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Nick Piggin fa0d7e3de6 fs: icache RCU free inodes 
RCU free the struct inode. This will allow:

- Subsequent store-free path walking patch. The inode must be consulted for
  permissions when walking, so an RCU inode reference is a must.
- sb_inode_list_lock to be moved inside i_lock because sb list walkers who want
  to take i_lock no longer need to take sb_inode_list_lock to walk the list in
  the first place. This will simplify and optimize locking.
- Could remove some nested trylock loops in dcache code
- Could potentially simplify things a bit in VM land. Do not need to take the
  page lock to follow page->mapping.

The downsides of this is the performance cost of using RCU. In a simple
creat/unlink microbenchmark, performance drops by about 10% due to inability to
reuse cache-hot slab objects. As iterations increase and RCU freeing starts
kicking over, this increases to about 20%.

In cases where inode lifetimes are longer (ie. many inodes may be allocated
during the average life span of a single inode), a lot of this cache reuse is
not applicable, so the regression caused by this patch is smaller.

The cache-hot regression could largely be avoided by using SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU,
however this adds some complexity to list walking and store-free path walking,
so I prefer to implement this at a later date, if it is shown to be a win in
real situations. I haven't found a regression in any non-micro benchmark so I
doubt it will be a problem.

Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@kernel.dk>
 		2011-01-07 17:50:26 +11:00
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linux-2.6 xfs: push stale, pinned buffers on trylock failures 2010-12-01 07:40:20 -06:00
quota xfs: Extend project quotas to support 32bit project ids 2010-10-18 15:08:08 -05:00
support xfs: drop dmapi hooks 2010-07-26 13:16:33 -05:00
Kconfig quota: Make QUOTACTL config be selected by its users 2010-10-05 12:16:37 +02:00
Makefile xfs: simplify log item descriptor tracking 2010-07-26 13:16:34 -05:00
xfs.h
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xfs_acl.h xfs: constify xattr_handler 2010-05-21 18:31:19 -04:00
xfs_ag.h xfs: convert buffer cache hash to rbtree 2010-10-18 15:07:56 -05:00
xfs_alloc.c xfs: eliminate some newly-reported gcc warnings 2010-10-18 15:07:39 -05:00
xfs_alloc.h xfs: do not use emums for flags used in tracing 2010-07-26 13:16:43 -05:00
xfs_alloc_btree.c xfs: remove the ->kill_root btree operation 2010-10-18 15:07:38 -05:00
xfs_alloc_btree.h
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xfs_arch.h
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xfs_attr.c xfs: remove xfs_buf wrappers 2010-10-18 15:08:07 -05:00
xfs_attr.h
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xfs_attr_leaf.c xfs: remove unused delta tracking code in xfs_bmapi 2010-07-26 13:16:39 -05:00
xfs_attr_leaf.h
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xfs_attr_sf.h
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xfs_bit.c
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xfs_bit.h
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xfs_bmap.c xfs: delayed alloc blocks beyond EOF are valid after writeback 2010-12-01 07:40:20 -06:00
xfs_bmap.h xfs: fix failed write truncation handling. 2010-12-01 07:40:19 -06:00
xfs_bmap_btree.c xfs: remove unneeded #include statements 2010-07-26 13:16:33 -05:00
xfs_bmap_btree.h
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xfs_btree.c xfs: remove xfs_buf wrappers 2010-10-18 15:08:07 -05:00
xfs_btree.h xfs: remove the ->kill_root btree operation 2010-10-18 15:07:38 -05:00
xfs_btree_trace.c
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xfs_btree_trace.h
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xfs_buf_item.c xfs: remove xfs_buf wrappers 2010-10-18 15:08:07 -05:00
xfs_buf_item.h xfs: give li_cb callbacks the correct prototype 2010-07-26 13:16:35 -05:00
xfs_da_btree.c xfs: remove xfs_buf wrappers 2010-10-18 15:08:07 -05:00
xfs_da_btree.h
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xfs_dfrag.c xfs: delayed alloc blocks beyond EOF are valid after writeback 2010-12-01 07:40:20 -06:00
xfs_dfrag.h
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xfs_dinode.h xfs: Extend project quotas to support 32bit project ids 2010-10-18 15:08:08 -05:00
xfs_dir2.c xfs: split xfs_itrace_entry 2010-07-26 13:16:44 -05:00
xfs_dir2.h
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xfs_dir2_block.c xfs: fix gcc 4.6 set but not read and unused statement warnings 2010-07-26 13:16:51 -05:00
xfs_dir2_block.h
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xfs_dir2_data.c xfs: remove unneeded #include statements 2010-07-26 13:16:33 -05:00
xfs_dir2_data.h
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xfs_dir2_leaf.c xfs: remove xfs_buf wrappers 2010-10-18 15:08:07 -05:00
xfs_dir2_leaf.h
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xfs_dir2_node.c xfs: remove unneeded #include statements 2010-07-26 13:16:33 -05:00
xfs_dir2_node.h
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xfs_dir2_sf.c xfs: remove unneeded #include statements 2010-07-26 13:16:33 -05:00
xfs_dir2_sf.h
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xfs_error.c xfs: only run xfs_error_test if error injection is active 2010-12-01 07:40:20 -06:00
xfs_error.h xfs: only run xfs_error_test if error injection is active 2010-12-01 07:40:20 -06:00
xfs_extfree_item.c xfs: fix the xfs_log_iovec i_addr type 2010-07-26 13:16:36 -05:00
xfs_extfree_item.h
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xfs_filestream.c xfs: tell lockdep about parent iolock usage in filestreams 2010-11-10 12:00:48 -06:00
xfs_filestream.h xfs: clean up filestreams helpers 2010-07-26 13:16:51 -05:00
xfs_fs.h xfs: Extend project quotas to support 32bit project ids 2010-10-18 15:08:08 -05:00
xfs_fsops.c xfs: do not use xfs_mod_incore_sb for per-cpu counters 2010-10-18 15:07:59 -05:00
xfs_fsops.h xfs: dummy transactions should not dirty VFS state 2010-08-24 11:46:31 +10:00
xfs_ialloc.c xfs: remove xfs_buf wrappers 2010-10-18 15:08:07 -05:00
xfs_ialloc.h
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xfs_ialloc_btree.c xfs: remove the ->kill_root btree operation 2010-10-18 15:07:38 -05:00
xfs_ialloc_btree.h
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xfs_iget.c fs: icache RCU free inodes 2011-01-07 17:50:26 +11:00
xfs_inode.c xfs: Extend project quotas to support 32bit project ids 2010-10-18 15:08:08 -05:00
xfs_inode.h new helper: ihold() 2010-10-25 21:26:11 -04:00
xfs_inode_item.c xfs: avoid moving stale inodes in the AIL 2010-12-01 07:40:20 -06:00
xfs_inode_item.h xfs: simplify inode to transaction joining 2010-07-26 13:16:36 -05:00
xfs_inum.h
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xfs_iomap.c xfs: small cleanups for xfs_iomap / __xfs_get_blocks 2010-07-26 13:16:42 -05:00
xfs_iomap.h xfs: do not use emums for flags used in tracing 2010-07-26 13:16:43 -05:00
xfs_itable.c xfs: Extend project quotas to support 32bit project ids 2010-10-18 15:08:08 -05:00
xfs_itable.h xfs: remove block number from inode lookup code 2010-06-24 11:35:17 +10:00
xfs_log.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfs 2010-10-22 17:32:27 -07:00
xfs_log.h xfs: remove the unused XFS_LOG_SLEEP and XFS_LOG_NOSLEEP flags 2010-07-26 13:16:38 -05:00
xfs_log_cil.c xfs: reduce the number of CIL lock round trips during commit 2010-10-18 15:07:42 -05:00
xfs_log_priv.h xfs: force background CIL push under sustained load 2010-09-29 07:51:03 -05:00
xfs_log_recover.c xfs: remove xfs_buf wrappers 2010-10-18 15:08:07 -05:00
xfs_log_recover.h xfs: Clean up XFS_BLI_* flag namespace 2010-05-24 10:33:39 -05:00
xfs_mount.c xfs: fix per-ag reference counting in inode reclaim tree walking 2010-11-10 12:00:48 -06:00
xfs_mount.h xfs: remove xfs_cred.h 2010-10-18 15:08:06 -05:00
xfs_mru_cache.c
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xfs_mru_cache.h
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xfs_quota.h xfs: fix a few compiler warnings with CONFIG_XFS_QUOTA=n 2010-11-10 12:00:48 -06:00
xfs_rename.c xfs: log timestamp changes to the source inode in rename 2010-12-09 17:07:02 -06:00
xfs_rtalloc.c xfs: use unhashed buffers for size checks 2010-10-18 15:07:50 -05:00
xfs_rtalloc.h xfs: be more explicit if RT mount fails due to config 2010-05-28 14:58:24 -05:00
xfs_rw.c xfs: remove unneeded #include statements 2010-07-26 13:16:33 -05:00
xfs_rw.h
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xfs_sb.h xfs: Extend project quotas to support 32bit project ids 2010-10-18 15:08:08 -05:00
xfs_trans.c xfs: fix the xfs_trans_committed 2010-10-18 15:08:02 -05:00
xfs_trans.h xfs: remove unused t_callback field in struct xfs_trans 2010-10-18 15:08:01 -05:00
xfs_trans_ail.c xfs: drop dmapi hooks 2010-07-26 13:16:33 -05:00
xfs_trans_buf.c xfs: remove xfs_buf wrappers 2010-10-18 15:08:07 -05:00
xfs_trans_extfree.c xfs: simplify log item descriptor tracking 2010-07-26 13:16:34 -05:00
xfs_trans_inode.c xfs: don't use vfs writeback for pure metadata modifications 2010-10-18 15:07:45 -05:00
xfs_trans_priv.h xfs: unlock items before allowing the CIL to commit 2010-08-24 11:42:52 +10:00
xfs_trans_space.h
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xfs_types.h xfs: Extend project quotas to support 32bit project ids 2010-10-18 15:08:08 -05:00
xfs_utils.c xfs: remove xfs_cred.h 2010-10-18 15:08:06 -05:00
xfs_utils.h xfs: remove xfs_cred.h 2010-10-18 15:08:06 -05:00
xfs_vnodeops.c xfs: Extend project quotas to support 32bit project ids 2010-10-18 15:08:08 -05:00
xfs_vnodeops.h xfs: remove xfs_cred.h 2010-10-18 15:08:06 -05:00