Re: [RESEND] [PATCH] readahead:add blk_run_backing_dev

Ronald Moesbergen
2009-07-13T12:12:20Z

2009/7/10 Vladislav Bolkhovitin <vst@vlnb.net>:
>
> Vladislav Bolkhovitin, on 07/10/2009 12:43 PM wrote:
>>
>> Ronald Moesbergen, on 07/10/2009 10:32 AM wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I've also long ago noticed that reading data from block devices is
>>>> slower
>>>> than from files from mounted on those block devices file systems. Can
>>>> anybody explain it?
>>>>
>>>> Looks like this is strangeness #2 which we uncovered in our tests (the
>>>> first
>>>> one was earlier in this thread why the context RA doesn't work with
>>>> cooperative I/O threads as good as it should).
>>>>
>>>> Can you rerun the same 11 tests over a file on the file system, please?
>>>
>>> I'll see what I can do. Just te be sure: you want me to run
>>> blockdev-perftest on a file on the OCFS2 filesystem which is mounted
>>> on the client over iScsi, right?
>>
>> Yes, please.
>
> Forgot to mention that you should also configure your backend storage as a
> big file on a file system (preferably, XFS) too, not as direct device, like
> /dev/vg/db-master.

Ok, here are the results:

client kernel: 2.6.26-15lenny3 (debian)
server kernel: 2.6.29.5 with readahead patch

Test done with XFS on both the target and the initiator. This confirms
your findings, using files instead of block devices is faster, but
only when using the io_context patch.

Without io_context patch:
1) client: default, server: default
blocksize R R R R(avg, R(std R
(bytes) (s) (s) (s) MB/s) ,MB/s) (IOPS)
67108864 18.327 18.327 17.740 56.491 0.872 0.883
33554432 18.662 18.311 18.116 55.772 0.683 1.743
16777216 18.900 18.421 18.312 55.229 0.754 3.452
8388608 18.893 18.533 18.281 55.156 0.743 6.895
4194304 18.512 18.097 18.400 55.850 0.536 13.963
2097152 18.635 18.313 18.676 55.232 0.486 27.616
1048576 18.441 18.264 18.245 55.907 0.267 55.907
524288 17.773 18.669 18.459 55.980 1.184 111.960
262144 18.580 18.758 17.483 56.091 1.767 224.365
131072 17.224 18.333 18.765 56.626 2.067 453.006
65536 18.082 19.223 18.238 55.348 1.483 885.567
32768 17.719 18.293 18.198 56.680 0.795 1813.766
16384 17.872 18.322 17.537 57.192 1.024 3660.273

2) client: default, server: 64 max_sectors_kb, RA default
blocksize R R R R(avg, R(std R
(bytes) (s) (s) (s) MB/s) ,MB/s) (IOPS)
67108864 18.738 18.435 18.400 55.283 0.451 0.864
33554432 18.046 18.167 17.572 57.128 0.826 1.785
16777216 18.504 18.203 18.377 55.771 0.376 3.486
8388608 22.069 18.554 17.825 53.013 4.766 6.627
4194304 19.211 18.136 18.083 55.465 1.529 13.866
2097152 18.647 17.851 18.511 55.866 1.071 27.933
1048576 19.084 18.177 18.194 55.425 1.249 55.425
524288 18.999 18.553 18.380 54.934 0.763 109.868
262144 18.867 18.273 18.063 55.668 1.020 222.673
131072 17.846 18.966 18.193 55.885 1.412 447.081
65536 18.195 18.616 18.482 55.564 0.530 889.023
32768 17.882 18.841 17.707 56.481 1.525 1807.394
16384 17.073 18.278 17.985 57.646 1.689 3689.369

3) client: default, server: default max_sectors_kb, RA 2MB
blocksize R R R R(avg, R(std R
(bytes) (s) (s) (s) MB/s) ,MB/s) (IOPS)
67108864 18.658 17.830 19.258 55.162 1.750 0.862
33554432 17.193 18.265 18.517 56.974 1.854 1.780
16777216 17.531 17.681 18.776 56.955 1.720 3.560
8388608 18.234 17.547 18.201 56.926 1.014 7.116
4194304 18.057 17.923 17.901 57.015 0.218 14.254
2097152 18.565 17.739 17.658 56.958 1.277 28.479
1048576 18.393 17.433 17.314 57.851 1.550 57.851
524288 18.939 17.835 18.972 55.152 1.600 110.304
262144 18.562 19.005 18.069 55.240 1.141 220.959
131072 19.574 17.562 18.251 55.576 2.476 444.611
65536 19.117 18.019 17.886 55.882 1.647 894.115
32768 18.237 17.415 17.482 57.842 1.200 1850.933
16384 17.760 18.444 18.055 56.631 0.876 3624.391

4) client: default, server: 64 max_sectors_kb, RA 2MB
blocksize R R R R(avg, R(std R
(bytes) (s) (s) (s) MB/s) ,MB/s) (IOPS)
67108864 18.368 17.495 18.524 56.520 1.434 0.883
33554432 18.209 17.523 19.146 56.052 2.027 1.752
16777216 18.765 18.053 18.550 55.497 0.903 3.469
8388608 17.878 17.848 18.389 56.778 0.774 7.097
4194304 18.058 17.683 18.567 56.589 1.129 14.147
2097152 18.896 18.384 18.697 54.888 0.623 27.444
1048576 18.505 17.769 17.804 56.826 1.055 56.826
524288 18.319 17.689 17.941 56.955 0.816 113.910
262144 19.227 17.770 18.212 55.704 1.821 222.815
131072 18.738 18.227 17.869 56.044 1.090 448.354
65536 19.319 18.525 18.084 54.969 1.494 879.504
32768 18.321 17.672 17.870 57.047 0.856 1825.495
16384 18.249 17.495 18.146 57.025 1.073 3649.582

With io_context patch:
5) client: default, server: default
blocksize R R R R(avg, R(std R
(bytes) (s) (s) (s) MB/s) ,MB/s) (IOPS)
67108864 12.393 11.925 12.627 83.196 1.989 1.300
33554432 11.844 11.855 12.191 85.610 1.142 2.675
16777216 12.729 12.602 12.068 82.187 1.913 5.137
8388608 12.245 12.060 14.081 80.419 5.469 10.052
4194304 13.224 11.866 12.110 82.763 3.833 20.691
2097152 11.585 12.584 11.755 85.623 3.052 42.811
1048576 12.166 12.144 12.321 83.867 0.539 83.867
524288 12.019 12.148 12.160 84.568 0.448 169.137
262144 12.014 12.378 12.074 84.259 1.095 337.036
131072 11.840 12.068 11.849 85.921 0.756 687.369
65536 12.098 11.803 12.312 84.857 1.470 1357.720
32768 11.852 12.635 11.887 84.529 2.465 2704.931
16384 12.443 13.110 11.881 82.197 3.299 5260.620

6) client: default, server: 64 max_sectors_kb, RA default
blocksize R R R R(avg, R(std R
(bytes) (s) (s) (s) MB/s) ,MB/s) (IOPS)
67108864 13.033 12.122 11.950 82.911 3.110 1.295
33554432 12.386 13.357 12.082 81.364 3.429 2.543
16777216 12.102 11.542 12.053 86.096 1.860 5.381
8388608 12.240 11.740 11.789 85.917 1.601 10.740
4194304 11.824 12.388 12.042 84.768 1.621 21.192
2097152 11.962 12.283 11.973 84.832 1.036 42.416
1048576 12.639 11.863 12.010 84.197 2.290 84.197
524288 11.809 12.919 11.853 84.121 3.439 168.243
262144 12.105 12.649 12.779 81.894 1.940 327.577
131072 12.441 12.769 12.713 81.017 0.923 648.137
65536 12.490 13.308 12.440 80.414 2.457 1286.630
32768 13.235 11.917 12.300 82.184 3.576 2629.883
16384 12.335 12.394 12.201 83.187 0.549 5323.990

7) client: default, server: default max_sectors_kb, RA 2MB
blocksize R R R R(avg, R(std R
(bytes) (s) (s) (s) MB/s) ,MB/s) (IOPS)
67108864 12.017 12.334 12.151 84.168 0.897 1.315
33554432 12.265 12.200 11.976 84.310 0.864 2.635
16777216 12.356 11.972 12.292 83.903 1.165 5.244
8388608 12.247 12.368 11.769 84.472 1.825 10.559
4194304 11.888 11.974 12.144 85.325 0.754 21.331
2097152 12.433 10.938 11.669 87.911 4.595 43.956
1048576 11.748 12.271 12.498 84.180 2.196 84.180
524288 11.726 11.681 12.322 86.031 2.075 172.062
262144 12.593 12.263 11.939 83.530 1.817 334.119
131072 11.874 12.265 12.441 84.012 1.648 672.093
65536 12.119 11.848 12.037 85.330 0.809 1365.277
32768 12.549 12.080 12.008 83.882 1.625 2684.238
16384 12.369 12.087 12.589 82.949 1.385 5308.766

8) client: default, server: 64 max_sectors_kb, RA 2MB
blocksize R R R R(avg, R(std R
(bytes) (s) (s) (s) MB/s) ,MB/s) (IOPS)
67108864 12.664 11.793 11.963 84.428 2.575 1.319
33554432 11.825 12.074 12.442 84.571 1.761 2.643
16777216 11.997 11.952 10.905 88.311 3.958 5.519
8388608 11.866 12.270 11.796 85.519 1.476 10.690
4194304 11.754 12.095 12.539 84.483 2.230 21.121
2097152 11.948 11.633 11.886 86.628 1.007 43.314
1048576 12.029 12.519 11.701 84.811 2.345 84.811
524288 11.928 12.011 12.049 85.363 0.361 170.726
262144 12.559 11.827 11.729 85.140 2.566 340.558
131072 12.015 12.356 11.587 85.494 2.253 683.952
65536 11.741 12.113 11.931 85.861 1.093 1373.770
32768 12.655 11.738 12.237 83.945 2.589 2686.246
16384 11.928 12.423 11.875 84.834 1.711 5429.381

9) client: 64 max_sectors_kb, default RA. server: 64 max_sectors_kb, RA 2MB
blocksize R R R R(avg, R(std R
(bytes) (s) (s) (s) MB/s) ,MB/s) (IOPS)
67108864 13.570 13.491 14.299 74.326 1.927 1.161
33554432 13.238 13.198 13.255 77.398 0.142 2.419
16777216 13.851 13.199 13.463 75.857 1.497 4.741
8388608 13.339 16.695 13.551 71.223 7.010 8.903
4194304 13.689 13.173 14.258 74.787 2.415 18.697
2097152 13.518 13.543 13.894 75.021 0.934 37.510
1048576 14.119 14.030 13.820 73.202 0.659 73.202
524288 13.747 14.781 13.820 72.621 2.369 145.243
262144 14.168 13.652 14.165 73.189 1.284 292.757
131072 14.112 13.868 14.213 72.817 0.753 582.535
65536 14.604 13.762 13.725 73.045 2.071 1168.728
32768 14.796 15.356 14.486 68.861 1.653 2203.564
16384 13.079 13.525 13.427 76.757 1.111 4912.426

10) client: default max_sectors_kb, 2MB RA. server: 64 max_sectors_kb, RA 2MB
blocksize R R R R(avg, R(std R
(bytes) (s) (s) (s) MB/s) ,MB/s) (IOPS)
67108864 20.372 18.077 17.262 55.411 3.800 0.866
33554432 17.287 17.620 17.828 58.263 0.740 1.821
16777216 16.802 18.154 17.315 58.831 1.865 3.677
8388608 17.510 18.291 17.253 57.939 1.427 7.242
4194304 17.059 17.706 17.352 58.958 0.897 14.740
2097152 17.252 18.064 17.615 58.059 1.090 29.029
1048576 17.082 17.373 17.688 58.927 0.838 58.927
524288 17.129 17.271 17.583 59.103 0.644 118.206
262144 17.411 17.695 18.048 57.808 0.848 231.231
131072 17.937 17.704 18.681 56.581 1.285 452.649
65536 17.927 17.465 17.907 57.646 0.698 922.338
32768 18.494 17.820 17.719 56.875 1.073 1819.985
16384 18.800 17.759 17.575 56.798 1.666 3635.058

11) client: 64 max_sectors_kb, 2MB. RA server: 64 max_sectors_kb, RA 2MB
blocksize R R R R(avg, R(std R
(bytes) (s) (s) (s) MB/s) ,MB/s) (IOPS)
67108864 20.045 21.881 20.018 49.680 2.037 0.776
33554432 20.768 20.291 20.464 49.938 0.479 1.561
16777216 21.563 20.714 20.429 49.017 1.116 3.064
8388608 21.290 21.109 21.308 48.221 0.205 6.028
4194304 22.240 20.662 21.088 48.054 1.479 12.013
2097152 20.282 21.098 20.580 49.593 0.806 24.796
1048576 20.367 19.929 20.252 50.741 0.469 50.741
524288 20.885 21.203 20.684 48.945 0.498 97.890
262144 19.982 21.375 20.798 49.463 1.373 197.853
131072 20.744 21.590 19.698 49.593 1.866 396.740
65536 21.586 20.953 21.055 48.314 0.627 773.024
32768 21.228 20.307 21.049 49.104 0.950 1571.327
16384 21.257 21.209 21.150 48.289 0.100 3090.498

Ronald.