freebsd-skq/sys/geom/journal
kib 52c17430bc Current implementations of sync(2) and syncer vnode fsync() VOP uses
mnt_noasync counter to temporary remove MNTK_ASYNC mount option, which
is needed to guarantee a synchronous completion of the initiated i/o
before syscall or VOP return.  Global removal of MNTK_ASYNC option is
harmful because not only i/o started from corresponding thread becomes
synchronous, but all i/o is synchronous on the filesystem which is
initiated during sync(2) or syncer activity.

Instead of removing MNTK_ASYNC from mnt_kern_flag, provide a local
thread flag to disable async i/o for current thread only. Use the
opportunity to move DOINGASYNC() macro into sys/vnode.h and
consistently use it through places which tested for MNTK_ASYNC.

Some testing demonstrated 60-70% improvements in run time for the
metadata-intensive operations on async-mounted UFS volumes, but still
with great deviation due to other reasons.

Reviewed by:	mckusick
Tested by:	scottl
MFC after:	2 weeks
2012-02-06 11:04:36 +00:00
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g_journal_ufs.c
g_journal.c Current implementations of sync(2) and syncer vnode fsync() VOP uses 2012-02-06 11:04:36 +00:00
g_journal.h Make it possible to use gjournal for the root filesystem. Previously, 2008-12-06 11:33:10 +00:00