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authorDaeho Jeong <daehojeong@google.com>2022-03-16 07:14:14 +0300
committerJaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>2022-03-17 19:16:22 +0300
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f2fs: introduce gc_urgent_mid mode
We need a mid level of gc urgent mode to do GC forcibly in a period of given gc_urgent_sleep_time, but not like using greedy GC approach and switching to SSR mode such as gc urgent high mode. This can be used for more aggressive periodic storage clean up. Signed-off-by: Daeho Jeong <daehojeong@google.com> Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-fs-f2fs b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-fs-f2fs
index 5a5f3c5445f6..9b583dd0298b 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-fs-f2fs
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-fs-f2fs
@@ -297,11 +297,16 @@ Description: Shows current reserved blocks in system, it may be temporarily
What: /sys/fs/f2fs/<disk>/gc_urgent
Date: August 2017
Contact: "Jaegeuk Kim" <jaegeuk@kernel.org>
-Description: Do background GC aggressively when set. When gc_urgent = 1,
- background thread starts to do GC by given gc_urgent_sleep_time
- interval. When gc_urgent = 2, F2FS will lower the bar of
- checking idle in order to process outstanding discard commands
- and GC a little bit aggressively. It is set to 0 by default.
+Description: Do background GC aggressively when set. Set to 0 by default.
+ gc urgent high(1): does GC forcibly in a period of given
+ gc_urgent_sleep_time and ignores I/O idling check. uses greedy
+ GC approach and turns SSR mode on.
+ gc urgent low(2): lowers the bar of checking I/O idling in
+ order to process outstanding discard commands and GC a
+ little bit aggressively. uses cost benefit GC approach.
+ gc urgent mid(3): does GC forcibly in a period of given
+ gc_urgent_sleep_time and executes a mid level of I/O idling check.
+ uses cost benefit GC approach.
What: /sys/fs/f2fs/<disk>/gc_urgent_sleep_time
Date: August 2017
@@ -532,7 +537,7 @@ Date: July 2021
Contact: "Daeho Jeong" <daehojeong@google.com>
Description: Show how many segments have been reclaimed by GC during a specific
GC mode (0: GC normal, 1: GC idle CB, 2: GC idle greedy,
- 3: GC idle AT, 4: GC urgent high, 5: GC urgent low)
+ 3: GC idle AT, 4: GC urgent high, 5: GC urgent low 6: GC urgent mid)
You can re-initialize this value to "0".
What: /sys/fs/f2fs/<disk>/gc_segment_mode