Re: [PATCH 1/6] f2fs: optimize get node page readahead part

[Jaegeuk Kim]

Hi,

2013-02-02 (í), 23:51 +0900, Namjae Jeon:
> From: Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> We can remove the call to find_get_page to get a page from the cache
> and check for up-to-date, instead we can make use of grab_cache_page
> part itself to fetch the page from the cache.
> So, removing the call and moving the PageUptodate at proper place, also
> taken care of moving the lock_page condition in the page_hit part.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Amit Sahrawat <a.sahrawat@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/f2fs/node.c |   10 ++++------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
> index 33fa6d5..723185b 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
> @@ -920,15 +920,12 @@ struct page *get_node_page_ra(struct page *parent, int start)
>  	if (!nid)
>  		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
>  
> -	page = find_get_page(mapping, nid);
> -	if (page && PageUptodate(page))
> -		goto page_hit;
> -	f2fs_put_page(page, 0);
> -

The reason why we use this is to avoid the lock overhead.
This is a readahead flow, and we don't need to care about real
existence. Let's get and check the status of the page without any locks.
Thanks,

-- 
Jaegeuk Kim
Samsung

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