xfs: split metadata and log buffer completion to separate workqueues
authorBrian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com>
Wed, 3 Dec 2014 22:43:17 +0000 (09:43 +1100)
committerDave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Wed, 3 Dec 2014 22:43:17 +0000 (09:43 +1100)
commitb29c70f59870dad0945b0e0b3fe3758ad528e268
tree8b78cac19312a4619b68f826eb6f124c62a36a10
parent32296f865e8d41ff8c337ce6f0b97eeda08988a3
xfs: split metadata and log buffer completion to separate workqueues

XFS traditionally sends all buffer I/O completion work to a single
workqueue. This includes metadata buffer completion and log buffer
completion. The log buffer completion requires a high priority queue to
prevent stalls due to log forces getting stuck behind other queued work.

Rather than continue to prioritize all buffer I/O completion due to the
needs of log completion, split log buffer completion off to
m_log_workqueue and move the high priority flag from m_buf_workqueue to
m_log_workqueue.

Add a b_ioend_wq wq pointer to xfs_buf to allow completion workqueue
customization on a per-buffer basis. Initialize b_ioend_wq to
m_buf_workqueue by default in the generic buffer I/O submission path.
Finally, override the default wq with the high priority m_log_workqueue
in the log buffer I/O submission path.

Signed-off-by: Brian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
fs/xfs/xfs_buf.h
fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
fs/xfs/xfs_super.c