[PATCH] btrfs: add block plug for .writepages

From: Namjae Jeon
Date: Mon Oct 31 2011 - 11:46:10 EST


Add block plug for btrfs .writepages. Block plug is helpful to reduce block lock contention.

Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/btrfs/extent_io.c | 4 ++++
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
index d418164..8f2d6bd 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
@@ -2388,6 +2388,7 @@ static int extent_write_cache_pages(struct extent_io_tree *tree,
pgoff_t end; /* Inclusive */
int scanned = 0;
int tag;
+ struct blk_plug plug;

pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
if (wbc->range_cyclic) {
@@ -2405,6 +2406,8 @@ static int extent_write_cache_pages(struct extent_io_tree *tree,
retry:
if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL)
tag_pages_for_writeback(mapping, index, end);
+
+ blk_start_plug(&plug);
while (!done && !nr_to_write_done && (index <= end) &&
(nr_pages = pagevec_lookup_tag(&pvec, mapping, &index, tag,
min(end - index, (pgoff_t)PAGEVEC_SIZE-1) + 1))) {
@@ -2468,6 +2471,7 @@ retry:
pagevec_release(&pvec);
cond_resched();
}
+ blk_finish_plug(&plug);
if (!scanned && !done) {
/*
* We hit the last page and there is more work to be done: wrap
--
1.7.4.4

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