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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/jbd2/commit.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c index ec516490cb35..b121d7d434c6 100644 --- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c +++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c @@ -450,6 +450,15 @@ void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal) schedule(); write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock); finish_wait(&journal->j_fc_wait, &wait); + /* + * TODO: by blocking fast commits here, we are increasing + * fsync() latency slightly. Strictly speaking, we don't need + * to block fast commits until the transaction enters T_FLUSH + * state. So an optimization is possible where we block new fast + * commits here and wait for existing ones to complete + * just before we enter T_FLUSH. That way, the existing fast + * commits and this full commit can proceed parallely. + */ } write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock); |