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    xfs: use a cursor for bulk AIL insertion · 1d8c95a3
    Dave Chinner authored
    
    
    Delayed logging can insert tens of thousands of log items into the
    AIL at the same LSN. When the committing of log commit records
    occur, we can get insertions occurring at an LSN that is not at the
    end of the AIL. If there are thousands of items in the AIL on the
    tail LSN, each insertion has to walk the AIL to find the correct
    place to insert the new item into the AIL. This can consume large
    amounts of CPU time and block other operations from occurring while
    the traversals are in progress.
    
    To avoid this repeated walk, use a AIL cursor to record
    where we should be inserting the new items into the AIL without
    having to repeat the walk. The cursor infrastructure already
    provides this functionality for push walks, so is a simple extension
    of existing code. While this will not avoid the initial walk, it
    will avoid repeating it tens of thousands of times during a single
    checkpoint commit.
    
    This version includes logic improvements from Christoph Hellwig.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarChristoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAlex Elder <aelder@sgi.com>
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