Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Tue, 2 Jan 2024 15:59:26 -0800 | From | Jaegeuk Kim <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4] f2fs: New victim selection for GC |
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On 12/28, Yonggil Song wrote: > >From d08b97183bc830779c82b83d94f8b75ad11cb29a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Yonggil Song <yonggil.song@samsung.com> > Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2023 16:34:38 +0900 > Subject: [PATCH v4] f2fs: New victim selection for GC > > Overview > ======== > > This patch introduces a new way to preference data sections when selecting > GC victims. Migration of data blocks causes invalidation of node blocks. > Therefore, in situations where GC is frequent, selecting data blocks as > victims can reduce unnecessary block migration by invalidating node blocks. > For exceptional situations where free sections are insufficient, node blocks > are selected as victims instead of data blocks to get extra free sections. > > Problem > ======= > > If the total amount of nodes is larger than the size of one section, nodes > occupy multiple sections, and node victims are often selected because the > gc cost is lowered by data block migration in GC. Since moving the data > section causes frequent node victim selection, victim threshing occurs in > the node section. This results in an increase in WAF. > > Experiment > ========== > > Test environment is as follows. > > System info > - 3.6GHz, 16 core CPU > - 36GiB Memory > Device info > - a conventional null_blk with 228MiB > - a sequential null_blk with 4068 zones of 8MiB > Format > - mkfs.f2fs <conv null_blk> -c <seq null_blk> -m -Z 8 -o 3.89 > Mount > - mount <conv null_blk> <mount point> > Fio script > - fio --rw=randwrite --bs=4k --ba=4k --filesize=31187m --norandommap --overwrite=1 --name=job1 --filename=./mnt/sustain --io_size=128g > WAF calculation > - (IOs on conv. null_blk + IOs on seq. null_blk) / random write IOs > > Conclusion > ========== > > This experiment showed that the WAF was reduced by 29% (18.75 -> 13.3) when > the data section was selected first when selecting GC victims. This was > achieved by reducing the migration of the node blocks by 69.4% > (253,131,743 blks -> 77,463,278 blks). It is possible to achieve low WAF > performance with the GC victim selection method in environments where the > section size is relatively small. > > Signed-off-by: Yonggil Song <yonggil.song@samsung.com> > --- > fs/f2fs/f2fs.h | 1 + > fs/f2fs/gc.c | 99 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- > fs/f2fs/gc.h | 6 +++ > 3 files changed, 85 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h > index 9043cedfa12b..b2c0adfb2704 100644 > --- a/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h > +++ b/fs/f2fs/f2fs.h > @@ -1649,6 +1649,7 @@ struct f2fs_sb_info { > struct f2fs_mount_info mount_opt; /* mount options */ > > /* for cleaning operations */ > + bool require_node_gc; /* flag for node GC */ > struct f2fs_rwsem gc_lock; /* > * semaphore for GC, avoid > * race between GC and GC or CP > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.c b/fs/f2fs/gc.c > index f550cdeaa663..d8a81a6ed325 100644 > --- a/fs/f2fs/gc.c > +++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.c > @@ -341,6 +341,14 @@ static unsigned int get_cb_cost(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, unsigned int segno) > unsigned int i; > unsigned int usable_segs_per_sec = f2fs_usable_segs_in_sec(sbi, segno); > > + /* > + * When BG_GC selects victims based on age, it prevents node victims > + * from being selected. This is because node blocks can be invalidated > + * by moving data blocks. > + */ > + if (__skip_node_gc(sbi, segno)) > + return UINT_MAX; > + > for (i = 0; i < usable_segs_per_sec; i++) > mtime += get_seg_entry(sbi, start + i)->mtime; > vblocks = get_valid_blocks(sbi, segno, true); > @@ -369,10 +377,24 @@ static inline unsigned int get_gc_cost(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, > return get_seg_entry(sbi, segno)->ckpt_valid_blocks; > > /* alloc_mode == LFS */ > - if (p->gc_mode == GC_GREEDY) > - return get_valid_blocks(sbi, segno, true); > - else if (p->gc_mode == GC_CB) > + if (p->gc_mode == GC_GREEDY) { > + /* > + * If the data block that the node block pointed to is GCed, > + * the node block is invalidated. For this reason, we add a > + * weight to cost of node victims to give priority to data > + * victims during the gc process. However, in a situation > + * where we run out of free sections, we remove the weight > + * because we need to clean up node blocks. > + */ > + unsigned int cost = get_valid_blocks(sbi, segno, true); > + > + if (__skip_node_gc(sbi, segno)) > + return cost + > + (sbi->segs_per_sec << sbi->log_blocks_per_seg); > + return cost;
Given the comment, can we use a weight instead of cost?
- unsigned int cost = get_valid_blocks(sbi, segno, true); + unsigned int weight = 0;
- if (__skip_node_gc(sbi, segno)) - return cost + - (sbi->segs_per_sec << sbi->log_blocks_per_seg); - return cost; + if (__skip_node_gc(sbi, segno)) { + weight = sbi->segs_per_sec << sbi->log_blocks_per_seg; + + return get_valid_blocks(sbi, segno, true) + weight;
> + } else if (p->gc_mode == GC_CB) { > return get_cb_cost(sbi, segno); > + } > > f2fs_bug_on(sbi, 1); > return 0; > @@ -557,6 +579,14 @@ static void atgc_lookup_victim(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, > if (ve->mtime >= max_mtime || ve->mtime < min_mtime) > goto skip; > > + /* > + * When BG_GC selects victims based on age, it prevents node victims > + * from being selected. This is because node blocks can be invalidated > + * by moving data blocks. > + */ > + if (__skip_node_gc(sbi, ve->segno)) > + goto skip; > + > /* age = 10000 * x% * 60 */ > age = div64_u64(accu * (max_mtime - ve->mtime), total_time) * > age_weight; > @@ -913,7 +943,22 @@ int f2fs_get_victim(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, unsigned int *result, > goto retry; > } > > +
Unnecessary line.
> if (p.min_segno != NULL_SEGNO) {
I'm wondering whether we need to modify all the changes below. If we added more cost to the node segments, how about just managing require_node_gc in the specific cases?
> + if (sbi->require_node_gc && > + IS_DATASEG(get_seg_entry(sbi, p.min_segno)->type)) { > + /* > + * We need to clean node sections. but, data victim > + * cost is the lowest. If free sections are enough, > + * stop cleaning node victim. If not, it goes on > + * by GCing data victims. > + */
^-- Wrong indentation.
> + if (has_enough_free_secs(sbi, prefree_segments(sbi), 0)) { > + sbi->require_node_gc = false; > + p.min_segno = NULL_SEGNO; > + goto out; > + } > + } > got_it: > *result = (p.min_segno / p.ofs_unit) * p.ofs_unit; > got_result: > @@ -1830,8 +1875,27 @@ int f2fs_gc(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct f2fs_gc_control *gc_control) > goto stop; > } > > + __get_secs_required(sbi, NULL, &upper_secs, NULL); > + > + /* > + * Write checkpoint to reclaim prefree segments. > + * We need more three extra sections for writer's data/node/dentry. > + */ > + if (free_sections(sbi) <= upper_secs + NR_GC_CHECKPOINT_SECS) { > + sbi->require_node_gc = true; > + > + if (prefree_segments(sbi)) { > + stat_inc_cp_call_count(sbi, TOTAL_CALL); > + ret = f2fs_write_checkpoint(sbi, &cpc); > + if (ret) > + goto stop; > + /* Reset due to checkpoint */ > + sec_freed = 0; > + } > + } > + > /* Let's run FG_GC, if we don't have enough space. */ > - if (has_not_enough_free_secs(sbi, 0, 0)) { > + if (gc_type == BG_GC && has_not_enough_free_secs(sbi, 0, 0)) { > gc_type = FG_GC; > > /* > @@ -1882,7 +1946,13 @@ int f2fs_gc(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct f2fs_gc_control *gc_control) > if (!gc_control->no_bg_gc && > total_sec_freed < gc_control->nr_free_secs) > goto go_gc_more; > - goto stop; > + /* > + * If require_node_gc flag is set even though there > + * are enough free sections, node cleaning will > + * continue. > + */ > + if (!sbi->require_node_gc) > + goto stop; > } > if (sbi->skipped_gc_rwsem) > skipped_round++; > @@ -1897,21 +1967,6 @@ int f2fs_gc(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct f2fs_gc_control *gc_control) > goto stop; > } > > - __get_secs_required(sbi, NULL, &upper_secs, NULL); > - > - /* > - * Write checkpoint to reclaim prefree segments. > - * We need more three extra sections for writer's data/node/dentry. > - */ > - if (free_sections(sbi) <= upper_secs + NR_GC_CHECKPOINT_SECS && > - prefree_segments(sbi)) { > - stat_inc_cp_call_count(sbi, TOTAL_CALL); > - ret = f2fs_write_checkpoint(sbi, &cpc); > - if (ret) > - goto stop; > - /* Reset due to checkpoint */ > - sec_freed = 0; > - } > go_gc_more: > segno = NULL_SEGNO; > goto gc_more; > @@ -1920,8 +1975,10 @@ int f2fs_gc(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct f2fs_gc_control *gc_control) > SIT_I(sbi)->last_victim[ALLOC_NEXT] = 0; > SIT_I(sbi)->last_victim[FLUSH_DEVICE] = gc_control->victim_segno; > > - if (gc_type == FG_GC) > + if (gc_type == FG_GC) { > f2fs_unpin_all_sections(sbi, true); > + sbi->require_node_gc = false; > + } > > trace_f2fs_gc_end(sbi->sb, ret, total_freed, total_sec_freed, > get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_NODES), > diff --git a/fs/f2fs/gc.h b/fs/f2fs/gc.h > index 28a00942802c..cd07bf125177 100644 > --- a/fs/f2fs/gc.h > +++ b/fs/f2fs/gc.h > @@ -166,3 +166,9 @@ static inline bool has_enough_invalid_blocks(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi) > free_user_blocks(sbi) < > limit_free_user_blocks(invalid_user_blocks)); > } > + > +static inline bool __skip_node_gc(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, unsigned int segno) > +{ > + return (IS_NODESEG(get_seg_entry(sbi, segno)->type) && > + !sbi->require_node_gc); > +} > -- > 2.34.1
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