[PATCH] libfs: Add a lock class for the offset map's xa_lock

[PATCH] libfs: Add a lock class for the offset map's xa_lock

[Chuck Lever]

From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>

Tie the dynamically-allocated xarray locks into a single class so
contention on the directory offset xarrays can be observed.

Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
---
 fs/libfs.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

I've been looking into the recent kernel bot reports of performance
regressions on the will-it-scale benchmark.

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/202307171640.e299f8d5-oliver.sang@intel.com/

I haven't been able to run the reproducer yet, but I have created a
small change to demonstrate that it is unlikely that it is the
xa_lock itself that is the issue. All tests I've run here show "0.0"
in the lock_stat contention metrics for the simple_offset_xa_lock
class.

It seems reasonable to include this small change in the patches
already applied to your tree.


diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 68b0000dc518..fcc0f1f3c2dc 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -249,6 +249,8 @@ static unsigned long dentry2offset(struct dentry *dentry)
 	return (unsigned long)dentry->d_fsdata;
 }
 
+static struct lock_class_key simple_offset_xa_lock;
+
 /**
  * simple_offset_init - initialize an offset_ctx
  * @octx: directory offset map to be initialized
@@ -257,6 +259,7 @@ static unsigned long dentry2offset(struct dentry *dentry)
 void simple_offset_init(struct offset_ctx *octx)
 {
 	xa_init_flags(&octx->xa, XA_FLAGS_ALLOC1);
+	lockdep_set_class(&octx->xa.xa_lock, &simple_offset_xa_lock);
 
 	/* 0 is '.', 1 is '..', so always start with offset 2 */
 	octx->next_offset = 2;

Re: [PATCH] libfs: Add a lock class for the offset map's xa_lock

[Christian Brauner]

On Mon, 24 Jul 2023 10:43:57 -0400, Chuck Lever wrote:
> Tie the dynamically-allocated xarray locks into a single class so
> contention on the directory offset xarrays can be observed.
> 
> 

Applied to the vfs.readdir branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.readdir branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

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tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.readdir

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      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/fc66c4c9dc90