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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>,
	linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 7/8] raid6: improve the runtime selection benchmark
Date: Wed,  8 Jul 2026 11:07:36 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260708090740.1433685-8-hch@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260708090740.1433685-1-hch@lst.de>

Use plain ktime_get_ns for the timing, use 8 + 2 disks for a realistic
load, and report the throughput on the data disks as that is what
storage systems are measured on.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
---
 lib/raid/raid6/algos.c | 75 +++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/raid/raid6/algos.c b/lib/raid/raid6/algos.c
index e7984bde5157..c44b986e319e 100644
--- a/lib/raid/raid6/algos.c
+++ b/lib/raid/raid6/algos.c
@@ -152,40 +152,39 @@ void raid6_recov_datap(int disks, size_t bytes, int faila, void **ptrs)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(raid6_recov_datap);
 
-#define RAID6_TIME_JIFFIES_LG2	4
-#define RAID6_TEST_DISKS	8
+#define BENCH_SIZE	SZ_4K
+#define NR_SRCS		8
+#define NR_DISKS	(NR_SRCS + 2)
+#define REPS		800U
 
-static int raid6_choose_gen(void *(*const dptrs)[RAID6_TEST_DISKS],
-		const int disks)
+static int raid6_choose_gen(void *dptrs[NR_DISKS], const int disks)
 {
 	/* work on the second half of the disks */
-	int start = (disks >> 1) - 1, stop = disks - 3;
+	int start = (disks / 2) - 1, stop = disks - 3;
 	const struct raid6_calls *best = NULL;
 	unsigned long bestgenperf = 0;
 	unsigned int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < raid6_nr_algos; i++) {
 		const struct raid6_calls *algo = raid6_algos[i];
-		unsigned long perf = 0, j0, j1;
+		unsigned long perf = 0;
+		u64 t;
+		int i;
 
 		preempt_disable();
-		j0 = jiffies;
-		while ((j1 = jiffies) == j0)
-			cpu_relax();
-		while (time_before(jiffies,
-				    j1 + (1<<RAID6_TIME_JIFFIES_LG2))) {
-			algo->gen_syndrome(disks, PAGE_SIZE, *dptrs);
-			perf++;
-		}
+		t = ktime_get_ns();
+		for (i = 0; i < REPS; i++)
+			algo->gen_syndrome(disks, BENCH_SIZE, dptrs);
+		t = ktime_get_ns() - t;
 		preempt_enable();
 
+		/* bytes/ns == GB/s, multiply by 1000 to get MB/s [not MiB/s] */
+		perf = div64_u64((u64)BENCH_SIZE * REPS * NR_SRCS * 1000, t);
 		if (perf > bestgenperf) {
 			bestgenperf = perf;
 			best = algo;
 		}
-		pr_info("raid6: %-8s gen() %5ld MB/s\n", algo->name,
-			(perf * HZ * (disks-2)) >>
-			(20 - PAGE_SHIFT + RAID6_TIME_JIFFIES_LG2));
+		pr_info("raid6: %-8s gen() %5lu MB/s\n", algo->name, perf);
 	}
 
 	if (!best) {
@@ -197,28 +196,22 @@ static int raid6_choose_gen(void *(*const dptrs)[RAID6_TEST_DISKS],
 	static_call_update(raid6_xor_syndrome_impl, best->xor_syndrome);
 
 	pr_info("raid6: using algorithm %s gen() %ld MB/s\n",
-		best->name,
-		(bestgenperf * HZ * (disks - 2)) >>
-		(20 - PAGE_SHIFT + RAID6_TIME_JIFFIES_LG2));
+		best->name, bestgenperf);
 
 	if (best->xor_syndrome) {
-		unsigned long perf = 0, j0, j1;
+		u64 t;
+		int i;
 
 		preempt_disable();
-		j0 = jiffies;
-		while ((j1 = jiffies) == j0)
-			cpu_relax();
-		while (time_before(jiffies,
-				   j1 + (1 << RAID6_TIME_JIFFIES_LG2))) {
-			best->xor_syndrome(disks, start, stop,
-					   PAGE_SIZE, *dptrs);
-			perf++;
-		}
+		t = ktime_get_ns();
+		for (i = 0; i < REPS; i++)
+			best->xor_syndrome(disks, start, stop, BENCH_SIZE,
+				dptrs);
+		t = ktime_get_ns() - t;
 		preempt_enable();
 
-		pr_info("raid6: .... xor() %ld MB/s, rmw enabled\n",
-			(perf * HZ * (disks - 2)) >>
-			(20 - PAGE_SHIFT + RAID6_TIME_JIFFIES_LG2 + 1));
+		pr_info("raid6: .... xor() %llu MB/s, rmw enabled\n",
+			div64_u64((u64)BENCH_SIZE * REPS * NR_SRCS * 1000, t));
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -230,14 +223,14 @@ static int raid6_choose_gen(void *(*const dptrs)[RAID6_TEST_DISKS],
 
 static int __init raid6_select_algo(void)
 {
-	const int disks = RAID6_TEST_DISKS;
+	const int disks = NR_DISKS;
+	void *dptrs[NR_DISKS];
 	char *disk_ptr, *p;
-	void *dptrs[RAID6_TEST_DISKS];
 	int i, cycle;
 	int error;
 
 	/* prepare the buffer and fill it circularly with gfmul table */
-	disk_ptr = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE * RAID6_TEST_DISKS, GFP_KERNEL);
+	disk_ptr = kmalloc_array(NR_DISKS, BENCH_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!disk_ptr) {
 		pr_err("raid6: Yikes!  No memory available.\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -245,19 +238,19 @@ static int __init raid6_select_algo(void)
 
 	p = disk_ptr;
 	for (i = 0; i < disks; i++)
-		dptrs[i] = p + PAGE_SIZE * i;
+		dptrs[i] = p + BENCH_SIZE * i;
 
-	cycle = ((disks - 2) * PAGE_SIZE) / 65536;
+	cycle = ((disks - 2) * BENCH_SIZE) / 65536;
 	for (i = 0; i < cycle; i++) {
 		memcpy(p, raid6_gfmul, 65536);
 		p += 65536;
 	}
 
-	if ((disks - 2) * PAGE_SIZE % 65536)
-		memcpy(p, raid6_gfmul, (disks - 2) * PAGE_SIZE % 65536);
+	if ((disks - 2) * BENCH_SIZE % 65536)
+		memcpy(p, raid6_gfmul, (disks - 2) * BENCH_SIZE % 65536);
 
 	/* select raid gen_syndrome function */
-	error = raid6_choose_gen(&dptrs, disks);
+	error = raid6_choose_gen(dptrs, disks);
 
 	kfree(disk_ptr);
 
-- 
2.53.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-08  9:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-08  9:07 misc lib/raid/ improvements Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-08  9:07 ` [PATCH 1/8] xor: enable lock context analysis Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-08  9:07 ` [PATCH 2/8] xor: improve the runtime selection benchmark Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-08  9:18   ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-08  9:07 ` [PATCH 3/8] xor/kunit: fix a spelling error Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-08  9:07 ` [PATCH 4/8] xor/kunit: add a benchmark Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-08  9:22   ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-08  9:07 ` [PATCH 5/8] raid6: enable lock context analysis Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-08  9:07 ` [PATCH 6/8] raid6: defer implementation selection when built-in Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-08  9:23   ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-08  9:07 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2026-07-08  9:20   ` [PATCH 7/8] raid6: improve the runtime selection benchmark sashiko-bot
2026-07-08  9:07 ` [PATCH 8/8] raid6/kunit: add a benchmark Christoph Hellwig
2026-07-08  9:20   ` sashiko-bot

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