From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:51028 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932263AbdIFP1f (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Sep 2017 11:27:35 -0400 Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2017 23:27:18 +0800 From: Ming Lei To: Jens Axboe Cc: Paolo Valente , linux-block , Christoph Hellwig , Bart Van Assche , Laurence Oberman , Mel Gorman Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 00/14] blk-mq-sched: improve SCSI-MQ performance Message-ID: <20170906152710.GA21969@ming.t460p> References: <20170902151729.6162-1-ming.lei@redhat.com> <20170905013951.GB24787@ming.t460p> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20170905013951.GB24787@ming.t460p> Sender: linux-block-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-block@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Sep 05, 2017 at 09:39:51AM +0800, Ming Lei wrote: > On Mon, Sep 04, 2017 at 11:12:49AM +0200, Paolo Valente wrote: > > > > > Il giorno 02 set 2017, alle ore 17:17, Ming Lei ha scritto: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > In Red Hat internal storage test wrt. blk-mq scheduler, we > > > found that I/O performance is much bad with mq-deadline, especially > > > about sequential I/O on some multi-queue SCSI devcies(lpfc, qla2xxx, > > > SRP...) > > > > > > Turns out one big issue causes the performance regression: requests > > > are still dequeued from sw queue/scheduler queue even when ldd's > > > queue is busy, so I/O merge becomes quite difficult to make, then > > > sequential IO degrades a lot. > > > > > > The 1st five patches improve this situation, and brings back > > > some performance loss. > > > > > > Patch 6 ~ 7 uses q->queue_depth as hint for setting up > > > scheduler queue depth. > > > > > > Patch 8 ~ 15 improve bio merge via hash table in sw queue, > > > which makes bio merge more efficient than current approch > > > in which only the last 8 requests are checked. Since patch > > > 6~14 converts to the scheduler way of dequeuing one request > > > from sw queue one time for SCSI device, and the times of > > > acquring ctx->lock is increased, and merging bio via hash > > > table decreases holding time of ctx->lock and should eliminate > > > effect from patch 14. > > > > > > With this changes, SCSI-MQ sequential I/O performance is > > > improved much, Paolo reported that mq-deadline performance > > > improved much[2] in his dbench test wrt V2. Also performanc > > > improvement on lpfc/qla2xx was observed with V1.[1] > > > > > > Also Bart worried that this patchset may affect SRP, so provide > > > test data on SCSI SRP this time: > > > > > > - fio(libaio, bs:4k, dio, queue_depth:64, 64 jobs) > > > - system(16 cores, dual sockets, mem: 96G) > > > > > > |v4.13-rc6+* |v4.13-rc6+ | patched v4.13-rc6+ > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > IOPS(K) | DEADLINE | NONE | NONE > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > read | 587.81 | 511.96 | 518.51 > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > randread | 116.44 | 142.99 | 142.46 > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > write | 580.87 | 536.4 | 582.15 > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > randwrite | 104.95 | 124.89 | 123.99 > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > |v4.13-rc6+ |v4.13-rc6+ | patched v4.13-rc6+ > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > IOPS(K) | DEADLINE |MQ-DEADLINE |MQ-DEADLINE > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > read | 587.81 | 158.7 | 450.41 > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > randread | 116.44 | 142.04 | 142.72 > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > write | 580.87 | 136.61 | 569.37 > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > randwrite | 104.95 | 123.14 | 124.36 > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > *: v4.13-rc6+ means v4.13-rc6 with block for-next > > > > > > > > > Please consider to merge to V4.4. > > > > > > [1] http://marc.info/?l=linux-block&m=150151989915776&w=2 > > > [2] https://marc.info/?l=linux-block&m=150217980602843&w=2 > > > > > > V4: > > > - add Reviewed-by tag > > > - some trival change: typo fix in commit log or comment, > > > variable name, no actual functional change > > > > > > V3: > > > - totally round robin for picking req from ctx, as suggested > > > by Bart > > > - remove one local variable in __sbitmap_for_each_set() > > > - drop patches of single dispatch list, which can improve > > > performance on mq-deadline, but cause a bit degrade on > > > none because all hctxs need to be checked after ->dispatch > > > is flushed. Will post it again once it is mature. > > > - rebase on v4.13-rc6 with block for-next > > > > > > V2: > > > - dequeue request from sw queues in round roubin's style > > > as suggested by Bart, and introduces one helper in sbitmap > > > for this purpose > > > - improve bio merge via hash table from sw queue > > > - add comments about using DISPATCH_BUSY state in lockless way, > > > simplifying handling on busy state, > > > - hold ctx->lock when clearing ctx busy bit as suggested > > > by Bart > > > > > > > > > > Tested-by: Paolo Valente > > Hi Jens, > > Is there any chance to make this patchset merged to V4.4? Hi Jens, Ping... Thanks, Ming