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    GFS2: Plug on AIL flush · 885bceca
    Steven Whitehouse authored
    When we do a flush of the AIL list, we are writing out what is
    likely to be a lot of small I/Os, which are possibly in an order
    which is not ideal performance-wise. Since this is done by calling
    filemap_fdatatwrite for each individual inode's address space there
    is no overall plugging going on.
    
    In addition to that, we do not always wait for AIL i/o when we flush
    it, so that it is possible for things to get left behind on the queue.
    By adding explicit plugging here, we reduce the chances of this
    being an issues. A quick test using the AIL flush tracepoint shows a
    small, but measurable improvement.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
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