Kernel: Add a write cache to DiskBackedFS.

This way you can spam small write()s on a file without the kernel writing
to disk every single time. Flushes are included in the FS::sync() operation
and will get triggered regularly by syncd. :^)

AK/ByteBuffer.h

@@ -118,6 +118,13 @@ public:
     void* end_pointer() { return m_impl ? m_impl->end_pointer() : nullptr; }
     const void* end_pointer() const { return m_impl ? m_impl->end_pointer() : nullptr; }
 
+    ByteBuffer isolated_copy() const
+    {
+        if (!m_impl)
+            return { };
+        return copy(m_impl->pointer(), m_impl->size());
+    }
+
     // NOTE: trim() does not reallocate.
     void trim(ssize_t size)
     {

Kernel/FileSystem/DiskBackedFileSystem.cpp

@@ -66,8 +66,10 @@ bool DiskBackedFS::write_block(unsigned index, const ByteBuffer& data)
         if (auto* cached_block = block_cache().resource().get({ fsid(), index }))
             cached_block->m_buffer = data;
     }
-    DiskOffset base_offset = static_cast<DiskOffset>(index) * static_cast<DiskOffset>(block_size());
+
-    return device().write(base_offset, block_size(), data.pointer());
+    LOCKER(m_lock);
+    m_write_cache.set(index, data.isolated_copy());
+    return true;
 }
 
 bool DiskBackedFS::write_blocks(unsigned index, unsigned count, const ByteBuffer& data)
@@ -75,16 +77,9 @@ bool DiskBackedFS::write_blocks(unsigned index, unsigned count, const ByteBuffer
 #ifdef DBFS_DEBUG
     kprintf("DiskBackedFileSystem::write_blocks %u x%u\n", index, count);
 #endif
-    // FIXME: Maybe reorder this so we send out the write commands before updating cache?
+    for (unsigned i = 0; i < count; ++i)
-    {
+        write_block(index + i, data.slice(i * block_size(), block_size()));
-        LOCKER(block_cache().lock());
+    return true;
-        for (unsigned i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
-            if (auto* cached_block = block_cache().resource().get({ fsid(), index + i }))
-                cached_block->m_buffer = data.slice(i * block_size(), block_size());
-        }
-    }
-    DiskOffset base_offset = static_cast<DiskOffset>(index) * static_cast<DiskOffset>(block_size());
-    return device().write(base_offset, count * block_size(), data.pointer());
 }
 
 ByteBuffer DiskBackedFS::read_block(unsigned index) const
@@ -92,6 +87,13 @@ ByteBuffer DiskBackedFS::read_block(unsigned index) const
 #ifdef DBFS_DEBUG
     kprintf("DiskBackedFileSystem::read_block %u\n", index);
 #endif
+
+    {
+        LOCKER(m_lock);
+        if (auto it = m_write_cache.find(index); it != m_write_cache.end())
+            return it->value;
+    }
+
     {
         LOCKER(block_cache().lock());
         if (auto* cached_block = block_cache().resource().get({ fsid(), index }))
@@ -105,6 +107,7 @@ ByteBuffer DiskBackedFS::read_block(unsigned index) const
     bool success = device().read(base_offset, block_size(), buffer_pointer);
     ASSERT(success);
     ASSERT(buffer.size() == block_size());
+
     {
         LOCKER(block_cache().lock());
         block_cache().resource().put({ fsid(), index }, CachedBlock({ fsid(), index }, buffer));
@@ -138,3 +141,13 @@ void DiskBackedFS::set_block_size(unsigned block_size)
         return;
     m_block_size = block_size;
 }
+
+void DiskBackedFS::flush_writes()
+{
+    LOCKER(m_lock);
+    for (auto& it : m_write_cache) {
+        DiskOffset base_offset = static_cast<DiskOffset>(it.key) * static_cast<DiskOffset>(block_size());
+        device().write(base_offset, block_size(), it.value.data());
+    }
+    m_write_cache.clear();
+}

Kernel/FileSystem/DiskBackedFileSystem.h

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ public:
 
     int block_size() const { return m_block_size; }
 
+    virtual void flush_writes() override;
+
 protected:
     explicit DiskBackedFS(Retained<DiskDevice>&&);
 
@@ -26,4 +28,6 @@ protected:
 private:
     int m_block_size { 0 };
     Retained<DiskDevice> m_device;
+
+    HashMap<unsigned, ByteBuffer> m_write_cache;
 };

Kernel/FileSystem/FileSystem.cpp

@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ int Inode::decrement_link_count()
 
 void FS::sync()
 {
-    Vector<Retained<Inode>> inodes;
+    Vector<Retained<Inode>, 32> inodes;
     {
         InterruptDisabler disabler;
         for (auto* inode : all_inodes()) {
@@ -157,6 +157,16 @@ void FS::sync()
         ASSERT(inode->is_metadata_dirty());
         inode->flush_metadata();
     }
+
+    Vector<Retained<FS>, 32> fses;
+    {
+        InterruptDisabler disabler;
+        for (auto& it : all_fses())
+            fses.append(*it.value);
+    }
+
+    for (auto fs : fses)
+        fs->flush_writes();
 }
 
 void Inode::set_vmo(VMObject& vmo)

Kernel/FileSystem/FileSystem.h

@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ public:
 
     virtual RetainPtr<Inode> get_inode(InodeIdentifier) const = 0;
 
+    virtual void flush_writes() { }
+
 protected:
     FS();