From 6cf4cc8f8b3b7bc9e3c04a7eab44b985d50029fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Thornber Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 07:48:18 -0400 Subject: dm cache policy smq: stop preemptively demoting blocks It causes a lot of churn if the working set's size is close to the fast device's size. Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer --- drivers/md/dm-cache-policy-smq.c | 17 +++++------------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/md') diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-cache-policy-smq.c b/drivers/md/dm-cache-policy-smq.c index 54421a846a0c..758480a1893d 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-policy-smq.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-policy-smq.c @@ -1134,13 +1134,10 @@ static bool clean_target_met(struct smq_policy *mq, bool idle) percent_to_target(mq, CLEAN_TARGET); } -static bool free_target_met(struct smq_policy *mq, bool idle) +static bool free_target_met(struct smq_policy *mq) { unsigned nr_free; - if (!idle) - return true; - nr_free = from_cblock(mq->cache_size) - mq->cache_alloc.nr_allocated; return (nr_free + btracker_nr_demotions_queued(mq->bg_work)) >= percent_to_target(mq, FREE_TARGET); @@ -1220,7 +1217,7 @@ static void queue_promotion(struct smq_policy *mq, dm_oblock_t oblock, * We always claim to be 'idle' to ensure some demotions happen * with continuous loads. */ - if (!free_target_met(mq, true)) + if (!free_target_met(mq)) queue_demotion(mq); return; } @@ -1421,14 +1418,10 @@ static int smq_get_background_work(struct dm_cache_policy *p, bool idle, spin_lock_irqsave(&mq->lock, flags); r = btracker_issue(mq->bg_work, result); if (r == -ENODATA) { - /* find some writeback work to do */ - if (mq->migrations_allowed && !free_target_met(mq, idle)) - queue_demotion(mq); - - else if (!clean_target_met(mq, idle)) + if (!clean_target_met(mq, idle)) { queue_writeback(mq); - - r = btracker_issue(mq->bg_work, result); + r = btracker_issue(mq->bg_work, result); + } } spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mq->lock, flags); -- cgit