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* [PATCH v6] Improve the performance of --num-threads -d 31
@ 2016-04-14  5:42 Zhou Wenjian
  2016-04-14  5:56 ` "Zhou, Wenjian/周文剑"
  2016-04-15  2:39 ` Minfei Huang
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Zhou Wenjian @ 2016-04-14  5:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: kexec

v6:
        1. address Atsushi Kumagai's comments about calculating and reserving memory
v5:
        1. remove unused variable check_out
        2. reset num_threads if memory is not enough
v4:
        1. fix a bug caused by the logic
v3:
        1. remove some unused variables
        2. fix a bug caused by the wrong logic
        3. fix a bug caused by optimising
        4. improve more performance by using Minoru Usui's code

multi-threads implementation will introduce extra cost when handling
each page. The origin implementation will also do the extra work for
filtered pages. So there is a big performance degradation in
--num-threads -d 31.
The new implementation won't do the extra work for filtered pages any
more. So the performance of -d 31 is close to that of serial processing.

The new implementation is just like the following:
        * The basic idea is producer producing page and consumer writing page.
        * Each producer have a page_flag_buf list which is used for storing
          page's description.
        * The size of page_flag_buf is little so it won't take too much memory.
        * And all producers will share a page_data_buf array which is
          used for storing page's compressed data.
        * The main thread is the consumer. It will find the next pfn and write
          it into file.
        * The next pfn is smallest pfn in all page_flag_buf.

Signed-off-by: Minoru Usui <min-usui@ti.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhou Wenjian <zhouwj-fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
---
 makedumpfile.c | 320 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
 makedumpfile.h |  38 ++++---
 2 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 148 deletions(-)

diff --git a/makedumpfile.c b/makedumpfile.c
index fa0b779..a826321 100644
--- a/makedumpfile.c
+++ b/makedumpfile.c
@@ -3481,9 +3481,8 @@ initial_for_parallel()
 {
 	unsigned long len_buf_out;
 	unsigned long page_data_buf_size;
-	unsigned long limit_size;
-	int page_data_num;
-	int i;
+	struct page_flag *current;
+	int i, j;
 
 	len_buf_out = calculate_len_buf_out(info->page_size);
 
@@ -3553,20 +3552,7 @@ initial_for_parallel()
 #endif
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * get a safe number of page_data
-	 */
-	page_data_buf_size = MAX(len_buf_out, info->page_size);
-
-	limit_size = (get_free_memory_size()
-		      - MAP_REGION * info->num_threads) * 0.6;
-
-	page_data_num = limit_size / page_data_buf_size;
-
-	info->num_buffers = MIN(NUM_BUFFERS, page_data_num);
-
-	DEBUG_MSG("Number of struct page_data for produce/consume: %d\n",
-			info->num_buffers);
+	info->num_buffers = PAGE_DATA_NUM * info->num_threads;
 
 	/*
 	 * allocate memory for page_data
@@ -3579,6 +3565,7 @@ initial_for_parallel()
 	}
 	memset(info->page_data_buf, 0, sizeof(struct page_data) * info->num_buffers);
 
+	page_data_buf_size = MAX(len_buf_out, info->page_size);
 	for (i = 0; i < info->num_buffers; i++) {
 		if ((info->page_data_buf[i].buf = malloc(page_data_buf_size)) == NULL) {
 			MSG("Can't allocate memory for buf of page_data_buf. %s\n",
@@ -3588,6 +3575,36 @@ initial_for_parallel()
 	}
 
 	/*
+	 * initial page_flag for each thread
+	 */
+	if ((info->page_flag_buf = malloc(sizeof(void *) * info->num_threads))
+	    == NULL) {
+		MSG("Can't allocate memory for page_flag_buf. %s\n",
+				strerror(errno));
+		return FALSE;
+	}
+	memset(info->page_flag_buf, 0, sizeof(void *) * info->num_threads);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
+		if ((info->page_flag_buf[i] = calloc(1, sizeof(struct page_flag))) == NULL) {
+			MSG("Can't allocate memory for page_flag. %s\n",
+				strerror(errno));
+			return FALSE;
+		}
+		current = info->page_flag_buf[i];
+
+		for (j = 1; j < PAGE_FLAG_NUM; j++) {
+			if ((current->next = calloc(1, sizeof(struct page_flag))) == NULL) {
+				MSG("Can't allocate memory for page_flag. %s\n",
+					strerror(errno));
+				return FALSE;
+			}
+			current = current->next;
+		}
+		current->next = info->page_flag_buf[i];
+	}
+
+	/*
 	 * initial fd_memory for threads
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
@@ -3612,7 +3629,8 @@ initial_for_parallel()
 void
 free_for_parallel()
 {
-	int i;
+	int i, j;
+	struct page_flag *current;
 
 	if (info->threads != NULL) {
 		for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
@@ -3655,6 +3673,19 @@ free_for_parallel()
 		free(info->page_data_buf);
 	}
 
+	if (info->page_flag_buf != NULL) {
+		for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
+			for (j = 0; j < PAGE_FLAG_NUM; j++) {
+				if (info->page_flag_buf[i] != NULL) {
+					current = info->page_flag_buf[i];
+					info->page_flag_buf[i] = current->next;
+					free(current);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		free(info->page_flag_buf);
+	}
+
 	if (info->parallel_info == NULL)
 		return;
 
@@ -7075,11 +7106,11 @@ void *
 kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
 	void *retval = PTHREAD_FAIL;
 	struct thread_args *kdump_thread_args = (struct thread_args *)arg;
-	struct page_data *page_data_buf = kdump_thread_args->page_data_buf;
+	volatile struct page_data *page_data_buf = kdump_thread_args->page_data_buf;
+	volatile struct page_flag *page_flag_buf = kdump_thread_args->page_flag_buf;
 	struct cycle *cycle = kdump_thread_args->cycle;
-	int page_data_num = kdump_thread_args->page_data_num;
-	mdf_pfn_t pfn;
-	int index;
+	mdf_pfn_t pfn = cycle->start_pfn;
+	int index = kdump_thread_args->thread_num;
 	int buf_ready;
 	int dumpable;
 	int fd_memory = 0;
@@ -7125,47 +7156,48 @@ kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
 						kdump_thread_args->thread_num);
 	}
 
-	while (1) {
-		/* get next pfn */
-		pthread_mutex_lock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
-		pfn = info->current_pfn;
-		info->current_pfn++;
-		pthread_mutex_unlock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
-
-		if (pfn >= kdump_thread_args->end_pfn)
-			break;
-
-		index = -1;
+	/*
+	 * filtered page won't take anything
+	 * unfiltered zero page will only take a page_flag_buf
+	 * unfiltered non-zero page will take a page_flag_buf and a page_data_buf
+	 */
+	while (pfn < cycle->end_pfn) {
 		buf_ready = FALSE;
 
+		pthread_mutex_lock(&info->page_data_mutex);
+		while (page_data_buf[index].used != FALSE) {
+			index = (index + 1) % info->num_buffers;
+		}
+		page_data_buf[index].used = TRUE;
+		pthread_mutex_unlock(&info->page_data_mutex);
+
 		while (buf_ready == FALSE) {
 			pthread_testcancel();
-
-			index = pfn % page_data_num;
-
-			if (pfn - info->consumed_pfn > info->num_buffers)
+			if (page_flag_buf->ready == FLAG_READY)
 				continue;
 
-			if (page_data_buf[index].ready != 0)
-				continue;
-
-			pthread_mutex_lock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex);
-
-			if (page_data_buf[index].ready != 0)
-				goto unlock;
-
-			buf_ready = TRUE;
+			/* get next dumpable pfn */
+			pthread_mutex_lock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
+			for (pfn = info->current_pfn; pfn < cycle->end_pfn; pfn++) {
+				dumpable = is_dumpable(
+					info->fd_bitmap ? &bitmap_parallel : info->bitmap2,
+					pfn,
+					cycle);
+				if (dumpable)
+					break;
+			}
+			info->current_pfn = pfn + 1;
 
-			page_data_buf[index].pfn = pfn;
-			page_data_buf[index].ready = 1;
+			page_flag_buf->pfn = pfn;
+			page_flag_buf->ready = FLAG_FILLING;
+			pthread_mutex_unlock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
+			sem_post(&info->page_flag_buf_sem);
 
-			dumpable = is_dumpable(
-				info->fd_bitmap ? &bitmap_parallel : info->bitmap2,
-				pfn,
-				cycle);
-			page_data_buf[index].dumpable = dumpable;
-			if (!dumpable)
-				goto unlock;
+			if (pfn >= cycle->end_pfn) {
+				info->current_pfn = cycle->end_pfn;
+				page_data_buf[index].used = FALSE;
+				break;
+			}
 
 			if (!read_pfn_parallel(fd_memory, pfn, buf,
 					       &bitmap_memory_parallel,
@@ -7178,11 +7210,11 @@ kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
 
 			if ((info->dump_level & DL_EXCLUDE_ZERO)
 			    && is_zero_page(buf, info->page_size)) {
-				page_data_buf[index].zero = TRUE;
-				goto unlock;
+				page_flag_buf->zero = TRUE;
+				goto next;
 			}
 
-			page_data_buf[index].zero = FALSE;
+			page_flag_buf->zero = FALSE;
 
 			/*
 			 * Compress the page data.
@@ -7232,12 +7264,14 @@ kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
 				page_data_buf[index].size  = info->page_size;
 				memcpy(page_data_buf[index].buf, buf, info->page_size);
 			}
-unlock:
-			pthread_mutex_unlock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex);
+			page_flag_buf->index = index;
+			buf_ready = TRUE;
+next:
+			page_flag_buf->ready = FLAG_READY;
+			page_flag_buf = page_flag_buf->next;
 
 		}
 	}
-
 	retval = NULL;
 
 fail:
@@ -7265,14 +7299,15 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
 	struct page_desc pd;
 	struct timeval tv_start;
 	struct timeval last, new;
-	unsigned long long consuming_pfn;
 	pthread_t **threads = NULL;
 	struct thread_args *kdump_thread_args = NULL;
 	void *thread_result;
-	int page_data_num;
+	int page_buf_num;
 	struct page_data *page_data_buf = NULL;
 	int i;
 	int index;
+	int end_count, consuming;
+	mdf_pfn_t current_pfn, temp_pfn;
 
 	if (info->flag_elf_dumpfile)
 		return FALSE;
@@ -7284,13 +7319,6 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	res = pthread_mutex_init(&info->consumed_pfn_mutex, NULL);
-	if (res != 0) {
-		ERRMSG("Can't initialize consumed_pfn_mutex. %s\n",
-				strerror(res));
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	res = pthread_mutex_init(&info->filter_mutex, NULL);
 	if (res != 0) {
 		ERRMSG("Can't initialize filter_mutex. %s\n", strerror(res));
@@ -7314,36 +7342,23 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
 	end_pfn   = cycle->end_pfn;
 
 	info->current_pfn = start_pfn;
-	info->consumed_pfn = start_pfn - 1;
 
 	threads = info->threads;
 	kdump_thread_args = info->kdump_thread_args;
 
-	page_data_num = info->num_buffers;
+	page_buf_num = info->num_buffers;
 	page_data_buf = info->page_data_buf;
+	pthread_mutex_init(&info->page_data_mutex, NULL);
+	sem_init(&info->page_flag_buf_sem, 0, 0);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < page_data_num; i++) {
-		/*
-		 * producer will use pfn in page_data_buf to decide the
-		 * consumed pfn
-		 */
-		page_data_buf[i].pfn = start_pfn - 1;
-		page_data_buf[i].ready = 0;
-		res = pthread_mutex_init(&page_data_buf[i].mutex, NULL);
-		if (res != 0) {
-			ERRMSG("Can't initialize mutex of page_data_buf. %s\n",
-					strerror(res));
-			goto out;
-		}
-	}
+	for (i = 0; i < page_buf_num; i++)
+		page_data_buf[i].used = FALSE;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
 		kdump_thread_args[i].thread_num = i;
 		kdump_thread_args[i].len_buf_out = len_buf_out;
-		kdump_thread_args[i].start_pfn = start_pfn;
-		kdump_thread_args[i].end_pfn = end_pfn;
-		kdump_thread_args[i].page_data_num = page_data_num;
 		kdump_thread_args[i].page_data_buf = page_data_buf;
+		kdump_thread_args[i].page_flag_buf = info->page_flag_buf[i];
 		kdump_thread_args[i].cycle = cycle;
 
 		res = pthread_create(threads[i], NULL,
@@ -7356,55 +7371,86 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
 		}
 	}
 
-	consuming_pfn = start_pfn;
-	index = -1;
+	end_count = 0;
+	while (1) {
+		consuming = 0;
 
-	gettimeofday(&last, NULL);
+		/*
+		 * The basic idea is producer producing page and consumer writing page.
+		 * Each producer have a page_flag_buf list which is used for storing page's description.
+		 * The size of page_flag_buf is little so it won't take too much memory.
+		 * And all producers will share a page_data_buf array which is used for storing page's compressed data.
+		 * The main thread is the consumer. It will find the next pfn and write it into file.
+		 * The next pfn is smallest pfn in all page_flag_buf.
+		 */
+		sem_wait(&info->page_flag_buf_sem);
+		gettimeofday(&last, NULL);
+		while (1) {
+			current_pfn = end_pfn;
 
-	while (consuming_pfn < end_pfn) {
-		index = consuming_pfn % page_data_num;
+			/*
+			 * page_flag_buf is in circular linked list.
+			 * The array info->page_flag_buf[] records the current page_flag_buf in each thread's
+			 * page_flag_buf list.
+			 * consuming is used for recording in which thread the pfn is the smallest.
+			 * current_pfn is used for recording the value of pfn when checking the pfn.
+			 */
+			for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
+				if (info->page_flag_buf[i]->ready == FLAG_UNUSED)
+					continue;
+				temp_pfn = info->page_flag_buf[i]->pfn;
 
-		gettimeofday(&new, NULL);
-		if (new.tv_sec - last.tv_sec > WAIT_TIME) {
-			ERRMSG("Can't get data of pfn %llx.\n", consuming_pfn);
-			goto out;
-		}
+				/*
+				 * count how many threads have reached the end.
+				 */
+				if (temp_pfn >= end_pfn) {
+					info->page_flag_buf[i]->ready = FLAG_UNUSED;
+					end_count++;
+					continue;
+				}
 
-		/*
-		 * check pfn first without mutex locked to reduce the time
-		 * trying to lock the mutex
-		 */
-		if (page_data_buf[index].pfn != consuming_pfn)
-			continue;
+				if (current_pfn < temp_pfn)
+					continue;
 
-		if (pthread_mutex_trylock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex) != 0)
-			continue;
+				consuming = i;
+				current_pfn = temp_pfn;
+			}
 
-		/* check whether the found one is ready to be consumed */
-		if (page_data_buf[index].pfn != consuming_pfn ||
-		    page_data_buf[index].ready != 1) {
-			goto unlock;
+			/*
+			 * If all the threads have reached the end, we will finish writing.
+			 */
+			if (end_count >= info->num_threads)
+				goto finish;
+
+			/*
+			 * If the page_flag_buf is not ready, the pfn recorded may be changed.
+			 * So we should recheck.
+			 */
+			if (info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->ready != FLAG_READY) {
+				gettimeofday(&new, NULL);
+				if (new.tv_sec - last.tv_sec > WAIT_TIME) {
+					ERRMSG("Can't get data of pfn.\n");
+					goto out;
+				}
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			if (current_pfn == info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->pfn)
+				break;
 		}
 
 		if ((num_dumped % per) == 0)
 			print_progress(PROGRESS_COPY, num_dumped, info->num_dumpable);
 
-		/* next pfn is found, refresh last here */
-		last = new;
-		consuming_pfn++;
-		info->consumed_pfn++;
-		page_data_buf[index].ready = 0;
-
-		if (page_data_buf[index].dumpable == FALSE)
-			goto unlock;
-
 		num_dumped++;
 
-		if (page_data_buf[index].zero == TRUE) {
+
+		if (info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->zero == TRUE) {
 			if (!write_cache(cd_header, pd_zero, sizeof(page_desc_t)))
 				goto out;
 			pfn_zero++;
 		} else {
+			index = info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->index;
 			pd.flags      = page_data_buf[index].flags;
 			pd.size       = page_data_buf[index].size;
 			pd.page_flags = 0;
@@ -7420,12 +7466,12 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
 			 */
 			if (!write_cache(cd_page, page_data_buf[index].buf, pd.size))
 				goto out;
-
+			page_data_buf[index].used = FALSE;
 		}
-unlock:
-		pthread_mutex_unlock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex);
+		info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->ready = FLAG_UNUSED;
+		info->page_flag_buf[consuming] = info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->next;
 	}
-
+finish:
 	ret = TRUE;
 	/*
 	 * print [100 %]
@@ -7463,15 +7509,9 @@ out:
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (page_data_buf != NULL) {
-		for (i = 0; i < page_data_num; i++) {
-			pthread_mutex_destroy(&page_data_buf[i].mutex);
-		}
-	}
-
+	sem_destroy(&info->page_flag_buf_sem);
 	pthread_rwlock_destroy(&info->usemmap_rwlock);
 	pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->filter_mutex);
-	pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->consumed_pfn_mutex);
 	pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
 
 	return ret;
@@ -7564,6 +7604,7 @@ write_kdump_pages_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header, struct cache_data *cd_pag
 		num_dumped++;
 		if (!read_pfn(pfn, buf))
 			goto out;
+
 		filter_data_buffer(buf, pfn_to_paddr(pfn), info->page_size);
 
 		/*
@@ -10201,7 +10242,6 @@ out:
 	return free_size;
 }
 
-
 /*
  * Choose the less value of the three below as the size of cyclic buffer.
  *  - the size enough for storing the 1st or 2nd bitmap for the whole of vmcore
@@ -10223,6 +10263,20 @@ calculate_cyclic_buffer_size(void) {
 	 *  free memory for safety.
 	 */
 	limit_size = get_free_memory_size() * 0.6;
+
+	/*
+	 * Recalculate the limit_size according to num_threads.
+	 * And reset num_threads if there is not enough memory.
+	 */
+	if (limit_size - maximum_size < THREAD_REGION * info->num_threads) {
+		MSG("There isn't enough memory for %d threads.\n", info->num_threads);
+
+		info->num_threads = MAX(0, limit_size - maximum_size) / THREAD_REGION;
+		MSG("--num_threads is set to %d.\n", info->num_threads);
+	}
+
+	limit_size = limit_size - THREAD_REGION * info->num_threads;
+
 	/* Try to keep both 1st and 2nd bitmap at the same time. */
 	bitmap_size = info->max_mapnr * 2 / BITPERBYTE;
 
diff --git a/makedumpfile.h b/makedumpfile.h
index e0b5bbf..322d31b 100644
--- a/makedumpfile.h
+++ b/makedumpfile.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include "print_info.h"
 #include "sadump_mod.h"
 #include <pthread.h>
+#include <semaphore.h>
 
 /*
  * Result of command
@@ -974,10 +975,11 @@ typedef unsigned long long int ulonglong;
  * for parallel process
  */
 
-#define PAGE_DATA_NUM	(50)
+#define PAGE_FLAG_NUM	(20)
+#define PAGE_DATA_NUM	(5)
 #define WAIT_TIME	(60 * 10)
 #define PTHREAD_FAIL	((void *)-2)
-#define NUM_BUFFERS	(50)
+#define THREAD_REGION	(200 * 1024)
 
 struct mmap_cache {
 	char	*mmap_buf;
@@ -985,28 +987,33 @@ struct mmap_cache {
 	off_t   mmap_end_offset;
 };
 
+enum {
+	FLAG_UNUSED,
+	FLAG_READY,
+	FLAG_FILLING
+};
+struct page_flag {
+	mdf_pfn_t pfn;
+	char zero;
+	char ready;
+	short index;
+	struct page_flag *next;
+};
+
 struct page_data
 {
-	mdf_pfn_t pfn;
-	int dumpable;
-	int zero;
-	unsigned int flags;
 	long size;
 	unsigned char *buf;
-	pthread_mutex_t mutex;
-	/*
-	 * whether the page_data is ready to be consumed
-	 */
-	int ready;
+	int flags;
+	int used;
 };
 
 struct thread_args {
 	int thread_num;
 	unsigned long len_buf_out;
-	mdf_pfn_t start_pfn, end_pfn;
-	int page_data_num;
 	struct cycle *cycle;
 	struct page_data *page_data_buf;
+	struct page_flag *page_flag_buf;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -1295,11 +1302,12 @@ struct DumpInfo {
 	pthread_t **threads;
 	struct thread_args *kdump_thread_args;
 	struct page_data *page_data_buf;
+	struct page_flag **page_flag_buf;
+	sem_t page_flag_buf_sem;
 	pthread_rwlock_t usemmap_rwlock;
 	mdf_pfn_t current_pfn;
 	pthread_mutex_t current_pfn_mutex;
-	mdf_pfn_t consumed_pfn;
-	pthread_mutex_t consumed_pfn_mutex;
+	pthread_mutex_t page_data_mutex;
 	pthread_mutex_t filter_mutex;
 };
 extern struct DumpInfo		*info;
-- 
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* Re: [PATCH v6] Improve the performance of --num-threads -d 31
  2016-04-14  5:42 [PATCH v6] Improve the performance of --num-threads -d 31 Zhou Wenjian
@ 2016-04-14  5:56 ` "Zhou, Wenjian/周文剑"
  2016-04-14  9:57   ` Minfei Huang
  2016-04-15  5:24   ` Atsushi Kumagai
  2016-04-15  2:39 ` Minfei Huang
  1 sibling, 2 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: "Zhou, Wenjian/周文剑" @ 2016-04-14  5:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Atsushi Kumagai; +Cc: kexec

Hello Atsushi,

I calculated the memory cost of each thread, and the result is about 50KB.
But I find each thread will take a little more than 100KB actually.
And I set the reserved memory for each thread to 200KB in this version.

I think 200KB is a proper value.

-- 
Thanks
Zhou

On 04/14/2016 01:42 PM, Zhou Wenjian wrote:
> v6:
>          1. address Atsushi Kumagai's comments about calculating and reserving memory
> v5:
>          1. remove unused variable check_out
>          2. reset num_threads if memory is not enough
> v4:
>          1. fix a bug caused by the logic
> v3:
>          1. remove some unused variables
>          2. fix a bug caused by the wrong logic
>          3. fix a bug caused by optimising
>          4. improve more performance by using Minoru Usui's code
>
> multi-threads implementation will introduce extra cost when handling
> each page. The origin implementation will also do the extra work for
> filtered pages. So there is a big performance degradation in
> --num-threads -d 31.
> The new implementation won't do the extra work for filtered pages any
> more. So the performance of -d 31 is close to that of serial processing.
>
> The new implementation is just like the following:
>          * The basic idea is producer producing page and consumer writing page.
>          * Each producer have a page_flag_buf list which is used for storing
>            page's description.
>          * The size of page_flag_buf is little so it won't take too much memory.
>          * And all producers will share a page_data_buf array which is
>            used for storing page's compressed data.
>          * The main thread is the consumer. It will find the next pfn and write
>            it into file.
>          * The next pfn is smallest pfn in all page_flag_buf.
>
> Signed-off-by: Minoru Usui <min-usui@ti.jp.nec.com>
> Signed-off-by: Zhou Wenjian <zhouwj-fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
> ---
>   makedumpfile.c | 320 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
>   makedumpfile.h |  38 ++++---
>   2 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 148 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/makedumpfile.c b/makedumpfile.c
> index fa0b779..a826321 100644
> --- a/makedumpfile.c
> +++ b/makedumpfile.c
> @@ -3481,9 +3481,8 @@ initial_for_parallel()
>   {
>   	unsigned long len_buf_out;
>   	unsigned long page_data_buf_size;
> -	unsigned long limit_size;
> -	int page_data_num;
> -	int i;
> +	struct page_flag *current;
> +	int i, j;
>
>   	len_buf_out = calculate_len_buf_out(info->page_size);
>
> @@ -3553,20 +3552,7 @@ initial_for_parallel()
>   #endif
>   	}
>
> -	/*
> -	 * get a safe number of page_data
> -	 */
> -	page_data_buf_size = MAX(len_buf_out, info->page_size);
> -
> -	limit_size = (get_free_memory_size()
> -		      - MAP_REGION * info->num_threads) * 0.6;
> -
> -	page_data_num = limit_size / page_data_buf_size;
> -
> -	info->num_buffers = MIN(NUM_BUFFERS, page_data_num);
> -
> -	DEBUG_MSG("Number of struct page_data for produce/consume: %d\n",
> -			info->num_buffers);
> +	info->num_buffers = PAGE_DATA_NUM * info->num_threads;
>
>   	/*
>   	 * allocate memory for page_data
> @@ -3579,6 +3565,7 @@ initial_for_parallel()
>   	}
>   	memset(info->page_data_buf, 0, sizeof(struct page_data) * info->num_buffers);
>
> +	page_data_buf_size = MAX(len_buf_out, info->page_size);
>   	for (i = 0; i < info->num_buffers; i++) {
>   		if ((info->page_data_buf[i].buf = malloc(page_data_buf_size)) == NULL) {
>   			MSG("Can't allocate memory for buf of page_data_buf. %s\n",
> @@ -3588,6 +3575,36 @@ initial_for_parallel()
>   	}
>
>   	/*
> +	 * initial page_flag for each thread
> +	 */
> +	if ((info->page_flag_buf = malloc(sizeof(void *) * info->num_threads))
> +	    == NULL) {
> +		MSG("Can't allocate memory for page_flag_buf. %s\n",
> +				strerror(errno));
> +		return FALSE;
> +	}
> +	memset(info->page_flag_buf, 0, sizeof(void *) * info->num_threads);
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
> +		if ((info->page_flag_buf[i] = calloc(1, sizeof(struct page_flag))) == NULL) {
> +			MSG("Can't allocate memory for page_flag. %s\n",
> +				strerror(errno));
> +			return FALSE;
> +		}
> +		current = info->page_flag_buf[i];
> +
> +		for (j = 1; j < PAGE_FLAG_NUM; j++) {
> +			if ((current->next = calloc(1, sizeof(struct page_flag))) == NULL) {
> +				MSG("Can't allocate memory for page_flag. %s\n",
> +					strerror(errno));
> +				return FALSE;
> +			}
> +			current = current->next;
> +		}
> +		current->next = info->page_flag_buf[i];
> +	}
> +
> +	/*
>   	 * initial fd_memory for threads
>   	 */
>   	for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
> @@ -3612,7 +3629,8 @@ initial_for_parallel()
>   void
>   free_for_parallel()
>   {
> -	int i;
> +	int i, j;
> +	struct page_flag *current;
>
>   	if (info->threads != NULL) {
>   		for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
> @@ -3655,6 +3673,19 @@ free_for_parallel()
>   		free(info->page_data_buf);
>   	}
>
> +	if (info->page_flag_buf != NULL) {
> +		for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
> +			for (j = 0; j < PAGE_FLAG_NUM; j++) {
> +				if (info->page_flag_buf[i] != NULL) {
> +					current = info->page_flag_buf[i];
> +					info->page_flag_buf[i] = current->next;
> +					free(current);
> +				}
> +			}
> +		}
> +		free(info->page_flag_buf);
> +	}
> +
>   	if (info->parallel_info == NULL)
>   		return;
>
> @@ -7075,11 +7106,11 @@ void *
>   kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
>   	void *retval = PTHREAD_FAIL;
>   	struct thread_args *kdump_thread_args = (struct thread_args *)arg;
> -	struct page_data *page_data_buf = kdump_thread_args->page_data_buf;
> +	volatile struct page_data *page_data_buf = kdump_thread_args->page_data_buf;
> +	volatile struct page_flag *page_flag_buf = kdump_thread_args->page_flag_buf;
>   	struct cycle *cycle = kdump_thread_args->cycle;
> -	int page_data_num = kdump_thread_args->page_data_num;
> -	mdf_pfn_t pfn;
> -	int index;
> +	mdf_pfn_t pfn = cycle->start_pfn;
> +	int index = kdump_thread_args->thread_num;
>   	int buf_ready;
>   	int dumpable;
>   	int fd_memory = 0;
> @@ -7125,47 +7156,48 @@ kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
>   						kdump_thread_args->thread_num);
>   	}
>
> -	while (1) {
> -		/* get next pfn */
> -		pthread_mutex_lock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
> -		pfn = info->current_pfn;
> -		info->current_pfn++;
> -		pthread_mutex_unlock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
> -
> -		if (pfn >= kdump_thread_args->end_pfn)
> -			break;
> -
> -		index = -1;
> +	/*
> +	 * filtered page won't take anything
> +	 * unfiltered zero page will only take a page_flag_buf
> +	 * unfiltered non-zero page will take a page_flag_buf and a page_data_buf
> +	 */
> +	while (pfn < cycle->end_pfn) {
>   		buf_ready = FALSE;
>
> +		pthread_mutex_lock(&info->page_data_mutex);
> +		while (page_data_buf[index].used != FALSE) {
> +			index = (index + 1) % info->num_buffers;
> +		}
> +		page_data_buf[index].used = TRUE;
> +		pthread_mutex_unlock(&info->page_data_mutex);
> +
>   		while (buf_ready == FALSE) {
>   			pthread_testcancel();
> -
> -			index = pfn % page_data_num;
> -
> -			if (pfn - info->consumed_pfn > info->num_buffers)
> +			if (page_flag_buf->ready == FLAG_READY)
>   				continue;
>
> -			if (page_data_buf[index].ready != 0)
> -				continue;
> -
> -			pthread_mutex_lock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex);
> -
> -			if (page_data_buf[index].ready != 0)
> -				goto unlock;
> -
> -			buf_ready = TRUE;
> +			/* get next dumpable pfn */
> +			pthread_mutex_lock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
> +			for (pfn = info->current_pfn; pfn < cycle->end_pfn; pfn++) {
> +				dumpable = is_dumpable(
> +					info->fd_bitmap ? &bitmap_parallel : info->bitmap2,
> +					pfn,
> +					cycle);
> +				if (dumpable)
> +					break;
> +			}
> +			info->current_pfn = pfn + 1;
>
> -			page_data_buf[index].pfn = pfn;
> -			page_data_buf[index].ready = 1;
> +			page_flag_buf->pfn = pfn;
> +			page_flag_buf->ready = FLAG_FILLING;
> +			pthread_mutex_unlock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
> +			sem_post(&info->page_flag_buf_sem);
>
> -			dumpable = is_dumpable(
> -				info->fd_bitmap ? &bitmap_parallel : info->bitmap2,
> -				pfn,
> -				cycle);
> -			page_data_buf[index].dumpable = dumpable;
> -			if (!dumpable)
> -				goto unlock;
> +			if (pfn >= cycle->end_pfn) {
> +				info->current_pfn = cycle->end_pfn;
> +				page_data_buf[index].used = FALSE;
> +				break;
> +			}
>
>   			if (!read_pfn_parallel(fd_memory, pfn, buf,
>   					       &bitmap_memory_parallel,
> @@ -7178,11 +7210,11 @@ kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
>
>   			if ((info->dump_level & DL_EXCLUDE_ZERO)
>   			    && is_zero_page(buf, info->page_size)) {
> -				page_data_buf[index].zero = TRUE;
> -				goto unlock;
> +				page_flag_buf->zero = TRUE;
> +				goto next;
>   			}
>
> -			page_data_buf[index].zero = FALSE;
> +			page_flag_buf->zero = FALSE;
>
>   			/*
>   			 * Compress the page data.
> @@ -7232,12 +7264,14 @@ kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
>   				page_data_buf[index].size  = info->page_size;
>   				memcpy(page_data_buf[index].buf, buf, info->page_size);
>   			}
> -unlock:
> -			pthread_mutex_unlock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex);
> +			page_flag_buf->index = index;
> +			buf_ready = TRUE;
> +next:
> +			page_flag_buf->ready = FLAG_READY;
> +			page_flag_buf = page_flag_buf->next;
>
>   		}
>   	}
> -
>   	retval = NULL;
>
>   fail:
> @@ -7265,14 +7299,15 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
>   	struct page_desc pd;
>   	struct timeval tv_start;
>   	struct timeval last, new;
> -	unsigned long long consuming_pfn;
>   	pthread_t **threads = NULL;
>   	struct thread_args *kdump_thread_args = NULL;
>   	void *thread_result;
> -	int page_data_num;
> +	int page_buf_num;
>   	struct page_data *page_data_buf = NULL;
>   	int i;
>   	int index;
> +	int end_count, consuming;
> +	mdf_pfn_t current_pfn, temp_pfn;
>
>   	if (info->flag_elf_dumpfile)
>   		return FALSE;
> @@ -7284,13 +7319,6 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
>   		goto out;
>   	}
>
> -	res = pthread_mutex_init(&info->consumed_pfn_mutex, NULL);
> -	if (res != 0) {
> -		ERRMSG("Can't initialize consumed_pfn_mutex. %s\n",
> -				strerror(res));
> -		goto out;
> -	}
> -
>   	res = pthread_mutex_init(&info->filter_mutex, NULL);
>   	if (res != 0) {
>   		ERRMSG("Can't initialize filter_mutex. %s\n", strerror(res));
> @@ -7314,36 +7342,23 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
>   	end_pfn   = cycle->end_pfn;
>
>   	info->current_pfn = start_pfn;
> -	info->consumed_pfn = start_pfn - 1;
>
>   	threads = info->threads;
>   	kdump_thread_args = info->kdump_thread_args;
>
> -	page_data_num = info->num_buffers;
> +	page_buf_num = info->num_buffers;
>   	page_data_buf = info->page_data_buf;
> +	pthread_mutex_init(&info->page_data_mutex, NULL);
> +	sem_init(&info->page_flag_buf_sem, 0, 0);
>
> -	for (i = 0; i < page_data_num; i++) {
> -		/*
> -		 * producer will use pfn in page_data_buf to decide the
> -		 * consumed pfn
> -		 */
> -		page_data_buf[i].pfn = start_pfn - 1;
> -		page_data_buf[i].ready = 0;
> -		res = pthread_mutex_init(&page_data_buf[i].mutex, NULL);
> -		if (res != 0) {
> -			ERRMSG("Can't initialize mutex of page_data_buf. %s\n",
> -					strerror(res));
> -			goto out;
> -		}
> -	}
> +	for (i = 0; i < page_buf_num; i++)
> +		page_data_buf[i].used = FALSE;
>
>   	for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
>   		kdump_thread_args[i].thread_num = i;
>   		kdump_thread_args[i].len_buf_out = len_buf_out;
> -		kdump_thread_args[i].start_pfn = start_pfn;
> -		kdump_thread_args[i].end_pfn = end_pfn;
> -		kdump_thread_args[i].page_data_num = page_data_num;
>   		kdump_thread_args[i].page_data_buf = page_data_buf;
> +		kdump_thread_args[i].page_flag_buf = info->page_flag_buf[i];
>   		kdump_thread_args[i].cycle = cycle;
>
>   		res = pthread_create(threads[i], NULL,
> @@ -7356,55 +7371,86 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
>   		}
>   	}
>
> -	consuming_pfn = start_pfn;
> -	index = -1;
> +	end_count = 0;
> +	while (1) {
> +		consuming = 0;
>
> -	gettimeofday(&last, NULL);
> +		/*
> +		 * The basic idea is producer producing page and consumer writing page.
> +		 * Each producer have a page_flag_buf list which is used for storing page's description.
> +		 * The size of page_flag_buf is little so it won't take too much memory.
> +		 * And all producers will share a page_data_buf array which is used for storing page's compressed data.
> +		 * The main thread is the consumer. It will find the next pfn and write it into file.
> +		 * The next pfn is smallest pfn in all page_flag_buf.
> +		 */
> +		sem_wait(&info->page_flag_buf_sem);
> +		gettimeofday(&last, NULL);
> +		while (1) {
> +			current_pfn = end_pfn;
>
> -	while (consuming_pfn < end_pfn) {
> -		index = consuming_pfn % page_data_num;
> +			/*
> +			 * page_flag_buf is in circular linked list.
> +			 * The array info->page_flag_buf[] records the current page_flag_buf in each thread's
> +			 * page_flag_buf list.
> +			 * consuming is used for recording in which thread the pfn is the smallest.
> +			 * current_pfn is used for recording the value of pfn when checking the pfn.
> +			 */
> +			for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
> +				if (info->page_flag_buf[i]->ready == FLAG_UNUSED)
> +					continue;
> +				temp_pfn = info->page_flag_buf[i]->pfn;
>
> -		gettimeofday(&new, NULL);
> -		if (new.tv_sec - last.tv_sec > WAIT_TIME) {
> -			ERRMSG("Can't get data of pfn %llx.\n", consuming_pfn);
> -			goto out;
> -		}
> +				/*
> +				 * count how many threads have reached the end.
> +				 */
> +				if (temp_pfn >= end_pfn) {
> +					info->page_flag_buf[i]->ready = FLAG_UNUSED;
> +					end_count++;
> +					continue;
> +				}
>
> -		/*
> -		 * check pfn first without mutex locked to reduce the time
> -		 * trying to lock the mutex
> -		 */
> -		if (page_data_buf[index].pfn != consuming_pfn)
> -			continue;
> +				if (current_pfn < temp_pfn)
> +					continue;
>
> -		if (pthread_mutex_trylock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex) != 0)
> -			continue;
> +				consuming = i;
> +				current_pfn = temp_pfn;
> +			}
>
> -		/* check whether the found one is ready to be consumed */
> -		if (page_data_buf[index].pfn != consuming_pfn ||
> -		    page_data_buf[index].ready != 1) {
> -			goto unlock;
> +			/*
> +			 * If all the threads have reached the end, we will finish writing.
> +			 */
> +			if (end_count >= info->num_threads)
> +				goto finish;
> +
> +			/*
> +			 * If the page_flag_buf is not ready, the pfn recorded may be changed.
> +			 * So we should recheck.
> +			 */
> +			if (info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->ready != FLAG_READY) {
> +				gettimeofday(&new, NULL);
> +				if (new.tv_sec - last.tv_sec > WAIT_TIME) {
> +					ERRMSG("Can't get data of pfn.\n");
> +					goto out;
> +				}
> +				continue;
> +			}
> +
> +			if (current_pfn == info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->pfn)
> +				break;
>   		}
>
>   		if ((num_dumped % per) == 0)
>   			print_progress(PROGRESS_COPY, num_dumped, info->num_dumpable);
>
> -		/* next pfn is found, refresh last here */
> -		last = new;
> -		consuming_pfn++;
> -		info->consumed_pfn++;
> -		page_data_buf[index].ready = 0;
> -
> -		if (page_data_buf[index].dumpable == FALSE)
> -			goto unlock;
> -
>   		num_dumped++;
>
> -		if (page_data_buf[index].zero == TRUE) {
> +
> +		if (info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->zero == TRUE) {
>   			if (!write_cache(cd_header, pd_zero, sizeof(page_desc_t)))
>   				goto out;
>   			pfn_zero++;
>   		} else {
> +			index = info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->index;
>   			pd.flags      = page_data_buf[index].flags;
>   			pd.size       = page_data_buf[index].size;
>   			pd.page_flags = 0;
> @@ -7420,12 +7466,12 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
>   			 */
>   			if (!write_cache(cd_page, page_data_buf[index].buf, pd.size))
>   				goto out;
> -
> +			page_data_buf[index].used = FALSE;
>   		}
> -unlock:
> -		pthread_mutex_unlock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex);
> +		info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->ready = FLAG_UNUSED;
> +		info->page_flag_buf[consuming] = info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->next;
>   	}
> -
> +finish:
>   	ret = TRUE;
>   	/*
>   	 * print [100 %]
> @@ -7463,15 +7509,9 @@ out:
>   		}
>   	}
>
> -	if (page_data_buf != NULL) {
> -		for (i = 0; i < page_data_num; i++) {
> -			pthread_mutex_destroy(&page_data_buf[i].mutex);
> -		}
> -	}
> -
> +	sem_destroy(&info->page_flag_buf_sem);
>   	pthread_rwlock_destroy(&info->usemmap_rwlock);
>   	pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->filter_mutex);
> -	pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->consumed_pfn_mutex);
>   	pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
>
>   	return ret;
> @@ -7564,6 +7604,7 @@ write_kdump_pages_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header, struct cache_data *cd_pag
>   		num_dumped++;
>   		if (!read_pfn(pfn, buf))
>   			goto out;
> +
>   		filter_data_buffer(buf, pfn_to_paddr(pfn), info->page_size);
>
>   		/*
> @@ -10201,7 +10242,6 @@ out:
>   	return free_size;
>   }
>
> -
>   /*
>    * Choose the less value of the three below as the size of cyclic buffer.
>    *  - the size enough for storing the 1st or 2nd bitmap for the whole of vmcore
> @@ -10223,6 +10263,20 @@ calculate_cyclic_buffer_size(void) {
>   	 *  free memory for safety.
>   	 */
>   	limit_size = get_free_memory_size() * 0.6;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Recalculate the limit_size according to num_threads.
> +	 * And reset num_threads if there is not enough memory.
> +	 */
> +	if (limit_size - maximum_size < THREAD_REGION * info->num_threads) {
> +		MSG("There isn't enough memory for %d threads.\n", info->num_threads);
> +
> +		info->num_threads = MAX(0, limit_size - maximum_size) / THREAD_REGION;
> +		MSG("--num_threads is set to %d.\n", info->num_threads);
> +	}
> +
> +	limit_size = limit_size - THREAD_REGION * info->num_threads;
> +
>   	/* Try to keep both 1st and 2nd bitmap at the same time. */
>   	bitmap_size = info->max_mapnr * 2 / BITPERBYTE;
>
> diff --git a/makedumpfile.h b/makedumpfile.h
> index e0b5bbf..322d31b 100644
> --- a/makedumpfile.h
> +++ b/makedumpfile.h
> @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
>   #include "print_info.h"
>   #include "sadump_mod.h"
>   #include <pthread.h>
> +#include <semaphore.h>
>
>   /*
>    * Result of command
> @@ -974,10 +975,11 @@ typedef unsigned long long int ulonglong;
>    * for parallel process
>    */
>
> -#define PAGE_DATA_NUM	(50)
> +#define PAGE_FLAG_NUM	(20)
> +#define PAGE_DATA_NUM	(5)
>   #define WAIT_TIME	(60 * 10)
>   #define PTHREAD_FAIL	((void *)-2)
> -#define NUM_BUFFERS	(50)
> +#define THREAD_REGION	(200 * 1024)
>
>   struct mmap_cache {
>   	char	*mmap_buf;
> @@ -985,28 +987,33 @@ struct mmap_cache {
>   	off_t   mmap_end_offset;
>   };
>
> +enum {
> +	FLAG_UNUSED,
> +	FLAG_READY,
> +	FLAG_FILLING
> +};
> +struct page_flag {
> +	mdf_pfn_t pfn;
> +	char zero;
> +	char ready;
> +	short index;
> +	struct page_flag *next;
> +};
> +
>   struct page_data
>   {
> -	mdf_pfn_t pfn;
> -	int dumpable;
> -	int zero;
> -	unsigned int flags;
>   	long size;
>   	unsigned char *buf;
> -	pthread_mutex_t mutex;
> -	/*
> -	 * whether the page_data is ready to be consumed
> -	 */
> -	int ready;
> +	int flags;
> +	int used;
>   };
>
>   struct thread_args {
>   	int thread_num;
>   	unsigned long len_buf_out;
> -	mdf_pfn_t start_pfn, end_pfn;
> -	int page_data_num;
>   	struct cycle *cycle;
>   	struct page_data *page_data_buf;
> +	struct page_flag *page_flag_buf;
>   };
>
>   /*
> @@ -1295,11 +1302,12 @@ struct DumpInfo {
>   	pthread_t **threads;
>   	struct thread_args *kdump_thread_args;
>   	struct page_data *page_data_buf;
> +	struct page_flag **page_flag_buf;
> +	sem_t page_flag_buf_sem;
>   	pthread_rwlock_t usemmap_rwlock;
>   	mdf_pfn_t current_pfn;
>   	pthread_mutex_t current_pfn_mutex;
> -	mdf_pfn_t consumed_pfn;
> -	pthread_mutex_t consumed_pfn_mutex;
> +	pthread_mutex_t page_data_mutex;
>   	pthread_mutex_t filter_mutex;
>   };
>   extern struct DumpInfo		*info;
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* Re: [PATCH v6] Improve the performance of --num-threads -d 31
  2016-04-14  5:56 ` "Zhou, Wenjian/周文剑"
@ 2016-04-14  9:57   ` Minfei Huang
  2016-04-15  0:17     ` "Zhou, Wenjian/周文剑"
  2016-04-15  5:24   ` Atsushi Kumagai
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Minfei Huang @ 2016-04-14  9:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: "Zhou, Wenjian/周文剑"; +Cc: Atsushi Kumagai, kexec

On 04/14/16 at 01:56pm, "Zhou, Wenjian/周文剑" wrote:
> Hello Atsushi,
> 
> I calculated the memory cost of each thread, and the result is about 50KB.
> But I find each thread will take a little more than 100KB actually.
> And I set the reserved memory for each thread to 200KB in this version.
> 
> I think 200KB is a proper value.

Hi, Zhou.

Is there a general formular provided to user to calculate rough reserved
memory, if option num-threads is used?

Thanks
Minfei

> 
> -- 
> Thanks
> Zhou
> 
> On 04/14/2016 01:42 PM, Zhou Wenjian wrote:
> >v6:
> >         1. address Atsushi Kumagai's comments about calculating and reserving memory
> >v5:
> >         1. remove unused variable check_out
> >         2. reset num_threads if memory is not enough
> >v4:
> >         1. fix a bug caused by the logic
> >v3:
> >         1. remove some unused variables
> >         2. fix a bug caused by the wrong logic
> >         3. fix a bug caused by optimising
> >         4. improve more performance by using Minoru Usui's code
> >
> >multi-threads implementation will introduce extra cost when handling
> >each page. The origin implementation will also do the extra work for
> >filtered pages. So there is a big performance degradation in
> >--num-threads -d 31.
> >The new implementation won't do the extra work for filtered pages any
> >more. So the performance of -d 31 is close to that of serial processing.
> >
> >The new implementation is just like the following:
> >         * The basic idea is producer producing page and consumer writing page.
> >         * Each producer have a page_flag_buf list which is used for storing
> >           page's description.
> >         * The size of page_flag_buf is little so it won't take too much memory.
> >         * And all producers will share a page_data_buf array which is
> >           used for storing page's compressed data.
> >         * The main thread is the consumer. It will find the next pfn and write
> >           it into file.
> >         * The next pfn is smallest pfn in all page_flag_buf.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Minoru Usui <min-usui@ti.jp.nec.com>
> >Signed-off-by: Zhou Wenjian <zhouwj-fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
> >---
> >  makedumpfile.c | 320 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
> >  makedumpfile.h |  38 ++++---
> >  2 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 148 deletions(-)
> >
> >diff --git a/makedumpfile.c b/makedumpfile.c
> >index fa0b779..a826321 100644
> >--- a/makedumpfile.c
> >+++ b/makedumpfile.c
> >@@ -3481,9 +3481,8 @@ initial_for_parallel()
> >  {
> >  	unsigned long len_buf_out;
> >  	unsigned long page_data_buf_size;
> >-	unsigned long limit_size;
> >-	int page_data_num;
> >-	int i;
> >+	struct page_flag *current;
> >+	int i, j;
> >
> >  	len_buf_out = calculate_len_buf_out(info->page_size);
> >
> >@@ -3553,20 +3552,7 @@ initial_for_parallel()
> >  #endif
> >  	}
> >
> >-	/*
> >-	 * get a safe number of page_data
> >-	 */
> >-	page_data_buf_size = MAX(len_buf_out, info->page_size);
> >-
> >-	limit_size = (get_free_memory_size()
> >-		      - MAP_REGION * info->num_threads) * 0.6;
> >-
> >-	page_data_num = limit_size / page_data_buf_size;
> >-
> >-	info->num_buffers = MIN(NUM_BUFFERS, page_data_num);
> >-
> >-	DEBUG_MSG("Number of struct page_data for produce/consume: %d\n",
> >-			info->num_buffers);
> >+	info->num_buffers = PAGE_DATA_NUM * info->num_threads;
> >
> >  	/*
> >  	 * allocate memory for page_data
> >@@ -3579,6 +3565,7 @@ initial_for_parallel()
> >  	}
> >  	memset(info->page_data_buf, 0, sizeof(struct page_data) * info->num_buffers);
> >
> >+	page_data_buf_size = MAX(len_buf_out, info->page_size);
> >  	for (i = 0; i < info->num_buffers; i++) {
> >  		if ((info->page_data_buf[i].buf = malloc(page_data_buf_size)) == NULL) {
> >  			MSG("Can't allocate memory for buf of page_data_buf. %s\n",
> >@@ -3588,6 +3575,36 @@ initial_for_parallel()
> >  	}
> >
> >  	/*
> >+	 * initial page_flag for each thread
> >+	 */
> >+	if ((info->page_flag_buf = malloc(sizeof(void *) * info->num_threads))
> >+	    == NULL) {
> >+		MSG("Can't allocate memory for page_flag_buf. %s\n",
> >+				strerror(errno));
> >+		return FALSE;
> >+	}
> >+	memset(info->page_flag_buf, 0, sizeof(void *) * info->num_threads);
> >+
> >+	for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
> >+		if ((info->page_flag_buf[i] = calloc(1, sizeof(struct page_flag))) == NULL) {
> >+			MSG("Can't allocate memory for page_flag. %s\n",
> >+				strerror(errno));
> >+			return FALSE;
> >+		}
> >+		current = info->page_flag_buf[i];
> >+
> >+		for (j = 1; j < PAGE_FLAG_NUM; j++) {
> >+			if ((current->next = calloc(1, sizeof(struct page_flag))) == NULL) {
> >+				MSG("Can't allocate memory for page_flag. %s\n",
> >+					strerror(errno));
> >+				return FALSE;
> >+			}
> >+			current = current->next;
> >+		}
> >+		current->next = info->page_flag_buf[i];
> >+	}
> >+
> >+	/*
> >  	 * initial fd_memory for threads
> >  	 */
> >  	for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
> >@@ -3612,7 +3629,8 @@ initial_for_parallel()
> >  void
> >  free_for_parallel()
> >  {
> >-	int i;
> >+	int i, j;
> >+	struct page_flag *current;
> >
> >  	if (info->threads != NULL) {
> >  		for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
> >@@ -3655,6 +3673,19 @@ free_for_parallel()
> >  		free(info->page_data_buf);
> >  	}
> >
> >+	if (info->page_flag_buf != NULL) {
> >+		for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
> >+			for (j = 0; j < PAGE_FLAG_NUM; j++) {
> >+				if (info->page_flag_buf[i] != NULL) {
> >+					current = info->page_flag_buf[i];
> >+					info->page_flag_buf[i] = current->next;
> >+					free(current);
> >+				}
> >+			}
> >+		}
> >+		free(info->page_flag_buf);
> >+	}
> >+
> >  	if (info->parallel_info == NULL)
> >  		return;
> >
> >@@ -7075,11 +7106,11 @@ void *
> >  kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
> >  	void *retval = PTHREAD_FAIL;
> >  	struct thread_args *kdump_thread_args = (struct thread_args *)arg;
> >-	struct page_data *page_data_buf = kdump_thread_args->page_data_buf;
> >+	volatile struct page_data *page_data_buf = kdump_thread_args->page_data_buf;
> >+	volatile struct page_flag *page_flag_buf = kdump_thread_args->page_flag_buf;
> >  	struct cycle *cycle = kdump_thread_args->cycle;
> >-	int page_data_num = kdump_thread_args->page_data_num;
> >-	mdf_pfn_t pfn;
> >-	int index;
> >+	mdf_pfn_t pfn = cycle->start_pfn;
> >+	int index = kdump_thread_args->thread_num;
> >  	int buf_ready;
> >  	int dumpable;
> >  	int fd_memory = 0;
> >@@ -7125,47 +7156,48 @@ kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
> >  						kdump_thread_args->thread_num);
> >  	}
> >
> >-	while (1) {
> >-		/* get next pfn */
> >-		pthread_mutex_lock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
> >-		pfn = info->current_pfn;
> >-		info->current_pfn++;
> >-		pthread_mutex_unlock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
> >-
> >-		if (pfn >= kdump_thread_args->end_pfn)
> >-			break;
> >-
> >-		index = -1;
> >+	/*
> >+	 * filtered page won't take anything
> >+	 * unfiltered zero page will only take a page_flag_buf
> >+	 * unfiltered non-zero page will take a page_flag_buf and a page_data_buf
> >+	 */
> >+	while (pfn < cycle->end_pfn) {
> >  		buf_ready = FALSE;
> >
> >+		pthread_mutex_lock(&info->page_data_mutex);
> >+		while (page_data_buf[index].used != FALSE) {
> >+			index = (index + 1) % info->num_buffers;
> >+		}
> >+		page_data_buf[index].used = TRUE;
> >+		pthread_mutex_unlock(&info->page_data_mutex);
> >+
> >  		while (buf_ready == FALSE) {
> >  			pthread_testcancel();
> >-
> >-			index = pfn % page_data_num;
> >-
> >-			if (pfn - info->consumed_pfn > info->num_buffers)
> >+			if (page_flag_buf->ready == FLAG_READY)
> >  				continue;
> >
> >-			if (page_data_buf[index].ready != 0)
> >-				continue;
> >-
> >-			pthread_mutex_lock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex);
> >-
> >-			if (page_data_buf[index].ready != 0)
> >-				goto unlock;
> >-
> >-			buf_ready = TRUE;
> >+			/* get next dumpable pfn */
> >+			pthread_mutex_lock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
> >+			for (pfn = info->current_pfn; pfn < cycle->end_pfn; pfn++) {
> >+				dumpable = is_dumpable(
> >+					info->fd_bitmap ? &bitmap_parallel : info->bitmap2,
> >+					pfn,
> >+					cycle);
> >+				if (dumpable)
> >+					break;
> >+			}
> >+			info->current_pfn = pfn + 1;
> >
> >-			page_data_buf[index].pfn = pfn;
> >-			page_data_buf[index].ready = 1;
> >+			page_flag_buf->pfn = pfn;
> >+			page_flag_buf->ready = FLAG_FILLING;
> >+			pthread_mutex_unlock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
> >+			sem_post(&info->page_flag_buf_sem);
> >
> >-			dumpable = is_dumpable(
> >-				info->fd_bitmap ? &bitmap_parallel : info->bitmap2,
> >-				pfn,
> >-				cycle);
> >-			page_data_buf[index].dumpable = dumpable;
> >-			if (!dumpable)
> >-				goto unlock;
> >+			if (pfn >= cycle->end_pfn) {
> >+				info->current_pfn = cycle->end_pfn;
> >+				page_data_buf[index].used = FALSE;
> >+				break;
> >+			}
> >
> >  			if (!read_pfn_parallel(fd_memory, pfn, buf,
> >  					       &bitmap_memory_parallel,
> >@@ -7178,11 +7210,11 @@ kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
> >
> >  			if ((info->dump_level & DL_EXCLUDE_ZERO)
> >  			    && is_zero_page(buf, info->page_size)) {
> >-				page_data_buf[index].zero = TRUE;
> >-				goto unlock;
> >+				page_flag_buf->zero = TRUE;
> >+				goto next;
> >  			}
> >
> >-			page_data_buf[index].zero = FALSE;
> >+			page_flag_buf->zero = FALSE;
> >
> >  			/*
> >  			 * Compress the page data.
> >@@ -7232,12 +7264,14 @@ kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
> >  				page_data_buf[index].size  = info->page_size;
> >  				memcpy(page_data_buf[index].buf, buf, info->page_size);
> >  			}
> >-unlock:
> >-			pthread_mutex_unlock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex);
> >+			page_flag_buf->index = index;
> >+			buf_ready = TRUE;
> >+next:
> >+			page_flag_buf->ready = FLAG_READY;
> >+			page_flag_buf = page_flag_buf->next;
> >
> >  		}
> >  	}
> >-
> >  	retval = NULL;
> >
> >  fail:
> >@@ -7265,14 +7299,15 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
> >  	struct page_desc pd;
> >  	struct timeval tv_start;
> >  	struct timeval last, new;
> >-	unsigned long long consuming_pfn;
> >  	pthread_t **threads = NULL;
> >  	struct thread_args *kdump_thread_args = NULL;
> >  	void *thread_result;
> >-	int page_data_num;
> >+	int page_buf_num;
> >  	struct page_data *page_data_buf = NULL;
> >  	int i;
> >  	int index;
> >+	int end_count, consuming;
> >+	mdf_pfn_t current_pfn, temp_pfn;
> >
> >  	if (info->flag_elf_dumpfile)
> >  		return FALSE;
> >@@ -7284,13 +7319,6 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
> >  		goto out;
> >  	}
> >
> >-	res = pthread_mutex_init(&info->consumed_pfn_mutex, NULL);
> >-	if (res != 0) {
> >-		ERRMSG("Can't initialize consumed_pfn_mutex. %s\n",
> >-				strerror(res));
> >-		goto out;
> >-	}
> >-
> >  	res = pthread_mutex_init(&info->filter_mutex, NULL);
> >  	if (res != 0) {
> >  		ERRMSG("Can't initialize filter_mutex. %s\n", strerror(res));
> >@@ -7314,36 +7342,23 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
> >  	end_pfn   = cycle->end_pfn;
> >
> >  	info->current_pfn = start_pfn;
> >-	info->consumed_pfn = start_pfn - 1;
> >
> >  	threads = info->threads;
> >  	kdump_thread_args = info->kdump_thread_args;
> >
> >-	page_data_num = info->num_buffers;
> >+	page_buf_num = info->num_buffers;
> >  	page_data_buf = info->page_data_buf;
> >+	pthread_mutex_init(&info->page_data_mutex, NULL);
> >+	sem_init(&info->page_flag_buf_sem, 0, 0);
> >
> >-	for (i = 0; i < page_data_num; i++) {
> >-		/*
> >-		 * producer will use pfn in page_data_buf to decide the
> >-		 * consumed pfn
> >-		 */
> >-		page_data_buf[i].pfn = start_pfn - 1;
> >-		page_data_buf[i].ready = 0;
> >-		res = pthread_mutex_init(&page_data_buf[i].mutex, NULL);
> >-		if (res != 0) {
> >-			ERRMSG("Can't initialize mutex of page_data_buf. %s\n",
> >-					strerror(res));
> >-			goto out;
> >-		}
> >-	}
> >+	for (i = 0; i < page_buf_num; i++)
> >+		page_data_buf[i].used = FALSE;
> >
> >  	for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
> >  		kdump_thread_args[i].thread_num = i;
> >  		kdump_thread_args[i].len_buf_out = len_buf_out;
> >-		kdump_thread_args[i].start_pfn = start_pfn;
> >-		kdump_thread_args[i].end_pfn = end_pfn;
> >-		kdump_thread_args[i].page_data_num = page_data_num;
> >  		kdump_thread_args[i].page_data_buf = page_data_buf;
> >+		kdump_thread_args[i].page_flag_buf = info->page_flag_buf[i];
> >  		kdump_thread_args[i].cycle = cycle;
> >
> >  		res = pthread_create(threads[i], NULL,
> >@@ -7356,55 +7371,86 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
> >  		}
> >  	}
> >
> >-	consuming_pfn = start_pfn;
> >-	index = -1;
> >+	end_count = 0;
> >+	while (1) {
> >+		consuming = 0;
> >
> >-	gettimeofday(&last, NULL);
> >+		/*
> >+		 * The basic idea is producer producing page and consumer writing page.
> >+		 * Each producer have a page_flag_buf list which is used for storing page's description.
> >+		 * The size of page_flag_buf is little so it won't take too much memory.
> >+		 * And all producers will share a page_data_buf array which is used for storing page's compressed data.
> >+		 * The main thread is the consumer. It will find the next pfn and write it into file.
> >+		 * The next pfn is smallest pfn in all page_flag_buf.
> >+		 */
> >+		sem_wait(&info->page_flag_buf_sem);
> >+		gettimeofday(&last, NULL);
> >+		while (1) {
> >+			current_pfn = end_pfn;
> >
> >-	while (consuming_pfn < end_pfn) {
> >-		index = consuming_pfn % page_data_num;
> >+			/*
> >+			 * page_flag_buf is in circular linked list.
> >+			 * The array info->page_flag_buf[] records the current page_flag_buf in each thread's
> >+			 * page_flag_buf list.
> >+			 * consuming is used for recording in which thread the pfn is the smallest.
> >+			 * current_pfn is used for recording the value of pfn when checking the pfn.
> >+			 */
> >+			for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
> >+				if (info->page_flag_buf[i]->ready == FLAG_UNUSED)
> >+					continue;
> >+				temp_pfn = info->page_flag_buf[i]->pfn;
> >
> >-		gettimeofday(&new, NULL);
> >-		if (new.tv_sec - last.tv_sec > WAIT_TIME) {
> >-			ERRMSG("Can't get data of pfn %llx.\n", consuming_pfn);
> >-			goto out;
> >-		}
> >+				/*
> >+				 * count how many threads have reached the end.
> >+				 */
> >+				if (temp_pfn >= end_pfn) {
> >+					info->page_flag_buf[i]->ready = FLAG_UNUSED;
> >+					end_count++;
> >+					continue;
> >+				}
> >
> >-		/*
> >-		 * check pfn first without mutex locked to reduce the time
> >-		 * trying to lock the mutex
> >-		 */
> >-		if (page_data_buf[index].pfn != consuming_pfn)
> >-			continue;
> >+				if (current_pfn < temp_pfn)
> >+					continue;
> >
> >-		if (pthread_mutex_trylock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex) != 0)
> >-			continue;
> >+				consuming = i;
> >+				current_pfn = temp_pfn;
> >+			}
> >
> >-		/* check whether the found one is ready to be consumed */
> >-		if (page_data_buf[index].pfn != consuming_pfn ||
> >-		    page_data_buf[index].ready != 1) {
> >-			goto unlock;
> >+			/*
> >+			 * If all the threads have reached the end, we will finish writing.
> >+			 */
> >+			if (end_count >= info->num_threads)
> >+				goto finish;
> >+
> >+			/*
> >+			 * If the page_flag_buf is not ready, the pfn recorded may be changed.
> >+			 * So we should recheck.
> >+			 */
> >+			if (info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->ready != FLAG_READY) {
> >+				gettimeofday(&new, NULL);
> >+				if (new.tv_sec - last.tv_sec > WAIT_TIME) {
> >+					ERRMSG("Can't get data of pfn.\n");
> >+					goto out;
> >+				}
> >+				continue;
> >+			}
> >+
> >+			if (current_pfn == info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->pfn)
> >+				break;
> >  		}
> >
> >  		if ((num_dumped % per) == 0)
> >  			print_progress(PROGRESS_COPY, num_dumped, info->num_dumpable);
> >
> >-		/* next pfn is found, refresh last here */
> >-		last = new;
> >-		consuming_pfn++;
> >-		info->consumed_pfn++;
> >-		page_data_buf[index].ready = 0;
> >-
> >-		if (page_data_buf[index].dumpable == FALSE)
> >-			goto unlock;
> >-
> >  		num_dumped++;
> >
> >-		if (page_data_buf[index].zero == TRUE) {
> >+
> >+		if (info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->zero == TRUE) {
> >  			if (!write_cache(cd_header, pd_zero, sizeof(page_desc_t)))
> >  				goto out;
> >  			pfn_zero++;
> >  		} else {
> >+			index = info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->index;
> >  			pd.flags      = page_data_buf[index].flags;
> >  			pd.size       = page_data_buf[index].size;
> >  			pd.page_flags = 0;
> >@@ -7420,12 +7466,12 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
> >  			 */
> >  			if (!write_cache(cd_page, page_data_buf[index].buf, pd.size))
> >  				goto out;
> >-
> >+			page_data_buf[index].used = FALSE;
> >  		}
> >-unlock:
> >-		pthread_mutex_unlock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex);
> >+		info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->ready = FLAG_UNUSED;
> >+		info->page_flag_buf[consuming] = info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->next;
> >  	}
> >-
> >+finish:
> >  	ret = TRUE;
> >  	/*
> >  	 * print [100 %]
> >@@ -7463,15 +7509,9 @@ out:
> >  		}
> >  	}
> >
> >-	if (page_data_buf != NULL) {
> >-		for (i = 0; i < page_data_num; i++) {
> >-			pthread_mutex_destroy(&page_data_buf[i].mutex);
> >-		}
> >-	}
> >-
> >+	sem_destroy(&info->page_flag_buf_sem);
> >  	pthread_rwlock_destroy(&info->usemmap_rwlock);
> >  	pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->filter_mutex);
> >-	pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->consumed_pfn_mutex);
> >  	pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
> >
> >  	return ret;
> >@@ -7564,6 +7604,7 @@ write_kdump_pages_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header, struct cache_data *cd_pag
> >  		num_dumped++;
> >  		if (!read_pfn(pfn, buf))
> >  			goto out;
> >+
> >  		filter_data_buffer(buf, pfn_to_paddr(pfn), info->page_size);
> >
> >  		/*
> >@@ -10201,7 +10242,6 @@ out:
> >  	return free_size;
> >  }
> >
> >-
> >  /*
> >   * Choose the less value of the three below as the size of cyclic buffer.
> >   *  - the size enough for storing the 1st or 2nd bitmap for the whole of vmcore
> >@@ -10223,6 +10263,20 @@ calculate_cyclic_buffer_size(void) {
> >  	 *  free memory for safety.
> >  	 */
> >  	limit_size = get_free_memory_size() * 0.6;
> >+
> >+	/*
> >+	 * Recalculate the limit_size according to num_threads.
> >+	 * And reset num_threads if there is not enough memory.
> >+	 */
> >+	if (limit_size - maximum_size < THREAD_REGION * info->num_threads) {
> >+		MSG("There isn't enough memory for %d threads.\n", info->num_threads);
> >+
> >+		info->num_threads = MAX(0, limit_size - maximum_size) / THREAD_REGION;
> >+		MSG("--num_threads is set to %d.\n", info->num_threads);
> >+	}
> >+
> >+	limit_size = limit_size - THREAD_REGION * info->num_threads;
> >+
> >  	/* Try to keep both 1st and 2nd bitmap at the same time. */
> >  	bitmap_size = info->max_mapnr * 2 / BITPERBYTE;
> >
> >diff --git a/makedumpfile.h b/makedumpfile.h
> >index e0b5bbf..322d31b 100644
> >--- a/makedumpfile.h
> >+++ b/makedumpfile.h
> >@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
> >  #include "print_info.h"
> >  #include "sadump_mod.h"
> >  #include <pthread.h>
> >+#include <semaphore.h>
> >
> >  /*
> >   * Result of command
> >@@ -974,10 +975,11 @@ typedef unsigned long long int ulonglong;
> >   * for parallel process
> >   */
> >
> >-#define PAGE_DATA_NUM	(50)
> >+#define PAGE_FLAG_NUM	(20)
> >+#define PAGE_DATA_NUM	(5)
> >  #define WAIT_TIME	(60 * 10)
> >  #define PTHREAD_FAIL	((void *)-2)
> >-#define NUM_BUFFERS	(50)
> >+#define THREAD_REGION	(200 * 1024)
> >
> >  struct mmap_cache {
> >  	char	*mmap_buf;
> >@@ -985,28 +987,33 @@ struct mmap_cache {
> >  	off_t   mmap_end_offset;
> >  };
> >
> >+enum {
> >+	FLAG_UNUSED,
> >+	FLAG_READY,
> >+	FLAG_FILLING
> >+};
> >+struct page_flag {
> >+	mdf_pfn_t pfn;
> >+	char zero;
> >+	char ready;
> >+	short index;
> >+	struct page_flag *next;
> >+};
> >+
> >  struct page_data
> >  {
> >-	mdf_pfn_t pfn;
> >-	int dumpable;
> >-	int zero;
> >-	unsigned int flags;
> >  	long size;
> >  	unsigned char *buf;
> >-	pthread_mutex_t mutex;
> >-	/*
> >-	 * whether the page_data is ready to be consumed
> >-	 */
> >-	int ready;
> >+	int flags;
> >+	int used;
> >  };
> >
> >  struct thread_args {
> >  	int thread_num;
> >  	unsigned long len_buf_out;
> >-	mdf_pfn_t start_pfn, end_pfn;
> >-	int page_data_num;
> >  	struct cycle *cycle;
> >  	struct page_data *page_data_buf;
> >+	struct page_flag *page_flag_buf;
> >  };
> >
> >  /*
> >@@ -1295,11 +1302,12 @@ struct DumpInfo {
> >  	pthread_t **threads;
> >  	struct thread_args *kdump_thread_args;
> >  	struct page_data *page_data_buf;
> >+	struct page_flag **page_flag_buf;
> >+	sem_t page_flag_buf_sem;
> >  	pthread_rwlock_t usemmap_rwlock;
> >  	mdf_pfn_t current_pfn;
> >  	pthread_mutex_t current_pfn_mutex;
> >-	mdf_pfn_t consumed_pfn;
> >-	pthread_mutex_t consumed_pfn_mutex;
> >+	pthread_mutex_t page_data_mutex;
> >  	pthread_mutex_t filter_mutex;
> >  };
> >  extern struct DumpInfo		*info;
> >
> 
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* Re: [PATCH v6] Improve the performance of --num-threads -d 31
  2016-04-14  9:57   ` Minfei Huang
@ 2016-04-15  0:17     ` "Zhou, Wenjian/周文剑"
  2016-04-15  2:09       ` Minfei Huang
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: "Zhou, Wenjian/周文剑" @ 2016-04-15  0:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Minfei Huang; +Cc: Atsushi Kumagai, kexec

On 04/14/2016 05:57 PM, Minfei Huang wrote:
> On 04/14/16 at 01:56pm, "Zhou, Wenjian/周文剑" wrote:
>> Hello Atsushi,
>>
>> I calculated the memory cost of each thread, and the result is about 50KB.
>> But I find each thread will take a little more than 100KB actually.
>> And I set the reserved memory for each thread to 200KB in this version.
>>
>> I think 200KB is a proper value.
>
> Hi, Zhou.
>
> Is there a general formular provided to user to calculate rough reserved
> memory, if option num-threads is used?
>

Hi Minfei,

That is
max_threads = ((free_memory - 4MB) * 0.6) / 200KB .

And maybe free_memory = reserved_memory - 100MB. I'm not sure about it.

But is it necessary for user to calculate?
If user use too much threads, this patch will reset it to a proper value.

-- 
Thanks
Zhou

> Thanks
> Minfei
>
>>
>> --
>> Thanks
>> Zhou
>>
>> On 04/14/2016 01:42 PM, Zhou Wenjian wrote:
>>> v6:
>>>          1. address Atsushi Kumagai's comments about calculating and reserving memory
>>> v5:
>>>          1. remove unused variable check_out
>>>          2. reset num_threads if memory is not enough
>>> v4:
>>>          1. fix a bug caused by the logic
>>> v3:
>>>          1. remove some unused variables
>>>          2. fix a bug caused by the wrong logic
>>>          3. fix a bug caused by optimising
>>>          4. improve more performance by using Minoru Usui's code
>>>
>>> multi-threads implementation will introduce extra cost when handling
>>> each page. The origin implementation will also do the extra work for
>>> filtered pages. So there is a big performance degradation in
>>> --num-threads -d 31.
>>> The new implementation won't do the extra work for filtered pages any
>>> more. So the performance of -d 31 is close to that of serial processing.
>>>
>>> The new implementation is just like the following:
>>>          * The basic idea is producer producing page and consumer writing page.
>>>          * Each producer have a page_flag_buf list which is used for storing
>>>            page's description.
>>>          * The size of page_flag_buf is little so it won't take too much memory.
>>>          * And all producers will share a page_data_buf array which is
>>>            used for storing page's compressed data.
>>>          * The main thread is the consumer. It will find the next pfn and write
>>>            it into file.
>>>          * The next pfn is smallest pfn in all page_flag_buf.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Minoru Usui <min-usui@ti.jp.nec.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Zhou Wenjian <zhouwj-fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
>>> ---
>>>   makedumpfile.c | 320 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
>>>   makedumpfile.h |  38 ++++---
>>>   2 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 148 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/makedumpfile.c b/makedumpfile.c
>>> index fa0b779..a826321 100644
>>> --- a/makedumpfile.c
>>> +++ b/makedumpfile.c
>>> @@ -3481,9 +3481,8 @@ initial_for_parallel()
>>>   {
>>>   	unsigned long len_buf_out;
>>>   	unsigned long page_data_buf_size;
>>> -	unsigned long limit_size;
>>> -	int page_data_num;
>>> -	int i;
>>> +	struct page_flag *current;
>>> +	int i, j;
>>>
>>>   	len_buf_out = calculate_len_buf_out(info->page_size);
>>>
>>> @@ -3553,20 +3552,7 @@ initial_for_parallel()
>>>   #endif
>>>   	}
>>>
>>> -	/*
>>> -	 * get a safe number of page_data
>>> -	 */
>>> -	page_data_buf_size = MAX(len_buf_out, info->page_size);
>>> -
>>> -	limit_size = (get_free_memory_size()
>>> -		      - MAP_REGION * info->num_threads) * 0.6;
>>> -
>>> -	page_data_num = limit_size / page_data_buf_size;
>>> -
>>> -	info->num_buffers = MIN(NUM_BUFFERS, page_data_num);
>>> -
>>> -	DEBUG_MSG("Number of struct page_data for produce/consume: %d\n",
>>> -			info->num_buffers);
>>> +	info->num_buffers = PAGE_DATA_NUM * info->num_threads;
>>>
>>>   	/*
>>>   	 * allocate memory for page_data
>>> @@ -3579,6 +3565,7 @@ initial_for_parallel()
>>>   	}
>>>   	memset(info->page_data_buf, 0, sizeof(struct page_data) * info->num_buffers);
>>>
>>> +	page_data_buf_size = MAX(len_buf_out, info->page_size);
>>>   	for (i = 0; i < info->num_buffers; i++) {
>>>   		if ((info->page_data_buf[i].buf = malloc(page_data_buf_size)) == NULL) {
>>>   			MSG("Can't allocate memory for buf of page_data_buf. %s\n",
>>> @@ -3588,6 +3575,36 @@ initial_for_parallel()
>>>   	}
>>>
>>>   	/*
>>> +	 * initial page_flag for each thread
>>> +	 */
>>> +	if ((info->page_flag_buf = malloc(sizeof(void *) * info->num_threads))
>>> +	    == NULL) {
>>> +		MSG("Can't allocate memory for page_flag_buf. %s\n",
>>> +				strerror(errno));
>>> +		return FALSE;
>>> +	}
>>> +	memset(info->page_flag_buf, 0, sizeof(void *) * info->num_threads);
>>> +
>>> +	for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
>>> +		if ((info->page_flag_buf[i] = calloc(1, sizeof(struct page_flag))) == NULL) {
>>> +			MSG("Can't allocate memory for page_flag. %s\n",
>>> +				strerror(errno));
>>> +			return FALSE;
>>> +		}
>>> +		current = info->page_flag_buf[i];
>>> +
>>> +		for (j = 1; j < PAGE_FLAG_NUM; j++) {
>>> +			if ((current->next = calloc(1, sizeof(struct page_flag))) == NULL) {
>>> +				MSG("Can't allocate memory for page_flag. %s\n",
>>> +					strerror(errno));
>>> +				return FALSE;
>>> +			}
>>> +			current = current->next;
>>> +		}
>>> +		current->next = info->page_flag_buf[i];
>>> +	}
>>> +
>>> +	/*
>>>   	 * initial fd_memory for threads
>>>   	 */
>>>   	for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
>>> @@ -3612,7 +3629,8 @@ initial_for_parallel()
>>>   void
>>>   free_for_parallel()
>>>   {
>>> -	int i;
>>> +	int i, j;
>>> +	struct page_flag *current;
>>>
>>>   	if (info->threads != NULL) {
>>>   		for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
>>> @@ -3655,6 +3673,19 @@ free_for_parallel()
>>>   		free(info->page_data_buf);
>>>   	}
>>>
>>> +	if (info->page_flag_buf != NULL) {
>>> +		for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
>>> +			for (j = 0; j < PAGE_FLAG_NUM; j++) {
>>> +				if (info->page_flag_buf[i] != NULL) {
>>> +					current = info->page_flag_buf[i];
>>> +					info->page_flag_buf[i] = current->next;
>>> +					free(current);
>>> +				}
>>> +			}
>>> +		}
>>> +		free(info->page_flag_buf);
>>> +	}
>>> +
>>>   	if (info->parallel_info == NULL)
>>>   		return;
>>>
>>> @@ -7075,11 +7106,11 @@ void *
>>>   kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
>>>   	void *retval = PTHREAD_FAIL;
>>>   	struct thread_args *kdump_thread_args = (struct thread_args *)arg;
>>> -	struct page_data *page_data_buf = kdump_thread_args->page_data_buf;
>>> +	volatile struct page_data *page_data_buf = kdump_thread_args->page_data_buf;
>>> +	volatile struct page_flag *page_flag_buf = kdump_thread_args->page_flag_buf;
>>>   	struct cycle *cycle = kdump_thread_args->cycle;
>>> -	int page_data_num = kdump_thread_args->page_data_num;
>>> -	mdf_pfn_t pfn;
>>> -	int index;
>>> +	mdf_pfn_t pfn = cycle->start_pfn;
>>> +	int index = kdump_thread_args->thread_num;
>>>   	int buf_ready;
>>>   	int dumpable;
>>>   	int fd_memory = 0;
>>> @@ -7125,47 +7156,48 @@ kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
>>>   						kdump_thread_args->thread_num);
>>>   	}
>>>
>>> -	while (1) {
>>> -		/* get next pfn */
>>> -		pthread_mutex_lock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
>>> -		pfn = info->current_pfn;
>>> -		info->current_pfn++;
>>> -		pthread_mutex_unlock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
>>> -
>>> -		if (pfn >= kdump_thread_args->end_pfn)
>>> -			break;
>>> -
>>> -		index = -1;
>>> +	/*
>>> +	 * filtered page won't take anything
>>> +	 * unfiltered zero page will only take a page_flag_buf
>>> +	 * unfiltered non-zero page will take a page_flag_buf and a page_data_buf
>>> +	 */
>>> +	while (pfn < cycle->end_pfn) {
>>>   		buf_ready = FALSE;
>>>
>>> +		pthread_mutex_lock(&info->page_data_mutex);
>>> +		while (page_data_buf[index].used != FALSE) {
>>> +			index = (index + 1) % info->num_buffers;
>>> +		}
>>> +		page_data_buf[index].used = TRUE;
>>> +		pthread_mutex_unlock(&info->page_data_mutex);
>>> +
>>>   		while (buf_ready == FALSE) {
>>>   			pthread_testcancel();
>>> -
>>> -			index = pfn % page_data_num;
>>> -
>>> -			if (pfn - info->consumed_pfn > info->num_buffers)
>>> +			if (page_flag_buf->ready == FLAG_READY)
>>>   				continue;
>>>
>>> -			if (page_data_buf[index].ready != 0)
>>> -				continue;
>>> -
>>> -			pthread_mutex_lock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex);
>>> -
>>> -			if (page_data_buf[index].ready != 0)
>>> -				goto unlock;
>>> -
>>> -			buf_ready = TRUE;
>>> +			/* get next dumpable pfn */
>>> +			pthread_mutex_lock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
>>> +			for (pfn = info->current_pfn; pfn < cycle->end_pfn; pfn++) {
>>> +				dumpable = is_dumpable(
>>> +					info->fd_bitmap ? &bitmap_parallel : info->bitmap2,
>>> +					pfn,
>>> +					cycle);
>>> +				if (dumpable)
>>> +					break;
>>> +			}
>>> +			info->current_pfn = pfn + 1;
>>>
>>> -			page_data_buf[index].pfn = pfn;
>>> -			page_data_buf[index].ready = 1;
>>> +			page_flag_buf->pfn = pfn;
>>> +			page_flag_buf->ready = FLAG_FILLING;
>>> +			pthread_mutex_unlock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
>>> +			sem_post(&info->page_flag_buf_sem);
>>>
>>> -			dumpable = is_dumpable(
>>> -				info->fd_bitmap ? &bitmap_parallel : info->bitmap2,
>>> -				pfn,
>>> -				cycle);
>>> -			page_data_buf[index].dumpable = dumpable;
>>> -			if (!dumpable)
>>> -				goto unlock;
>>> +			if (pfn >= cycle->end_pfn) {
>>> +				info->current_pfn = cycle->end_pfn;
>>> +				page_data_buf[index].used = FALSE;
>>> +				break;
>>> +			}
>>>
>>>   			if (!read_pfn_parallel(fd_memory, pfn, buf,
>>>   					       &bitmap_memory_parallel,
>>> @@ -7178,11 +7210,11 @@ kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
>>>
>>>   			if ((info->dump_level & DL_EXCLUDE_ZERO)
>>>   			    && is_zero_page(buf, info->page_size)) {
>>> -				page_data_buf[index].zero = TRUE;
>>> -				goto unlock;
>>> +				page_flag_buf->zero = TRUE;
>>> +				goto next;
>>>   			}
>>>
>>> -			page_data_buf[index].zero = FALSE;
>>> +			page_flag_buf->zero = FALSE;
>>>
>>>   			/*
>>>   			 * Compress the page data.
>>> @@ -7232,12 +7264,14 @@ kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
>>>   				page_data_buf[index].size  = info->page_size;
>>>   				memcpy(page_data_buf[index].buf, buf, info->page_size);
>>>   			}
>>> -unlock:
>>> -			pthread_mutex_unlock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex);
>>> +			page_flag_buf->index = index;
>>> +			buf_ready = TRUE;
>>> +next:
>>> +			page_flag_buf->ready = FLAG_READY;
>>> +			page_flag_buf = page_flag_buf->next;
>>>
>>>   		}
>>>   	}
>>> -
>>>   	retval = NULL;
>>>
>>>   fail:
>>> @@ -7265,14 +7299,15 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
>>>   	struct page_desc pd;
>>>   	struct timeval tv_start;
>>>   	struct timeval last, new;
>>> -	unsigned long long consuming_pfn;
>>>   	pthread_t **threads = NULL;
>>>   	struct thread_args *kdump_thread_args = NULL;
>>>   	void *thread_result;
>>> -	int page_data_num;
>>> +	int page_buf_num;
>>>   	struct page_data *page_data_buf = NULL;
>>>   	int i;
>>>   	int index;
>>> +	int end_count, consuming;
>>> +	mdf_pfn_t current_pfn, temp_pfn;
>>>
>>>   	if (info->flag_elf_dumpfile)
>>>   		return FALSE;
>>> @@ -7284,13 +7319,6 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
>>>   		goto out;
>>>   	}
>>>
>>> -	res = pthread_mutex_init(&info->consumed_pfn_mutex, NULL);
>>> -	if (res != 0) {
>>> -		ERRMSG("Can't initialize consumed_pfn_mutex. %s\n",
>>> -				strerror(res));
>>> -		goto out;
>>> -	}
>>> -
>>>   	res = pthread_mutex_init(&info->filter_mutex, NULL);
>>>   	if (res != 0) {
>>>   		ERRMSG("Can't initialize filter_mutex. %s\n", strerror(res));
>>> @@ -7314,36 +7342,23 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
>>>   	end_pfn   = cycle->end_pfn;
>>>
>>>   	info->current_pfn = start_pfn;
>>> -	info->consumed_pfn = start_pfn - 1;
>>>
>>>   	threads = info->threads;
>>>   	kdump_thread_args = info->kdump_thread_args;
>>>
>>> -	page_data_num = info->num_buffers;
>>> +	page_buf_num = info->num_buffers;
>>>   	page_data_buf = info->page_data_buf;
>>> +	pthread_mutex_init(&info->page_data_mutex, NULL);
>>> +	sem_init(&info->page_flag_buf_sem, 0, 0);
>>>
>>> -	for (i = 0; i < page_data_num; i++) {
>>> -		/*
>>> -		 * producer will use pfn in page_data_buf to decide the
>>> -		 * consumed pfn
>>> -		 */
>>> -		page_data_buf[i].pfn = start_pfn - 1;
>>> -		page_data_buf[i].ready = 0;
>>> -		res = pthread_mutex_init(&page_data_buf[i].mutex, NULL);
>>> -		if (res != 0) {
>>> -			ERRMSG("Can't initialize mutex of page_data_buf. %s\n",
>>> -					strerror(res));
>>> -			goto out;
>>> -		}
>>> -	}
>>> +	for (i = 0; i < page_buf_num; i++)
>>> +		page_data_buf[i].used = FALSE;
>>>
>>>   	for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
>>>   		kdump_thread_args[i].thread_num = i;
>>>   		kdump_thread_args[i].len_buf_out = len_buf_out;
>>> -		kdump_thread_args[i].start_pfn = start_pfn;
>>> -		kdump_thread_args[i].end_pfn = end_pfn;
>>> -		kdump_thread_args[i].page_data_num = page_data_num;
>>>   		kdump_thread_args[i].page_data_buf = page_data_buf;
>>> +		kdump_thread_args[i].page_flag_buf = info->page_flag_buf[i];
>>>   		kdump_thread_args[i].cycle = cycle;
>>>
>>>   		res = pthread_create(threads[i], NULL,
>>> @@ -7356,55 +7371,86 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
>>>   		}
>>>   	}
>>>
>>> -	consuming_pfn = start_pfn;
>>> -	index = -1;
>>> +	end_count = 0;
>>> +	while (1) {
>>> +		consuming = 0;
>>>
>>> -	gettimeofday(&last, NULL);
>>> +		/*
>>> +		 * The basic idea is producer producing page and consumer writing page.
>>> +		 * Each producer have a page_flag_buf list which is used for storing page's description.
>>> +		 * The size of page_flag_buf is little so it won't take too much memory.
>>> +		 * And all producers will share a page_data_buf array which is used for storing page's compressed data.
>>> +		 * The main thread is the consumer. It will find the next pfn and write it into file.
>>> +		 * The next pfn is smallest pfn in all page_flag_buf.
>>> +		 */
>>> +		sem_wait(&info->page_flag_buf_sem);
>>> +		gettimeofday(&last, NULL);
>>> +		while (1) {
>>> +			current_pfn = end_pfn;
>>>
>>> -	while (consuming_pfn < end_pfn) {
>>> -		index = consuming_pfn % page_data_num;
>>> +			/*
>>> +			 * page_flag_buf is in circular linked list.
>>> +			 * The array info->page_flag_buf[] records the current page_flag_buf in each thread's
>>> +			 * page_flag_buf list.
>>> +			 * consuming is used for recording in which thread the pfn is the smallest.
>>> +			 * current_pfn is used for recording the value of pfn when checking the pfn.
>>> +			 */
>>> +			for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
>>> +				if (info->page_flag_buf[i]->ready == FLAG_UNUSED)
>>> +					continue;
>>> +				temp_pfn = info->page_flag_buf[i]->pfn;
>>>
>>> -		gettimeofday(&new, NULL);
>>> -		if (new.tv_sec - last.tv_sec > WAIT_TIME) {
>>> -			ERRMSG("Can't get data of pfn %llx.\n", consuming_pfn);
>>> -			goto out;
>>> -		}
>>> +				/*
>>> +				 * count how many threads have reached the end.
>>> +				 */
>>> +				if (temp_pfn >= end_pfn) {
>>> +					info->page_flag_buf[i]->ready = FLAG_UNUSED;
>>> +					end_count++;
>>> +					continue;
>>> +				}
>>>
>>> -		/*
>>> -		 * check pfn first without mutex locked to reduce the time
>>> -		 * trying to lock the mutex
>>> -		 */
>>> -		if (page_data_buf[index].pfn != consuming_pfn)
>>> -			continue;
>>> +				if (current_pfn < temp_pfn)
>>> +					continue;
>>>
>>> -		if (pthread_mutex_trylock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex) != 0)
>>> -			continue;
>>> +				consuming = i;
>>> +				current_pfn = temp_pfn;
>>> +			}
>>>
>>> -		/* check whether the found one is ready to be consumed */
>>> -		if (page_data_buf[index].pfn != consuming_pfn ||
>>> -		    page_data_buf[index].ready != 1) {
>>> -			goto unlock;
>>> +			/*
>>> +			 * If all the threads have reached the end, we will finish writing.
>>> +			 */
>>> +			if (end_count >= info->num_threads)
>>> +				goto finish;
>>> +
>>> +			/*
>>> +			 * If the page_flag_buf is not ready, the pfn recorded may be changed.
>>> +			 * So we should recheck.
>>> +			 */
>>> +			if (info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->ready != FLAG_READY) {
>>> +				gettimeofday(&new, NULL);
>>> +				if (new.tv_sec - last.tv_sec > WAIT_TIME) {
>>> +					ERRMSG("Can't get data of pfn.\n");
>>> +					goto out;
>>> +				}
>>> +				continue;
>>> +			}
>>> +
>>> +			if (current_pfn == info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->pfn)
>>> +				break;
>>>   		}
>>>
>>>   		if ((num_dumped % per) == 0)
>>>   			print_progress(PROGRESS_COPY, num_dumped, info->num_dumpable);
>>>
>>> -		/* next pfn is found, refresh last here */
>>> -		last = new;
>>> -		consuming_pfn++;
>>> -		info->consumed_pfn++;
>>> -		page_data_buf[index].ready = 0;
>>> -
>>> -		if (page_data_buf[index].dumpable == FALSE)
>>> -			goto unlock;
>>> -
>>>   		num_dumped++;
>>>
>>> -		if (page_data_buf[index].zero == TRUE) {
>>> +
>>> +		if (info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->zero == TRUE) {
>>>   			if (!write_cache(cd_header, pd_zero, sizeof(page_desc_t)))
>>>   				goto out;
>>>   			pfn_zero++;
>>>   		} else {
>>> +			index = info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->index;
>>>   			pd.flags      = page_data_buf[index].flags;
>>>   			pd.size       = page_data_buf[index].size;
>>>   			pd.page_flags = 0;
>>> @@ -7420,12 +7466,12 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
>>>   			 */
>>>   			if (!write_cache(cd_page, page_data_buf[index].buf, pd.size))
>>>   				goto out;
>>> -
>>> +			page_data_buf[index].used = FALSE;
>>>   		}
>>> -unlock:
>>> -		pthread_mutex_unlock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex);
>>> +		info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->ready = FLAG_UNUSED;
>>> +		info->page_flag_buf[consuming] = info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->next;
>>>   	}
>>> -
>>> +finish:
>>>   	ret = TRUE;
>>>   	/*
>>>   	 * print [100 %]
>>> @@ -7463,15 +7509,9 @@ out:
>>>   		}
>>>   	}
>>>
>>> -	if (page_data_buf != NULL) {
>>> -		for (i = 0; i < page_data_num; i++) {
>>> -			pthread_mutex_destroy(&page_data_buf[i].mutex);
>>> -		}
>>> -	}
>>> -
>>> +	sem_destroy(&info->page_flag_buf_sem);
>>>   	pthread_rwlock_destroy(&info->usemmap_rwlock);
>>>   	pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->filter_mutex);
>>> -	pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->consumed_pfn_mutex);
>>>   	pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
>>>
>>>   	return ret;
>>> @@ -7564,6 +7604,7 @@ write_kdump_pages_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header, struct cache_data *cd_pag
>>>   		num_dumped++;
>>>   		if (!read_pfn(pfn, buf))
>>>   			goto out;
>>> +
>>>   		filter_data_buffer(buf, pfn_to_paddr(pfn), info->page_size);
>>>
>>>   		/*
>>> @@ -10201,7 +10242,6 @@ out:
>>>   	return free_size;
>>>   }
>>>
>>> -
>>>   /*
>>>    * Choose the less value of the three below as the size of cyclic buffer.
>>>    *  - the size enough for storing the 1st or 2nd bitmap for the whole of vmcore
>>> @@ -10223,6 +10263,20 @@ calculate_cyclic_buffer_size(void) {
>>>   	 *  free memory for safety.
>>>   	 */
>>>   	limit_size = get_free_memory_size() * 0.6;
>>> +
>>> +	/*
>>> +	 * Recalculate the limit_size according to num_threads.
>>> +	 * And reset num_threads if there is not enough memory.
>>> +	 */
>>> +	if (limit_size - maximum_size < THREAD_REGION * info->num_threads) {
>>> +		MSG("There isn't enough memory for %d threads.\n", info->num_threads);
>>> +
>>> +		info->num_threads = MAX(0, limit_size - maximum_size) / THREAD_REGION;
>>> +		MSG("--num_threads is set to %d.\n", info->num_threads);
>>> +	}
>>> +
>>> +	limit_size = limit_size - THREAD_REGION * info->num_threads;
>>> +
>>>   	/* Try to keep both 1st and 2nd bitmap at the same time. */
>>>   	bitmap_size = info->max_mapnr * 2 / BITPERBYTE;
>>>
>>> diff --git a/makedumpfile.h b/makedumpfile.h
>>> index e0b5bbf..322d31b 100644
>>> --- a/makedumpfile.h
>>> +++ b/makedumpfile.h
>>> @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
>>>   #include "print_info.h"
>>>   #include "sadump_mod.h"
>>>   #include <pthread.h>
>>> +#include <semaphore.h>
>>>
>>>   /*
>>>    * Result of command
>>> @@ -974,10 +975,11 @@ typedef unsigned long long int ulonglong;
>>>    * for parallel process
>>>    */
>>>
>>> -#define PAGE_DATA_NUM	(50)
>>> +#define PAGE_FLAG_NUM	(20)
>>> +#define PAGE_DATA_NUM	(5)
>>>   #define WAIT_TIME	(60 * 10)
>>>   #define PTHREAD_FAIL	((void *)-2)
>>> -#define NUM_BUFFERS	(50)
>>> +#define THREAD_REGION	(200 * 1024)
>>>
>>>   struct mmap_cache {
>>>   	char	*mmap_buf;
>>> @@ -985,28 +987,33 @@ struct mmap_cache {
>>>   	off_t   mmap_end_offset;
>>>   };
>>>
>>> +enum {
>>> +	FLAG_UNUSED,
>>> +	FLAG_READY,
>>> +	FLAG_FILLING
>>> +};
>>> +struct page_flag {
>>> +	mdf_pfn_t pfn;
>>> +	char zero;
>>> +	char ready;
>>> +	short index;
>>> +	struct page_flag *next;
>>> +};
>>> +
>>>   struct page_data
>>>   {
>>> -	mdf_pfn_t pfn;
>>> -	int dumpable;
>>> -	int zero;
>>> -	unsigned int flags;
>>>   	long size;
>>>   	unsigned char *buf;
>>> -	pthread_mutex_t mutex;
>>> -	/*
>>> -	 * whether the page_data is ready to be consumed
>>> -	 */
>>> -	int ready;
>>> +	int flags;
>>> +	int used;
>>>   };
>>>
>>>   struct thread_args {
>>>   	int thread_num;
>>>   	unsigned long len_buf_out;
>>> -	mdf_pfn_t start_pfn, end_pfn;
>>> -	int page_data_num;
>>>   	struct cycle *cycle;
>>>   	struct page_data *page_data_buf;
>>> +	struct page_flag *page_flag_buf;
>>>   };
>>>
>>>   /*
>>> @@ -1295,11 +1302,12 @@ struct DumpInfo {
>>>   	pthread_t **threads;
>>>   	struct thread_args *kdump_thread_args;
>>>   	struct page_data *page_data_buf;
>>> +	struct page_flag **page_flag_buf;
>>> +	sem_t page_flag_buf_sem;
>>>   	pthread_rwlock_t usemmap_rwlock;
>>>   	mdf_pfn_t current_pfn;
>>>   	pthread_mutex_t current_pfn_mutex;
>>> -	mdf_pfn_t consumed_pfn;
>>> -	pthread_mutex_t consumed_pfn_mutex;
>>> +	pthread_mutex_t page_data_mutex;
>>>   	pthread_mutex_t filter_mutex;
>>>   };
>>>   extern struct DumpInfo		*info;
>>>
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* Re: [PATCH v6] Improve the performance of --num-threads -d 31
  2016-04-15  0:17     ` "Zhou, Wenjian/周文剑"
@ 2016-04-15  2:09       ` Minfei Huang
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Minfei Huang @ 2016-04-15  2:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: "Zhou, Wenjian/周文剑"; +Cc: Atsushi Kumagai, kexec

On 04/15/16 at 08:17am, "Zhou, Wenjian/周文剑" wrote:
> On 04/14/2016 05:57 PM, Minfei Huang wrote:
> >On 04/14/16 at 01:56pm, "Zhou, Wenjian/周文剑" wrote:
> >>Hello Atsushi,
> >>
> >>I calculated the memory cost of each thread, and the result is about 50KB.
> >>But I find each thread will take a little more than 100KB actually.
> >>And I set the reserved memory for each thread to 200KB in this version.
> >>
> >>I think 200KB is a proper value.
> >
> >Hi, Zhou.
> >
> >Is there a general formular provided to user to calculate rough reserved
> >memory, if option num-threads is used?
> >
> 
> Hi Minfei,
> 
> That is
> max_threads = ((free_memory - 4MB) * 0.6) / 200KB .
> 
> And maybe free_memory = reserved_memory - 100MB. I'm not sure about it.
> 
> But is it necessary for user to calculate?
> If user use too much threads, this patch will reset it to a proper value.

Hi, Zhou.

Glad to hear about it. Thus makedumpfile can works well in limited
memory with inproperly number threads.

Thanks for your efforts.

Thanks
Minfei

> 
> -- 
> Thanks
> Zhou
> 
> >Thanks
> >Minfei
> >
> >>
> >>--
> >>Thanks
> >>Zhou
> >>
> >>On 04/14/2016 01:42 PM, Zhou Wenjian wrote:
> >>>v6:
> >>>         1. address Atsushi Kumagai's comments about calculating and reserving memory
> >>>v5:
> >>>         1. remove unused variable check_out
> >>>         2. reset num_threads if memory is not enough
> >>>v4:
> >>>         1. fix a bug caused by the logic
> >>>v3:
> >>>         1. remove some unused variables
> >>>         2. fix a bug caused by the wrong logic
> >>>         3. fix a bug caused by optimising
> >>>         4. improve more performance by using Minoru Usui's code
> >>>
> >>>multi-threads implementation will introduce extra cost when handling
> >>>each page. The origin implementation will also do the extra work for
> >>>filtered pages. So there is a big performance degradation in
> >>>--num-threads -d 31.
> >>>The new implementation won't do the extra work for filtered pages any
> >>>more. So the performance of -d 31 is close to that of serial processing.
> >>>
> >>>The new implementation is just like the following:
> >>>         * The basic idea is producer producing page and consumer writing page.
> >>>         * Each producer have a page_flag_buf list which is used for storing
> >>>           page's description.
> >>>         * The size of page_flag_buf is little so it won't take too much memory.
> >>>         * And all producers will share a page_data_buf array which is
> >>>           used for storing page's compressed data.
> >>>         * The main thread is the consumer. It will find the next pfn and write
> >>>           it into file.
> >>>         * The next pfn is smallest pfn in all page_flag_buf.
> >>>
> >>>Signed-off-by: Minoru Usui <min-usui@ti.jp.nec.com>
> >>>Signed-off-by: Zhou Wenjian <zhouwj-fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
> >>>---
> >>>  makedumpfile.c | 320 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
> >>>  makedumpfile.h |  38 ++++---
> >>>  2 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 148 deletions(-)
> >>>
> >>>diff --git a/makedumpfile.c b/makedumpfile.c
> >>>index fa0b779..a826321 100644
> >>>--- a/makedumpfile.c
> >>>+++ b/makedumpfile.c
> >>>@@ -3481,9 +3481,8 @@ initial_for_parallel()
> >>>  {
> >>>  	unsigned long len_buf_out;
> >>>  	unsigned long page_data_buf_size;
> >>>-	unsigned long limit_size;
> >>>-	int page_data_num;
> >>>-	int i;
> >>>+	struct page_flag *current;
> >>>+	int i, j;
> >>>
> >>>  	len_buf_out = calculate_len_buf_out(info->page_size);
> >>>
> >>>@@ -3553,20 +3552,7 @@ initial_for_parallel()
> >>>  #endif
> >>>  	}
> >>>
> >>>-	/*
> >>>-	 * get a safe number of page_data
> >>>-	 */
> >>>-	page_data_buf_size = MAX(len_buf_out, info->page_size);
> >>>-
> >>>-	limit_size = (get_free_memory_size()
> >>>-		      - MAP_REGION * info->num_threads) * 0.6;
> >>>-
> >>>-	page_data_num = limit_size / page_data_buf_size;
> >>>-
> >>>-	info->num_buffers = MIN(NUM_BUFFERS, page_data_num);
> >>>-
> >>>-	DEBUG_MSG("Number of struct page_data for produce/consume: %d\n",
> >>>-			info->num_buffers);
> >>>+	info->num_buffers = PAGE_DATA_NUM * info->num_threads;
> >>>
> >>>  	/*
> >>>  	 * allocate memory for page_data
> >>>@@ -3579,6 +3565,7 @@ initial_for_parallel()
> >>>  	}
> >>>  	memset(info->page_data_buf, 0, sizeof(struct page_data) * info->num_buffers);
> >>>
> >>>+	page_data_buf_size = MAX(len_buf_out, info->page_size);
> >>>  	for (i = 0; i < info->num_buffers; i++) {
> >>>  		if ((info->page_data_buf[i].buf = malloc(page_data_buf_size)) == NULL) {
> >>>  			MSG("Can't allocate memory for buf of page_data_buf. %s\n",
> >>>@@ -3588,6 +3575,36 @@ initial_for_parallel()
> >>>  	}
> >>>
> >>>  	/*
> >>>+	 * initial page_flag for each thread
> >>>+	 */
> >>>+	if ((info->page_flag_buf = malloc(sizeof(void *) * info->num_threads))
> >>>+	    == NULL) {
> >>>+		MSG("Can't allocate memory for page_flag_buf. %s\n",
> >>>+				strerror(errno));
> >>>+		return FALSE;
> >>>+	}
> >>>+	memset(info->page_flag_buf, 0, sizeof(void *) * info->num_threads);
> >>>+
> >>>+	for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
> >>>+		if ((info->page_flag_buf[i] = calloc(1, sizeof(struct page_flag))) == NULL) {
> >>>+			MSG("Can't allocate memory for page_flag. %s\n",
> >>>+				strerror(errno));
> >>>+			return FALSE;
> >>>+		}
> >>>+		current = info->page_flag_buf[i];
> >>>+
> >>>+		for (j = 1; j < PAGE_FLAG_NUM; j++) {
> >>>+			if ((current->next = calloc(1, sizeof(struct page_flag))) == NULL) {
> >>>+				MSG("Can't allocate memory for page_flag. %s\n",
> >>>+					strerror(errno));
> >>>+				return FALSE;
> >>>+			}
> >>>+			current = current->next;
> >>>+		}
> >>>+		current->next = info->page_flag_buf[i];
> >>>+	}
> >>>+
> >>>+	/*
> >>>  	 * initial fd_memory for threads
> >>>  	 */
> >>>  	for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
> >>>@@ -3612,7 +3629,8 @@ initial_for_parallel()
> >>>  void
> >>>  free_for_parallel()
> >>>  {
> >>>-	int i;
> >>>+	int i, j;
> >>>+	struct page_flag *current;
> >>>
> >>>  	if (info->threads != NULL) {
> >>>  		for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
> >>>@@ -3655,6 +3673,19 @@ free_for_parallel()
> >>>  		free(info->page_data_buf);
> >>>  	}
> >>>
> >>>+	if (info->page_flag_buf != NULL) {
> >>>+		for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
> >>>+			for (j = 0; j < PAGE_FLAG_NUM; j++) {
> >>>+				if (info->page_flag_buf[i] != NULL) {
> >>>+					current = info->page_flag_buf[i];
> >>>+					info->page_flag_buf[i] = current->next;
> >>>+					free(current);
> >>>+				}
> >>>+			}
> >>>+		}
> >>>+		free(info->page_flag_buf);
> >>>+	}
> >>>+
> >>>  	if (info->parallel_info == NULL)
> >>>  		return;
> >>>
> >>>@@ -7075,11 +7106,11 @@ void *
> >>>  kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
> >>>  	void *retval = PTHREAD_FAIL;
> >>>  	struct thread_args *kdump_thread_args = (struct thread_args *)arg;
> >>>-	struct page_data *page_data_buf = kdump_thread_args->page_data_buf;
> >>>+	volatile struct page_data *page_data_buf = kdump_thread_args->page_data_buf;
> >>>+	volatile struct page_flag *page_flag_buf = kdump_thread_args->page_flag_buf;
> >>>  	struct cycle *cycle = kdump_thread_args->cycle;
> >>>-	int page_data_num = kdump_thread_args->page_data_num;
> >>>-	mdf_pfn_t pfn;
> >>>-	int index;
> >>>+	mdf_pfn_t pfn = cycle->start_pfn;
> >>>+	int index = kdump_thread_args->thread_num;
> >>>  	int buf_ready;
> >>>  	int dumpable;
> >>>  	int fd_memory = 0;
> >>>@@ -7125,47 +7156,48 @@ kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
> >>>  						kdump_thread_args->thread_num);
> >>>  	}
> >>>
> >>>-	while (1) {
> >>>-		/* get next pfn */
> >>>-		pthread_mutex_lock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
> >>>-		pfn = info->current_pfn;
> >>>-		info->current_pfn++;
> >>>-		pthread_mutex_unlock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
> >>>-
> >>>-		if (pfn >= kdump_thread_args->end_pfn)
> >>>-			break;
> >>>-
> >>>-		index = -1;
> >>>+	/*
> >>>+	 * filtered page won't take anything
> >>>+	 * unfiltered zero page will only take a page_flag_buf
> >>>+	 * unfiltered non-zero page will take a page_flag_buf and a page_data_buf
> >>>+	 */
> >>>+	while (pfn < cycle->end_pfn) {
> >>>  		buf_ready = FALSE;
> >>>
> >>>+		pthread_mutex_lock(&info->page_data_mutex);
> >>>+		while (page_data_buf[index].used != FALSE) {
> >>>+			index = (index + 1) % info->num_buffers;
> >>>+		}
> >>>+		page_data_buf[index].used = TRUE;
> >>>+		pthread_mutex_unlock(&info->page_data_mutex);
> >>>+
> >>>  		while (buf_ready == FALSE) {
> >>>  			pthread_testcancel();
> >>>-
> >>>-			index = pfn % page_data_num;
> >>>-
> >>>-			if (pfn - info->consumed_pfn > info->num_buffers)
> >>>+			if (page_flag_buf->ready == FLAG_READY)
> >>>  				continue;
> >>>
> >>>-			if (page_data_buf[index].ready != 0)
> >>>-				continue;
> >>>-
> >>>-			pthread_mutex_lock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex);
> >>>-
> >>>-			if (page_data_buf[index].ready != 0)
> >>>-				goto unlock;
> >>>-
> >>>-			buf_ready = TRUE;
> >>>+			/* get next dumpable pfn */
> >>>+			pthread_mutex_lock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
> >>>+			for (pfn = info->current_pfn; pfn < cycle->end_pfn; pfn++) {
> >>>+				dumpable = is_dumpable(
> >>>+					info->fd_bitmap ? &bitmap_parallel : info->bitmap2,
> >>>+					pfn,
> >>>+					cycle);
> >>>+				if (dumpable)
> >>>+					break;
> >>>+			}
> >>>+			info->current_pfn = pfn + 1;
> >>>
> >>>-			page_data_buf[index].pfn = pfn;
> >>>-			page_data_buf[index].ready = 1;
> >>>+			page_flag_buf->pfn = pfn;
> >>>+			page_flag_buf->ready = FLAG_FILLING;
> >>>+			pthread_mutex_unlock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
> >>>+			sem_post(&info->page_flag_buf_sem);
> >>>
> >>>-			dumpable = is_dumpable(
> >>>-				info->fd_bitmap ? &bitmap_parallel : info->bitmap2,
> >>>-				pfn,
> >>>-				cycle);
> >>>-			page_data_buf[index].dumpable = dumpable;
> >>>-			if (!dumpable)
> >>>-				goto unlock;
> >>>+			if (pfn >= cycle->end_pfn) {
> >>>+				info->current_pfn = cycle->end_pfn;
> >>>+				page_data_buf[index].used = FALSE;
> >>>+				break;
> >>>+			}
> >>>
> >>>  			if (!read_pfn_parallel(fd_memory, pfn, buf,
> >>>  					       &bitmap_memory_parallel,
> >>>@@ -7178,11 +7210,11 @@ kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
> >>>
> >>>  			if ((info->dump_level & DL_EXCLUDE_ZERO)
> >>>  			    && is_zero_page(buf, info->page_size)) {
> >>>-				page_data_buf[index].zero = TRUE;
> >>>-				goto unlock;
> >>>+				page_flag_buf->zero = TRUE;
> >>>+				goto next;
> >>>  			}
> >>>
> >>>-			page_data_buf[index].zero = FALSE;
> >>>+			page_flag_buf->zero = FALSE;
> >>>
> >>>  			/*
> >>>  			 * Compress the page data.
> >>>@@ -7232,12 +7264,14 @@ kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
> >>>  				page_data_buf[index].size  = info->page_size;
> >>>  				memcpy(page_data_buf[index].buf, buf, info->page_size);
> >>>  			}
> >>>-unlock:
> >>>-			pthread_mutex_unlock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex);
> >>>+			page_flag_buf->index = index;
> >>>+			buf_ready = TRUE;
> >>>+next:
> >>>+			page_flag_buf->ready = FLAG_READY;
> >>>+			page_flag_buf = page_flag_buf->next;
> >>>
> >>>  		}
> >>>  	}
> >>>-
> >>>  	retval = NULL;
> >>>
> >>>  fail:
> >>>@@ -7265,14 +7299,15 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
> >>>  	struct page_desc pd;
> >>>  	struct timeval tv_start;
> >>>  	struct timeval last, new;
> >>>-	unsigned long long consuming_pfn;
> >>>  	pthread_t **threads = NULL;
> >>>  	struct thread_args *kdump_thread_args = NULL;
> >>>  	void *thread_result;
> >>>-	int page_data_num;
> >>>+	int page_buf_num;
> >>>  	struct page_data *page_data_buf = NULL;
> >>>  	int i;
> >>>  	int index;
> >>>+	int end_count, consuming;
> >>>+	mdf_pfn_t current_pfn, temp_pfn;
> >>>
> >>>  	if (info->flag_elf_dumpfile)
> >>>  		return FALSE;
> >>>@@ -7284,13 +7319,6 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
> >>>  		goto out;
> >>>  	}
> >>>
> >>>-	res = pthread_mutex_init(&info->consumed_pfn_mutex, NULL);
> >>>-	if (res != 0) {
> >>>-		ERRMSG("Can't initialize consumed_pfn_mutex. %s\n",
> >>>-				strerror(res));
> >>>-		goto out;
> >>>-	}
> >>>-
> >>>  	res = pthread_mutex_init(&info->filter_mutex, NULL);
> >>>  	if (res != 0) {
> >>>  		ERRMSG("Can't initialize filter_mutex. %s\n", strerror(res));
> >>>@@ -7314,36 +7342,23 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
> >>>  	end_pfn   = cycle->end_pfn;
> >>>
> >>>  	info->current_pfn = start_pfn;
> >>>-	info->consumed_pfn = start_pfn - 1;
> >>>
> >>>  	threads = info->threads;
> >>>  	kdump_thread_args = info->kdump_thread_args;
> >>>
> >>>-	page_data_num = info->num_buffers;
> >>>+	page_buf_num = info->num_buffers;
> >>>  	page_data_buf = info->page_data_buf;
> >>>+	pthread_mutex_init(&info->page_data_mutex, NULL);
> >>>+	sem_init(&info->page_flag_buf_sem, 0, 0);
> >>>
> >>>-	for (i = 0; i < page_data_num; i++) {
> >>>-		/*
> >>>-		 * producer will use pfn in page_data_buf to decide the
> >>>-		 * consumed pfn
> >>>-		 */
> >>>-		page_data_buf[i].pfn = start_pfn - 1;
> >>>-		page_data_buf[i].ready = 0;
> >>>-		res = pthread_mutex_init(&page_data_buf[i].mutex, NULL);
> >>>-		if (res != 0) {
> >>>-			ERRMSG("Can't initialize mutex of page_data_buf. %s\n",
> >>>-					strerror(res));
> >>>-			goto out;
> >>>-		}
> >>>-	}
> >>>+	for (i = 0; i < page_buf_num; i++)
> >>>+		page_data_buf[i].used = FALSE;
> >>>
> >>>  	for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
> >>>  		kdump_thread_args[i].thread_num = i;
> >>>  		kdump_thread_args[i].len_buf_out = len_buf_out;
> >>>-		kdump_thread_args[i].start_pfn = start_pfn;
> >>>-		kdump_thread_args[i].end_pfn = end_pfn;
> >>>-		kdump_thread_args[i].page_data_num = page_data_num;
> >>>  		kdump_thread_args[i].page_data_buf = page_data_buf;
> >>>+		kdump_thread_args[i].page_flag_buf = info->page_flag_buf[i];
> >>>  		kdump_thread_args[i].cycle = cycle;
> >>>
> >>>  		res = pthread_create(threads[i], NULL,
> >>>@@ -7356,55 +7371,86 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
> >>>  		}
> >>>  	}
> >>>
> >>>-	consuming_pfn = start_pfn;
> >>>-	index = -1;
> >>>+	end_count = 0;
> >>>+	while (1) {
> >>>+		consuming = 0;
> >>>
> >>>-	gettimeofday(&last, NULL);
> >>>+		/*
> >>>+		 * The basic idea is producer producing page and consumer writing page.
> >>>+		 * Each producer have a page_flag_buf list which is used for storing page's description.
> >>>+		 * The size of page_flag_buf is little so it won't take too much memory.
> >>>+		 * And all producers will share a page_data_buf array which is used for storing page's compressed data.
> >>>+		 * The main thread is the consumer. It will find the next pfn and write it into file.
> >>>+		 * The next pfn is smallest pfn in all page_flag_buf.
> >>>+		 */
> >>>+		sem_wait(&info->page_flag_buf_sem);
> >>>+		gettimeofday(&last, NULL);
> >>>+		while (1) {
> >>>+			current_pfn = end_pfn;
> >>>
> >>>-	while (consuming_pfn < end_pfn) {
> >>>-		index = consuming_pfn % page_data_num;
> >>>+			/*
> >>>+			 * page_flag_buf is in circular linked list.
> >>>+			 * The array info->page_flag_buf[] records the current page_flag_buf in each thread's
> >>>+			 * page_flag_buf list.
> >>>+			 * consuming is used for recording in which thread the pfn is the smallest.
> >>>+			 * current_pfn is used for recording the value of pfn when checking the pfn.
> >>>+			 */
> >>>+			for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
> >>>+				if (info->page_flag_buf[i]->ready == FLAG_UNUSED)
> >>>+					continue;
> >>>+				temp_pfn = info->page_flag_buf[i]->pfn;
> >>>
> >>>-		gettimeofday(&new, NULL);
> >>>-		if (new.tv_sec - last.tv_sec > WAIT_TIME) {
> >>>-			ERRMSG("Can't get data of pfn %llx.\n", consuming_pfn);
> >>>-			goto out;
> >>>-		}
> >>>+				/*
> >>>+				 * count how many threads have reached the end.
> >>>+				 */
> >>>+				if (temp_pfn >= end_pfn) {
> >>>+					info->page_flag_buf[i]->ready = FLAG_UNUSED;
> >>>+					end_count++;
> >>>+					continue;
> >>>+				}
> >>>
> >>>-		/*
> >>>-		 * check pfn first without mutex locked to reduce the time
> >>>-		 * trying to lock the mutex
> >>>-		 */
> >>>-		if (page_data_buf[index].pfn != consuming_pfn)
> >>>-			continue;
> >>>+				if (current_pfn < temp_pfn)
> >>>+					continue;
> >>>
> >>>-		if (pthread_mutex_trylock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex) != 0)
> >>>-			continue;
> >>>+				consuming = i;
> >>>+				current_pfn = temp_pfn;
> >>>+			}
> >>>
> >>>-		/* check whether the found one is ready to be consumed */
> >>>-		if (page_data_buf[index].pfn != consuming_pfn ||
> >>>-		    page_data_buf[index].ready != 1) {
> >>>-			goto unlock;
> >>>+			/*
> >>>+			 * If all the threads have reached the end, we will finish writing.
> >>>+			 */
> >>>+			if (end_count >= info->num_threads)
> >>>+				goto finish;
> >>>+
> >>>+			/*
> >>>+			 * If the page_flag_buf is not ready, the pfn recorded may be changed.
> >>>+			 * So we should recheck.
> >>>+			 */
> >>>+			if (info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->ready != FLAG_READY) {
> >>>+				gettimeofday(&new, NULL);
> >>>+				if (new.tv_sec - last.tv_sec > WAIT_TIME) {
> >>>+					ERRMSG("Can't get data of pfn.\n");
> >>>+					goto out;
> >>>+				}
> >>>+				continue;
> >>>+			}
> >>>+
> >>>+			if (current_pfn == info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->pfn)
> >>>+				break;
> >>>  		}
> >>>
> >>>  		if ((num_dumped % per) == 0)
> >>>  			print_progress(PROGRESS_COPY, num_dumped, info->num_dumpable);
> >>>
> >>>-		/* next pfn is found, refresh last here */
> >>>-		last = new;
> >>>-		consuming_pfn++;
> >>>-		info->consumed_pfn++;
> >>>-		page_data_buf[index].ready = 0;
> >>>-
> >>>-		if (page_data_buf[index].dumpable == FALSE)
> >>>-			goto unlock;
> >>>-
> >>>  		num_dumped++;
> >>>
> >>>-		if (page_data_buf[index].zero == TRUE) {
> >>>+
> >>>+		if (info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->zero == TRUE) {
> >>>  			if (!write_cache(cd_header, pd_zero, sizeof(page_desc_t)))
> >>>  				goto out;
> >>>  			pfn_zero++;
> >>>  		} else {
> >>>+			index = info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->index;
> >>>  			pd.flags      = page_data_buf[index].flags;
> >>>  			pd.size       = page_data_buf[index].size;
> >>>  			pd.page_flags = 0;
> >>>@@ -7420,12 +7466,12 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
> >>>  			 */
> >>>  			if (!write_cache(cd_page, page_data_buf[index].buf, pd.size))
> >>>  				goto out;
> >>>-
> >>>+			page_data_buf[index].used = FALSE;
> >>>  		}
> >>>-unlock:
> >>>-		pthread_mutex_unlock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex);
> >>>+		info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->ready = FLAG_UNUSED;
> >>>+		info->page_flag_buf[consuming] = info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->next;
> >>>  	}
> >>>-
> >>>+finish:
> >>>  	ret = TRUE;
> >>>  	/*
> >>>  	 * print [100 %]
> >>>@@ -7463,15 +7509,9 @@ out:
> >>>  		}
> >>>  	}
> >>>
> >>>-	if (page_data_buf != NULL) {
> >>>-		for (i = 0; i < page_data_num; i++) {
> >>>-			pthread_mutex_destroy(&page_data_buf[i].mutex);
> >>>-		}
> >>>-	}
> >>>-
> >>>+	sem_destroy(&info->page_flag_buf_sem);
> >>>  	pthread_rwlock_destroy(&info->usemmap_rwlock);
> >>>  	pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->filter_mutex);
> >>>-	pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->consumed_pfn_mutex);
> >>>  	pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
> >>>
> >>>  	return ret;
> >>>@@ -7564,6 +7604,7 @@ write_kdump_pages_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header, struct cache_data *cd_pag
> >>>  		num_dumped++;
> >>>  		if (!read_pfn(pfn, buf))
> >>>  			goto out;
> >>>+
> >>>  		filter_data_buffer(buf, pfn_to_paddr(pfn), info->page_size);
> >>>
> >>>  		/*
> >>>@@ -10201,7 +10242,6 @@ out:
> >>>  	return free_size;
> >>>  }
> >>>
> >>>-
> >>>  /*
> >>>   * Choose the less value of the three below as the size of cyclic buffer.
> >>>   *  - the size enough for storing the 1st or 2nd bitmap for the whole of vmcore
> >>>@@ -10223,6 +10263,20 @@ calculate_cyclic_buffer_size(void) {
> >>>  	 *  free memory for safety.
> >>>  	 */
> >>>  	limit_size = get_free_memory_size() * 0.6;
> >>>+
> >>>+	/*
> >>>+	 * Recalculate the limit_size according to num_threads.
> >>>+	 * And reset num_threads if there is not enough memory.
> >>>+	 */
> >>>+	if (limit_size - maximum_size < THREAD_REGION * info->num_threads) {
> >>>+		MSG("There isn't enough memory for %d threads.\n", info->num_threads);
> >>>+
> >>>+		info->num_threads = MAX(0, limit_size - maximum_size) / THREAD_REGION;
> >>>+		MSG("--num_threads is set to %d.\n", info->num_threads);
> >>>+	}
> >>>+
> >>>+	limit_size = limit_size - THREAD_REGION * info->num_threads;
> >>>+
> >>>  	/* Try to keep both 1st and 2nd bitmap at the same time. */
> >>>  	bitmap_size = info->max_mapnr * 2 / BITPERBYTE;
> >>>
> >>>diff --git a/makedumpfile.h b/makedumpfile.h
> >>>index e0b5bbf..322d31b 100644
> >>>--- a/makedumpfile.h
> >>>+++ b/makedumpfile.h
> >>>@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
> >>>  #include "print_info.h"
> >>>  #include "sadump_mod.h"
> >>>  #include <pthread.h>
> >>>+#include <semaphore.h>
> >>>
> >>>  /*
> >>>   * Result of command
> >>>@@ -974,10 +975,11 @@ typedef unsigned long long int ulonglong;
> >>>   * for parallel process
> >>>   */
> >>>
> >>>-#define PAGE_DATA_NUM	(50)
> >>>+#define PAGE_FLAG_NUM	(20)
> >>>+#define PAGE_DATA_NUM	(5)
> >>>  #define WAIT_TIME	(60 * 10)
> >>>  #define PTHREAD_FAIL	((void *)-2)
> >>>-#define NUM_BUFFERS	(50)
> >>>+#define THREAD_REGION	(200 * 1024)
> >>>
> >>>  struct mmap_cache {
> >>>  	char	*mmap_buf;
> >>>@@ -985,28 +987,33 @@ struct mmap_cache {
> >>>  	off_t   mmap_end_offset;
> >>>  };
> >>>
> >>>+enum {
> >>>+	FLAG_UNUSED,
> >>>+	FLAG_READY,
> >>>+	FLAG_FILLING
> >>>+};
> >>>+struct page_flag {
> >>>+	mdf_pfn_t pfn;
> >>>+	char zero;
> >>>+	char ready;
> >>>+	short index;
> >>>+	struct page_flag *next;
> >>>+};
> >>>+
> >>>  struct page_data
> >>>  {
> >>>-	mdf_pfn_t pfn;
> >>>-	int dumpable;
> >>>-	int zero;
> >>>-	unsigned int flags;
> >>>  	long size;
> >>>  	unsigned char *buf;
> >>>-	pthread_mutex_t mutex;
> >>>-	/*
> >>>-	 * whether the page_data is ready to be consumed
> >>>-	 */
> >>>-	int ready;
> >>>+	int flags;
> >>>+	int used;
> >>>  };
> >>>
> >>>  struct thread_args {
> >>>  	int thread_num;
> >>>  	unsigned long len_buf_out;
> >>>-	mdf_pfn_t start_pfn, end_pfn;
> >>>-	int page_data_num;
> >>>  	struct cycle *cycle;
> >>>  	struct page_data *page_data_buf;
> >>>+	struct page_flag *page_flag_buf;
> >>>  };
> >>>
> >>>  /*
> >>>@@ -1295,11 +1302,12 @@ struct DumpInfo {
> >>>  	pthread_t **threads;
> >>>  	struct thread_args *kdump_thread_args;
> >>>  	struct page_data *page_data_buf;
> >>>+	struct page_flag **page_flag_buf;
> >>>+	sem_t page_flag_buf_sem;
> >>>  	pthread_rwlock_t usemmap_rwlock;
> >>>  	mdf_pfn_t current_pfn;
> >>>  	pthread_mutex_t current_pfn_mutex;
> >>>-	mdf_pfn_t consumed_pfn;
> >>>-	pthread_mutex_t consumed_pfn_mutex;
> >>>+	pthread_mutex_t page_data_mutex;
> >>>  	pthread_mutex_t filter_mutex;
> >>>  };
> >>>  extern struct DumpInfo		*info;
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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* Re: [PATCH v6] Improve the performance of --num-threads -d 31
  2016-04-15  2:39 ` Minfei Huang
@ 2016-04-15  2:38   ` "Zhou, Wenjian/周文剑"
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: "Zhou, Wenjian/周文剑" @ 2016-04-15  2:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Minfei Huang; +Cc: kexec

On 04/15/2016 10:39 AM, Minfei Huang wrote:
> On 04/14/16 at 01:42pm, Zhou Wenjian wrote:
>> @@ -10223,6 +10263,20 @@ calculate_cyclic_buffer_size(void) {
>>   	 *  free memory for safety.
>>   	 */
>>   	limit_size = get_free_memory_size() * 0.6;
>> +
>> +	/*
>> +	 * Recalculate the limit_size according to num_threads.
>> +	 * And reset num_threads if there is not enough memory.
>> +	 */
>> +	if (limit_size - maximum_size < THREAD_REGION * info->num_threads) {
>> +		MSG("There isn't enough memory for %d threads.\n", info->num_threads);
>> +
>> +		info->num_threads = MAX(0, limit_size - maximum_size) / THREAD_REGION;
>
> Hi, Zhou.
>
> Since both limit_size and maximum_size are unsigned long long,
> comparison is necessary for the if branch. Thus the micro MAX can be
> removed as well.
>

Oh, I made a stupid mistake.
Thanks for pointing it out.

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* Re: [PATCH v6] Improve the performance of --num-threads -d 31
  2016-04-14  5:42 [PATCH v6] Improve the performance of --num-threads -d 31 Zhou Wenjian
  2016-04-14  5:56 ` "Zhou, Wenjian/周文剑"
@ 2016-04-15  2:39 ` Minfei Huang
  2016-04-15  2:38   ` "Zhou, Wenjian/周文剑"
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Minfei Huang @ 2016-04-15  2:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Zhou Wenjian; +Cc: kexec

On 04/14/16 at 01:42pm, Zhou Wenjian wrote:
> @@ -10223,6 +10263,20 @@ calculate_cyclic_buffer_size(void) {
>  	 *  free memory for safety.
>  	 */
>  	limit_size = get_free_memory_size() * 0.6;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Recalculate the limit_size according to num_threads.
> +	 * And reset num_threads if there is not enough memory.
> +	 */
> +	if (limit_size - maximum_size < THREAD_REGION * info->num_threads) {
> +		MSG("There isn't enough memory for %d threads.\n", info->num_threads);
> +
> +		info->num_threads = MAX(0, limit_size - maximum_size) / THREAD_REGION;

Hi, Zhou.

Since both limit_size and maximum_size are unsigned long long,
comparison is necessary for the if branch. Thus the micro MAX can be
removed as well.

Thanks
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* RE: [PATCH v6] Improve the performance of --num-threads -d 31
  2016-04-14  5:56 ` "Zhou, Wenjian/周文剑"
  2016-04-14  9:57   ` Minfei Huang
@ 2016-04-15  5:24   ` Atsushi Kumagai
  2016-04-15 10:09     ` "Zhou, Wenjian/周文剑"
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Atsushi Kumagai @ 2016-04-15  5:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: "Zhou, Wenjian/周文剑"
  Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org

>Hello Atsushi,
>
>I calculated the memory cost of each thread, and the result is about 50KB.
>But I find each thread will take a little more than 100KB actually.
>And I set the reserved memory for each thread to 200KB in this version.
>
>I think 200KB is a proper value.

My test result was similar to yours, so the estimate seems basically right.
Of course, It's better to break down the memory cost...

Anyway, I have a comment for this version.

You changed the way to calculate the number of page_data_buf in v6,
doesn't it affect the performance ? and please explain the reason when
you change the code.

P.S. I'll comment for v7 later.


Thanks,
Atsushi Kumagai

>--
>Thanks
>Zhou
>
>On 04/14/2016 01:42 PM, Zhou Wenjian wrote:
>> v6:
>>          1. address Atsushi Kumagai's comments about calculating and reserving memory
>> v5:
>>          1. remove unused variable check_out
>>          2. reset num_threads if memory is not enough
>> v4:
>>          1. fix a bug caused by the logic
>> v3:
>>          1. remove some unused variables
>>          2. fix a bug caused by the wrong logic
>>          3. fix a bug caused by optimising
>>          4. improve more performance by using Minoru Usui's code
>>
>> multi-threads implementation will introduce extra cost when handling
>> each page. The origin implementation will also do the extra work for
>> filtered pages. So there is a big performance degradation in
>> --num-threads -d 31.
>> The new implementation won't do the extra work for filtered pages any
>> more. So the performance of -d 31 is close to that of serial processing.
>>
>> The new implementation is just like the following:
>>          * The basic idea is producer producing page and consumer writing page.
>>          * Each producer have a page_flag_buf list which is used for storing
>>            page's description.
>>          * The size of page_flag_buf is little so it won't take too much memory.
>>          * And all producers will share a page_data_buf array which is
>>            used for storing page's compressed data.
>>          * The main thread is the consumer. It will find the next pfn and write
>>            it into file.
>>          * The next pfn is smallest pfn in all page_flag_buf.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Minoru Usui <min-usui@ti.jp.nec.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Zhou Wenjian <zhouwj-fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
>> ---
>>   makedumpfile.c | 320 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
>>   makedumpfile.h |  38 ++++---
>>   2 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 148 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/makedumpfile.c b/makedumpfile.c
>> index fa0b779..a826321 100644
>> --- a/makedumpfile.c
>> +++ b/makedumpfile.c
>> @@ -3481,9 +3481,8 @@ initial_for_parallel()
>>   {
>>   	unsigned long len_buf_out;
>>   	unsigned long page_data_buf_size;
>> -	unsigned long limit_size;
>> -	int page_data_num;
>> -	int i;
>> +	struct page_flag *current;
>> +	int i, j;
>>
>>   	len_buf_out = calculate_len_buf_out(info->page_size);
>>
>> @@ -3553,20 +3552,7 @@ initial_for_parallel()
>>   #endif
>>   	}
>>
>> -	/*
>> -	 * get a safe number of page_data
>> -	 */
>> -	page_data_buf_size = MAX(len_buf_out, info->page_size);
>> -
>> -	limit_size = (get_free_memory_size()
>> -		      - MAP_REGION * info->num_threads) * 0.6;
>> -
>> -	page_data_num = limit_size / page_data_buf_size;
>> -
>> -	info->num_buffers = MIN(NUM_BUFFERS, page_data_num);
>> -
>> -	DEBUG_MSG("Number of struct page_data for produce/consume: %d\n",
>> -			info->num_buffers);
>> +	info->num_buffers = PAGE_DATA_NUM * info->num_threads;
>>
>>   	/*
>>   	 * allocate memory for page_data
>> @@ -3579,6 +3565,7 @@ initial_for_parallel()
>>   	}
>>   	memset(info->page_data_buf, 0, sizeof(struct page_data) * info->num_buffers);
>>
>> +	page_data_buf_size = MAX(len_buf_out, info->page_size);
>>   	for (i = 0; i < info->num_buffers; i++) {
>>   		if ((info->page_data_buf[i].buf = malloc(page_data_buf_size)) == NULL) {
>>   			MSG("Can't allocate memory for buf of page_data_buf. %s\n",
>> @@ -3588,6 +3575,36 @@ initial_for_parallel()
>>   	}
>>
>>   	/*
>> +	 * initial page_flag for each thread
>> +	 */
>> +	if ((info->page_flag_buf = malloc(sizeof(void *) * info->num_threads))
>> +	    == NULL) {
>> +		MSG("Can't allocate memory for page_flag_buf. %s\n",
>> +				strerror(errno));
>> +		return FALSE;
>> +	}
>> +	memset(info->page_flag_buf, 0, sizeof(void *) * info->num_threads);
>> +
>> +	for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
>> +		if ((info->page_flag_buf[i] = calloc(1, sizeof(struct page_flag))) == NULL) {
>> +			MSG("Can't allocate memory for page_flag. %s\n",
>> +				strerror(errno));
>> +			return FALSE;
>> +		}
>> +		current = info->page_flag_buf[i];
>> +
>> +		for (j = 1; j < PAGE_FLAG_NUM; j++) {
>> +			if ((current->next = calloc(1, sizeof(struct page_flag))) == NULL) {
>> +				MSG("Can't allocate memory for page_flag. %s\n",
>> +					strerror(errno));
>> +				return FALSE;
>> +			}
>> +			current = current->next;
>> +		}
>> +		current->next = info->page_flag_buf[i];
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	/*
>>   	 * initial fd_memory for threads
>>   	 */
>>   	for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
>> @@ -3612,7 +3629,8 @@ initial_for_parallel()
>>   void
>>   free_for_parallel()
>>   {
>> -	int i;
>> +	int i, j;
>> +	struct page_flag *current;
>>
>>   	if (info->threads != NULL) {
>>   		for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
>> @@ -3655,6 +3673,19 @@ free_for_parallel()
>>   		free(info->page_data_buf);
>>   	}
>>
>> +	if (info->page_flag_buf != NULL) {
>> +		for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
>> +			for (j = 0; j < PAGE_FLAG_NUM; j++) {
>> +				if (info->page_flag_buf[i] != NULL) {
>> +					current = info->page_flag_buf[i];
>> +					info->page_flag_buf[i] = current->next;
>> +					free(current);
>> +				}
>> +			}
>> +		}
>> +		free(info->page_flag_buf);
>> +	}
>> +
>>   	if (info->parallel_info == NULL)
>>   		return;
>>
>> @@ -7075,11 +7106,11 @@ void *
>>   kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
>>   	void *retval = PTHREAD_FAIL;
>>   	struct thread_args *kdump_thread_args = (struct thread_args *)arg;
>> -	struct page_data *page_data_buf = kdump_thread_args->page_data_buf;
>> +	volatile struct page_data *page_data_buf = kdump_thread_args->page_data_buf;
>> +	volatile struct page_flag *page_flag_buf = kdump_thread_args->page_flag_buf;
>>   	struct cycle *cycle = kdump_thread_args->cycle;
>> -	int page_data_num = kdump_thread_args->page_data_num;
>> -	mdf_pfn_t pfn;
>> -	int index;
>> +	mdf_pfn_t pfn = cycle->start_pfn;
>> +	int index = kdump_thread_args->thread_num;
>>   	int buf_ready;
>>   	int dumpable;
>>   	int fd_memory = 0;
>> @@ -7125,47 +7156,48 @@ kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
>>   						kdump_thread_args->thread_num);
>>   	}
>>
>> -	while (1) {
>> -		/* get next pfn */
>> -		pthread_mutex_lock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
>> -		pfn = info->current_pfn;
>> -		info->current_pfn++;
>> -		pthread_mutex_unlock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
>> -
>> -		if (pfn >= kdump_thread_args->end_pfn)
>> -			break;
>> -
>> -		index = -1;
>> +	/*
>> +	 * filtered page won't take anything
>> +	 * unfiltered zero page will only take a page_flag_buf
>> +	 * unfiltered non-zero page will take a page_flag_buf and a page_data_buf
>> +	 */
>> +	while (pfn < cycle->end_pfn) {
>>   		buf_ready = FALSE;
>>
>> +		pthread_mutex_lock(&info->page_data_mutex);
>> +		while (page_data_buf[index].used != FALSE) {
>> +			index = (index + 1) % info->num_buffers;
>> +		}
>> +		page_data_buf[index].used = TRUE;
>> +		pthread_mutex_unlock(&info->page_data_mutex);
>> +
>>   		while (buf_ready == FALSE) {
>>   			pthread_testcancel();
>> -
>> -			index = pfn % page_data_num;
>> -
>> -			if (pfn - info->consumed_pfn > info->num_buffers)
>> +			if (page_flag_buf->ready == FLAG_READY)
>>   				continue;
>>
>> -			if (page_data_buf[index].ready != 0)
>> -				continue;
>> -
>> -			pthread_mutex_lock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex);
>> -
>> -			if (page_data_buf[index].ready != 0)
>> -				goto unlock;
>> -
>> -			buf_ready = TRUE;
>> +			/* get next dumpable pfn */
>> +			pthread_mutex_lock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
>> +			for (pfn = info->current_pfn; pfn < cycle->end_pfn; pfn++) {
>> +				dumpable = is_dumpable(
>> +					info->fd_bitmap ? &bitmap_parallel : info->bitmap2,
>> +					pfn,
>> +					cycle);
>> +				if (dumpable)
>> +					break;
>> +			}
>> +			info->current_pfn = pfn + 1;
>>
>> -			page_data_buf[index].pfn = pfn;
>> -			page_data_buf[index].ready = 1;
>> +			page_flag_buf->pfn = pfn;
>> +			page_flag_buf->ready = FLAG_FILLING;
>> +			pthread_mutex_unlock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
>> +			sem_post(&info->page_flag_buf_sem);
>>
>> -			dumpable = is_dumpable(
>> -				info->fd_bitmap ? &bitmap_parallel : info->bitmap2,
>> -				pfn,
>> -				cycle);
>> -			page_data_buf[index].dumpable = dumpable;
>> -			if (!dumpable)
>> -				goto unlock;
>> +			if (pfn >= cycle->end_pfn) {
>> +				info->current_pfn = cycle->end_pfn;
>> +				page_data_buf[index].used = FALSE;
>> +				break;
>> +			}
>>
>>   			if (!read_pfn_parallel(fd_memory, pfn, buf,
>>   					       &bitmap_memory_parallel,
>> @@ -7178,11 +7210,11 @@ kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
>>
>>   			if ((info->dump_level & DL_EXCLUDE_ZERO)
>>   			    && is_zero_page(buf, info->page_size)) {
>> -				page_data_buf[index].zero = TRUE;
>> -				goto unlock;
>> +				page_flag_buf->zero = TRUE;
>> +				goto next;
>>   			}
>>
>> -			page_data_buf[index].zero = FALSE;
>> +			page_flag_buf->zero = FALSE;
>>
>>   			/*
>>   			 * Compress the page data.
>> @@ -7232,12 +7264,14 @@ kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
>>   				page_data_buf[index].size  = info->page_size;
>>   				memcpy(page_data_buf[index].buf, buf, info->page_size);
>>   			}
>> -unlock:
>> -			pthread_mutex_unlock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex);
>> +			page_flag_buf->index = index;
>> +			buf_ready = TRUE;
>> +next:
>> +			page_flag_buf->ready = FLAG_READY;
>> +			page_flag_buf = page_flag_buf->next;
>>
>>   		}
>>   	}
>> -
>>   	retval = NULL;
>>
>>   fail:
>> @@ -7265,14 +7299,15 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
>>   	struct page_desc pd;
>>   	struct timeval tv_start;
>>   	struct timeval last, new;
>> -	unsigned long long consuming_pfn;
>>   	pthread_t **threads = NULL;
>>   	struct thread_args *kdump_thread_args = NULL;
>>   	void *thread_result;
>> -	int page_data_num;
>> +	int page_buf_num;
>>   	struct page_data *page_data_buf = NULL;
>>   	int i;
>>   	int index;
>> +	int end_count, consuming;
>> +	mdf_pfn_t current_pfn, temp_pfn;
>>
>>   	if (info->flag_elf_dumpfile)
>>   		return FALSE;
>> @@ -7284,13 +7319,6 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
>>   		goto out;
>>   	}
>>
>> -	res = pthread_mutex_init(&info->consumed_pfn_mutex, NULL);
>> -	if (res != 0) {
>> -		ERRMSG("Can't initialize consumed_pfn_mutex. %s\n",
>> -				strerror(res));
>> -		goto out;
>> -	}
>> -
>>   	res = pthread_mutex_init(&info->filter_mutex, NULL);
>>   	if (res != 0) {
>>   		ERRMSG("Can't initialize filter_mutex. %s\n", strerror(res));
>> @@ -7314,36 +7342,23 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
>>   	end_pfn   = cycle->end_pfn;
>>
>>   	info->current_pfn = start_pfn;
>> -	info->consumed_pfn = start_pfn - 1;
>>
>>   	threads = info->threads;
>>   	kdump_thread_args = info->kdump_thread_args;
>>
>> -	page_data_num = info->num_buffers;
>> +	page_buf_num = info->num_buffers;
>>   	page_data_buf = info->page_data_buf;
>> +	pthread_mutex_init(&info->page_data_mutex, NULL);
>> +	sem_init(&info->page_flag_buf_sem, 0, 0);
>>
>> -	for (i = 0; i < page_data_num; i++) {
>> -		/*
>> -		 * producer will use pfn in page_data_buf to decide the
>> -		 * consumed pfn
>> -		 */
>> -		page_data_buf[i].pfn = start_pfn - 1;
>> -		page_data_buf[i].ready = 0;
>> -		res = pthread_mutex_init(&page_data_buf[i].mutex, NULL);
>> -		if (res != 0) {
>> -			ERRMSG("Can't initialize mutex of page_data_buf. %s\n",
>> -					strerror(res));
>> -			goto out;
>> -		}
>> -	}
>> +	for (i = 0; i < page_buf_num; i++)
>> +		page_data_buf[i].used = FALSE;
>>
>>   	for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
>>   		kdump_thread_args[i].thread_num = i;
>>   		kdump_thread_args[i].len_buf_out = len_buf_out;
>> -		kdump_thread_args[i].start_pfn = start_pfn;
>> -		kdump_thread_args[i].end_pfn = end_pfn;
>> -		kdump_thread_args[i].page_data_num = page_data_num;
>>   		kdump_thread_args[i].page_data_buf = page_data_buf;
>> +		kdump_thread_args[i].page_flag_buf = info->page_flag_buf[i];
>>   		kdump_thread_args[i].cycle = cycle;
>>
>>   		res = pthread_create(threads[i], NULL,
>> @@ -7356,55 +7371,86 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
>>   		}
>>   	}
>>
>> -	consuming_pfn = start_pfn;
>> -	index = -1;
>> +	end_count = 0;
>> +	while (1) {
>> +		consuming = 0;
>>
>> -	gettimeofday(&last, NULL);
>> +		/*
>> +		 * The basic idea is producer producing page and consumer writing page.
>> +		 * Each producer have a page_flag_buf list which is used for storing page's description.
>> +		 * The size of page_flag_buf is little so it won't take too much memory.
>> +		 * And all producers will share a page_data_buf array which is used for storing page's compressed data.
>> +		 * The main thread is the consumer. It will find the next pfn and write it into file.
>> +		 * The next pfn is smallest pfn in all page_flag_buf.
>> +		 */
>> +		sem_wait(&info->page_flag_buf_sem);
>> +		gettimeofday(&last, NULL);
>> +		while (1) {
>> +			current_pfn = end_pfn;
>>
>> -	while (consuming_pfn < end_pfn) {
>> -		index = consuming_pfn % page_data_num;
>> +			/*
>> +			 * page_flag_buf is in circular linked list.
>> +			 * The array info->page_flag_buf[] records the current page_flag_buf in each thread's
>> +			 * page_flag_buf list.
>> +			 * consuming is used for recording in which thread the pfn is the smallest.
>> +			 * current_pfn is used for recording the value of pfn when checking the pfn.
>> +			 */
>> +			for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
>> +				if (info->page_flag_buf[i]->ready == FLAG_UNUSED)
>> +					continue;
>> +				temp_pfn = info->page_flag_buf[i]->pfn;
>>
>> -		gettimeofday(&new, NULL);
>> -		if (new.tv_sec - last.tv_sec > WAIT_TIME) {
>> -			ERRMSG("Can't get data of pfn %llx.\n", consuming_pfn);
>> -			goto out;
>> -		}
>> +				/*
>> +				 * count how many threads have reached the end.
>> +				 */
>> +				if (temp_pfn >= end_pfn) {
>> +					info->page_flag_buf[i]->ready = FLAG_UNUSED;
>> +					end_count++;
>> +					continue;
>> +				}
>>
>> -		/*
>> -		 * check pfn first without mutex locked to reduce the time
>> -		 * trying to lock the mutex
>> -		 */
>> -		if (page_data_buf[index].pfn != consuming_pfn)
>> -			continue;
>> +				if (current_pfn < temp_pfn)
>> +					continue;
>>
>> -		if (pthread_mutex_trylock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex) != 0)
>> -			continue;
>> +				consuming = i;
>> +				current_pfn = temp_pfn;
>> +			}
>>
>> -		/* check whether the found one is ready to be consumed */
>> -		if (page_data_buf[index].pfn != consuming_pfn ||
>> -		    page_data_buf[index].ready != 1) {
>> -			goto unlock;
>> +			/*
>> +			 * If all the threads have reached the end, we will finish writing.
>> +			 */
>> +			if (end_count >= info->num_threads)
>> +				goto finish;
>> +
>> +			/*
>> +			 * If the page_flag_buf is not ready, the pfn recorded may be changed.
>> +			 * So we should recheck.
>> +			 */
>> +			if (info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->ready != FLAG_READY) {
>> +				gettimeofday(&new, NULL);
>> +				if (new.tv_sec - last.tv_sec > WAIT_TIME) {
>> +					ERRMSG("Can't get data of pfn.\n");
>> +					goto out;
>> +				}
>> +				continue;
>> +			}
>> +
>> +			if (current_pfn == info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->pfn)
>> +				break;
>>   		}
>>
>>   		if ((num_dumped % per) == 0)
>>   			print_progress(PROGRESS_COPY, num_dumped, info->num_dumpable);
>>
>> -		/* next pfn is found, refresh last here */
>> -		last = new;
>> -		consuming_pfn++;
>> -		info->consumed_pfn++;
>> -		page_data_buf[index].ready = 0;
>> -
>> -		if (page_data_buf[index].dumpable == FALSE)
>> -			goto unlock;
>> -
>>   		num_dumped++;
>>
>> -		if (page_data_buf[index].zero == TRUE) {
>> +
>> +		if (info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->zero == TRUE) {
>>   			if (!write_cache(cd_header, pd_zero, sizeof(page_desc_t)))
>>   				goto out;
>>   			pfn_zero++;
>>   		} else {
>> +			index = info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->index;
>>   			pd.flags      = page_data_buf[index].flags;
>>   			pd.size       = page_data_buf[index].size;
>>   			pd.page_flags = 0;
>> @@ -7420,12 +7466,12 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
>>   			 */
>>   			if (!write_cache(cd_page, page_data_buf[index].buf, pd.size))
>>   				goto out;
>> -
>> +			page_data_buf[index].used = FALSE;
>>   		}
>> -unlock:
>> -		pthread_mutex_unlock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex);
>> +		info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->ready = FLAG_UNUSED;
>> +		info->page_flag_buf[consuming] = info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->next;
>>   	}
>> -
>> +finish:
>>   	ret = TRUE;
>>   	/*
>>   	 * print [100 %]
>> @@ -7463,15 +7509,9 @@ out:
>>   		}
>>   	}
>>
>> -	if (page_data_buf != NULL) {
>> -		for (i = 0; i < page_data_num; i++) {
>> -			pthread_mutex_destroy(&page_data_buf[i].mutex);
>> -		}
>> -	}
>> -
>> +	sem_destroy(&info->page_flag_buf_sem);
>>   	pthread_rwlock_destroy(&info->usemmap_rwlock);
>>   	pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->filter_mutex);
>> -	pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->consumed_pfn_mutex);
>>   	pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
>>
>>   	return ret;
>> @@ -7564,6 +7604,7 @@ write_kdump_pages_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header, struct cache_data *cd_pag
>>   		num_dumped++;
>>   		if (!read_pfn(pfn, buf))
>>   			goto out;
>> +
>>   		filter_data_buffer(buf, pfn_to_paddr(pfn), info->page_size);
>>
>>   		/*
>> @@ -10201,7 +10242,6 @@ out:
>>   	return free_size;
>>   }
>>
>> -
>>   /*
>>    * Choose the less value of the three below as the size of cyclic buffer.
>>    *  - the size enough for storing the 1st or 2nd bitmap for the whole of vmcore
>> @@ -10223,6 +10263,20 @@ calculate_cyclic_buffer_size(void) {
>>   	 *  free memory for safety.
>>   	 */
>>   	limit_size = get_free_memory_size() * 0.6;
>> +
>> +	/*
>> +	 * Recalculate the limit_size according to num_threads.
>> +	 * And reset num_threads if there is not enough memory.
>> +	 */
>> +	if (limit_size - maximum_size < THREAD_REGION * info->num_threads) {
>> +		MSG("There isn't enough memory for %d threads.\n", info->num_threads);
>> +
>> +		info->num_threads = MAX(0, limit_size - maximum_size) / THREAD_REGION;
>> +		MSG("--num_threads is set to %d.\n", info->num_threads);
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	limit_size = limit_size - THREAD_REGION * info->num_threads;
>> +
>>   	/* Try to keep both 1st and 2nd bitmap at the same time. */
>>   	bitmap_size = info->max_mapnr * 2 / BITPERBYTE;
>>
>> diff --git a/makedumpfile.h b/makedumpfile.h
>> index e0b5bbf..322d31b 100644
>> --- a/makedumpfile.h
>> +++ b/makedumpfile.h
>> @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
>>   #include "print_info.h"
>>   #include "sadump_mod.h"
>>   #include <pthread.h>
>> +#include <semaphore.h>
>>
>>   /*
>>    * Result of command
>> @@ -974,10 +975,11 @@ typedef unsigned long long int ulonglong;
>>    * for parallel process
>>    */
>>
>> -#define PAGE_DATA_NUM	(50)
>> +#define PAGE_FLAG_NUM	(20)
>> +#define PAGE_DATA_NUM	(5)
>>   #define WAIT_TIME	(60 * 10)
>>   #define PTHREAD_FAIL	((void *)-2)
>> -#define NUM_BUFFERS	(50)
>> +#define THREAD_REGION	(200 * 1024)
>>
>>   struct mmap_cache {
>>   	char	*mmap_buf;
>> @@ -985,28 +987,33 @@ struct mmap_cache {
>>   	off_t   mmap_end_offset;
>>   };
>>
>> +enum {
>> +	FLAG_UNUSED,
>> +	FLAG_READY,
>> +	FLAG_FILLING
>> +};
>> +struct page_flag {
>> +	mdf_pfn_t pfn;
>> +	char zero;
>> +	char ready;
>> +	short index;
>> +	struct page_flag *next;
>> +};
>> +
>>   struct page_data
>>   {
>> -	mdf_pfn_t pfn;
>> -	int dumpable;
>> -	int zero;
>> -	unsigned int flags;
>>   	long size;
>>   	unsigned char *buf;
>> -	pthread_mutex_t mutex;
>> -	/*
>> -	 * whether the page_data is ready to be consumed
>> -	 */
>> -	int ready;
>> +	int flags;
>> +	int used;
>>   };
>>
>>   struct thread_args {
>>   	int thread_num;
>>   	unsigned long len_buf_out;
>> -	mdf_pfn_t start_pfn, end_pfn;
>> -	int page_data_num;
>>   	struct cycle *cycle;
>>   	struct page_data *page_data_buf;
>> +	struct page_flag *page_flag_buf;
>>   };
>>
>>   /*
>> @@ -1295,11 +1302,12 @@ struct DumpInfo {
>>   	pthread_t **threads;
>>   	struct thread_args *kdump_thread_args;
>>   	struct page_data *page_data_buf;
>> +	struct page_flag **page_flag_buf;
>> +	sem_t page_flag_buf_sem;
>>   	pthread_rwlock_t usemmap_rwlock;
>>   	mdf_pfn_t current_pfn;
>>   	pthread_mutex_t current_pfn_mutex;
>> -	mdf_pfn_t consumed_pfn;
>> -	pthread_mutex_t consumed_pfn_mutex;
>> +	pthread_mutex_t page_data_mutex;
>>   	pthread_mutex_t filter_mutex;
>>   };
>>   extern struct DumpInfo		*info;
>>
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* Re: [PATCH v6] Improve the performance of --num-threads -d 31
  2016-04-15  5:24   ` Atsushi Kumagai
@ 2016-04-15 10:09     ` "Zhou, Wenjian/周文剑"
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: "Zhou, Wenjian/周文剑" @ 2016-04-15 10:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Atsushi Kumagai; +Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org

On 04/15/2016 01:24 PM, Atsushi Kumagai wrote:
>> Hello Atsushi,
>>
>> I calculated the memory cost of each thread, and the result is about 50KB.
>> But I find each thread will take a little more than 100KB actually.
>> And I set the reserved memory for each thread to 200KB in this version.
>>
>> I think 200KB is a proper value.
>
> My test result was similar to yours, so the estimate seems basically right.
> Of course, It's better to break down the memory cost...
>
> Anyway, I have a comment for this version.
>
> You changed the way to calculate the number of page_data_buf in v6,
> doesn't it affect the performance ? and please explain the reason when
> you change the code.
>

I think it won't affect too much. But it needs to be tested.

The reason is to simplify the logic.
In the original implementation, NUM_BUFFERS is used to calculate both page_flag_buf
and page_data_buf's number.
And the page_data_buf's number is also associated with the code "3 * info->num_threads".
So I think it is not easy to read.

In this version, the number of page_data_buf will be only calculated by
"PAGE_DATA_NUM * info->num_threads".
I think it is better if it won't affect too much.

But I won't insist, for the original is also acceptable.

-- 
Thanks
Zhou

> P.S. I'll comment for v7 later.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Atsushi Kumagai
>
>> --
>> Thanks
>> Zhou
>>
>> On 04/14/2016 01:42 PM, Zhou Wenjian wrote:
>>> v6:
>>>           1. address Atsushi Kumagai's comments about calculating and reserving memory
>>> v5:
>>>           1. remove unused variable check_out
>>>           2. reset num_threads if memory is not enough
>>> v4:
>>>           1. fix a bug caused by the logic
>>> v3:
>>>           1. remove some unused variables
>>>           2. fix a bug caused by the wrong logic
>>>           3. fix a bug caused by optimising
>>>           4. improve more performance by using Minoru Usui's code
>>>
>>> multi-threads implementation will introduce extra cost when handling
>>> each page. The origin implementation will also do the extra work for
>>> filtered pages. So there is a big performance degradation in
>>> --num-threads -d 31.
>>> The new implementation won't do the extra work for filtered pages any
>>> more. So the performance of -d 31 is close to that of serial processing.
>>>
>>> The new implementation is just like the following:
>>>           * The basic idea is producer producing page and consumer writing page.
>>>           * Each producer have a page_flag_buf list which is used for storing
>>>             page's description.
>>>           * The size of page_flag_buf is little so it won't take too much memory.
>>>           * And all producers will share a page_data_buf array which is
>>>             used for storing page's compressed data.
>>>           * The main thread is the consumer. It will find the next pfn and write
>>>             it into file.
>>>           * The next pfn is smallest pfn in all page_flag_buf.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Minoru Usui <min-usui@ti.jp.nec.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Zhou Wenjian <zhouwj-fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
>>> ---
>>>    makedumpfile.c | 320 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
>>>    makedumpfile.h |  38 ++++---
>>>    2 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 148 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/makedumpfile.c b/makedumpfile.c
>>> index fa0b779..a826321 100644
>>> --- a/makedumpfile.c
>>> +++ b/makedumpfile.c
>>> @@ -3481,9 +3481,8 @@ initial_for_parallel()
>>>    {
>>>    	unsigned long len_buf_out;
>>>    	unsigned long page_data_buf_size;
>>> -	unsigned long limit_size;
>>> -	int page_data_num;
>>> -	int i;
>>> +	struct page_flag *current;
>>> +	int i, j;
>>>
>>>    	len_buf_out = calculate_len_buf_out(info->page_size);
>>>
>>> @@ -3553,20 +3552,7 @@ initial_for_parallel()
>>>    #endif
>>>    	}
>>>
>>> -	/*
>>> -	 * get a safe number of page_data
>>> -	 */
>>> -	page_data_buf_size = MAX(len_buf_out, info->page_size);
>>> -
>>> -	limit_size = (get_free_memory_size()
>>> -		      - MAP_REGION * info->num_threads) * 0.6;
>>> -
>>> -	page_data_num = limit_size / page_data_buf_size;
>>> -
>>> -	info->num_buffers = MIN(NUM_BUFFERS, page_data_num);
>>> -
>>> -	DEBUG_MSG("Number of struct page_data for produce/consume: %d\n",
>>> -			info->num_buffers);
>>> +	info->num_buffers = PAGE_DATA_NUM * info->num_threads;
>>>
>>>    	/*
>>>    	 * allocate memory for page_data
>>> @@ -3579,6 +3565,7 @@ initial_for_parallel()
>>>    	}
>>>    	memset(info->page_data_buf, 0, sizeof(struct page_data) * info->num_buffers);
>>>
>>> +	page_data_buf_size = MAX(len_buf_out, info->page_size);
>>>    	for (i = 0; i < info->num_buffers; i++) {
>>>    		if ((info->page_data_buf[i].buf = malloc(page_data_buf_size)) == NULL) {
>>>    			MSG("Can't allocate memory for buf of page_data_buf. %s\n",
>>> @@ -3588,6 +3575,36 @@ initial_for_parallel()
>>>    	}
>>>
>>>    	/*
>>> +	 * initial page_flag for each thread
>>> +	 */
>>> +	if ((info->page_flag_buf = malloc(sizeof(void *) * info->num_threads))
>>> +	    == NULL) {
>>> +		MSG("Can't allocate memory for page_flag_buf. %s\n",
>>> +				strerror(errno));
>>> +		return FALSE;
>>> +	}
>>> +	memset(info->page_flag_buf, 0, sizeof(void *) * info->num_threads);
>>> +
>>> +	for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
>>> +		if ((info->page_flag_buf[i] = calloc(1, sizeof(struct page_flag))) == NULL) {
>>> +			MSG("Can't allocate memory for page_flag. %s\n",
>>> +				strerror(errno));
>>> +			return FALSE;
>>> +		}
>>> +		current = info->page_flag_buf[i];
>>> +
>>> +		for (j = 1; j < PAGE_FLAG_NUM; j++) {
>>> +			if ((current->next = calloc(1, sizeof(struct page_flag))) == NULL) {
>>> +				MSG("Can't allocate memory for page_flag. %s\n",
>>> +					strerror(errno));
>>> +				return FALSE;
>>> +			}
>>> +			current = current->next;
>>> +		}
>>> +		current->next = info->page_flag_buf[i];
>>> +	}
>>> +
>>> +	/*
>>>    	 * initial fd_memory for threads
>>>    	 */
>>>    	for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
>>> @@ -3612,7 +3629,8 @@ initial_for_parallel()
>>>    void
>>>    free_for_parallel()
>>>    {
>>> -	int i;
>>> +	int i, j;
>>> +	struct page_flag *current;
>>>
>>>    	if (info->threads != NULL) {
>>>    		for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
>>> @@ -3655,6 +3673,19 @@ free_for_parallel()
>>>    		free(info->page_data_buf);
>>>    	}
>>>
>>> +	if (info->page_flag_buf != NULL) {
>>> +		for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
>>> +			for (j = 0; j < PAGE_FLAG_NUM; j++) {
>>> +				if (info->page_flag_buf[i] != NULL) {
>>> +					current = info->page_flag_buf[i];
>>> +					info->page_flag_buf[i] = current->next;
>>> +					free(current);
>>> +				}
>>> +			}
>>> +		}
>>> +		free(info->page_flag_buf);
>>> +	}
>>> +
>>>    	if (info->parallel_info == NULL)
>>>    		return;
>>>
>>> @@ -7075,11 +7106,11 @@ void *
>>>    kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
>>>    	void *retval = PTHREAD_FAIL;
>>>    	struct thread_args *kdump_thread_args = (struct thread_args *)arg;
>>> -	struct page_data *page_data_buf = kdump_thread_args->page_data_buf;
>>> +	volatile struct page_data *page_data_buf = kdump_thread_args->page_data_buf;
>>> +	volatile struct page_flag *page_flag_buf = kdump_thread_args->page_flag_buf;
>>>    	struct cycle *cycle = kdump_thread_args->cycle;
>>> -	int page_data_num = kdump_thread_args->page_data_num;
>>> -	mdf_pfn_t pfn;
>>> -	int index;
>>> +	mdf_pfn_t pfn = cycle->start_pfn;
>>> +	int index = kdump_thread_args->thread_num;
>>>    	int buf_ready;
>>>    	int dumpable;
>>>    	int fd_memory = 0;
>>> @@ -7125,47 +7156,48 @@ kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
>>>    						kdump_thread_args->thread_num);
>>>    	}
>>>
>>> -	while (1) {
>>> -		/* get next pfn */
>>> -		pthread_mutex_lock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
>>> -		pfn = info->current_pfn;
>>> -		info->current_pfn++;
>>> -		pthread_mutex_unlock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
>>> -
>>> -		if (pfn >= kdump_thread_args->end_pfn)
>>> -			break;
>>> -
>>> -		index = -1;
>>> +	/*
>>> +	 * filtered page won't take anything
>>> +	 * unfiltered zero page will only take a page_flag_buf
>>> +	 * unfiltered non-zero page will take a page_flag_buf and a page_data_buf
>>> +	 */
>>> +	while (pfn < cycle->end_pfn) {
>>>    		buf_ready = FALSE;
>>>
>>> +		pthread_mutex_lock(&info->page_data_mutex);
>>> +		while (page_data_buf[index].used != FALSE) {
>>> +			index = (index + 1) % info->num_buffers;
>>> +		}
>>> +		page_data_buf[index].used = TRUE;
>>> +		pthread_mutex_unlock(&info->page_data_mutex);
>>> +
>>>    		while (buf_ready == FALSE) {
>>>    			pthread_testcancel();
>>> -
>>> -			index = pfn % page_data_num;
>>> -
>>> -			if (pfn - info->consumed_pfn > info->num_buffers)
>>> +			if (page_flag_buf->ready == FLAG_READY)
>>>    				continue;
>>>
>>> -			if (page_data_buf[index].ready != 0)
>>> -				continue;
>>> -
>>> -			pthread_mutex_lock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex);
>>> -
>>> -			if (page_data_buf[index].ready != 0)
>>> -				goto unlock;
>>> -
>>> -			buf_ready = TRUE;
>>> +			/* get next dumpable pfn */
>>> +			pthread_mutex_lock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
>>> +			for (pfn = info->current_pfn; pfn < cycle->end_pfn; pfn++) {
>>> +				dumpable = is_dumpable(
>>> +					info->fd_bitmap ? &bitmap_parallel : info->bitmap2,
>>> +					pfn,
>>> +					cycle);
>>> +				if (dumpable)
>>> +					break;
>>> +			}
>>> +			info->current_pfn = pfn + 1;
>>>
>>> -			page_data_buf[index].pfn = pfn;
>>> -			page_data_buf[index].ready = 1;
>>> +			page_flag_buf->pfn = pfn;
>>> +			page_flag_buf->ready = FLAG_FILLING;
>>> +			pthread_mutex_unlock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
>>> +			sem_post(&info->page_flag_buf_sem);
>>>
>>> -			dumpable = is_dumpable(
>>> -				info->fd_bitmap ? &bitmap_parallel : info->bitmap2,
>>> -				pfn,
>>> -				cycle);
>>> -			page_data_buf[index].dumpable = dumpable;
>>> -			if (!dumpable)
>>> -				goto unlock;
>>> +			if (pfn >= cycle->end_pfn) {
>>> +				info->current_pfn = cycle->end_pfn;
>>> +				page_data_buf[index].used = FALSE;
>>> +				break;
>>> +			}
>>>
>>>    			if (!read_pfn_parallel(fd_memory, pfn, buf,
>>>    					       &bitmap_memory_parallel,
>>> @@ -7178,11 +7210,11 @@ kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
>>>
>>>    			if ((info->dump_level & DL_EXCLUDE_ZERO)
>>>    			    && is_zero_page(buf, info->page_size)) {
>>> -				page_data_buf[index].zero = TRUE;
>>> -				goto unlock;
>>> +				page_flag_buf->zero = TRUE;
>>> +				goto next;
>>>    			}
>>>
>>> -			page_data_buf[index].zero = FALSE;
>>> +			page_flag_buf->zero = FALSE;
>>>
>>>    			/*
>>>    			 * Compress the page data.
>>> @@ -7232,12 +7264,14 @@ kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
>>>    				page_data_buf[index].size  = info->page_size;
>>>    				memcpy(page_data_buf[index].buf, buf, info->page_size);
>>>    			}
>>> -unlock:
>>> -			pthread_mutex_unlock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex);
>>> +			page_flag_buf->index = index;
>>> +			buf_ready = TRUE;
>>> +next:
>>> +			page_flag_buf->ready = FLAG_READY;
>>> +			page_flag_buf = page_flag_buf->next;
>>>
>>>    		}
>>>    	}
>>> -
>>>    	retval = NULL;
>>>
>>>    fail:
>>> @@ -7265,14 +7299,15 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
>>>    	struct page_desc pd;
>>>    	struct timeval tv_start;
>>>    	struct timeval last, new;
>>> -	unsigned long long consuming_pfn;
>>>    	pthread_t **threads = NULL;
>>>    	struct thread_args *kdump_thread_args = NULL;
>>>    	void *thread_result;
>>> -	int page_data_num;
>>> +	int page_buf_num;
>>>    	struct page_data *page_data_buf = NULL;
>>>    	int i;
>>>    	int index;
>>> +	int end_count, consuming;
>>> +	mdf_pfn_t current_pfn, temp_pfn;
>>>
>>>    	if (info->flag_elf_dumpfile)
>>>    		return FALSE;
>>> @@ -7284,13 +7319,6 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
>>>    		goto out;
>>>    	}
>>>
>>> -	res = pthread_mutex_init(&info->consumed_pfn_mutex, NULL);
>>> -	if (res != 0) {
>>> -		ERRMSG("Can't initialize consumed_pfn_mutex. %s\n",
>>> -				strerror(res));
>>> -		goto out;
>>> -	}
>>> -
>>>    	res = pthread_mutex_init(&info->filter_mutex, NULL);
>>>    	if (res != 0) {
>>>    		ERRMSG("Can't initialize filter_mutex. %s\n", strerror(res));
>>> @@ -7314,36 +7342,23 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
>>>    	end_pfn   = cycle->end_pfn;
>>>
>>>    	info->current_pfn = start_pfn;
>>> -	info->consumed_pfn = start_pfn - 1;
>>>
>>>    	threads = info->threads;
>>>    	kdump_thread_args = info->kdump_thread_args;
>>>
>>> -	page_data_num = info->num_buffers;
>>> +	page_buf_num = info->num_buffers;
>>>    	page_data_buf = info->page_data_buf;
>>> +	pthread_mutex_init(&info->page_data_mutex, NULL);
>>> +	sem_init(&info->page_flag_buf_sem, 0, 0);
>>>
>>> -	for (i = 0; i < page_data_num; i++) {
>>> -		/*
>>> -		 * producer will use pfn in page_data_buf to decide the
>>> -		 * consumed pfn
>>> -		 */
>>> -		page_data_buf[i].pfn = start_pfn - 1;
>>> -		page_data_buf[i].ready = 0;
>>> -		res = pthread_mutex_init(&page_data_buf[i].mutex, NULL);
>>> -		if (res != 0) {
>>> -			ERRMSG("Can't initialize mutex of page_data_buf. %s\n",
>>> -					strerror(res));
>>> -			goto out;
>>> -		}
>>> -	}
>>> +	for (i = 0; i < page_buf_num; i++)
>>> +		page_data_buf[i].used = FALSE;
>>>
>>>    	for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
>>>    		kdump_thread_args[i].thread_num = i;
>>>    		kdump_thread_args[i].len_buf_out = len_buf_out;
>>> -		kdump_thread_args[i].start_pfn = start_pfn;
>>> -		kdump_thread_args[i].end_pfn = end_pfn;
>>> -		kdump_thread_args[i].page_data_num = page_data_num;
>>>    		kdump_thread_args[i].page_data_buf = page_data_buf;
>>> +		kdump_thread_args[i].page_flag_buf = info->page_flag_buf[i];
>>>    		kdump_thread_args[i].cycle = cycle;
>>>
>>>    		res = pthread_create(threads[i], NULL,
>>> @@ -7356,55 +7371,86 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
>>>    		}
>>>    	}
>>>
>>> -	consuming_pfn = start_pfn;
>>> -	index = -1;
>>> +	end_count = 0;
>>> +	while (1) {
>>> +		consuming = 0;
>>>
>>> -	gettimeofday(&last, NULL);
>>> +		/*
>>> +		 * The basic idea is producer producing page and consumer writing page.
>>> +		 * Each producer have a page_flag_buf list which is used for storing page's description.
>>> +		 * The size of page_flag_buf is little so it won't take too much memory.
>>> +		 * And all producers will share a page_data_buf array which is used for storing page's compressed data.
>>> +		 * The main thread is the consumer. It will find the next pfn and write it into file.
>>> +		 * The next pfn is smallest pfn in all page_flag_buf.
>>> +		 */
>>> +		sem_wait(&info->page_flag_buf_sem);
>>> +		gettimeofday(&last, NULL);
>>> +		while (1) {
>>> +			current_pfn = end_pfn;
>>>
>>> -	while (consuming_pfn < end_pfn) {
>>> -		index = consuming_pfn % page_data_num;
>>> +			/*
>>> +			 * page_flag_buf is in circular linked list.
>>> +			 * The array info->page_flag_buf[] records the current page_flag_buf in each thread's
>>> +			 * page_flag_buf list.
>>> +			 * consuming is used for recording in which thread the pfn is the smallest.
>>> +			 * current_pfn is used for recording the value of pfn when checking the pfn.
>>> +			 */
>>> +			for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
>>> +				if (info->page_flag_buf[i]->ready == FLAG_UNUSED)
>>> +					continue;
>>> +				temp_pfn = info->page_flag_buf[i]->pfn;
>>>
>>> -		gettimeofday(&new, NULL);
>>> -		if (new.tv_sec - last.tv_sec > WAIT_TIME) {
>>> -			ERRMSG("Can't get data of pfn %llx.\n", consuming_pfn);
>>> -			goto out;
>>> -		}
>>> +				/*
>>> +				 * count how many threads have reached the end.
>>> +				 */
>>> +				if (temp_pfn >= end_pfn) {
>>> +					info->page_flag_buf[i]->ready = FLAG_UNUSED;
>>> +					end_count++;
>>> +					continue;
>>> +				}
>>>
>>> -		/*
>>> -		 * check pfn first without mutex locked to reduce the time
>>> -		 * trying to lock the mutex
>>> -		 */
>>> -		if (page_data_buf[index].pfn != consuming_pfn)
>>> -			continue;
>>> +				if (current_pfn < temp_pfn)
>>> +					continue;
>>>
>>> -		if (pthread_mutex_trylock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex) != 0)
>>> -			continue;
>>> +				consuming = i;
>>> +				current_pfn = temp_pfn;
>>> +			}
>>>
>>> -		/* check whether the found one is ready to be consumed */
>>> -		if (page_data_buf[index].pfn != consuming_pfn ||
>>> -		    page_data_buf[index].ready != 1) {
>>> -			goto unlock;
>>> +			/*
>>> +			 * If all the threads have reached the end, we will finish writing.
>>> +			 */
>>> +			if (end_count >= info->num_threads)
>>> +				goto finish;
>>> +
>>> +			/*
>>> +			 * If the page_flag_buf is not ready, the pfn recorded may be changed.
>>> +			 * So we should recheck.
>>> +			 */
>>> +			if (info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->ready != FLAG_READY) {
>>> +				gettimeofday(&new, NULL);
>>> +				if (new.tv_sec - last.tv_sec > WAIT_TIME) {
>>> +					ERRMSG("Can't get data of pfn.\n");
>>> +					goto out;
>>> +				}
>>> +				continue;
>>> +			}
>>> +
>>> +			if (current_pfn == info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->pfn)
>>> +				break;
>>>    		}
>>>
>>>    		if ((num_dumped % per) == 0)
>>>    			print_progress(PROGRESS_COPY, num_dumped, info->num_dumpable);
>>>
>>> -		/* next pfn is found, refresh last here */
>>> -		last = new;
>>> -		consuming_pfn++;
>>> -		info->consumed_pfn++;
>>> -		page_data_buf[index].ready = 0;
>>> -
>>> -		if (page_data_buf[index].dumpable == FALSE)
>>> -			goto unlock;
>>> -
>>>    		num_dumped++;
>>>
>>> -		if (page_data_buf[index].zero == TRUE) {
>>> +
>>> +		if (info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->zero == TRUE) {
>>>    			if (!write_cache(cd_header, pd_zero, sizeof(page_desc_t)))
>>>    				goto out;
>>>    			pfn_zero++;
>>>    		} else {
>>> +			index = info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->index;
>>>    			pd.flags      = page_data_buf[index].flags;
>>>    			pd.size       = page_data_buf[index].size;
>>>    			pd.page_flags = 0;
>>> @@ -7420,12 +7466,12 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
>>>    			 */
>>>    			if (!write_cache(cd_page, page_data_buf[index].buf, pd.size))
>>>    				goto out;
>>> -
>>> +			page_data_buf[index].used = FALSE;
>>>    		}
>>> -unlock:
>>> -		pthread_mutex_unlock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex);
>>> +		info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->ready = FLAG_UNUSED;
>>> +		info->page_flag_buf[consuming] = info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->next;
>>>    	}
>>> -
>>> +finish:
>>>    	ret = TRUE;
>>>    	/*
>>>    	 * print [100 %]
>>> @@ -7463,15 +7509,9 @@ out:
>>>    		}
>>>    	}
>>>
>>> -	if (page_data_buf != NULL) {
>>> -		for (i = 0; i < page_data_num; i++) {
>>> -			pthread_mutex_destroy(&page_data_buf[i].mutex);
>>> -		}
>>> -	}
>>> -
>>> +	sem_destroy(&info->page_flag_buf_sem);
>>>    	pthread_rwlock_destroy(&info->usemmap_rwlock);
>>>    	pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->filter_mutex);
>>> -	pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->consumed_pfn_mutex);
>>>    	pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
>>>
>>>    	return ret;
>>> @@ -7564,6 +7604,7 @@ write_kdump_pages_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header, struct cache_data *cd_pag
>>>    		num_dumped++;
>>>    		if (!read_pfn(pfn, buf))
>>>    			goto out;
>>> +
>>>    		filter_data_buffer(buf, pfn_to_paddr(pfn), info->page_size);
>>>
>>>    		/*
>>> @@ -10201,7 +10242,6 @@ out:
>>>    	return free_size;
>>>    }
>>>
>>> -
>>>    /*
>>>     * Choose the less value of the three below as the size of cyclic buffer.
>>>     *  - the size enough for storing the 1st or 2nd bitmap for the whole of vmcore
>>> @@ -10223,6 +10263,20 @@ calculate_cyclic_buffer_size(void) {
>>>    	 *  free memory for safety.
>>>    	 */
>>>    	limit_size = get_free_memory_size() * 0.6;
>>> +
>>> +	/*
>>> +	 * Recalculate the limit_size according to num_threads.
>>> +	 * And reset num_threads if there is not enough memory.
>>> +	 */
>>> +	if (limit_size - maximum_size < THREAD_REGION * info->num_threads) {
>>> +		MSG("There isn't enough memory for %d threads.\n", info->num_threads);
>>> +
>>> +		info->num_threads = MAX(0, limit_size - maximum_size) / THREAD_REGION;
>>> +		MSG("--num_threads is set to %d.\n", info->num_threads);
>>> +	}
>>> +
>>> +	limit_size = limit_size - THREAD_REGION * info->num_threads;
>>> +
>>>    	/* Try to keep both 1st and 2nd bitmap at the same time. */
>>>    	bitmap_size = info->max_mapnr * 2 / BITPERBYTE;
>>>
>>> diff --git a/makedumpfile.h b/makedumpfile.h
>>> index e0b5bbf..322d31b 100644
>>> --- a/makedumpfile.h
>>> +++ b/makedumpfile.h
>>> @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
>>>    #include "print_info.h"
>>>    #include "sadump_mod.h"
>>>    #include <pthread.h>
>>> +#include <semaphore.h>
>>>
>>>    /*
>>>     * Result of command
>>> @@ -974,10 +975,11 @@ typedef unsigned long long int ulonglong;
>>>     * for parallel process
>>>     */
>>>
>>> -#define PAGE_DATA_NUM	(50)
>>> +#define PAGE_FLAG_NUM	(20)
>>> +#define PAGE_DATA_NUM	(5)
>>>    #define WAIT_TIME	(60 * 10)
>>>    #define PTHREAD_FAIL	((void *)-2)
>>> -#define NUM_BUFFERS	(50)
>>> +#define THREAD_REGION	(200 * 1024)
>>>
>>>    struct mmap_cache {
>>>    	char	*mmap_buf;
>>> @@ -985,28 +987,33 @@ struct mmap_cache {
>>>    	off_t   mmap_end_offset;
>>>    };
>>>
>>> +enum {
>>> +	FLAG_UNUSED,
>>> +	FLAG_READY,
>>> +	FLAG_FILLING
>>> +};
>>> +struct page_flag {
>>> +	mdf_pfn_t pfn;
>>> +	char zero;
>>> +	char ready;
>>> +	short index;
>>> +	struct page_flag *next;
>>> +};
>>> +
>>>    struct page_data
>>>    {
>>> -	mdf_pfn_t pfn;
>>> -	int dumpable;
>>> -	int zero;
>>> -	unsigned int flags;
>>>    	long size;
>>>    	unsigned char *buf;
>>> -	pthread_mutex_t mutex;
>>> -	/*
>>> -	 * whether the page_data is ready to be consumed
>>> -	 */
>>> -	int ready;
>>> +	int flags;
>>> +	int used;
>>>    };
>>>
>>>    struct thread_args {
>>>    	int thread_num;
>>>    	unsigned long len_buf_out;
>>> -	mdf_pfn_t start_pfn, end_pfn;
>>> -	int page_data_num;
>>>    	struct cycle *cycle;
>>>    	struct page_data *page_data_buf;
>>> +	struct page_flag *page_flag_buf;
>>>    };
>>>
>>>    /*
>>> @@ -1295,11 +1302,12 @@ struct DumpInfo {
>>>    	pthread_t **threads;
>>>    	struct thread_args *kdump_thread_args;
>>>    	struct page_data *page_data_buf;
>>> +	struct page_flag **page_flag_buf;
>>> +	sem_t page_flag_buf_sem;
>>>    	pthread_rwlock_t usemmap_rwlock;
>>>    	mdf_pfn_t current_pfn;
>>>    	pthread_mutex_t current_pfn_mutex;
>>> -	mdf_pfn_t consumed_pfn;
>>> -	pthread_mutex_t consumed_pfn_mutex;
>>> +	pthread_mutex_t page_data_mutex;
>>>    	pthread_mutex_t filter_mutex;
>>>    };
>>>    extern struct DumpInfo		*info;
>>>
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