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* Re: [LKP] [lkp-robot] [nfsd4] 517dc52baa: fsmark.files_per_sec 32.4% improvement
       [not found]       ` <20180727002225.GF17169@yexl-desktop>
@ 2018-08-01 11:46         ` J. Bruce Fields
  2018-08-07  5:02           ` Rong Chen
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: J. Bruce Fields @ 2018-08-01 11:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Ye Xiaolong; +Cc: Stephen Rothwell, linux-nfs, lkp, LKML, Chen, Rong A

On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 08:22:25AM +0800, Ye Xiaolong wrote:
> On 07/16, Ye Xiaolong wrote:
> >On 07/04, Huang, Ying wrote:
> >>"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@redhat.com> writes:
> >>
> >>> Thanks!
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 02:52:43PM +0800, kernel test robot wrote:
> >>>> FYI, we noticed a 32.4% improvement of fsmark.files_per_sec due to commit:
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> commit: 517dc52baa2a508c82f68bbc7219b48169e6b29f ("nfsd4: shortern default lease period")
> >>>> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git master
> >>>
> >>> That doesn't make any sense....
> >>>
> >>> OK, I think I see the problem:
> >>>
> >>>> in testcase: fsmark
> >>>> on test machine: 48 threads Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz with 64G memory
> >>>> with following parameters:
> >>>> 
> >>>> 	iterations: 1x
> >>>> 	nr_threads: 1t
> >>>> 	disk: 1BRD_48G
> >>>> 	fs: f2fs
> >>>> 	fs2: nfsv4
> >>>> 	filesize: 4M
> >>>> 	test_size: 40G
> >>>> 	sync_method: fsyncBeforeClose
> >>>> 	cpufreq_governor: performance
> >>>> 
> >>>> test-description: The fsmark is a file system benchmark to test synchronous write workloads, for example, mail servers workload.
> >>>> test-url: https://sourceforge.net/projects/fsmark/
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> Details are as below:
> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> To reproduce:
> >>>> 
> >>>>         git clone https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests.git
> >>>>         cd lkp-tests
> >>>>         bin/lkp install job.yaml  # job file is attached in this email
> >>>>         bin/lkp run     job.yaml
> >>>> 
> >>>> =========================================================================================
> >>>> compiler/cpufreq_governor/disk/filesize/fs2/fs/iterations/kconfig/nr_threads/rootfs/sync_method/tbox_group/test_size/testcase:
> >>>>   gcc-7/performance/1BRD_48G/4M/nfsv4/f2fs/1x/x86_64-rhel-7.2/1t/debian-x86_64-2016-08-31.cgz/fsyncBeforeClose/ivb44/40G/fsmark
> >>>> 
> >>>> commit: 
> >>>>   c2993a1d7d ("nfsd4: extend reclaim period for reclaiming clients")
> >>>>   517dc52baa ("nfsd4: shortern default lease period")
> >>>> 
> >>>> c2993a1d7d6687fd 517dc52baa2a508c82f68bbc72 
> >>>> ---------------- -------------------------- 
> >>>>          %stddev     %change         %stddev
> >>>>              \          |                \  
> >>>>      53.60           +32.4%      70.95        fsmark.files_per_sec
> >>>>     191.89           -24.4%     145.16        fsmark.time.elapsed_time
> >>>>     191.89           -24.4%     145.16        fsmark.time.elapsed_time.max
> >>>
> >>> So what happened is the test took about 45 seconds less.
> >>>
> >>> I suspect you're starting the nfs server and then immediately running
> >>> this test.
> >>
> >>Yes.
> >>
> >>> The problem is that if there's a grace period on startup, any open will
> >>> just hang until the grace period ends.
> >>>
> >>> This patch changed the default grace period from 90 seconds to 45, so
> >>> that would explain the change.
> >>>
> >>> In my testing I usually 
> >>>
> >>> 	start the nfs server
> >>> 	on the client:
> >>> 		mount the server
> >>> 		touch a file
> >>>
> >>> When the touch returns, I know any grace period has completed, and then
> >>> I can run any tests normally.
> >>
> >
> >I've modified our test to touch a file before running the actual workload, then
> >requeue tests for both commit 517dc52baa and its parent c2993a1d7d, but the
> >result seems persistent which shows a ~30% improvement of fsmark.files_per_sec.
> >
> 
> Any suggestions?

You're sure you only start timing after the "touch" returns?

--b.

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* Re: [LKP] [lkp-robot] [nfsd4] 517dc52baa: fsmark.files_per_sec 32.4% improvement
  2018-08-01 11:46         ` [LKP] [lkp-robot] [nfsd4] 517dc52baa: fsmark.files_per_sec 32.4% improvement J. Bruce Fields
@ 2018-08-07  5:02           ` Rong Chen
  2018-08-07 14:16             ` J. Bruce Fields
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Rong Chen @ 2018-08-07  5:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: J. Bruce Fields; +Cc: Ye Xiaolong, Stephen Rothwell, linux-nfs, lkp, LKML



On 08/01/2018 07:46 PM, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 08:22:25AM +0800, Ye Xiaolong wrote:
>> On 07/16, Ye Xiaolong wrote:
>>> On 07/04, Huang, Ying wrote:
>>>> "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@redhat.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 02:52:43PM +0800, kernel test robot wrote:
>>>>>> FYI, we noticed a 32.4% improvement of fsmark.files_per_sec due to commit:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> commit: 517dc52baa2a508c82f68bbc7219b48169e6b29f ("nfsd4: shortern default lease period")
>>>>>> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git master
>>>>> That doesn't make any sense....
>>>>>
>>>>> OK, I think I see the problem:
>>>>>
>>>>>> in testcase: fsmark
>>>>>> on test machine: 48 threads Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz with 64G memory
>>>>>> with following parameters:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 	iterations: 1x
>>>>>> 	nr_threads: 1t
>>>>>> 	disk: 1BRD_48G
>>>>>> 	fs: f2fs
>>>>>> 	fs2: nfsv4
>>>>>> 	filesize: 4M
>>>>>> 	test_size: 40G
>>>>>> 	sync_method: fsyncBeforeClose
>>>>>> 	cpufreq_governor: performance
>>>>>>
>>>>>> test-description: The fsmark is a file system benchmark to test synchronous write workloads, for example, mail servers workload.
>>>>>> test-url: https://sourceforge.net/projects/fsmark/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Details are as below:
>>>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To reproduce:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>          git clone https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests.git
>>>>>>          cd lkp-tests
>>>>>>          bin/lkp install job.yaml  # job file is attached in this email
>>>>>>          bin/lkp run     job.yaml
>>>>>>
>>>>>> =========================================================================================
>>>>>> compiler/cpufreq_governor/disk/filesize/fs2/fs/iterations/kconfig/nr_threads/rootfs/sync_method/tbox_group/test_size/testcase:
>>>>>>    gcc-7/performance/1BRD_48G/4M/nfsv4/f2fs/1x/x86_64-rhel-7.2/1t/debian-x86_64-2016-08-31.cgz/fsyncBeforeClose/ivb44/40G/fsmark
>>>>>>
>>>>>> commit:
>>>>>>    c2993a1d7d ("nfsd4: extend reclaim period for reclaiming clients")
>>>>>>    517dc52baa ("nfsd4: shortern default lease period")
>>>>>>
>>>>>> c2993a1d7d6687fd 517dc52baa2a508c82f68bbc72
>>>>>> ---------------- --------------------------
>>>>>>           %stddev     %change         %stddev
>>>>>>               \          |                \
>>>>>>       53.60           +32.4%      70.95        fsmark.files_per_sec
>>>>>>      191.89           -24.4%     145.16        fsmark.time.elapsed_time
>>>>>>      191.89           -24.4%     145.16        fsmark.time.elapsed_time.max
>>>>> So what happened is the test took about 45 seconds less.
>>>>>
>>>>> I suspect you're starting the nfs server and then immediately running
>>>>> this test.
>>>> Yes.
>>>>
>>>>> The problem is that if there's a grace period on startup, any open will
>>>>> just hang until the grace period ends.
>>>>>
>>>>> This patch changed the default grace period from 90 seconds to 45, so
>>>>> that would explain the change.
>>>>>
>>>>> In my testing I usually
>>>>>
>>>>> 	start the nfs server
>>>>> 	on the client:
>>>>> 		mount the server
>>>>> 		touch a file
>>>>>
>>>>> When the touch returns, I know any grace period has completed, and then
>>>>> I can run any tests normally.
>>> I've modified our test to touch a file before running the actual workload, then
>>> requeue tests for both commit 517dc52baa and its parent c2993a1d7d, but the
>>> result seems persistent which shows a ~30% improvement of fsmark.files_per_sec.
>>>
>> Any suggestions?	
> You're sure you only start timing after the "touch" returns?
The result is normal after retesting, thank you for helping us improve 
the test.

Best Regards,
Rong, Chen

>
> --b.


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* Re: [LKP] [lkp-robot] [nfsd4] 517dc52baa: fsmark.files_per_sec 32.4% improvement
  2018-08-07  5:02           ` Rong Chen
@ 2018-08-07 14:16             ` J. Bruce Fields
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: J. Bruce Fields @ 2018-08-07 14:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Rong Chen; +Cc: Ye Xiaolong, Stephen Rothwell, linux-nfs, lkp, LKML

On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 01:02:16PM +0800, Rong Chen wrote:
> 
> 
> On 08/01/2018 07:46 PM, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 08:22:25AM +0800, Ye Xiaolong wrote:
> > > On 07/16, Ye Xiaolong wrote:
> > > > On 07/04, Huang, Ying wrote:
> > > > > "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@redhat.com> writes:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > Thanks!
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 02:52:43PM +0800, kernel test robot wrote:
> > > > > > > FYI, we noticed a 32.4% improvement of fsmark.files_per_sec due to commit:
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > commit: 517dc52baa2a508c82f68bbc7219b48169e6b29f ("nfsd4: shortern default lease period")
> > > > > > > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git master
> > > > > > That doesn't make any sense....
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > OK, I think I see the problem:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > in testcase: fsmark
> > > > > > > on test machine: 48 threads Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2697 v2 @ 2.70GHz with 64G memory
> > > > > > > with following parameters:
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 	iterations: 1x
> > > > > > > 	nr_threads: 1t
> > > > > > > 	disk: 1BRD_48G
> > > > > > > 	fs: f2fs
> > > > > > > 	fs2: nfsv4
> > > > > > > 	filesize: 4M
> > > > > > > 	test_size: 40G
> > > > > > > 	sync_method: fsyncBeforeClose
> > > > > > > 	cpufreq_governor: performance
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > test-description: The fsmark is a file system benchmark to test synchronous write workloads, for example, mail servers workload.
> > > > > > > test-url: https://sourceforge.net/projects/fsmark/
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Details are as below:
> > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > To reproduce:
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > >          git clone https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests.git
> > > > > > >          cd lkp-tests
> > > > > > >          bin/lkp install job.yaml  # job file is attached in this email
> > > > > > >          bin/lkp run     job.yaml
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > =========================================================================================
> > > > > > > compiler/cpufreq_governor/disk/filesize/fs2/fs/iterations/kconfig/nr_threads/rootfs/sync_method/tbox_group/test_size/testcase:
> > > > > > >    gcc-7/performance/1BRD_48G/4M/nfsv4/f2fs/1x/x86_64-rhel-7.2/1t/debian-x86_64-2016-08-31.cgz/fsyncBeforeClose/ivb44/40G/fsmark
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > commit:
> > > > > > >    c2993a1d7d ("nfsd4: extend reclaim period for reclaiming clients")
> > > > > > >    517dc52baa ("nfsd4: shortern default lease period")
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > c2993a1d7d6687fd 517dc52baa2a508c82f68bbc72
> > > > > > > ---------------- --------------------------
> > > > > > >           %stddev     %change         %stddev
> > > > > > >               \          |                \
> > > > > > >       53.60           +32.4%      70.95        fsmark.files_per_sec
> > > > > > >      191.89           -24.4%     145.16        fsmark.time.elapsed_time
> > > > > > >      191.89           -24.4%     145.16        fsmark.time.elapsed_time.max
> > > > > > So what happened is the test took about 45 seconds less.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I suspect you're starting the nfs server and then immediately running
> > > > > > this test.
> > > > > Yes.
> > > > > 
> > > > > > The problem is that if there's a grace period on startup, any open will
> > > > > > just hang until the grace period ends.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > This patch changed the default grace period from 90 seconds to 45, so
> > > > > > that would explain the change.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > In my testing I usually
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 	start the nfs server
> > > > > > 	on the client:
> > > > > > 		mount the server
> > > > > > 		touch a file
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > When the touch returns, I know any grace period has completed, and then
> > > > > > I can run any tests normally.
> > > > I've modified our test to touch a file before running the actual workload, then
> > > > requeue tests for both commit 517dc52baa and its parent c2993a1d7d, but the
> > > > result seems persistent which shows a ~30% improvement of fsmark.files_per_sec.
> > > > 
> > > Any suggestions?	
> > You're sure you only start timing after the "touch" returns?
> The result is normal after retesting, thank you for helping us improve the
> test.

Great, thanks for following up.

--b.

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