1d1df41c5a
In this round, we've tried to address some performance issues in f2fs_checkpoint
and direct IO flows. Also, there was a work to enhance the page cache management
used for compression. Other than them, we've done typical work including sysfs,
code clean-ups, tracepoint, sanity check, in addition to bug fixes on corner
cases.
Enhancement:
- use iomap for direct IO
- try to avoid lock contention to improve f2fs_ckpt speed
- avoid unnecessary memory allocation in compression flow
- POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED drops the page cache containing compression pages
- add some sysfs entries (gc_urgent_high_remaining, pending_discard)
Bug fix:
- try not to expose unwritten blocks to user by DIO
: this was added to avoid merge conflict; another patch is coming to address
other missing case.
- relax minor error condition for file pinning feature used in Android OTA
- fix potential deadlock case in compression flow
- should not truncate any block on pinned file
In addition, we've done some code clean-ups and tracepoint/sanity check
improvement.
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Merge tag 'f2fs-for-5.17-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs
Pull f2fs updates from Jaegeuk Kim:
"In this round, we've tried to address some performance issues in
f2fs_checkpoint and direct IO flows. Also, there was a work to enhance
the page cache management used for compression. Other than them, we've
done typical work including sysfs, code clean-ups, tracepoint, sanity
check, in addition to bug fixes on corner cases.
Enhancements:
- use iomap for direct IO
- try to avoid lock contention to improve f2fs_ckpt speed
- avoid unnecessary memory allocation in compression flow
- POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED drops the page cache containing compression
pages
- add some sysfs entries (gc_urgent_high_remaining, pending_discard)
Bug fixes:
- try not to expose unwritten blocks to user by DIO (this was added
to avoid merge conflict; another patch is coming to address other
missing case)
- relax minor error condition for file pinning feature used in
Android OTA
- fix potential deadlock case in compression flow
- should not truncate any block on pinned file
In addition, we've done some code clean-ups and tracepoint/sanity
check improvement"
* tag 'f2fs-for-5.17-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs: (29 commits)
f2fs: do not allow partial truncation on pinned file
f2fs: remove redunant invalidate compress pages
f2fs: Simplify bool conversion
f2fs: don't drop compressed page cache in .{invalidate,release}page
f2fs: fix to reserve space for IO align feature
f2fs: fix to check available space of CP area correctly in update_ckpt_flags()
f2fs: support fault injection to f2fs_trylock_op()
f2fs: clean up __find_inline_xattr() with __find_xattr()
f2fs: fix to do sanity check on last xattr entry in __f2fs_setxattr()
f2fs: do not bother checkpoint by f2fs_get_node_info
f2fs: avoid down_write on nat_tree_lock during checkpoint
f2fs: compress: fix potential deadlock of compress file
f2fs: avoid EINVAL by SBI_NEED_FSCK when pinning a file
f2fs: add gc_urgent_high_remaining sysfs node
f2fs: fix to do sanity check in is_alive()
f2fs: fix to avoid panic in is_alive() if metadata is inconsistent
f2fs: fix to do sanity check on inode type during garbage collection
f2fs: avoid duplicate call of mark_inode_dirty
f2fs: show number of pending discard commands
f2fs: support POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED drop compressed page cache
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