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NTFS: Improve scalability by changing the driver global spin lock in
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      fs/ntfs/aops.c::ntfs_end_buffer_async_read() to a bit spin lock
      in the first buffer head of a page.

Signed-off-by: Anton Altaparmakov <aia21@cantab.net>
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Anton Altaparmakov committed Sep 8, 2005
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions fs/ntfs/ChangeLog
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- Fix fs/ntfs/aops.c::ntfs_{read,write}_block() to handle the case
where a concurrent truncate has truncated the runlist under our feet.
- Fix page_has_buffers()/page_buffers() handling in fs/ntfs/aops.c.
- In fs/ntfs/aops.c::ntfs_end_buffer_async_read(), use a bit spin lock
in the first buffer head instead of a driver global spin lock to
improve scalability.

2.1.23 - Implement extension of resident files and make writing safe as well as
many bug fixes, cleanups, and enhancements...
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15 changes: 9 additions & 6 deletions fs/ntfs/aops.c
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*/
static void ntfs_end_buffer_async_read(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
{
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(page_uptodate_lock);
unsigned long flags;
struct buffer_head *tmp;
struct buffer_head *first, *tmp;
struct page *page;
ntfs_inode *ni;
int page_uptodate = 1;
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}
} else {
clear_buffer_uptodate(bh);
SetPageError(page);
ntfs_error(ni->vol->sb, "Buffer I/O error, logical block %llu.",
(unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr);
SetPageError(page);
}
spin_lock_irqsave(&page_uptodate_lock, flags);
first = page_buffers(page);
local_irq_save(flags);
bit_spin_lock(BH_Uptodate_Lock, &first->b_state);
clear_buffer_async_read(bh);
unlock_buffer(bh);
tmp = bh;
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}
tmp = tmp->b_this_page;
} while (tmp != bh);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&page_uptodate_lock, flags);
bit_spin_unlock(BH_Uptodate_Lock, &first->b_state);
local_irq_restore(flags);
/*
* If none of the buffers had errors then we can set the page uptodate,
* but we first have to perform the post read mst fixups, if the
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unlock_page(page);
return;
still_busy:
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&page_uptodate_lock, flags);
bit_spin_unlock(BH_Uptodate_Lock, &first->b_state);
local_irq_restore(flags);
return;
}

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