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authorBrian Behlendorf <[email protected]>2021-11-30 10:38:09 -0800
committerGitHub <[email protected]>2021-11-30 10:38:09 -0800
commit05b3eb6d232009db247882a39d518e7282630753 (patch)
tree45618ab04bf1fb5c082f46476289e433462ab713 /module/zfs
parent5dc6fc2b73bffd9876374260e7840cc1177bf726 (diff)
Default to zfs_dmu_offset_next_sync=1
Strict hole reporting was previously disabled by default as a performance optimization. However, this has lead to confusion over the expected behavior and a variety of workarounds being adopted by consumers of ZFS. Change the default behavior to always report holes and force the TXG sync. Reviewed-by: Matthew Ahrens <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Tony Hutter <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <[email protected]> Closes #12746
Diffstat (limited to 'module/zfs')
-rw-r--r--module/zfs/dmu.c12
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/module/zfs/dmu.c b/module/zfs/dmu.c
index eee3e70bb..5ce11e86d 100644
--- a/module/zfs/dmu.c
+++ b/module/zfs/dmu.c
@@ -73,9 +73,13 @@ int zfs_nopwrite_enabled = 1;
unsigned long zfs_per_txg_dirty_frees_percent = 5;
/*
- * Enable/disable forcing txg sync when dirty in dmu_offset_next.
+ * Enable/disable forcing txg sync when dirty checking for holes with lseek().
+ * By default this is enabled to ensure accurate hole reporting, it can result
+ * in a significant performance penalty for lseek(SEEK_HOLE) heavy workloads.
+ * Disabling this option will result in holes never being reported in dirty
+ * files which is always safe.
*/
-int zfs_dmu_offset_next_sync = 0;
+int zfs_dmu_offset_next_sync = 1;
/*
* Limit the amount we can prefetch with one call to this amount. This
@@ -2107,8 +2111,8 @@ restart:
* If the zfs_dmu_offset_next_sync module option is enabled
* then strict hole reporting has been requested. Dirty
* dnodes must be synced to disk to accurately report all
- * holes. When disabled (the default) dirty dnodes are
- * reported to not have any holes which is always safe.
+ * holes. When disabled dirty dnodes are reported to not
+ * have any holes which is always safe.
*
* When called by zfs_holey_common() the zp->z_rangelock
* is held to prevent zfs_write() and mmap writeback from