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-rw-r--r--fs/jbd2/commit.c11
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index fa688e163a80..b121d7d434c6 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -450,6 +450,15 @@ void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
schedule();
write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
finish_wait(&journal->j_fc_wait, &wait);
+ /*
+ * TODO: by blocking fast commits here, we are increasing
+ * fsync() latency slightly. Strictly speaking, we don't need
+ * to block fast commits until the transaction enters T_FLUSH
+ * state. So an optimization is possible where we block new fast
+ * commits here and wait for existing ones to complete
+ * just before we enter T_FLUSH. That way, the existing fast
+ * commits and this full commit can proceed parallely.
+ */
}
write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
@@ -801,7 +810,7 @@ start_journal_io:
if (first_block < journal->j_tail)
freed += journal->j_last - journal->j_first;
/* Update tail only if we free significant amount of space */
- if (freed < journal->j_maxlen / 4)
+ if (freed < jbd2_journal_get_max_txn_bufs(journal))
update_tail = 0;
}
J_ASSERT(commit_transaction->t_state == T_COMMIT);