[PATCH v2] blk-throttle: fix lower control under super low iops limit

[PATCH v2] blk-throttle: fix lower control under super low iops limit

[Yu Kuai]

From: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@huawei.com>

User will configure allowed iops limit in 1s, and calculate_io_allowed()
will calculate allowed iops in the slice by:

limit * HZ / throtl_slice

However, if limit is quite low, the result can be 0, then
allowed IO in the slice is 0, this will cause missing dispatch and
control will be lower than limit.

For example, set iops_limit to 5 with HD disk, and test will found that
iops will be 3.

This is usually not a big deal, because user will unlikely to configure
such low iops limit, however, this is still a problem in the extreme
scene.

Fix the problem by making sure the wait time calculated by
tg_within_iops_limit() should allow at least one IO to be dispatched.

Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@huawei.com>
---
Changes in v2:
 - instead of extend thorlt_slice, extend wait time;
 block/blk-throttle.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/block/blk-throttle.c b/block/blk-throttle.c
index c1bf73f8c75d..dc6140fa3de0 100644
--- a/block/blk-throttle.c
+++ b/block/blk-throttle.c
@@ -704,6 +704,9 @@ static unsigned long tg_within_iops_limit(struct throtl_grp *tg, struct bio *bio
 
 	/* Calc approx time to dispatch */
 	jiffy_wait = jiffy_elapsed_rnd - jiffy_elapsed;
+
+	/* make sure at least one io can be dispatched after waiting */
+	jiffy_wait = max(jiffy_wait, HZ / iops_limit + 1);
 	return jiffy_wait;
 }
 
-- 
2.39.2

Re: [PATCH v2] blk-throttle: fix lower control under super low iops limit

[Yu Kuai]

Hi,

在 2024/06/18 14:21, Yu Kuai 写道:
> From: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@huawei.com>
> 
> User will configure allowed iops limit in 1s, and calculate_io_allowed()
> will calculate allowed iops in the slice by:
> 
> limit * HZ / throtl_slice
> 
> However, if limit is quite low, the result can be 0, then
> allowed IO in the slice is 0, this will cause missing dispatch and
> control will be lower than limit.
> 
> For example, set iops_limit to 5 with HD disk, and test will found that
> iops will be 3.
> 
> This is usually not a big deal, because user will unlikely to configure
> such low iops limit, however, this is still a problem in the extreme
> scene.
> 
> Fix the problem by making sure the wait time calculated by
> tg_within_iops_limit() should allow at least one IO to be dispatched.

Friendly ping ...
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@huawei.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
>   - instead of extend thorlt_slice, extend wait time;
>   block/blk-throttle.c | 3 +++
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/block/blk-throttle.c b/block/blk-throttle.c
> index c1bf73f8c75d..dc6140fa3de0 100644
> --- a/block/blk-throttle.c
> +++ b/block/blk-throttle.c
> @@ -704,6 +704,9 @@ static unsigned long tg_within_iops_limit(struct throtl_grp *tg, struct bio *bio
>   
>   	/* Calc approx time to dispatch */
>   	jiffy_wait = jiffy_elapsed_rnd - jiffy_elapsed;
> +
> +	/* make sure at least one io can be dispatched after waiting */
> +	jiffy_wait = max(jiffy_wait, HZ / iops_limit + 1);
>   	return jiffy_wait;
>   }
>   
> 

Re: [PATCH v2] blk-throttle: fix lower control under super low iops limit

[Tejun Heo]

Sorry about the delay.

On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 02:21:08PM +0800, Yu Kuai wrote:
> From: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@huawei.com>
> 
> User will configure allowed iops limit in 1s, and calculate_io_allowed()
> will calculate allowed iops in the slice by:
> 
> limit * HZ / throtl_slice
> 
> However, if limit is quite low, the result can be 0, then
> allowed IO in the slice is 0, this will cause missing dispatch and
> control will be lower than limit.
> 
> For example, set iops_limit to 5 with HD disk, and test will found that
> iops will be 3.
> 
> This is usually not a big deal, because user will unlikely to configure
> such low iops limit, however, this is still a problem in the extreme
> scene.
> 
> Fix the problem by making sure the wait time calculated by
> tg_within_iops_limit() should allow at least one IO to be dispatched.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@huawei.com>

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

Re: [PATCH v2] blk-throttle: fix lower control under super low iops limit

[Jens Axboe]

On Tue, 18 Jun 2024 14:21:08 +0800, Yu Kuai wrote:
> User will configure allowed iops limit in 1s, and calculate_io_allowed()
> will calculate allowed iops in the slice by:
> 
> limit * HZ / throtl_slice
> 
> However, if limit is quite low, the result can be 0, then
> allowed IO in the slice is 0, this will cause missing dispatch and
> control will be lower than limit.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] blk-throttle: fix lower control under super low iops limit
      commit: 1beabab88ecee0698ecee7b54afa9cce7046ef96

Best regards,
-- 
Jens Axboe