Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH v3 14/23] f2fs: Convert f2fs_write_cache_pages() to use filemap_get_folios_tag()

[Vishal Moola]

On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 1:38 PM Vishal Moola <vishal.moola@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 11:02 PM Chao Yu <chao@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On 2022/10/18 4:24, Vishal Moola (Oracle) wrote:
> > > Converted the function to use a folio_batch instead of pagevec. This is in
> > > preparation for the removal of find_get_pages_range_tag().
> > >
> > > Also modified f2fs_all_cluster_page_ready to take in a folio_batch instead
> > > of pagevec. This does NOT support large folios. The function currently
> >
> > Vishal,
> >
> > It looks this patch tries to revert Fengnan's change:
> >
> > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=01fc4b9a6ed8eacb64e5609bab7ac963e1c7e486
> >
> > How about doing some tests to evaluate its performance effect?
>
> Yeah I'll play around with it to see how much of a difference it makes.

I did some testing. Looks like reverting Fengnan's change allows for
occasional, but significant, spikes in write latency. I'll work on a variation
of the patch that maintains the use of F2FS_ONSTACK_PAGES and send
that in the next version of the patch series. Thanks for pointing that out!

How do the remaining f2fs patches in the series look to you?
Patch 16/23 f2fs_sync_meta_pages() in particular seems like it may
be prone to problems. If there are any changes that need to be made to
it I can include those in the next version as well.