Re: [RFC 0/2] optimise local-tw task resheduling

Pavel Begunkov
2023-03-11T20:46:10Z

On 3/11/23 17:24, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 3/10/23 12:04?PM, Pavel Begunkov wrote:
>> io_uring extensively uses task_work, but when a task is waiting
>> for multiple CQEs it causes lots of rescheduling. This series
>> is an attempt to optimise it and be a base for future improvements.
>>
>> For some zc network tests eventually waiting for a portion of
>> buffers I've got 10x descrease in the number of context switches,
>> which reduced the CPU consumption more than twice (17% -> 8%).
>> It also helps storage cases, while running fio/t/io_uring against
>> a low performant drive it got 2x descrease of the number of context
>> switches for QD8 and ~4 times for QD32.
>>
>> Not for inclusion yet, I want to add an optimisation for when
>> waiting for 1 CQE.
>
> Ran this on the usual peak benchmark, using IRQ. IOPS is around ~70M for
> that, and I see context rates of around 8.1-8.3M/sec with the current
> kernel.
>
> Applied the two patches, but didn't see much of a change? Performance is
> about the same, and cx rate ditto. Confused... As you probably know,
> this test waits for 32 ios at the time.

If I'd to guess it already has perfect batching, for which case
the patch does nothing. Maybe it's due to SSD coalescing +
small ro I/O + consistency and small latencies of Optanes,
or might be on the scheduling and the kernel side to be slow
to react.

I was looking at trace_io_uring_local_work_run() while testing,
It's always should be @loop=QD (i.e. 32) for the patch, but
the guess is it's also 32 with that setup but without patches.

> Didn't take a closer look just yet, but I grok the concept. One
> immediate thing I'd want to change is the FACILE part of it. Let's call
> it something a bit more straightforward, perhaps LIGHT? Or LIGHTWEIGHT?

I don't really care, will change, but let me also ask why?
They're more or less synonyms, though facile is much less
popular. Is that your reasoning?

> I can see this mostly being used for filling a CQE, so it could also be
> named something like that. But could also be used for light work in the
> same vein, so might not be a good idea to base the naming on that.

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Pavel Begunkov