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From: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@google.com>
To: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-aio@kvack.org,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, zab@redhat.com, bcrl@kvack.org,
	viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, tytso@mit.edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH 29/32] block, aio: Batch completion for bios/kiocbs
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 08:48:24 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130108164824.GB25098@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <x49mwwjabx2.fsf@segfault.boston.devel.redhat.com>

On Tue, Jan 08, 2013 at 11:15:37AM -0500, Jeff Moyer wrote:
> Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@google.com> writes:
> 
> > On Tue, Jan 08, 2013 at 10:33:18AM -0500, Jeff Moyer wrote:
> >> Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@google.com> writes:
> >> 
> >> >> Is the rbtree really faster than a basic (l)list and a sort before
> >> >> completing them? Would be simpler.
> >> >
> >> > Well, depends. With one or two kioctxs? The list would definitely be
> >> > faster, but I'm loathe to use an O(n^2) algorithm anywhere where the
> >> > input size isn't strictly controlled, and I know of applications out
> >> > there that use tons of kioctxs.
> >> 
> >> Out of curiosity, what applications do you know of that use tons of
> >> kioctx's?
> >
> > "tons" is relative I suppose, but before this patch series sharing a
> > kioctx between threads was really bad for performance and... you know
> > how people can be with threads.
> 
> I wasn't questioning the merits of the patch, I was simply curious to
> know how aio is being (ab)used in the wild.  So, is this some internal
> tool, then, or what?

Oh, didn't think you were, I just never looked for actual numbers. Yeah,
some internal library code is what I was referring to, but from the
story of how it evolved I don't think it's unusual.

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From: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@google.com>
To: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-aio@kvack.org,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, zab@redhat.com, bcrl@kvack.org,
	viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, tytso@mit.edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH 29/32] block, aio: Batch completion for bios/kiocbs
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 08:48:24 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130108164824.GB25098@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <x49mwwjabx2.fsf@segfault.boston.devel.redhat.com>

On Tue, Jan 08, 2013 at 11:15:37AM -0500, Jeff Moyer wrote:
> Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@google.com> writes:
> 
> > On Tue, Jan 08, 2013 at 10:33:18AM -0500, Jeff Moyer wrote:
> >> Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@google.com> writes:
> >> 
> >> >> Is the rbtree really faster than a basic (l)list and a sort before
> >> >> completing them? Would be simpler.
> >> >
> >> > Well, depends. With one or two kioctxs? The list would definitely be
> >> > faster, but I'm loathe to use an O(n^2) algorithm anywhere where the
> >> > input size isn't strictly controlled, and I know of applications out
> >> > there that use tons of kioctxs.
> >> 
> >> Out of curiosity, what applications do you know of that use tons of
> >> kioctx's?
> >
> > "tons" is relative I suppose, but before this patch series sharing a
> > kioctx between threads was really bad for performance and... you know
> > how people can be with threads.
> 
> I wasn't questioning the merits of the patch, I was simply curious to
> know how aio is being (ab)used in the wild.  So, is this some internal
> tool, then, or what?

Oh, didn't think you were, I just never looked for actual numbers. Yeah,
some internal library code is what I was referring to, but from the
story of how it evolved I don't think it's unusual.

  reply	other threads:[~2013-01-08 16:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 152+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-12-27  1:59 [PATCH 00/32] AIO performance improvements/cleanups, v3 Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59 ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59 ` [PATCH 01/32] mm: remove old aio use_mm() comment Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59   ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59 ` [PATCH 02/32] aio: remove dead code from aio.h Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59   ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59 ` [PATCH 03/32] gadget: remove only user of aio retry Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59   ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59 ` [PATCH 04/32] aio: remove retry-based AIO Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59   ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-29  7:36   ` Hillf Danton
2012-12-29  7:36     ` Hillf Danton
2013-01-07 22:12     ` Kent Overstreet
2013-01-07 22:12       ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-29  7:47   ` Hillf Danton
2012-12-29  7:47     ` Hillf Danton
2013-01-07 22:15     ` Kent Overstreet
2013-01-07 22:15       ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59 ` [PATCH 05/32] char: add aio_{read,write} to /dev/{null,zero} Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59   ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59 ` [PATCH 06/32] aio: Kill return value of aio_complete() Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59   ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59 ` [PATCH 07/32] aio: kiocb_cancel() Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59   ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59 ` [PATCH 08/32] aio: Move private stuff out of aio.h Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59   ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59 ` [PATCH 09/32] aio: dprintk() -> pr_debug() Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59   ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59 ` [PATCH 10/32] aio: do fget() after aio_get_req() Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59   ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59 ` [PATCH 11/32] aio: Make aio_put_req() lockless Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59   ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59 ` [PATCH 12/32] aio: Refcounting cleanup Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59   ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59 ` [PATCH 13/32] wait: Add wait_event_hrtimeout() Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59   ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27 10:37   ` Fubo Chen
2012-12-27 10:37     ` Fubo Chen
2013-01-03 23:08   ` Andrew Morton
2013-01-03 23:08     ` Andrew Morton
2013-01-08  0:09     ` Kent Overstreet
2013-01-08  0:09       ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59 ` [PATCH 14/32] aio: Make aio_read_evt() more efficient, convert to hrtimers Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59   ` Kent Overstreet
2013-01-03 23:19   ` Andrew Morton
2013-01-03 23:19     ` Andrew Morton
2013-01-08  0:28     ` Kent Overstreet
2013-01-08  0:28       ` Kent Overstreet
2013-01-08  1:00       ` Andrew Morton
2013-01-08  1:00         ` Andrew Morton
2013-01-08  1:28         ` Kent Overstreet
2013-01-08  1:28           ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59 ` [PATCH 15/32] aio: Use flush_dcache_page() Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59   ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59 ` [PATCH 16/32] aio: Use cancellation list lazily Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59   ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59 ` [PATCH 17/32] aio: Change reqs_active to include unreaped completions Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59   ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59 ` [PATCH 18/32] aio: Kill batch allocation Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59   ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59 ` [PATCH 19/32] aio: Kill struct aio_ring_info Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59   ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59 ` [PATCH 20/32] aio: Give shared kioctx fields their own cachelines Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  1:59   ` Kent Overstreet
2013-01-03 23:25   ` Andrew Morton
2013-01-03 23:25     ` Andrew Morton
2013-01-07 23:48     ` Kent Overstreet
2013-01-07 23:48       ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  2:00 ` [PATCH 21/32] aio: reqs_active -> reqs_available Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  2:00   ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  2:00 ` [PATCH 22/32] aio: percpu reqs_available Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  2:00   ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  2:00 ` [PATCH 23/32] Generic dynamic per cpu refcounting Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  2:00   ` Kent Overstreet
2013-01-03 22:48   ` Andrew Morton
2013-01-03 22:48     ` Andrew Morton
2013-01-07 23:47     ` Kent Overstreet
2013-01-07 23:47       ` Kent Overstreet
2013-01-08  1:03       ` [PATCH] percpu-refcount: Sparse fixes Kent Overstreet
2013-01-08  1:03         ` Kent Overstreet
2013-01-25  0:51   ` [PATCH 23/32] Generic dynamic per cpu refcounting Tejun Heo
2013-01-25  0:51     ` Tejun Heo
2013-01-25  1:13     ` Kent Overstreet
2013-01-25  1:13       ` Kent Overstreet
2013-01-25  2:03       ` Tejun Heo
2013-01-25  2:03         ` Tejun Heo
2013-01-25  2:09         ` Tejun Heo
2013-01-25  2:09           ` Tejun Heo
2013-01-28 17:48           ` Kent Overstreet
2013-01-28 17:48             ` Kent Overstreet
2013-01-28 18:18             ` Tejun Heo
2013-01-28 18:18               ` Tejun Heo
2013-01-25  6:15     ` Rusty Russell
2013-01-28 17:53       ` Kent Overstreet
2013-01-28 17:53         ` Kent Overstreet
2013-01-28 17:59         ` Tejun Heo
2013-01-28 17:59           ` Tejun Heo
2013-01-28 18:32           ` Kent Overstreet
2013-01-28 18:32             ` Kent Overstreet
2013-01-28 18:57             ` Christoph Lameter
2013-01-28 18:57               ` Christoph Lameter
2013-02-08 14:44   ` Tejun Heo
2013-02-08 14:44     ` Tejun Heo
2013-02-08 14:49     ` Jens Axboe
2013-02-08 14:49       ` Jens Axboe
2013-02-08 17:50       ` Andrew Morton
2013-02-08 17:50         ` Andrew Morton
2013-02-08 21:27       ` Kent Overstreet
2013-02-08 21:27         ` Kent Overstreet
2013-02-11 14:21         ` Jeff Moyer
2013-02-11 14:21           ` Jeff Moyer
2013-02-08 21:17     ` Kent Overstreet
2013-02-08 21:17       ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  2:00 ` [PATCH 24/32] aio: Percpu ioctx refcount Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  2:00   ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  2:00 ` [PATCH 25/32] aio: use xchg() instead of completion_lock Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  2:00   ` Kent Overstreet
2013-01-03 23:34   ` Andrew Morton
2013-01-07 23:21     ` Kent Overstreet
2013-01-07 23:21       ` Kent Overstreet
2013-01-07 23:35       ` Andrew Morton
2013-01-07 23:35         ` Andrew Morton
2013-01-08  0:01         ` Kent Overstreet
2013-01-08  0:01           ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  2:00 ` [PATCH 26/32] aio: Don't include aio.h in sched.h Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  2:00   ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  2:00 ` [PATCH 27/32] aio: Kill ki_key Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  2:00   ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  2:00 ` [PATCH 28/32] aio: Kill ki_retry Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  2:00   ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  2:00 ` [PATCH 29/32] block, aio: Batch completion for bios/kiocbs Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  2:00   ` Kent Overstreet
2013-01-04  9:22   ` Jens Axboe
2013-01-04  9:22     ` Jens Axboe
2013-01-07 23:34     ` Kent Overstreet
2013-01-07 23:34       ` Kent Overstreet
2013-01-08 15:33       ` Jeff Moyer
2013-01-08 15:33         ` Jeff Moyer
2013-01-08 16:06         ` Kent Overstreet
2013-01-08 16:06           ` Kent Overstreet
2013-01-08 16:15           ` Jeff Moyer
2013-01-08 16:15             ` Jeff Moyer
2013-01-08 16:48             ` Kent Overstreet [this message]
2013-01-08 16:48               ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  2:00 ` [PATCH 30/32] virtio-blk: Convert to batch completion Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  2:00   ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  2:00 ` [PATCH 31/32] mtip32xx: " Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  2:00   ` Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  2:00 ` [PATCH 32/32] aio: Smoosh struct kiocb Kent Overstreet
2012-12-27  2:00   ` Kent Overstreet
2013-01-04  9:22 ` [PATCH 00/32] AIO performance improvements/cleanups, v3 Jens Axboe
2013-01-04  9:22   ` Jens Axboe

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