Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH 2/3] f2fs: run GCs synchronously given user requests

[Chao Yu]

On 2022/6/20 6:34, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> On 06/19, Chao Yu wrote:
> > On 2022/6/18 6:31, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> > > When users set GC_URGENT or GC_MID, they expected to do GCs right away.
> > > But, there's a condition to bypass it. Let's indicate we need to do now
> > > in the thread.
> >
> > .should_migrate_blocks is used to force migrating blocks in full
> > section, so what is the condition here? GC should not never select
> > a full section, right?
>
> I think it'll move a full section given .victim_segno is not NULL_SEGNO,
> as __get_victim will give a dirty segment all the time. wdyt?

However, in gc_thread_fun() victim_segno is NULL_SEGNO all the time.

I guess .should_migrate_blocks should only be set to true for
F2FS_IOC_FLUSH_DEVICE/F2FS_IOC_RESIZE_FS case? rather than GC_URGENT or GC_MID
case? See commit 7dede88659df ("f2fs: fix to allow migrating fully valid segment").

Thanks,

> > Thanks,
> >
> > > Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >    fs/f2fs/gc.c | 8 ++++++--
> > >    1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
> > > index d5fb426e0747..f4aa3c88118b 100644
> > > --- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c
> > > +++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c
> > > @@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ static int gc_thread_func(void *data)
> > >    	unsigned int wait_ms;
> > >    	struct f2fs_gc_control gc_control = {
> > >    		.victim_segno = NULL_SEGNO,
> > > -		.should_migrate_blocks = false,
> > >    		.err_gc_skipped = false };
> > >    	wait_ms = gc_th->min_sleep_time;
> > > @@ -113,7 +112,10 @@ static int gc_thread_func(void *data)
> > >    				sbi->gc_mode == GC_URGENT_MID) {
> > >    			wait_ms = gc_th->urgent_sleep_time;
> > >    			f2fs_down_write(&sbi->gc_lock);
> > > +			gc_control.should_migrate_blocks = true;
> > >    			goto do_gc;
> > > +		} else {
> > > +			gc_control.should_migrate_blocks = false;
> > >    		}
> > >    		if (foreground) {
> > > @@ -139,7 +141,9 @@ static int gc_thread_func(void *data)
> > >    		if (!foreground)
> > >    			stat_inc_bggc_count(sbi->stat_info);
> > > -		sync_mode = F2FS_OPTION(sbi).bggc_mode == BGGC_MODE_SYNC;
> > > +		sync_mode = F2FS_OPTION(sbi).bggc_mode == BGGC_MODE_SYNC ||
> > > +				sbi->gc_mode == GC_URGENT_HIGH ||
> > > +				sbi->gc_mode == GC_URGENT_MID;
> > >    		/* foreground GC was been triggered via f2fs_balance_fs() */
> > >    		if (foreground)