[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] scsi-disk: add UNMAP limits to block limits VPD page

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] scsi-disk: add UNMAP limits to block limits VPD page

[Paolo Bonzini]

Linux prefers WRITE SAME to UNMAP if the limits are zero, and WRITE
SAME does not discard anything unless the device can guarantee that
the resulting block is zero.

Setting the maximum unmap block and descriptor counts to non-zero
makes Linux choose UNMAP and fixes thin provisioning on glusterfs.

While the maximum unmap block count can have some effect on performance,
the (suggested) maximum number of descriptors is not particularly
important so I didn't add a customization option.  SCSI drivers are
used to online firmware updates so I'm not yet adding versioning support
for SCSI, but we're probably getting close to the point when it's worth
thinking about it.

Reported-by: Bharata B Rao <bharata@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
---
 hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c b/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c
index 7653411..f6ccccc 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/scsi-disk.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ do { printf("scsi-disk: " fmt , ## __VA_ARGS__); } while (0)
 #define SCSI_MAX_MODE_LEN           256
 
 #define DEFAULT_DISCARD_GRANULARITY 4096
+#define DEFAULT_MAX_UNMAP_SIZE      (1 << 30)   /* 1 GB */
 
 typedef struct SCSIDiskState SCSIDiskState;
 
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ struct SCSIDiskState
     bool media_event;
     bool eject_request;
     uint64_t wwn;
+    uint64_t max_unmap_size;
     QEMUBH *bh;
     char *version;
     char *serial;
@@ -625,6 +627,8 @@ static int scsi_disk_emulate_inquiry(SCSIRequest *req, uint8_t *outbuf)
                     s->qdev.conf.min_io_size / s->qdev.blocksize;
             unsigned int opt_io_size =
                     s->qdev.conf.opt_io_size / s->qdev.blocksize;
+            unsigned int max_unmap_sectors =
+                    s->max_unmap_size / s->qdev.blocksize;
 
             if (s->qdev.type == TYPE_ROM) {
                 DPRINTF("Inquiry (EVPD[%02X] not supported for CDROM\n",
@@ -647,6 +651,18 @@ static int scsi_disk_emulate_inquiry(SCSIRequest *req, uint8_t *outbuf)
             outbuf[14] = (opt_io_size >> 8) & 0xff;
             outbuf[15] = opt_io_size & 0xff;
 
+            /* max unmap LBA count, hardcoded to 1GB */
+            outbuf[20] = (max_unmap_sectors >> 24) & 0xff;
+            outbuf[21] = (max_unmap_sectors >> 16) & 0xff;
+            outbuf[22] = (max_unmap_sectors >> 8) & 0xff;
+            outbuf[23] = max_unmap_sectors & 0xff;
+
+            /* max unmap descriptors, 255 fit in 4 kb with an 8-byte header.  */
+            outbuf[24] = 0;
+            outbuf[25] = 0;
+            outbuf[26] = 0;
+            outbuf[27] = 255;
+
             /* optimal unmap granularity */
             outbuf[28] = (unmap_sectors >> 24) & 0xff;
             outbuf[29] = (unmap_sectors >> 16) & 0xff;
@@ -2519,6 +2535,8 @@ static Property scsi_hd_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_BIT("dpofua", SCSIDiskState, features,
                     SCSI_DISK_F_DPOFUA, false),
     DEFINE_PROP_HEX64("wwn", SCSIDiskState, wwn, 0),
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT64("max_unmap_size", SCSIDiskState, max_unmap_size,
+                       DEFAULT_MAX_UNMAP_SIZE),
     DEFINE_BLOCK_CHS_PROPERTIES(SCSIDiskState, qdev.conf),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
@@ -2628,6 +2646,8 @@ static Property scsi_disk_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_BIT("dpofua", SCSIDiskState, features,
                     SCSI_DISK_F_DPOFUA, false),
     DEFINE_PROP_HEX64("wwn", SCSIDiskState, wwn, 0),
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT64("max_unmap_size", SCSIDiskState, max_unmap_size,
+                       DEFAULT_MAX_UNMAP_SIZE),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
-- 
1.8.4.2

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] scsi-disk: add UNMAP limits to block limits VPD page

[Bharata B Rao]

On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 02:57:27PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Linux prefers WRITE SAME to UNMAP if the limits are zero, and WRITE
> SAME does not discard anything unless the device can guarantee that
> the resulting block is zero.
> 
> Setting the maximum unmap block and descriptor counts to non-zero
> makes Linux choose UNMAP and fixes thin provisioning on glusterfs.
> 
> While the maximum unmap block count can have some effect on performance,
> the (suggested) maximum number of descriptors is not particularly
> important so I didn't add a customization option.  SCSI drivers are
> used to online firmware updates so I'm not yet adding versioning support
> for SCSI, but we're probably getting close to the point when it's worth
> thinking about it.
> 
> Reported-by: Bharata B Rao <bharata@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

This patch fixes thin provisioning on gluster.

Tested-by: Bharata B Rao <bharata@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Regards,
Bharata.