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19 #include "xfs_mru_cache.h"
22 * The MRU Cache data structure consists of a data store, an array of lists and
23 * a lock to protect its internal state. At initialisation time, the client
24 * supplies an element lifetime in milliseconds and a group count, as well as a
25 * function pointer to call when deleting elements. A data structure for
26 * queueing up work in the form of timed callbacks is also included.
28 * The group count controls how many lists are created, and thereby how finely
29 * the elements are grouped in time. When reaping occurs, all the elements in
30 * all the lists whose time has expired are deleted.
32 * To give an example of how this works in practice, consider a client that
33 * initialises an MRU Cache with a lifetime of ten seconds and a group count of
34 * five. Five internal lists will be created, each representing a two second
35 * period in time. When the first element is added, time zero for the data
36 * structure is initialised to the current time.
38 * All the elements added in the first two seconds are appended to the first
39 * list. Elements added in the third second go into the second list, and so on.
40 * If an element is accessed at any point, it is removed from its list and
41 * inserted at the head of the current most-recently-used list.
43 * The reaper function will have nothing to do until at least twelve seconds
44 * have elapsed since the first element was added. The reason for this is that
45 * if it were called at t=11s, there could be elements in the first list that
46 * have only been inactive for nine seconds, so it still does nothing. If it is
47 * called anywhere between t=12 and t=14 seconds, it will delete all the
48 * elements that remain in the first list. It's therefore possible for elements
49 * to remain in the data store even after they've been inactive for up to
50 * (t + t/g) seconds, where t is the inactive element lifetime and g is the
53 * The above example assumes that the reaper function gets called at least once
54 * every (t/g) seconds. If it is called less frequently, unused elements will
55 * accumulate in the reap list until the reaper function is eventually called.
56 * The current implementation uses work queue callbacks to carefully time the
57 * reaper function calls, so this should happen rarely, if at all.
59 * From a design perspective, the primary reason for the choice of a list array
60 * representing discrete time intervals is that it's only practical to reap
61 * expired elements in groups of some appreciable size. This automatically
62 * introduces a granularity to element lifetimes, so there's no point storing an
63 * individual timeout with each element that specifies a more precise reap time.
64 * The bonus is a saving of sizeof(long) bytes of memory per element stored.
66 * The elements could have been stored in just one list, but an array of
67 * counters or pointers would need to be maintained to allow them to be divided
68 * up into discrete time groups. More critically, the process of touching or
69 * removing an element would involve walking large portions of the entire list,
70 * which would have a detrimental effect on performance. The additional memory
71 * requirement for the array of list heads is minimal.
73 * When an element is touched or deleted, it needs to be removed from its
74 * current list. Doubly linked lists are used to make the list maintenance
75 * portion of these operations O(1). Since reaper timing can be imprecise,
76 * inserts and lookups can occur when there are no free lists available. When
77 * this happens, all the elements on the LRU list need to be migrated to the end
78 * of the reap list. To keep the list maintenance portion of these operations
79 * O(1) also, list tails need to be accessible without walking the entire list.
80 * This is the reason why doubly linked list heads are used.
84 * An MRU Cache is a dynamic data structure that stores its elements in a way
85 * that allows efficient lookups, but also groups them into discrete time
86 * intervals based on insertion time. This allows elements to be efficiently
87 * and automatically reaped after a fixed period of inactivity.
89 * When a client data pointer is stored in the MRU Cache it needs to be added to
90 * both the data store and to one of the lists. It must also be possible to
91 * access each of these entries via the other, i.e. to:
93 * a) Walk a list, removing the corresponding data store entry for each item.
94 * b) Look up a data store entry, then access its list entry directly.
96 * To achieve both of these goals, each entry must contain both a list entry and
97 * a key, in addition to the user's data pointer. Note that it's not a good
98 * idea to have the client embed one of these structures at the top of their own
99 * data structure, because inserting the same item more than once would most
100 * likely result in a loop in one of the lists. That's a sure-fire recipe for
101 * an infinite loop in the code.
103 struct xfs_mru_cache
{
104 struct radix_tree_root store
; /* Core storage data structure. */
105 struct list_head
*lists
; /* Array of lists, one per grp. */
106 struct list_head reap_list
; /* Elements overdue for reaping. */
107 spinlock_t lock
; /* Lock to protect this struct. */
108 unsigned int grp_count
; /* Number of discrete groups. */
109 unsigned int grp_time
; /* Time period spanned by grps. */
110 unsigned int lru_grp
; /* Group containing time zero. */
111 unsigned long time_zero
; /* Time first element was added. */
112 xfs_mru_cache_free_func_t free_func
; /* Function pointer for freeing. */
113 struct delayed_work work
; /* Workqueue data for reaping. */
114 unsigned int queued
; /* work has been queued */
117 static struct workqueue_struct
*xfs_mru_reap_wq
;
120 * When inserting, destroying or reaping, it's first necessary to update the
121 * lists relative to a particular time. In the case of destroying, that time
122 * will be well in the future to ensure that all items are moved to the reap
123 * list. In all other cases though, the time will be the current time.
125 * This function enters a loop, moving the contents of the LRU list to the reap
126 * list again and again until either a) the lists are all empty, or b) time zero
127 * has been advanced sufficiently to be within the immediate element lifetime.
129 * Case a) above is detected by counting how many groups are migrated and
130 * stopping when they've all been moved. Case b) is detected by monitoring the
131 * time_zero field, which is updated as each group is migrated.
133 * The return value is the earliest time that more migration could be needed, or
134 * zero if there's no need to schedule more work because the lists are empty.
137 _xfs_mru_cache_migrate(
138 struct xfs_mru_cache
*mru
,
142 unsigned int migrated
= 0;
143 struct list_head
*lru_list
;
145 /* Nothing to do if the data store is empty. */
149 /* While time zero is older than the time spanned by all the lists. */
150 while (mru
->time_zero
<= now
- mru
->grp_count
* mru
->grp_time
) {
153 * If the LRU list isn't empty, migrate its elements to the tail
156 lru_list
= mru
->lists
+ mru
->lru_grp
;
157 if (!list_empty(lru_list
))
158 list_splice_init(lru_list
, mru
->reap_list
.prev
);
161 * Advance the LRU group number, freeing the old LRU list to
162 * become the new MRU list; advance time zero accordingly.
164 mru
->lru_grp
= (mru
->lru_grp
+ 1) % mru
->grp_count
;
165 mru
->time_zero
+= mru
->grp_time
;
168 * If reaping is so far behind that all the elements on all the
169 * lists have been migrated to the reap list, it's now empty.
171 if (++migrated
== mru
->grp_count
) {
178 /* Find the first non-empty list from the LRU end. */
179 for (grp
= 0; grp
< mru
->grp_count
; grp
++) {
181 /* Check the grp'th list from the LRU end. */
182 lru_list
= mru
->lists
+ ((mru
->lru_grp
+ grp
) % mru
->grp_count
);
183 if (!list_empty(lru_list
))
184 return mru
->time_zero
+
185 (mru
->grp_count
+ grp
) * mru
->grp_time
;
188 /* All the lists must be empty. */
195 * When inserting or doing a lookup, an element needs to be inserted into the
196 * MRU list. The lists must be migrated first to ensure that they're
197 * up-to-date, otherwise the new element could be given a shorter lifetime in
198 * the cache than it should.
201 _xfs_mru_cache_list_insert(
202 struct xfs_mru_cache
*mru
,
203 struct xfs_mru_cache_elem
*elem
)
205 unsigned int grp
= 0;
206 unsigned long now
= jiffies
;
209 * If the data store is empty, initialise time zero, leave grp set to
210 * zero and start the work queue timer if necessary. Otherwise, set grp
211 * to the number of group times that have elapsed since time zero.
213 if (!_xfs_mru_cache_migrate(mru
, now
)) {
214 mru
->time_zero
= now
;
217 queue_delayed_work(xfs_mru_reap_wq
, &mru
->work
,
218 mru
->grp_count
* mru
->grp_time
);
221 grp
= (now
- mru
->time_zero
) / mru
->grp_time
;
222 grp
= (mru
->lru_grp
+ grp
) % mru
->grp_count
;
225 /* Insert the element at the tail of the corresponding list. */
226 list_add_tail(&elem
->list_node
, mru
->lists
+ grp
);
230 * When destroying or reaping, all the elements that were migrated to the reap
231 * list need to be deleted. For each element this involves removing it from the
232 * data store, removing it from the reap list, calling the client's free
233 * function and deleting the element from the element zone.
235 * We get called holding the mru->lock, which we drop and then reacquire.
236 * Sparse need special help with this to tell it we know what we are doing.
239 _xfs_mru_cache_clear_reap_list(
240 struct xfs_mru_cache
*mru
)
241 __releases(mru
->lock
) __acquires(mru
->lock
)
243 struct xfs_mru_cache_elem
*elem
, *next
;
244 struct list_head tmp
;
246 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tmp
);
247 list_for_each_entry_safe(elem
, next
, &mru
->reap_list
, list_node
) {
249 /* Remove the element from the data store. */
250 radix_tree_delete(&mru
->store
, elem
->key
);
253 * remove to temp list so it can be freed without
254 * needing to hold the lock
256 list_move(&elem
->list_node
, &tmp
);
258 spin_unlock(&mru
->lock
);
260 list_for_each_entry_safe(elem
, next
, &tmp
, list_node
) {
261 list_del_init(&elem
->list_node
);
262 mru
->free_func(elem
);
265 spin_lock(&mru
->lock
);
269 * We fire the reap timer every group expiry interval so
270 * we always have a reaper ready to run. This makes shutdown
271 * and flushing of the reaper easy to do. Hence we need to
272 * keep when the next reap must occur so we can determine
273 * at each interval whether there is anything we need to do.
277 struct work_struct
*work
)
279 struct xfs_mru_cache
*mru
=
280 container_of(work
, struct xfs_mru_cache
, work
.work
);
281 unsigned long now
, next
;
283 ASSERT(mru
&& mru
->lists
);
284 if (!mru
|| !mru
->lists
)
287 spin_lock(&mru
->lock
);
288 next
= _xfs_mru_cache_migrate(mru
, jiffies
);
289 _xfs_mru_cache_clear_reap_list(mru
);
292 if ((mru
->queued
> 0)) {
298 queue_delayed_work(xfs_mru_reap_wq
, &mru
->work
, next
);
301 spin_unlock(&mru
->lock
);
305 xfs_mru_cache_init(void)
307 xfs_mru_reap_wq
= alloc_workqueue("xfs_mru_cache",
308 WQ_MEM_RECLAIM
|WQ_FREEZABLE
, 1);
309 if (!xfs_mru_reap_wq
)
315 xfs_mru_cache_uninit(void)
317 destroy_workqueue(xfs_mru_reap_wq
);
321 * To initialise a struct xfs_mru_cache pointer, call xfs_mru_cache_create()
322 * with the address of the pointer, a lifetime value in milliseconds, a group
323 * count and a free function to use when deleting elements. This function
324 * returns 0 if the initialisation was successful.
327 xfs_mru_cache_create(
328 struct xfs_mru_cache
**mrup
,
329 unsigned int lifetime_ms
,
330 unsigned int grp_count
,
331 xfs_mru_cache_free_func_t free_func
)
333 struct xfs_mru_cache
*mru
= NULL
;
335 unsigned int grp_time
;
340 if (!mrup
|| !grp_count
|| !lifetime_ms
|| !free_func
)
343 if (!(grp_time
= msecs_to_jiffies(lifetime_ms
) / grp_count
))
346 if (!(mru
= kmem_zalloc(sizeof(*mru
), KM_SLEEP
)))
349 /* An extra list is needed to avoid reaping up to a grp_time early. */
350 mru
->grp_count
= grp_count
+ 1;
351 mru
->lists
= kmem_zalloc(mru
->grp_count
* sizeof(*mru
->lists
), KM_SLEEP
);
358 for (grp
= 0; grp
< mru
->grp_count
; grp
++)
359 INIT_LIST_HEAD(mru
->lists
+ grp
);
362 * We use GFP_KERNEL radix tree preload and do inserts under a
363 * spinlock so GFP_ATOMIC is appropriate for the radix tree itself.
365 INIT_RADIX_TREE(&mru
->store
, GFP_ATOMIC
);
366 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mru
->reap_list
);
367 spin_lock_init(&mru
->lock
);
368 INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&mru
->work
, _xfs_mru_cache_reap
);
370 mru
->grp_time
= grp_time
;
371 mru
->free_func
= free_func
;
376 if (err
&& mru
&& mru
->lists
)
377 kmem_free(mru
->lists
);
385 * Call xfs_mru_cache_flush() to flush out all cached entries, calling their
386 * free functions as they're deleted. When this function returns, the caller is
387 * guaranteed that all the free functions for all the elements have finished
388 * executing and the reaper is not running.
392 struct xfs_mru_cache
*mru
)
394 if (!mru
|| !mru
->lists
)
397 spin_lock(&mru
->lock
);
399 spin_unlock(&mru
->lock
);
400 cancel_delayed_work_sync(&mru
->work
);
401 spin_lock(&mru
->lock
);
404 _xfs_mru_cache_migrate(mru
, jiffies
+ mru
->grp_count
* mru
->grp_time
);
405 _xfs_mru_cache_clear_reap_list(mru
);
407 spin_unlock(&mru
->lock
);
411 xfs_mru_cache_destroy(
412 struct xfs_mru_cache
*mru
)
414 if (!mru
|| !mru
->lists
)
417 xfs_mru_cache_flush(mru
);
419 kmem_free(mru
->lists
);
424 * To insert an element, call xfs_mru_cache_insert() with the data store, the
425 * element's key and the client data pointer. This function returns 0 on
426 * success or ENOMEM if memory for the data element couldn't be allocated.
429 xfs_mru_cache_insert(
430 struct xfs_mru_cache
*mru
,
432 struct xfs_mru_cache_elem
*elem
)
436 ASSERT(mru
&& mru
->lists
);
437 if (!mru
|| !mru
->lists
)
440 if (radix_tree_preload(GFP_KERNEL
))
443 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&elem
->list_node
);
446 spin_lock(&mru
->lock
);
447 error
= radix_tree_insert(&mru
->store
, key
, elem
);
448 radix_tree_preload_end();
450 _xfs_mru_cache_list_insert(mru
, elem
);
451 spin_unlock(&mru
->lock
);
457 * To remove an element without calling the free function, call
458 * xfs_mru_cache_remove() with the data store and the element's key. On success
459 * the client data pointer for the removed element is returned, otherwise this
460 * function will return a NULL pointer.
462 struct xfs_mru_cache_elem
*
463 xfs_mru_cache_remove(
464 struct xfs_mru_cache
*mru
,
467 struct xfs_mru_cache_elem
*elem
;
469 ASSERT(mru
&& mru
->lists
);
470 if (!mru
|| !mru
->lists
)
473 spin_lock(&mru
->lock
);
474 elem
= radix_tree_delete(&mru
->store
, key
);
476 list_del(&elem
->list_node
);
477 spin_unlock(&mru
->lock
);
483 * To remove and element and call the free function, call xfs_mru_cache_delete()
484 * with the data store and the element's key.
487 xfs_mru_cache_delete(
488 struct xfs_mru_cache
*mru
,
491 struct xfs_mru_cache_elem
*elem
;
493 elem
= xfs_mru_cache_remove(mru
, key
);
495 mru
->free_func(elem
);
499 * To look up an element using its key, call xfs_mru_cache_lookup() with the
500 * data store and the element's key. If found, the element will be moved to the
501 * head of the MRU list to indicate that it's been touched.
503 * The internal data structures are protected by a spinlock that is STILL HELD
504 * when this function returns. Call xfs_mru_cache_done() to release it. Note
505 * that it is not safe to call any function that might sleep in the interim.
507 * The implementation could have used reference counting to avoid this
508 * restriction, but since most clients simply want to get, set or test a member
509 * of the returned data structure, the extra per-element memory isn't warranted.
511 * If the element isn't found, this function returns NULL and the spinlock is
512 * released. xfs_mru_cache_done() should NOT be called when this occurs.
514 * Because sparse isn't smart enough to know about conditional lock return
515 * status, we need to help it get it right by annotating the path that does
516 * not release the lock.
518 struct xfs_mru_cache_elem
*
519 xfs_mru_cache_lookup(
520 struct xfs_mru_cache
*mru
,
523 struct xfs_mru_cache_elem
*elem
;
525 ASSERT(mru
&& mru
->lists
);
526 if (!mru
|| !mru
->lists
)
529 spin_lock(&mru
->lock
);
530 elem
= radix_tree_lookup(&mru
->store
, key
);
532 list_del(&elem
->list_node
);
533 _xfs_mru_cache_list_insert(mru
, elem
);
534 __release(mru_lock
); /* help sparse not be stupid */
536 spin_unlock(&mru
->lock
);
542 * To release the internal data structure spinlock after having performed an
543 * xfs_mru_cache_lookup() or an xfs_mru_cache_peek(), call xfs_mru_cache_done()
544 * with the data store pointer.
548 struct xfs_mru_cache
*mru
)
549 __releases(mru
->lock
)
551 spin_unlock(&mru
->lock
);