[Cluster-devel] [PATCH] gfs2: Fix metadata read-ahead during truncate (2)

[Andreas Gruenbacher]

The previous attempt to fix for metadata read-ahead during truncate was
incorrect: for files with a height > 2 (1006989312 bytes with a block
size of 4096 bytes), read-ahead requests were not being issued for some
of the indirect blocks discovered while walking the metadata tree,
leading to significant slow-downs when deleting large files.  Fix that.

In addition, only issue read-ahead requests in the first pass through
the meta-data tree, while deallocating data blocks.

Fixes: c3ce5aa9b0 ("gfs2: Fix metadata read-ahead during truncate")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org # v4.16+
Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba at redhat.com>
---
 fs/gfs2/bmap.c | 14 ++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/gfs2/bmap.c b/fs/gfs2/bmap.c
index 5f3ea07ef5e2..38d88fcb6988 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/bmap.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/bmap.c
@@ -1908,10 +1908,16 @@ static int punch_hole(struct gfs2_inode *ip, u64 offset, u64 length)
 			if (ret < 0)
 				goto out;
 
-			/* issue read-ahead on metadata */
-			if (mp.mp_aheight > 1) {
-				for (; ret > 1; ret--) {
-					metapointer_range(&mp, mp.mp_aheight - ret,
+			/* On the first pass, issue read-ahead on metadata. */
+			if (mp.mp_aheight > 1 && strip_h == ip->i_height - 1) {
+				unsigned int height = mp.mp_aheight - 1;
+
+				/* No read-ahead for data blocks. */
+				if (mp.mp_aheight - 1 == strip_h)
+					height--;
+
+				for (; height >= mp.mp_aheight - ret; height--) {
+					metapointer_range(&mp, height,
 							  start_list, start_aligned,
 							  end_list, end_aligned,
 							  &start, &end);
-- 
2.19.1.546.g028f9c799.dirty