Re: [PATCHSET v5 0/12] Add support for async buffered reads

Sedat Dilek
2020-06-01T14:52:08Z

On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 4:46 PM Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> wrote:
>
> On 6/1/20 8:43 AM, Sedat Dilek wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 4:35 PM Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 6/1/20 8:14 AM, Jens Axboe wrote:
> >>> On 6/1/20 8:13 AM, Sedat Dilek wrote:
> >>>> On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 4:04 PM Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 6/1/20 7:35 AM, Sedat Dilek wrote:
> >>>>>> Hi Jens,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> with Linux v5.7 final I switched to linux-block.git/for-next and reverted...
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> "block: read-ahead submission should imply no-wait as well"
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> ...and see no boot-slowdowns.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Can you try with these patches applied instead? Or pull my async-readahead
> >>>>> branch from the same location.
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Yes, I can do that.
> >>>> I pulled from linux-block.git#async-readahead and will report later.
> >>>>
> >>>> Any specific testing desired by you?
> >>>
> >>> Just do your boot timing test and see if it works, thanks.
> >>
> >> Actually, can you just re-test with the current async-buffered.6 branch?
> >> I think the major surgery should wait for 5.9, we can do this a bit
> >> easier without having to touch everything around us.
> >>
> >
> > With linux-block.git#async-readahead:
> >
> > mycompiler -Wp,-MD,kernel/.sys.o.d -nostdinc -isystem
> > /home/dileks/src/llvm-toolchain/install/lib/clang/10.0.1rc1/include
> > -I./arch/x86/include -I./arch/x86/include/generated -I./include
> > -I./arch/x86/include/uapi -I./arch/x86/include/generated/uapi
> > -I./include/uapi -I./include/generated/uapi -include
> > ./include/linux/kconfig.h -include ./include/linux/compiler_types.h
> > -D__KERNEL__ -Qunused-arguments -Wall -Wundef
> > -Werror=strict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing
> > -fno-common -fshort-wchar -fno-PIE
> > -Werror=implicit-function-declaration -Werror=implicit-int
> > -Wno-format-security -std=gnu89 -no-integrated-as
> > -Werror=unknown-warning-option -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow
> > -mno-avx -m64 -mno-80387 -mstack-alignment=8 -mtune=generic
> > -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -Wno-sign-compare
> > -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -mretpoline-external-thunk
> > -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -Wno-address-of-packed-member -O2
> > -Wframe-larger-than=2048 -fstack-protector-strong
> > -Wno-format-invalid-specifier -Wno-gnu -mno-global-merge
> > -Wno-unused-const-variable -g -gz=zlib -pg -mfentry -DCC_USING_FENTRY
> > -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wvla -Wno-pointer-sign
> > -Wno-array-bounds -fno-strict-overflow -fno-merge-all-constants
> > -fno-stack-check -Werror=date-time -Werror=incompatible-pointer-types
> > -fmacro-prefix-map=./= -fcf-protection=none -Wno-initializer-overrides
> > -Wno-format -Wno-sign-compare -Wno-format-zero-length
> > -Wno-tautological-constant-out-of-range-compare
> > -DKBUILD_MODFILE='"kernel/sys"' -DKBUILD_BASENAME='"sys"'
> > -DKBUILD_MODNAME='"sys"' -c -o kernel/sys.o kernel/sys.c
> > fs/9p/vfs_addr.c:112:4: error: use of undeclared identifier 'filp'
> > filp->private_data);
> > ^
> > 1 error generated.
> > make[5]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:267: fs/9p/vfs_addr.o] Error 1
> > make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:488: fs/9p] Error 2
> > make[3]: *** [Makefile:1735: fs] Error 2
> > make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> >
> > I guess block.git#async-buffered.6 needs the same revert of "block:
> > read-ahead submission should imply no-wait as well".
>
> Sorry, forgot to push out the updated version. But as per previous
> email, I think that major work should wait. Just try the updated
> async-buffered.6 branch instead.
>

Hehe, I was looking at git.k.o URLs.

I just pulled from
<https://git.kernel.dk/cgit/linux-block/log/?h=async-buffered.6>.

- Sedat -