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    ext4: skip non-loaded groups at cr=0/1 when scanning for good groups · c1d2c7d4
    Alex Zhuravlev authored
    cr=0 is supposed to be an optimization to save CPU cycles, but if
    buddy data (in memory) is not initialized then all this makes no sense
    as we have to do sync IO taking a lot of cycles.  Also, at cr=0
    mballoc doesn't choose any available chunk.  cr=1 also skips groups
    using heuristic based on avg. fragment size.  It's more useful to skip
    such groups and switch to cr=2 where groups will be scanned for
    available chunks.  However, we always read the first block group in a
    flex_bg so metadata blocks will get read into the first flex_bg if
    possible.
    
    Using sparse image and dm-slow virtual device of 120TB was
    simulated, then the image was formatted and filled using debugfs to
    mark ~85% of available space as busy.  mount process w/o the patch
    couldn't complete in half an hour (according to vmstat it would take
    ~10-11 hours).  With the patch applied mount took ~20 seconds.
    
    Lustre-bug-id: https://jira.whamcloud.com/browse/LU-12988Signed-off-by: default avatarAlex Zhuravlev <azhuravlev@whamcloud.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarAndreas Dilger <adilger@whamcloud.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarArtem Blagodarenko <artem.blagodarenko@gmail.com>
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