Re: [PATCH 5.13 v2] io_uring: maintain drain requests' logic

Pavel Begunkov
2021-04-08T12:27:06Z

On 08/04/2021 12:43, Hao Xu wrote:
> 在 2021/4/8 下午6:16, Hao Xu 写道:
>> 在 2021/4/7 下午11:49, Jens Axboe 写道:
>>> On 4/7/21 5:23 AM, Hao Xu wrote:
>>>> more tests comming, send this out first for comments.
>>>>
>>>> Hao Xu (3):
>>>>    io_uring: add IOSQE_MULTI_CQES/REQ_F_MULTI_CQES for multishot requests
>>>>    io_uring: maintain drain logic for multishot requests
>>>>    io_uring: use REQ_F_MULTI_CQES for multipoll IORING_OP_ADD
>>>>
>>>>   fs/io_uring.c                 | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>>>>   include/uapi/linux/io_uring.h |  8 +++-----
>>>>   2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> Let's do the simple cq_extra first. I don't see a huge need to add an
>>> IOSQE flag for this, probably best to just keep this on a per opcode
>>> basis for now, which also then limits the code path to just touching
>>> poll for now, as nothing else supports multishot CQEs at this point.
>>>
>> gotcha.
>> a small issue here:
>>   sqe-->sqe(link)-->sqe(link)-->sqe(link, multishot)-->sqe(drain)
>>
>> in the above case, assume the first 3 single-shot reqs have completed.
>> then I think the drian request won't be issued now unless the multishot request in the linkchain has been issued. The trick is: a multishot req
>> in a linkchain consumes cached_sq_head when io_get_sqe(), which means it
>> is counted in seq, but we will deduct the sqe when it is issued if we
>> want to do the job per opcode not in the main code path.
>> before the multishot req issued:
>>       all_sqes(4) - multishot_sqes(0) == all_cqes(3) - multishot_cqes(0)
>> after the multishot req issued:
>>       all_sqes(4) - multishot_sqes(1) == all_cqes(3) - multishot_cqes(0)
>
> Sorry, my statement is wrong. It's not "won't be issued now unless the
> multishot request in the linkchain has been issued". Actually I now
> think the drain req won't be issued unless the multishot request in the
> linkchain has completed. Because we may first check req_need_defer()
> then issue(req->link), so:
>    sqe0-->sqe1(link)-->sqe2(link)-->sqe3(link, multishot)-->sqe4(drain)
>
>   sqe2 is completed:
>     call req_need_defer:
>     all_sqes(4) - multishot_sqes(0) == all_cqes(3) - multishot_cqes(0)
>   sqe3 is issued:
>     all_sqes(4) - multishot_sqes(1) == all_cqes(3) - multishot_cqes(0)
>   sqe3 is completed:
>     call req_need_defer:
>     all_sqes(4) - multishot_sqes(1) == all_cqes(3) - multishot_cqes(0)
>
> sqe4 shouldn't wait sqe3.

Do you mean it wouldn't if the patch is applied? Because any drain
request must wait for all requests submitted before to complete. And
so before issuing sqe4 it must wait for sqe3 __request__ to die, and
so for all sqe3's CQEs.

previously

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Pavel Begunkov