ocfs2_write_begin()

從ftrace看到，時間基本消耗在ocfs2_inode_lock_full_nested()函數中。

 3)               |  ocfs2_write_begin() {
 3) ! 11815.92 us |    ocfs2_inode_lock_full_nested();
 1)   0.101 us    |    down_write();
 1)   0.125 us    |    up_write();
 3)   4.513 us    |    ocfs2_write_begin_nolock();
 3) ! 11822.76 us |  }

在分析generic_perform_write()時，發現R/W分別從兩個節點併發競爭同一個共享文件情景中，write_begin()最消耗時間，意料之中，由於它要請求上鎖！

1895 static int ocfs2_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
1896                              loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
1897                              struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
1898 {       
1899         int ret;
1900         struct buffer_head *di_bh = NULL;
1901         struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
1902         
//給inode上EX鎖，這個鎖威力很大，其餘節點讀寫都會被阻塞;
//ocfs2_inode_lock是ocfs2_inode_lock_full_nested()的宏
1903         ret = ocfs2_inode_lock(inode, &di_bh, 1);
1904         if (ret) {
1905                 mlog_errno(ret);
1906                 return ret;
1907         }
1908         
1909         /*
1910          * Take alloc sem here to prevent concurrent lookups. That way
1911          * the mapping, zeroing and tree manipulation within
1912          * ocfs2_write() will be safe against ->readpage(). This
1913          * should also serve to lock out allocation from a shared
1914          * writeable region.
1915          */
//註釋有解釋
1916         down_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
1917         
//不明白爲何叫_nolock，分明是有lock的阿
1918         ret = ocfs2_write_begin_nolock(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep,
1919                                        fsdata, di_bh, NULL);
1920         if (ret) {
1921                 mlog_errno(ret);
1922                 goto out_fail;
1923         }
1924         
1925         brelse(di_bh);
1926         
1927         return 0;
1928 
1929 out_fail:
1930         up_write(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
1931         
1932         brelse(di_bh);
1933         ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 1);
1934         
1935         return ret;
1936 }