From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC47CC433FF for ; Thu, 8 Aug 2019 12:53:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 90F2721880 for ; Thu, 8 Aug 2019 12:53:56 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 90F2721880 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Received: from localhost ([::1]:50192 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hvhvX-0002iV-Rs for qemu-devel@archiver.kernel.org; Thu, 08 Aug 2019 08:53:55 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:60016) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hvhv6-0002Ia-MH for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 08 Aug 2019 08:53:30 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hvhv4-0004qm-8X for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 08 Aug 2019 08:53:27 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:56122) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hvhv4-0004q8-0X for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 08 Aug 2019 08:53:26 -0400 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.12]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5B1EE51F0C for ; Thu, 8 Aug 2019 12:53:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from horse.redhat.com (unknown [10.18.25.158]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00EF260BE1; Thu, 8 Aug 2019 12:53:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by horse.redhat.com (Postfix, from userid 10451) id 7D5A4220ACF; Thu, 8 Aug 2019 08:53:20 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2019 08:53:20 -0400 From: Vivek Goyal To: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" Message-ID: <20190808125320.GB3147@redhat.com> References: <20190801165409.20121-1-stefanha@redhat.com> <20190807180355.GA22758@stefanha-x1.localdomain> <20190807205715.GE18557@redhat.com> <20190808090213.GD31476@stefanha-x1.localdomain> <20190808095316.GC2852@work-vm> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190808095316.GC2852@work-vm> User-Agent: Mutt/1.12.0 (2019-05-25) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.12 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.30]); Thu, 08 Aug 2019 12:53:25 +0000 (UTC) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.132.183.28 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [Virtio-fs] [PATCH 0/4] virtiofsd: multithreading preparation part 3 X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: virtio-fs@redhat.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Stefan Hajnoczi Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" On Thu, Aug 08, 2019 at 10:53:16AM +0100, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote: > * Stefan Hajnoczi (stefanha@redhat.com) wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 07, 2019 at 04:57:15PM -0400, Vivek Goyal wrote: > > > Kernel also serializes MAP/UNMAP on one inode. So you will need to run > > > multiple jobs operating on different inodes to see parallel MAP/UNMAP > > > (atleast from kernel's point of view). > > > > Okay, there is still room to experiment with how MAP and UNMAP are > > handled by virtiofsd and QEMU even if the host kernel ultimately becomes > > the bottleneck. > > > > One possible optimization is to eliminate REMOVEMAPPING requests when > > the guest driver knows a SETUPMAPPING will follow immediately. I see > > the following request pattern in a fio randread iodepth=64 job: > > > > unique: 995348, opcode: SETUPMAPPING (48), nodeid: 135, insize: 80, pid: 1351 > > lo_setupmapping(ino=135, fi=0x(nil), foffset=3860856832, len=2097152, moffset=859832320, flags=0) > > unique: 995348, success, outsize: 16 > > unique: 995350, opcode: REMOVEMAPPING (49), nodeid: 135, insize: 60, pid: 12 > > unique: 995350, success, outsize: 16 > > unique: 995352, opcode: SETUPMAPPING (48), nodeid: 135, insize: 80, pid: 1351 > > lo_setupmapping(ino=135, fi=0x(nil), foffset=16777216, len=2097152, moffset=861929472, flags=0) > > unique: 995352, success, outsize: 16 > > unique: 995354, opcode: REMOVEMAPPING (49), nodeid: 135, insize: 60, pid: 12 > > unique: 995354, success, outsize: 16 > > virtio_send_msg: elem 9: with 1 in desc of length 16 > > unique: 995356, opcode: SETUPMAPPING (48), nodeid: 135, insize: 80, pid: 1351 > > lo_setupmapping(ino=135, fi=0x(nil), foffset=383778816, len=2097152, moffset=864026624, flags=0) > > unique: 995356, success, outsize: 16 > > unique: 995358, opcode: REMOVEMAPPING (49), nodeid: 135, insize: 60, pid: 12 > > > > The REMOVEMAPPING requests are unnecessary since we can map over the top > > of the old mapping instead of taking the extra step of removing it > > first. > > Yep, those should go - I think Vivek likes to keep them for testing > since they make things fail more completely if there's a screwup. I like to keep them because otherwise they keep the resources busy on host. If DAX range is being used immediately, then this optimization makes more sense. I will keep this in mind. > > > Some more questions to consider for DAX performance optimization: > > > > 1. Is FUSE_READ/FUSE_WRITE more efficient than DAX for some I/O patterns? > > Probably for cases where the data is only accessed once, and you can't > preemptively map. > Another variant on (1) is whether we could do read/writes while the mmap > is happening to absorb the latency. For small random I/O, dax might not be very effective. Overhead of setting up mapping and tearing it down is significant. Vivek