NFS: Write optimization for short files and small O_SYNC writes. Use stable writes if we can see that we are only going to put a single write on the wire. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust --- fs/nfs/write.c | 14 +++++++++++--- 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6.12-rc2/fs/nfs/write.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.12-rc2.orig/fs/nfs/write.c +++ linux-2.6.12-rc2/fs/nfs/write.c @@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ int nfs_updatepage(struct file *file, st * is entirely in cache, it may be more efficient to avoid * fragmenting write requests. */ - if (PageUptodate(page) && inode->i_flock == NULL) { + if (PageUptodate(page) && inode->i_flock == NULL && !(file->f_mode & O_SYNC)) { loff_t end_offs = i_size_read(inode) - 1; unsigned long end_index = end_offs >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT; @@ -1342,8 +1342,16 @@ static int nfs_flush_inode(struct inode spin_lock(&nfsi->req_lock); res = nfs_scan_dirty(inode, &head, idx_start, npages); spin_unlock(&nfsi->req_lock); - if (res) - error = nfs_flush_list(&head, NFS_SERVER(inode)->wpages, how); + if (res) { + struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(inode); + + /* For single writes, FLUSH_STABLE is more efficient */ + if (res == nfsi->npages && nfsi->npages <= server->wpages) { + if (res > 1 || nfs_list_entry(head.next)->wb_bytes <= server->wsize) + how |= FLUSH_STABLE; + } + error = nfs_flush_list(&head, server->wpages, how); + } if (error < 0) return error; return res;