or we
+ * risk running out of free log space to start any new transactions.
+ *
+ * In order to keep background CIL push efficient, we will set a lower
+ * threshold at which background pushing is attempted without blocking current
+ * transaction commits. A separate, higher bound defines when CIL pushes are
+ * enforced to ensure we stay within our maximum checkpoint size bounds.
+ * threshold, yet give us plenty of space for aggregation on large logs.
*/
-
-#define XLOG_CIL_SPACE_LIMIT(log) \
- (min((log->l_logsize >> 2), (8 * 1024 * 1024)))
+#define XLOG_CIL_SPACE_LIMIT(log) (log->l_logsize >> 3)
+#define XLOG_CIL_HARD_SPACE_LIMIT(log) (3 * (log->l_logsize >> 4))
/*
* The reservation head lsn is not made up of a cycle number and block number.