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In testing it improves IOPS by roughly 16-18% by removing the fair-sharing throttle on shared tag queues. This patch removes the following code and structure members: - The function hctx_may_queue(). - blk_mq_hw_ctx.nr_active and request_queue.nr_active_requests_shared_tags and also all the code that modifies these two member variables. [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/20240529213921.3166462-1-bvanassche@acm.org/ Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche Signed-off-by: Sumit Saxena --- block/blk-core.c | 2 - block/blk-mq-debugfs.c | 22 ++++++++- block/blk-mq-tag.c | 4 -- block/blk-mq.c | 17 +------ block/blk-mq.h | 100 ----------------------------------------- include/linux/blk-mq.h | 6 --- include/linux/blkdev.h | 2 - 7 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 131 deletions(-) diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c index 17450058ea6d..129acc1b27e5 100644 --- a/block/blk-core.c +++ b/block/blk-core.c @@ -421,8 +421,6 @@ struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue(struct queue_limits *lim, int node_id) q->node = node_id; - atomic_set(&q->nr_active_requests_shared_tags, 0); - timer_setup(&q->timeout, blk_rq_timed_out_timer, 0); INIT_WORK(&q->timeout_work, blk_timeout_work); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&q->icq_list); diff --git a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c index 047ec887456b..8b85a7f8e987 100644 --- a/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c +++ b/block/blk-mq-debugfs.c @@ -468,11 +468,31 @@ static int hctx_sched_tags_bitmap_show(void *data, struct seq_file *m) return 0; } +struct count_active_params { + struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx; + int *active; +}; + +static bool hctx_count_active(struct request *rq, void *data) +{ + const struct count_active_params *params = data; + + if (rq->mq_hctx == params->hctx) + (*params->active)++; + + return true; +} + static int hctx_active_show(void *data, struct seq_file *m) { struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx = data; + int active = 0; + struct count_active_params params = { .hctx = hctx, .active = &active }; + + blk_mq_all_tag_iter(hctx->sched_tags ?: hctx->tags, hctx_count_active, + ¶ms); - seq_printf(m, "%d\n", __blk_mq_active_requests(hctx)); + seq_printf(m, "%d\n", active); return 0; } diff --git a/block/blk-mq-tag.c b/block/blk-mq-tag.c index 33946cdb5716..bfd27cc6249b 100644 --- a/block/blk-mq-tag.c +++ b/block/blk-mq-tag.c @@ -109,10 +109,6 @@ void __blk_mq_tag_idle(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx) static int __blk_mq_get_tag(struct blk_mq_alloc_data *data, struct sbitmap_queue *bt) { - if (!data->q->elevator && !(data->flags & BLK_MQ_REQ_RESERVED) && - !hctx_may_queue(data->hctx, bt)) - return BLK_MQ_NO_TAG; - if (data->shallow_depth) return sbitmap_queue_get_shallow(bt, data->shallow_depth); else diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c index 4c5c16cce4f8..bbac59a06044 100644 --- a/block/blk-mq.c +++ b/block/blk-mq.c @@ -489,8 +489,6 @@ __blk_mq_alloc_requests_batch(struct blk_mq_alloc_data *data) } } while (data->nr_tags > nr); - if (!(data->rq_flags & RQF_SCHED_TAGS)) - blk_mq_add_active_requests(data->hctx, nr); /* caller already holds a reference, add for remainder */ percpu_ref_get_many(&data->q->q_usage_counter, nr - 1); data->nr_tags -= nr; @@ -587,8 +585,6 @@ static struct request *__blk_mq_alloc_requests(struct blk_mq_alloc_data *data) goto retry; } - if (!(data->rq_flags & RQF_SCHED_TAGS)) - blk_mq_inc_active_requests(data->hctx); rq = blk_mq_rq_ctx_init(data, blk_mq_tags_from_data(data), tag); blk_mq_rq_time_init(rq, alloc_time_ns); return rq; @@ -763,8 +759,6 @@ struct request *blk_mq_alloc_request_hctx(struct request_queue *q, tag = blk_mq_get_tag(&data); if (tag == BLK_MQ_NO_TAG) goto out_queue_exit; - if (!(data.rq_flags & RQF_SCHED_TAGS)) - blk_mq_inc_active_requests(data.hctx); rq = blk_mq_rq_ctx_init(&data, blk_mq_tags_from_data(&data), tag); blk_mq_rq_time_init(rq, alloc_time_ns); rq->__data_len = 0; @@ -807,10 +801,8 @@ static void __blk_mq_free_request(struct request *rq) blk_pm_mark_last_busy(rq); rq->mq_hctx = NULL; - if (rq->tag != BLK_MQ_NO_TAG) { - blk_mq_dec_active_requests(hctx); + if (rq->tag != BLK_MQ_NO_TAG) blk_mq_put_tag(hctx->tags, ctx, rq->tag); - } if (sched_tag != BLK_MQ_NO_TAG) blk_mq_put_tag(hctx->sched_tags, ctx, sched_tag); blk_mq_sched_restart(hctx); @@ -1188,8 +1180,6 @@ static inline void blk_mq_flush_tag_batch(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, { struct request_queue *q = hctx->queue; - blk_mq_sub_active_requests(hctx, nr_tags); - blk_mq_put_tags(hctx->tags, tag_array, nr_tags); percpu_ref_put_many(&q->q_usage_counter, nr_tags); } @@ -1875,9 +1865,6 @@ bool __blk_mq_alloc_driver_tag(struct request *rq) if (blk_mq_tag_is_reserved(rq->mq_hctx->sched_tags, rq->internal_tag)) { bt = &rq->mq_hctx->tags->breserved_tags; tag_offset = 0; - } else { - if (!hctx_may_queue(rq->mq_hctx, bt)) - return false; } tag = __sbitmap_queue_get(bt); @@ -1885,7 +1872,6 @@ bool __blk_mq_alloc_driver_tag(struct request *rq) return false; rq->tag = tag + tag_offset; - blk_mq_inc_active_requests(rq->mq_hctx); return true; } @@ -4058,7 +4044,6 @@ blk_mq_alloc_hctx(struct request_queue *q, struct blk_mq_tag_set *set, if (!zalloc_cpumask_var_node(&hctx->cpumask, gfp, node)) goto free_hctx; - atomic_set(&hctx->nr_active, 0); if (node == NUMA_NO_NODE) node = set->numa_node; hctx->numa_node = node; diff --git a/block/blk-mq.h b/block/blk-mq.h index aa15d31aaae9..8dfb67c55f5d 100644 --- a/block/blk-mq.h +++ b/block/blk-mq.h @@ -291,70 +291,9 @@ static inline int blk_mq_get_rq_budget_token(struct request *rq) return -1; } -static inline void __blk_mq_add_active_requests(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, - int val) -{ - if (blk_mq_is_shared_tags(hctx->flags)) - atomic_add(val, &hctx->queue->nr_active_requests_shared_tags); - else - atomic_add(val, &hctx->nr_active); -} - -static inline void __blk_mq_inc_active_requests(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx) -{ - __blk_mq_add_active_requests(hctx, 1); -} - -static inline void __blk_mq_sub_active_requests(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, - int val) -{ - if (blk_mq_is_shared_tags(hctx->flags)) - atomic_sub(val, &hctx->queue->nr_active_requests_shared_tags); - else - atomic_sub(val, &hctx->nr_active); -} - -static inline void __blk_mq_dec_active_requests(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx) -{ - __blk_mq_sub_active_requests(hctx, 1); -} - -static inline void blk_mq_add_active_requests(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, - int val) -{ - if (hctx->flags & BLK_MQ_F_TAG_QUEUE_SHARED) - __blk_mq_add_active_requests(hctx, val); -} - -static inline void blk_mq_inc_active_requests(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx) -{ - if (hctx->flags & BLK_MQ_F_TAG_QUEUE_SHARED) - __blk_mq_inc_active_requests(hctx); -} - -static inline void blk_mq_sub_active_requests(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, - int val) -{ - if (hctx->flags & BLK_MQ_F_TAG_QUEUE_SHARED) - __blk_mq_sub_active_requests(hctx, val); -} - -static inline void blk_mq_dec_active_requests(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx) -{ - if (hctx->flags & BLK_MQ_F_TAG_QUEUE_SHARED) - __blk_mq_dec_active_requests(hctx); -} - -static inline int __blk_mq_active_requests(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx) -{ - if (blk_mq_is_shared_tags(hctx->flags)) - return atomic_read(&hctx->queue->nr_active_requests_shared_tags); - return atomic_read(&hctx->nr_active); -} static inline void __blk_mq_put_driver_tag(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct request *rq) { - blk_mq_dec_active_requests(hctx); blk_mq_put_tag(hctx->tags, rq->mq_ctx, rq->tag); rq->tag = BLK_MQ_NO_TAG; } @@ -396,45 +335,6 @@ static inline void blk_mq_free_requests(struct list_head *list) } } -/* - * For shared tag users, we track the number of currently active users - * and attempt to provide a fair share of the tag depth for each of them. - */ -static inline bool hctx_may_queue(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, - struct sbitmap_queue *bt) -{ - unsigned int depth, users; - - if (!hctx || !(hctx->flags & BLK_MQ_F_TAG_QUEUE_SHARED)) - return true; - - /* - * Don't try dividing an ant - */ - if (bt->sb.depth == 1) - return true; - - if (blk_mq_is_shared_tags(hctx->flags)) { - struct request_queue *q = hctx->queue; - - if (!test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_HCTX_ACTIVE, &q->queue_flags)) - return true; - } else { - if (!test_bit(BLK_MQ_S_TAG_ACTIVE, &hctx->state)) - return true; - } - - users = READ_ONCE(hctx->tags->active_queues); - if (!users) - return true; - - /* - * Allow at least some tags - */ - depth = max((bt->sb.depth + users - 1) / users, 4U); - return __blk_mq_active_requests(hctx) < depth; -} - /* run the code block in @dispatch_ops with rcu/srcu read lock held */ #define __blk_mq_run_dispatch_ops(q, check_sleep, dispatch_ops) \ do { \ diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h index 18a2388ba581..ccbb07559402 100644 --- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h +++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h @@ -432,12 +432,6 @@ struct blk_mq_hw_ctx { /** @queue_num: Index of this hardware queue. */ unsigned int queue_num; - /** - * @nr_active: Number of active requests. 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