1 ext4: add journal_lazy mount option
3 This option turns out the lazy journalling option, as described in the
4 FAST 2017 paper, "Evolving Ext4 for Shingled Disks"[1].
6 [1] https://www.usenix.org/conference/fast17/technical-sessions/presentation/aghayev
8 Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
11 fs/ext4/inode.c | 2 +-
12 fs/ext4/ioctl.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
13 fs/ext4/super.c | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
14 4 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
16 diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
17 index d1389c9fb8a1..fa05cccda31c 100644
20 @@ -1109,6 +1109,7 @@ struct ext4_inode_info {
21 #define EXT4_MOUNT_JOURNAL_CHECKSUM 0x800000 /* Journal checksums */
22 #define EXT4_MOUNT_JOURNAL_ASYNC_COMMIT 0x1000000 /* Journal Async Commit */
23 #define EXT4_MOUNT_JOURNAL_NOCLEANUP 0x2000000 /* Preserve the journal on unmount */
24 +#define EXT4_MOUNT_JOURNAL_LAZY 0x4000000 /* Do lazy writeback of journalled metadata */
25 #define EXT4_MOUNT_DELALLOC 0x8000000 /* Delalloc support */
26 #define EXT4_MOUNT_DATA_ERR_ABORT 0x10000000 /* Abort on file data write */
27 #define EXT4_MOUNT_BLOCK_VALIDITY 0x20000000 /* Block validity checking */
28 diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
29 index baa9f5ea16f1..a709e77016e0 100644
32 @@ -3275,7 +3275,7 @@ static sector_t ext4_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t block)
33 filemap_write_and_wait(mapping);
36 - if (EXT4_JOURNAL(inode) &&
37 + if (EXT4_JOURNAL(inode) && !test_opt(inode->i_sb, JOURNAL_LAZY) &&
38 ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_JDATA)) {
40 * This is a REALLY heavyweight approach, but the use of
41 diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
42 index 1eec25014f62..1d1bf751d142 100644
45 @@ -242,6 +242,20 @@ static int ext4_ioctl_setflags(struct inode *inode,
46 if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
51 + * Clearing the JOURNAL_DATA flag is *hard* with lazy
52 + * journalling. We can't use jbd2_journal_flush(); instead,
53 + * we would have to make sure all blocks belonging to the file
54 + * are evacuated from the journal and saved to their final
55 + * location on disk. Punt for now.
57 + if ((oldflags & EXT4_JOURNAL_DATA_FL) && !jflag &&
58 + test_opt(inode->i_sb, JOURNAL_LAZY)) {
63 if ((flags ^ oldflags) & EXT4_EXTENTS_FL)
66 @@ -630,6 +644,22 @@ static long ext4_ioctl_group_add(struct file *file,
71 + * If we are using journalling (excepting JBD2 lazy mode), make sure
72 + * the block group descriptors are written out immediately
74 +static int flush_fs_group_descriptors(struct super_block *sb)
78 + if (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal && !test_opt(sb, JOURNAL_LAZY)) {
79 + jbd2_journal_lock_updates(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
80 + err = jbd2_journal_flush(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
81 + jbd2_journal_unlock_updates(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
86 long ext4_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
88 struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
89 @@ -748,11 +778,7 @@ long ext4_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
90 goto group_extend_out;
92 err = ext4_group_extend(sb, EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es, n_blocks_count);
93 - if (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal) {
94 - jbd2_journal_lock_updates(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
95 - err2 = jbd2_journal_flush(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
96 - jbd2_journal_unlock_updates(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
98 + err2 = flush_fs_group_descriptors(sb);
101 mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
102 @@ -890,11 +916,7 @@ long ext4_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
105 err = ext4_resize_fs(sb, n_blocks_count);
106 - if (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal) {
107 - jbd2_journal_lock_updates(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
108 - err2 = jbd2_journal_flush(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
109 - jbd2_journal_unlock_updates(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
111 + err2 = flush_fs_group_descriptors(sb);
114 mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
115 diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
116 index 06da44b3d8e1..ba9a6ef78454 100644
117 --- a/fs/ext4/super.c
118 +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
119 @@ -888,7 +888,8 @@ static void ext4_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
121 ext4_ext_release(sb);
123 - if (!sb_rdonly(sb) && !aborted && !test_opt(sb, JOURNAL_NOCLEANUP)) {
124 + if (!sb_rdonly(sb) && !aborted && !test_opt(sb, JOURNAL_NOCLEANUP) &&
125 + !test_opt(sb, JOURNAL_LAZY)) {
126 ext4_clear_feature_journal_needs_recovery(sb);
127 es->s_state = cpu_to_le16(sbi->s_mount_state);
129 @@ -1349,6 +1350,7 @@ enum {
130 Opt_inode_readahead_blks, Opt_journal_ioprio,
131 Opt_dioread_nolock, Opt_dioread_lock,
132 Opt_journal_nocleanup, Opt_journal_cleanup,
133 + Opt_journal_nolazy, Opt_journal_lazy,
134 Opt_discard, Opt_nodiscard, Opt_init_itable, Opt_noinit_itable,
135 Opt_max_dir_size_kb, Opt_nojournal_checksum, Opt_nombcache,
137 @@ -1437,6 +1439,8 @@ static const match_table_t tokens = {
138 {Opt_nombcache, "no_mbcache"}, /* for backward compatibility */
139 {Opt_journal_nocleanup, "journal_nocleanup"},
140 {Opt_journal_cleanup, "journal_cleanup"},
141 + {Opt_journal_lazy, "journal_lazy"},
142 + {Opt_journal_nolazy, "journal_nolazy"},
143 {Opt_removed, "check=none"}, /* mount option from ext2/3 */
144 {Opt_removed, "nocheck"}, /* mount option from ext2/3 */
145 {Opt_removed, "reservation"}, /* mount option from ext2/3 */
146 @@ -1647,6 +1651,8 @@ static const struct mount_opts {
147 {Opt_nombcache, EXT4_MOUNT_NO_MBCACHE, MOPT_SET},
148 {Opt_journal_nocleanup, EXT4_MOUNT_JOURNAL_NOCLEANUP, MOPT_SET},
149 {Opt_journal_cleanup, EXT4_MOUNT_JOURNAL_NOCLEANUP, MOPT_CLEAR},
150 + {Opt_journal_lazy, EXT4_MOUNT_JOURNAL_LAZY, MOPT_SET},
151 + {Opt_journal_nolazy, EXT4_MOUNT_JOURNAL_LAZY, MOPT_CLEAR},
155 @@ -4456,6 +4462,10 @@ static void ext4_init_journal_params(struct super_block *sb, journal_t *journal)
156 journal->j_flags |= JBD2_NO_CLEANUP;
158 journal->j_flags &= ~JBD2_NO_CLEANUP;
159 + if (test_opt(sb, JOURNAL_LAZY))
160 + journal->j_flags |= JBD2_LAZY;
162 + journal->j_flags &= ~JBD2_LAZY;
163 write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
166 @@ -4690,6 +4700,24 @@ static int ext4_load_journal(struct super_block *sb,
168 EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal = journal;
169 ext4_clear_journal_err(sb, es);
171 + if (test_opt(sb, JOURNAL_LAZY)) {
172 + struct buffer_head *sbh = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_sbh;
174 + /* Read the latest version of the superblock from the journal */
176 + clear_buffer_uptodate(sbh);
177 + err = jbd2_bh_submit_read(journal, sbh, __func__);
179 + ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "error rereading superblock %d",
181 + set_buffer_uptodate(sbh);
183 + if (!ext4_superblock_csum_verify(sb, es))
184 + ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
185 + "superblock csum doesn't verify"
186 + "after journal replay!");
191 @@ -4776,6 +4804,9 @@ static void ext4_mark_recovery_complete(struct super_block *sb,
193 journal_t *journal = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal;
195 + if (test_opt(sb, JOURNAL_LAZY))
198 if (!ext4_has_feature_journal(sb)) {
199 BUG_ON(journal != NULL);
201 @@ -4911,21 +4942,20 @@ static int ext4_freeze(struct super_block *sb)
202 journal = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal;
205 - /* Now we set up the journal barrier. */
206 - jbd2_journal_lock_updates(journal);
209 - * Don't clear the needs_recovery flag if we failed to
210 - * flush the journal.
211 + * Set the journal barrier, then flush the journal and
212 + * clear the needs_recovery flag if we are not in
215 - error = jbd2_journal_flush(journal);
218 + jbd2_journal_lock_updates(journal);
220 - /* Journal blocked and flushed, clear needs_recovery flag. */
221 + if (!test_opt(sb, JOURNAL_LAZY)) {
222 + error = jbd2_journal_flush(journal);
226 ext4_clear_feature_journal_needs_recovery(sb);
229 error = ext4_commit_super(sb, 1);
232 @@ -4943,7 +4973,7 @@ static int ext4_unfreeze(struct super_block *sb)
233 if (sb_rdonly(sb) || ext4_forced_shutdown(EXT4_SB(sb)))
236 - if (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal) {
237 + if (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal && !test_opt(sb, JOURNAL_LAZY)) {
238 /* Reset the needs_recovery flag before the fs is unlocked. */
239 ext4_set_feature_journal_needs_recovery(sb);
241 @@ -5469,6 +5499,8 @@ static int ext4_quota_on(struct super_block *sb, int type, int format_id,
242 * We don't need to lock updates but journal_flush() could
243 * otherwise be livelocked...
245 + if (test_opt(sb, JOURNAL_LAZY))
246 + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
247 jbd2_journal_lock_updates(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
248 err = jbd2_journal_flush(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
249 jbd2_journal_unlock_updates(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);