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* [PATCHSET] block: implement blkcg hierarchy support in cfq, take#2
@ 2012-12-28 20:35 Tejun Heo
  2012-12-28 20:35 ` [PATCH 11/24] cfq-iosched: add leaf_weight Tejun Heo
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Hello,

This is the second iteration to implement blkcg hierarchy support in
cfq-iosched.  Changes from the first task[L] are

* Vivek's cfq cleanup patches are included in the series for
  convenience.

* Divide by zero bug when !CONFIG_CFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED reported by
  Fengguang fixed.

* Updated to reflect Vivek's reviews - renames & documentation.

* Recursive stats no longer forget stats from dead descendants.  This
  turned out to be more complex than I wished involving implementing
  policy on/offline callbacks.

cfq-iosched is currently utterly broken in how it handles cgroup
hierarchy.  It ignores the hierarchy structure and just treats every
blkcgs equally.  This is simply broken.  This breakage makes blkcg
behave very differently from other properly-hierarchical controllers
and makes it impossible to give any uniform interpretation to the
hierarchy, which in turn makes it impossible to implement unified
hierarchy.

Given the relative simplicity of cfqg scheduling, implementing proper
hierarchy support isn't that difficult.  All that's necessary is
determining how much fraction each cfqg on the service tree has claim
to considering the hierarchy.  The calculation can be done by
maintaining the sum of active weights at each level and compounding
the ratios from the cfqg in question to root.  The overhead isn't
significant.  Tree traversals happen only when cfqgs are added or
removed from the service tree and they are from the cfqg being
modified to the root.

There are some design choices which are worth mentioning.

* Internal (non-leaf) cfqgs w/ tasks treat the tasks as a single unit
  competeting against the children cfqgs.  New config knobs -
  blkio.leaf_weight[_device] - are added to configure the weight of
  these tasks.  Another way to look at it is that each cfqg has a
  hidden leaf child node attached to it which hosts all tasks and
  leaf_weight controls the weight of that hidden node.

  Treating cfqqs and cfqgs as equals doesn't make much sense to me and
  is hairy - we need to establish ioprio to weight mapping and the
  weights fluctuate as processes fork and exit.  This becomes hairier
  when considering multiple controllers, Such mappings can't be
  established consistently across different controllers and the
  weights are given out differently - ie. blkcg give weights out to
  io_contexts while cpu to tasks, which may share io_contexts.  It's
  difficult to make sense of what's going on.

  The goal is to bring cpu, currently the only other controller which
  implements weight based resource allocation, to similar behavior.

* The existing stats aren't converted to hierarchical but new
  hierarchical ones are added.  There isn't a way to do that w/o
  introducing nasty silent surprises to the existing flat hierarchy
  users, so while being a bit clumsy, I can't see a better way.

* I based it on top of Vivek's cleanup patchset[1] but not the cfqq,
  cfqg scheduling unification patchset.  I don't think it's necessary
  or beneficial to mix the two and would really like to avoid messing
  with !blkcg scheduling logic.

The hierarchical scheduling itself is fairly simple.  The cfq part is
only ~260 lines with ~60 lines being comment, and the hierarchical
weight scaling is really straight-forward.

This patchset contains the following 24 patches.

 0001-cfq-iosched-Properly-name-all-references-to-IO-class.patch
 0002-cfq-iosched-More-renaming-to-better-represent-wl_cla.patch
 0003-cfq-iosched-Rename-service_tree-to-st-at-some-places.patch
 0004-cfq-iosched-Rename-few-functions-related-to-selectin.patch
 0005-cfq-iosched-Get-rid-of-unnecessary-local-variable.patch
 0006-cfq-iosched-Print-sync-noidle-information-in-blktrac.patch
 0007-blkcg-fix-minor-bug-in-blkg_alloc.patch
 0008-blkcg-reorganize-blkg_lookup_create-and-friends.patch
 0009-blkcg-cosmetic-updates-to-blkg_create.patch
 0010-blkcg-make-blkcg_gq-s-hierarchical.patch
 0011-cfq-iosched-add-leaf_weight.patch
 0012-cfq-iosched-implement-cfq_group-nr_active-and-childr.patch
 0013-cfq-iosched-implement-hierarchy-ready-cfq_group-char.patch
 0014-cfq-iosched-convert-cfq_group_slice-to-use-cfqg-vfra.patch
 0015-cfq-iosched-enable-full-blkcg-hierarchy-support.patch
 0016-blkcg-add-blkg_policy_data-plid.patch
 0017-blkcg-implement-blkcg_policy-on-offline_pd_fn-and-bl.patch
 0018-blkcg-s-blkg_rwstat_sum-blkg_rwstat_total.patch
 0019-blkcg-implement-blkg_-rw-stat_recursive_sum-and-blkg.patch
 0020-block-RCU-free-request_queue.patch
 0021-blkcg-make-blkcg_print_blkgs-grab-q-locks-instead-of.patch
 0022-cfq-iosched-separate-out-cfqg_stats_reset-from-cfq_p.patch
 0023-cfq-iosched-collect-stats-from-dead-cfqgs.patch
 0024-cfq-iosched-add-hierarchical-cfq_group-statistics.patch

0001-0006 are Vivek's cfq cleanup patches.

0007-0009 are prep patches.

0010 makes blkcg core always allocate non-leaf blkgs so that any given
blkg is guaranteed to have all its ancestor blkgs to the root.

0011-0012 prepare for hierarchical scheduling.

0013-0014 implement hierarchy-ready cfqg scheduling.

0015 enbles hierarchical scheduling.

0016-0022 prepare for hierarchical stats.

0023-0024 implement hierarchical stats.

This patchset is on top of linus#master (ecccd1248d ("mm: fix null
pointer dereference in wait_iff_congested()")).

and available in the following git branch.

 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup.git blkcg-cfq-hierarchy

Thanks.

 Documentation/block/cfq-iosched.txt |   58 +++
 block/blk-cgroup.c                  |  276 +++++++++++++--
 block/blk-cgroup.h                  |   68 +++
 block/blk-sysfs.c                   |    9 
 block/cfq-iosched.c                 |  627 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 include/linux/blkdev.h              |    2 
 6 files changed, 877 insertions(+), 163 deletions(-)

--
tejun

[L] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.cgroups/5440
[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/3/502

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2012-12-28 20:35 [PATCHSET] block: implement blkcg hierarchy support in cfq, take#2 Tejun Heo
2012-12-28 20:35 ` [PATCH 11/24] cfq-iosched: add leaf_weight Tejun Heo
     [not found]   ` <1356726946-26037-12-git-send-email-tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-08 15:34     ` Vivek Goyal
     [not found]       ` <20130108153448.GB29635-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-08 17:24         ` Tejun Heo
2012-12-28 20:35 ` [PATCH 12/24] cfq-iosched: implement cfq_group->nr_active and ->children_weight Tejun Heo
     [not found]   ` <1356726946-26037-13-git-send-email-tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-08 15:51     ` Vivek Goyal
2012-12-28 20:35 ` [PATCH 14/24] cfq-iosched: convert cfq_group_slice() to use cfqg->vfraction Tejun Heo
     [not found]   ` <1356726946-26037-15-git-send-email-tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-08 16:42     ` Vivek Goyal
2012-12-28 20:35 ` [PATCH 15/24] cfq-iosched: enable full blkcg hierarchy support Tejun Heo
     [not found]   ` <1356726946-26037-16-git-send-email-tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-07 16:34     ` [PATCH UPDATED " Tejun Heo
     [not found]       ` <20130107163405.GE3926-Gd/HAXX7CRxy/B6EtB590w@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-08 14:42         ` Vivek Goyal
     [not found]           ` <20130108144240.GA29635-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-08 17:19             ` Tejun Heo
2012-12-28 20:35 ` [PATCH 16/24] blkcg: add blkg_policy_data->plid Tejun Heo
     [not found]   ` <1356726946-26037-17-git-send-email-tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-08 16:51     ` Vivek Goyal
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2012-12-28 20:35   ` [PATCH 01/24] cfq-iosched: Properly name all references to IO class Tejun Heo
2012-12-28 20:35   ` [PATCH 02/24] cfq-iosched: More renaming to better represent wl_class and wl_type Tejun Heo
2012-12-28 20:35   ` [PATCH 03/24] cfq-iosched: Rename "service_tree" to "st" at some places Tejun Heo
2012-12-28 20:35   ` [PATCH 04/24] cfq-iosched: Rename few functions related to selecting workload Tejun Heo
2012-12-28 20:35   ` [PATCH 05/24] cfq-iosched: Get rid of unnecessary local variable Tejun Heo
2012-12-28 20:35   ` [PATCH 06/24] cfq-iosched: Print sync-noidle information in blktrace messages Tejun Heo
2012-12-28 20:35   ` [PATCH 07/24] blkcg: fix minor bug in blkg_alloc() Tejun Heo
2012-12-28 20:35   ` [PATCH 08/24] blkcg: reorganize blkg_lookup_create() and friends Tejun Heo
2012-12-28 20:35   ` [PATCH 09/24] blkcg: cosmetic updates to blkg_create() Tejun Heo
2012-12-28 20:35   ` [PATCH 10/24] blkcg: make blkcg_gq's hierarchical Tejun Heo
2012-12-28 20:35   ` [PATCH 13/24] cfq-iosched: implement hierarchy-ready cfq_group charge scaling Tejun Heo
     [not found]     ` <1356726946-26037-14-git-send-email-tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-08 16:16       ` Vivek Goyal
2012-12-28 20:35   ` [PATCH 17/24] blkcg: implement blkcg_policy->on/offline_pd_fn() and blkcg_gq->online Tejun Heo
     [not found]     ` <1356726946-26037-18-git-send-email-tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-02 19:38       ` Vivek Goyal
     [not found]         ` <20130102193828.GE4306-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-02 20:37           ` Tejun Heo
2013-01-08 16:58       ` Vivek Goyal
2012-12-28 20:35   ` [PATCH 18/24] blkcg: s/blkg_rwstat_sum()/blkg_rwstat_total()/ Tejun Heo
     [not found]     ` <1356726946-26037-19-git-send-email-tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-08 16:59       ` Vivek Goyal
2012-12-28 20:35   ` [PATCH 21/24] blkcg: make blkcg_print_blkgs() grab q locks instead of blkcg lock Tejun Heo
     [not found]     ` <1356726946-26037-22-git-send-email-tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-02 19:27       ` Vivek Goyal
     [not found]         ` <20130102192700.GA9552-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-02 20:45           ` Tejun Heo
2013-01-08 18:08       ` Vivek Goyal
2012-12-28 23:18   ` [PATCH 18.5/24] blkcg: export __blkg_prfill_rwstat() take#2 Tejun Heo
2013-01-02 18:20   ` [PATCHSET] block: implement blkcg hierarchy support in cfq, take#2 Vivek Goyal
     [not found]     ` <20130102182037.GC4306-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-07 16:34       ` Tejun Heo
     [not found]         ` <20130107163437.GF3926-Gd/HAXX7CRxy/B6EtB590w@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-08 18:28           ` Vivek Goyal
2012-12-28 20:35 ` [PATCH 19/24] blkcg: implement blkg_[rw]stat_recursive_sum() and blkg_[rw]stat_merge() Tejun Heo
     [not found]   ` <1356726946-26037-20-git-send-email-tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-08 18:03     ` Vivek Goyal
2012-12-28 20:35 ` [PATCH 20/24] block: RCU free request_queue Tejun Heo
     [not found]   ` <1356726946-26037-21-git-send-email-tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-02 18:48     ` Vivek Goyal
     [not found]       ` <20130102184814.GD4306-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-02 20:43         ` Tejun Heo
2013-01-08 18:05     ` Vivek Goyal
2012-12-28 20:35 ` [PATCH 22/24] cfq-iosched: separate out cfqg_stats_reset() from cfq_pd_reset_stats() Tejun Heo
     [not found]   ` <1356726946-26037-23-git-send-email-tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-08 18:09     ` Vivek Goyal
2012-12-28 20:35 ` [PATCH 23/24] cfq-iosched: collect stats from dead cfqgs Tejun Heo
     [not found]   ` <1356726946-26037-24-git-send-email-tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-02 16:24     ` Vivek Goyal
     [not found]       ` <20130102162415.GA4306-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-02 16:30         ` Tejun Heo
     [not found]           ` <20130102163010.GC11220-9pTldWuhBndy/B6EtB590w@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-02 16:44             ` Vivek Goyal
     [not found]               ` <20130102164415.GB4306-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-02 16:52                 ` Tejun Heo
2013-01-08 18:12     ` Vivek Goyal
2012-12-28 20:35 ` [PATCH 24/24] cfq-iosched: add hierarchical cfq_group statistics Tejun Heo
     [not found]   ` <1356726946-26037-25-git-send-email-tj-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2013-01-08 18:27     ` Vivek Goyal

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