Re: [PATCH] fs: Optimize unixbench's file copy test

From: Darrick J. Wong
Date: Fri Jun 30 2023 - 11:20:05 EST


On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 05:28:23PM +0800, zenghongling wrote:
> The iomap_set_range_uptodate function checks if the file is a private
> mapping,and if it is, it needs to do something about it.UnixBench's
> file copy tests are mostly share mapping, such a check would reduce
> file copy scores, so we added the unlikely macro for optimization.
> and the score of file copy can be improved after branch optimization.
> As follows:
>
> ./Run -c 8 -i 3 fstime fsbuffer fsdisk
>
> Before the optimization
> System Benchmarks Partial Index BASELINE RESULT INDEX
> File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 689276.0 1740.6
> File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 204133.0 1233.4
> File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1526945.0 2632.7
> ========
> System Benchmarks Index Score (Partial Only) 1781.3
>
> After the optimization
> System Benchmarks Partial Index BASELINE RESULT INDEX
> File Copy 1024 bufsize 2000 maxblocks 3960.0 741524.0 1872.5
> File Copy 256 bufsize 500 maxblocks 1655.0 208334.0 1258.8
> File Copy 4096 bufsize 8000 maxblocks 5800.0 1641660.0 2830.4
> ========
> System Benchmarks Index Score (Partial Only) 1882.6

Kernel version? And how does this intersect with the ongoing work to
use large folios throughout iomap?

--D

> Signed-off-by: zenghongling <zenghongling@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/iomap/buffered-io.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c b/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c
> index 53cd7b2..35a50c2 100644
> --- a/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c
> +++ b/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c
> @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ iomap_set_range_uptodate(struct page *page, unsigned off, unsigned len)
> if (PageError(page))
> return;
>
> - if (page_has_private(page))
> + if (unlikely(page_has_private(page)))
> iomap_iop_set_range_uptodate(page, off, len);
> else
> SetPageUptodate(page);
> --
> 2.1.0
>