From 2ee1abad73a12df5521cd3f017f081f1f684a361 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Chinner Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:03:15 +0000 Subject: xfs: improve metadata I/O merging in the elevator Change all async metadata buffers to use [READ|WRITE]_META I/O types so that the I/O doesn't get issued immediately. This allows merging of adjacent metadata requests but still prioritises them over bulk data. This shows a 10-15% improvement in sequential create speed of small files. Don't include the log buffers in this classification - leave them as sync types so they are issued immediately. Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Alex Elder --- fs/xfs/xfs_log.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'fs/xfs/xfs_log.c') diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c index 4cb1792040e3..600b5b06aaeb 100644 --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c @@ -1441,6 +1441,7 @@ xlog_sync(xlog_t *log, XFS_BUF_ZEROFLAGS(bp); XFS_BUF_BUSY(bp); XFS_BUF_ASYNC(bp); + bp->b_flags |= XBF_LOG_BUFFER; /* * Do an ordered write for the log block. * Its unnecessary to flush the first split block in the log wrap case. @@ -1478,6 +1479,7 @@ xlog_sync(xlog_t *log, XFS_BUF_ZEROFLAGS(bp); XFS_BUF_BUSY(bp); XFS_BUF_ASYNC(bp); + bp->b_flags |= XBF_LOG_BUFFER; if (log->l_mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER) XFS_BUF_ORDERED(bp); dptr = XFS_BUF_PTR(bp); -- cgit v1.2.3