* [PATCH] dm mpath selector: more evenly distribute ties @ 2018-01-19 23:07 Khazhismel Kumykov 2018-01-24 10:57 ` [dm-devel] " Martin Wilck 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Khazhismel Kumykov @ 2018-01-19 23:07 UTC (permalink / raw) To: agk, snitzer, dm-devel; +Cc: linux-kernel, Khazhismel Kumykov [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 2910 bytes --] Move the last used path to the end of the list (least preferred) so that ties are more evenly distributed. For example, in case with three paths with one that is slower than others, the remaining two would be unevenly used if they tie. This is due to the rotation not being a truely fair distribution. Illustrated: paths a, b, c, 'c' has 1 outstanding IO, a and b are 'tied' Three possible rotations: (a, b, c) -> best path 'a' (b, c, a) -> best path 'b' (c, a, b) -> best path 'a' (a, b, c) -> best path 'a' (b, c, a) -> best path 'b' (c, a, b) -> best path 'a' ... So 'a' is used 2x more than 'b', although they should be used evenly. With this change, the most recently used path is always the least preferred, removing this bias resulting in even distribution. (a, b, c) -> best path 'a' (b, c, a) -> best path 'b' (c, a, b) -> best path 'a' (c, b, a) -> best path 'b' ... Signed-off-by: Khazhismel Kumykov <khazhy@google.com> --- drivers/md/dm-queue-length.c | 6 +++--- drivers/md/dm-service-time.c | 6 +++--- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-queue-length.c b/drivers/md/dm-queue-length.c index 23f178641794..969c4f1a3633 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm-queue-length.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-queue-length.c @@ -195,9 +195,6 @@ static struct dm_path *ql_select_path(struct path_selector *ps, size_t nr_bytes) if (list_empty(&s->valid_paths)) goto out; - /* Change preferred (first in list) path to evenly balance. */ - list_move_tail(s->valid_paths.next, &s->valid_paths); - list_for_each_entry(pi, &s->valid_paths, list) { if (!best || (atomic_read(&pi->qlen) < atomic_read(&best->qlen))) @@ -210,6 +207,9 @@ static struct dm_path *ql_select_path(struct path_selector *ps, size_t nr_bytes) if (!best) goto out; + /* Move most recently used to least preferred to evenly balance. */ + list_move_tail(&best->list, &s->valid_paths); + ret = best->path; out: spin_unlock_irqrestore(&s->lock, flags); diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-service-time.c b/drivers/md/dm-service-time.c index 7b8642045c55..f006a9005593 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm-service-time.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-service-time.c @@ -282,9 +282,6 @@ static struct dm_path *st_select_path(struct path_selector *ps, size_t nr_bytes) if (list_empty(&s->valid_paths)) goto out; - /* Change preferred (first in list) path to evenly balance. */ - list_move_tail(s->valid_paths.next, &s->valid_paths); - list_for_each_entry(pi, &s->valid_paths, list) if (!best || (st_compare_load(pi, best, nr_bytes) < 0)) best = pi; @@ -292,6 +289,9 @@ static struct dm_path *st_select_path(struct path_selector *ps, size_t nr_bytes) if (!best) goto out; + /* Move most recently used to least preferred to evenly balance. */ + list_move_tail(&best->list, &s->valid_paths); + ret = best->path; out: spin_unlock_irqrestore(&s->lock, flags); -- 2.16.0.rc1.238.g530d649a79-goog [-- Attachment #2: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature --] [-- Type: application/pkcs7-signature, Size: 4843 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH] dm mpath selector: more evenly distribute ties 2018-01-19 23:07 [PATCH] dm mpath selector: more evenly distribute ties Khazhismel Kumykov @ 2018-01-24 10:57 ` Martin Wilck 2018-01-24 18:44 ` Khazhismel Kumykov 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Martin Wilck @ 2018-01-24 10:57 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Khazhismel Kumykov, agk, snitzer, dm-devel; +Cc: linux-kernel On Fri, 2018-01-19 at 15:07 -0800, Khazhismel Kumykov wrote: > Move the last used path to the end of the list (least preferred) so > that > ties are more evenly distributed. > > For example, in case with three paths with one that is slower than > others, the remaining two would be unevenly used if they tie. This is > due to the rotation not being a truely fair distribution. > > Illustrated: paths a, b, c, 'c' has 1 outstanding IO, a and b are > 'tied' > Three possible rotations: > (a, b, c) -> best path 'a' > (b, c, a) -> best path 'b' > (c, a, b) -> best path 'a' > (a, b, c) -> best path 'a' > (b, c, a) -> best path 'b' > (c, a, b) -> best path 'a' > ... This happens only if a and b actually have the same weight (e.g. queue length for the queue-length selector). If 'a' really receives more IO, its queue grows, and the selector will start preferring 'b', so the effect should level out automatically with the current code as soon as you have real IO going on. But maybe I haven't grasped what you're referring to as "tied". OTOH, if the "best" path has much lower queue length than the other paths for whatever reason, your pushing it to the tail will require a full list walk with every new call of the selector. I see tjat as a small disadvantage of your approach. Regards Martin > > So 'a' is used 2x more than 'b', although they should be used evenly. > > With this change, the most recently used path is always the least > preferred, removing this bias resulting in even distribution. > (a, b, c) -> best path 'a' > (b, c, a) -> best path 'b' > (c, a, b) -> best path 'a' > (c, b, a) -> best path 'b' > ... > > Signed-off-by: Khazhismel Kumykov <khazhy@google.com> > --- > drivers/md/dm-queue-length.c | 6 +++--- > drivers/md/dm-service-time.c | 6 +++--- > 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-queue-length.c b/drivers/md/dm-queue- > length.c > index 23f178641794..969c4f1a3633 100644 > --- a/drivers/md/dm-queue-length.c > +++ b/drivers/md/dm-queue-length.c > @@ -195,9 +195,6 @@ static struct dm_path *ql_select_path(struct > path_selector *ps, size_t nr_bytes) > if (list_empty(&s->valid_paths)) > goto out; > > - /* Change preferred (first in list) path to evenly balance. > */ > - list_move_tail(s->valid_paths.next, &s->valid_paths); > - > list_for_each_entry(pi, &s->valid_paths, list) { > if (!best || > (atomic_read(&pi->qlen) < atomic_read(&best- > >qlen))) > @@ -210,6 +207,9 @@ static struct dm_path *ql_select_path(struct > path_selector *ps, size_t nr_bytes) > if (!best) > goto out; > > + /* Move most recently used to least preferred to evenly > balance. */ > + list_move_tail(&best->list, &s->valid_paths); > + > ret = best->path; > out: > spin_unlock_irqrestore(&s->lock, flags); > diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-service-time.c b/drivers/md/dm-service- > time.c > index 7b8642045c55..f006a9005593 100644 > --- a/drivers/md/dm-service-time.c > +++ b/drivers/md/dm-service-time.c > @@ -282,9 +282,6 @@ static struct dm_path *st_select_path(struct > path_selector *ps, size_t nr_bytes) > if (list_empty(&s->valid_paths)) > goto out; > > - /* Change preferred (first in list) path to evenly balance. > */ > - list_move_tail(s->valid_paths.next, &s->valid_paths); > - > list_for_each_entry(pi, &s->valid_paths, list) > if (!best || (st_compare_load(pi, best, nr_bytes) < > 0)) > best = pi; > @@ -292,6 +289,9 @@ static struct dm_path *st_select_path(struct > path_selector *ps, size_t nr_bytes) > if (!best) > goto out; > > + /* Move most recently used to least preferred to evenly > balance. */ > + list_move_tail(&best->list, &s->valid_paths); > + > ret = best->path; > out: > spin_unlock_irqrestore(&s->lock, flags); > -- > dm-devel mailing list > dm-devel@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel -- Dr. Martin Wilck <mwilck@suse.com>, Tel. +49 (0)911 74053 2107 SUSE Linux GmbH, GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH] dm mpath selector: more evenly distribute ties 2018-01-24 10:57 ` [dm-devel] " Martin Wilck @ 2018-01-24 18:44 ` Khazhismel Kumykov 2018-01-24 19:09 ` Martin Wilck 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Khazhismel Kumykov @ 2018-01-24 18:44 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Martin Wilck; +Cc: agk, snitzer, dm-devel, linux-kernel [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 5181 bytes --] On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 2:57 AM, Martin Wilck <mwilck@suse.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2018-01-19 at 15:07 -0800, Khazhismel Kumykov wrote: >> Move the last used path to the end of the list (least preferred) so >> that >> ties are more evenly distributed. >> >> For example, in case with three paths with one that is slower than >> others, the remaining two would be unevenly used if they tie. This is >> due to the rotation not being a truely fair distribution. >> >> Illustrated: paths a, b, c, 'c' has 1 outstanding IO, a and b are >> 'tied' >> Three possible rotations: >> (a, b, c) -> best path 'a' >> (b, c, a) -> best path 'b' >> (c, a, b) -> best path 'a' >> (a, b, c) -> best path 'a' >> (b, c, a) -> best path 'b' >> (c, a, b) -> best path 'a' >> ... > > > This happens only if a and b actually have the same weight (e.g. queue > length for the queue-length selector). If 'a' really receives more IO, > its queue grows, and the selector will start preferring 'b', so the > effect should level out automatically with the current code as soon as > you have real IO going on. But maybe I haven't grasped what you're > referring to as "tied". Yes, for "tied" I'm referring to paths with the same weight. As queue length grows it does tend to level out, but in the case where queue length doesn't grow (in this example I'm imagining 2 concurrent requests to the device) the bias does show and the selectors really do send 'a' 2x more requests than 'b' (when 'c' is much slower and 'a' and 'b' are ~same speed). > > OTOH, if the "best" path has much lower queue length than the other > paths for whatever reason, your pushing it to the tail will require a > full list walk with every new call of the selector. I see tjat as a > small disadvantage of your approach. I see, with best at the tail, we would not see as much benefit from the check if a path has no IOs on it in queue-length. In service-time no such short circuit exists, so I don't believe anything changes there. Am I understanding this correctly? > > Regards > Martin > Thanks for your comments, Khazhy >> >> So 'a' is used 2x more than 'b', although they should be used evenly. >> >> With this change, the most recently used path is always the least >> preferred, removing this bias resulting in even distribution. >> (a, b, c) -> best path 'a' >> (b, c, a) -> best path 'b' >> (c, a, b) -> best path 'a' >> (c, b, a) -> best path 'b' >> ... >> >> Signed-off-by: Khazhismel Kumykov <khazhy@google.com> >> --- >> drivers/md/dm-queue-length.c | 6 +++--- >> drivers/md/dm-service-time.c | 6 +++--- >> 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-queue-length.c b/drivers/md/dm-queue- >> length.c >> index 23f178641794..969c4f1a3633 100644 >> --- a/drivers/md/dm-queue-length.c >> +++ b/drivers/md/dm-queue-length.c >> @@ -195,9 +195,6 @@ static struct dm_path *ql_select_path(struct >> path_selector *ps, size_t nr_bytes) >> if (list_empty(&s->valid_paths)) >> goto out; >> >> - /* Change preferred (first in list) path to evenly balance. >> */ >> - list_move_tail(s->valid_paths.next, &s->valid_paths); >> - >> list_for_each_entry(pi, &s->valid_paths, list) { >> if (!best || >> (atomic_read(&pi->qlen) < atomic_read(&best- >> >qlen))) >> @@ -210,6 +207,9 @@ static struct dm_path *ql_select_path(struct >> path_selector *ps, size_t nr_bytes) >> if (!best) >> goto out; >> >> + /* Move most recently used to least preferred to evenly >> balance. */ >> + list_move_tail(&best->list, &s->valid_paths); >> + >> ret = best->path; >> out: >> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&s->lock, flags); >> diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-service-time.c b/drivers/md/dm-service- >> time.c >> index 7b8642045c55..f006a9005593 100644 >> --- a/drivers/md/dm-service-time.c >> +++ b/drivers/md/dm-service-time.c >> @@ -282,9 +282,6 @@ static struct dm_path *st_select_path(struct >> path_selector *ps, size_t nr_bytes) >> if (list_empty(&s->valid_paths)) >> goto out; >> >> - /* Change preferred (first in list) path to evenly balance. >> */ >> - list_move_tail(s->valid_paths.next, &s->valid_paths); >> - >> list_for_each_entry(pi, &s->valid_paths, list) >> if (!best || (st_compare_load(pi, best, nr_bytes) < >> 0)) >> best = pi; >> @@ -292,6 +289,9 @@ static struct dm_path *st_select_path(struct >> path_selector *ps, size_t nr_bytes) >> if (!best) >> goto out; >> >> + /* Move most recently used to least preferred to evenly >> balance. */ >> + list_move_tail(&best->list, &s->valid_paths); >> + >> ret = best->path; >> out: >> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&s->lock, flags); >> -- >> dm-devel mailing list >> dm-devel@redhat.com >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel > > -- > Dr. Martin Wilck <mwilck@suse.com>, Tel. +49 (0)911 74053 2107 > SUSE Linux GmbH, GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton > HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) > [-- Attachment #2: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature --] [-- Type: application/pkcs7-signature, Size: 4843 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH] dm mpath selector: more evenly distribute ties 2018-01-24 18:44 ` Khazhismel Kumykov @ 2018-01-24 19:09 ` Martin Wilck 2018-01-24 19:41 ` Khazhismel Kumykov 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Martin Wilck @ 2018-01-24 19:09 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Khazhismel Kumykov; +Cc: agk, snitzer, dm-devel, linux-kernel On Wed, 2018-01-24 at 10:44 -0800, Khazhismel Kumykov wrote: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 2:57 AM, Martin Wilck <mwilck@suse.com> > wrote: > > On Fri, 2018-01-19 at 15:07 -0800, Khazhismel Kumykov wrote: > > > Move the last used path to the end of the list (least preferred) > > > so > > > that > > > ties are more evenly distributed. > > > > > > For example, in case with three paths with one that is slower > > > than > > > others, the remaining two would be unevenly used if they tie. > > > This is > > > due to the rotation not being a truely fair distribution. > > > > > > Illustrated: paths a, b, c, 'c' has 1 outstanding IO, a and b are > > > 'tied' > > > Three possible rotations: > > > (a, b, c) -> best path 'a' > > > (b, c, a) -> best path 'b' > > > (c, a, b) -> best path 'a' > > > (a, b, c) -> best path 'a' > > > (b, c, a) -> best path 'b' > > > (c, a, b) -> best path 'a' > > > ... > > > > > > This happens only if a and b actually have the same weight (e.g. > > queue > > length for the queue-length selector). If 'a' really receives more > > IO, > > its queue grows, and the selector will start preferring 'b', so the > > effect should level out automatically with the current code as soon > > as > > you have real IO going on. But maybe I haven't grasped what you're > > referring to as "tied". > > Yes, for "tied" I'm referring to paths with the same weight. As queue > length grows it does tend to level out, but in the case where queue > length doesn't grow (in this example I'm imagining 2 concurrent > requests to the device) the bias does show and the selectors really > do > send 'a' 2x more requests than 'b' (when 'c' is much slower and 'a' > and 'b' are ~same speed). Have you actually observed this? I find the idea pretty academical that two paths would be walking "tied" this way. In practice, under IO load, I'd expect queue lengths (and service-times, for that matter) to fluctuate enough to prevent this effect to be measurable. But of course, I may be wrong. If you really did observe this, the next question would be: does hurt performance to an extent that can be noticed/measured? I reckon that if 'a' got saturated under the load, hurting performance, its queue length would grow quickly and 'b' would automatically get preferred. > > OTOH, if the "best" path has much lower queue length than the other > > paths for whatever reason, your pushing it to the tail will require > > a > > full list walk with every new call of the selector. I see tjat as a > > small disadvantage of your approach. > > I see, with best at the tail, we would not see as much benefit from > the check if a path has no IOs on it in queue-length. In service-time > no such short circuit exists, so I don't believe anything changes > there. Am I understanding this correctly? Forget that. I was confused. We're walking the entire list every time anyway, except for the . I find it strange to put the best candidate to the tail every time, but I can't prove that it really hurts. Martin -- Dr. Martin Wilck <mwilck@suse.com>, Tel. +49 (0)911 74053 2107 SUSE Linux GmbH, GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH] dm mpath selector: more evenly distribute ties 2018-01-24 19:09 ` Martin Wilck @ 2018-01-24 19:41 ` Khazhismel Kumykov 2018-01-24 20:00 ` Martin Wilck 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Khazhismel Kumykov @ 2018-01-24 19:41 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Martin Wilck; +Cc: agk, snitzer, dm-devel, linux-kernel [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 3267 bytes --] On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 11:09 AM, Martin Wilck <mwilck@suse.com> wrote: > On Wed, 2018-01-24 at 10:44 -0800, Khazhismel Kumykov wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 2:57 AM, Martin Wilck <mwilck@suse.com> >> wrote: >> > On Fri, 2018-01-19 at 15:07 -0800, Khazhismel Kumykov wrote: >> > > Move the last used path to the end of the list (least preferred) >> > > so >> > > that >> > > ties are more evenly distributed. >> > > >> > > For example, in case with three paths with one that is slower >> > > than >> > > others, the remaining two would be unevenly used if they tie. >> > > This is >> > > due to the rotation not being a truely fair distribution. >> > > >> > > Illustrated: paths a, b, c, 'c' has 1 outstanding IO, a and b are >> > > 'tied' >> > > Three possible rotations: >> > > (a, b, c) -> best path 'a' >> > > (b, c, a) -> best path 'b' >> > > (c, a, b) -> best path 'a' >> > > (a, b, c) -> best path 'a' >> > > (b, c, a) -> best path 'b' >> > > (c, a, b) -> best path 'a' >> > > ... >> > >> > >> > This happens only if a and b actually have the same weight (e.g. >> > queue >> > length for the queue-length selector). If 'a' really receives more >> > IO, >> > its queue grows, and the selector will start preferring 'b', so the >> > effect should level out automatically with the current code as soon >> > as >> > you have real IO going on. But maybe I haven't grasped what you're >> > referring to as "tied". >> >> Yes, for "tied" I'm referring to paths with the same weight. As queue >> length grows it does tend to level out, but in the case where queue >> length doesn't grow (in this example I'm imagining 2 concurrent >> requests to the device) the bias does show and the selectors really >> do >> send 'a' 2x more requests than 'b' (when 'c' is much slower and 'a' >> and 'b' are ~same speed). > > Have you actually observed this? I find the idea pretty academical that > two paths would be walking "tied" this way. In practice, under IO load, > I'd expect queue lengths (and service-times, for that matter) to > fluctuate enough to prevent this effect to be measurable. But of > course, I may be wrong. If you really did observe this, the next > question would be: does hurt performance to an extent that can be > noticed/measured? I reckon that if 'a' got saturated under the load, > hurting performance, its queue length would grow quickly and 'b' would > automatically get preferred. This is fairly simple to observe - start two sync reader threads against a device with 3 backing paths, with one path taking longer on average to complete requests than the other two. One of the 'faster' paths will be used ~2x more than the other. Perhaps not that common a situation, but is a real one. The bias seemed simple to remove, so that the two (or N) paths would be used equally. I don't see a downside to more evenly distributing in this case, although I can't say I've directly observed performance downsides for a biased distribution (aside from the distribution being biased itself being a downside). The bias of note is inherent to the order paths are added to the selector (and which path is 'always bad'), so if 'a' is saturated due to this, then slows, once it recovers it will continue to be preferred, versus in an even distribution. Khazhy [-- Attachment #2: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature --] [-- Type: application/pkcs7-signature, Size: 4843 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH] dm mpath selector: more evenly distribute ties 2018-01-24 19:41 ` Khazhismel Kumykov @ 2018-01-24 20:00 ` Martin Wilck 0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Martin Wilck @ 2018-01-24 20:00 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Khazhismel Kumykov; +Cc: agk, snitzer, dm-devel, linux-kernel On Wed, 2018-01-24 at 11:41 -0800, Khazhismel Kumykov wrote: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 11:09 AM, Martin Wilck <mwilck@suse.com> > wrote: > > On Wed, 2018-01-24 at 10:44 -0800, Khazhismel Kumykov wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 2:57 AM, Martin Wilck <mwilck@suse.com> > > > wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2018-01-19 at 15:07 -0800, Khazhismel Kumykov wrote: > > > > > Move the last used path to the end of the list (least > > > > > preferred) > > > > > so > > > > > that > > > > > ties are more evenly distributed. > > > > > > > > > > For example, in case with three paths with one that is slower > > > > > than > > > > > others, the remaining two would be unevenly used if they tie. > > > > > This is > > > > > due to the rotation not being a truely fair distribution. > > > > > > > > > > Illustrated: paths a, b, c, 'c' has 1 outstanding IO, a and b > > > > > are > > > > > 'tied' > > > > > Three possible rotations: > > > > > (a, b, c) -> best path 'a' > > > > > (b, c, a) -> best path 'b' > > > > > (c, a, b) -> best path 'a' > > > > > (a, b, c) -> best path 'a' > > > > > (b, c, a) -> best path 'b' > > > > > (c, a, b) -> best path 'a' > > > > > ... > > > > > > > > > > > > This happens only if a and b actually have the same weight > > > > (e.g. > > > > queue > > > > length for the queue-length selector). If 'a' really receives > > > > more > > > > IO, > > > > its queue grows, and the selector will start preferring 'b', so > > > > the > > > > effect should level out automatically with the current code as > > > > soon > > > > as > > > > you have real IO going on. But maybe I haven't grasped what > > > > you're > > > > referring to as "tied". > > > > > > Yes, for "tied" I'm referring to paths with the same weight. As > > > queue > > > length grows it does tend to level out, but in the case where > > > queue > > > length doesn't grow (in this example I'm imagining 2 concurrent > > > requests to the device) the bias does show and the selectors > > > really > > > do > > > send 'a' 2x more requests than 'b' (when 'c' is much slower and > > > 'a' > > > and 'b' are ~same speed). > > > > Have you actually observed this? I find the idea pretty academical > > that > > two paths would be walking "tied" this way. In practice, under IO > > load, > > I'd expect queue lengths (and service-times, for that matter) to > > fluctuate enough to prevent this effect to be measurable. But of > > course, I may be wrong. If you really did observe this, the next > > question would be: does hurt performance to an extent that can be > > noticed/measured? I reckon that if 'a' got saturated under the > > load, > > hurting performance, its queue length would grow quickly and 'b' > > would > > automatically get preferred. > > This is fairly simple to observe - start two sync reader threads > against a device with 3 backing paths, with one path taking longer on > average to complete requests than the other two. One of the 'faster' > paths will be used ~2x more than the other. Perhaps not that common a > situation, but is a real one. The bias seemed simple to remove, so > that the two (or N) paths would be used equally. > > I don't see a downside to more evenly distributing in this case, > although I can't say I've directly observed performance downsides for > a biased distribution (aside from the distribution being biased > itself > being a downside). > The bias of note is inherent to the order paths are added to the > selector (and which path is 'always bad'), so if 'a' is saturated due > to this, then slows, once it recovers it will continue to be > preferred, versus in an even distribution. Well, the expectation is indeed that load is spread equally, and I can also see no downside. So: Reviewed-by: Martin Wilck <mwilck@suse.com> -- Dr. Martin Wilck <mwilck@suse.com>, Tel. +49 (0)911 74053 2107 SUSE Linux GmbH, GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
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