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=-10.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham 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 78B3AC433E0 for ; Wed, 29 Jul 2020 09:55:31 +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 40CDA2053B for ; Wed, 29 Jul 2020 09:55:31 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=crudebyte.com header.i=@crudebyte.com header.b="T4HVIo3G" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 40CDA2053B Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=crudebyte.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Received: from localhost ([::1]:44360 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k0io6-0007IK-HT for qemu-devel@archiver.kernel.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2020 05:55:30 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:50706) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from <4d34d332e1aaa8a2cf8dc0b5da4fd7727f2a86e8@lizzy.crudebyte.com>) id 1k0inC-0006mX-M6 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2020 05:54:34 -0400 Received: from lizzy.crudebyte.com ([91.194.90.13]:52617) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from <4d34d332e1aaa8a2cf8dc0b5da4fd7727f2a86e8@lizzy.crudebyte.com>) id 1k0inB-0005b8-05 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2020 05:54:34 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=crudebyte.com; s=lizzy; h=Cc:To:Subject:Date:From:References:In-Reply-To: Message-Id:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:MIME-Version:Content-ID: Content-Description; bh=dniHciHWD1s2sUmY62gnL597ZGnuF2fTUNk4k5tqqLE=; b=T4HVI o3G/b2kvUTzD/Trl662Id6d+vin4uY7aXwVFcv/nxvI0Ve+oe+cqFtfMgGiwhuEFnWQsxmzTge5gz ISv9up9d5pvuWYLfr1aoTIZrT4UJsK5inm8Q0nvTXnF3GnamsYKy5HUwInZpRw73PdjIGC2CD+m89 dFD2aQx4I1MZ4AJXp2df+2E/YL7am1wX57oI9t5TA4BmIxun7jUXNh8aMjmYiHVN1NYjUKjx28Boc VBE3nOon17A2CeaODFPAH5MuuQtiKFIHdEgq6o3jZHFcwDxsssgh/Q5kug5j57K9fJVd7Kfm7/oAq kagJpAPYHKuHfAR923qTxp0IKXB1A==; Message-Id: <4d34d332e1aaa8a2cf8dc0b5da4fd7727f2a86e8.1596012787.git.qemu_oss@crudebyte.com> In-Reply-To: References: From: Christian Schoenebeck Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 10:42:28 +0200 Subject: [PATCH v8 7/7] 9pfs: clarify latency of v9fs_co_run_in_worker() To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Cc: Greg Kurz Received-SPF: none client-ip=91.194.90.13; envelope-from=4d34d332e1aaa8a2cf8dc0b5da4fd7727f2a86e8@lizzy.crudebyte.com; helo=lizzy.crudebyte.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/07/29 05:20:03 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 3.11 and newer X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_NONE=0.001, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action 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: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" As we just fixed a severe performance issue with Treaddir request handling, clarify this overall issue as a comment on v9fs_co_run_in_worker() with the intention to hopefully prevent such performance mistakes in future (and fixing other yet outstanding ones). Signed-off-by: Christian Schoenebeck --- hw/9pfs/coth.h | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/hw/9pfs/coth.h b/hw/9pfs/coth.h index fd4a45bc7c..c51289903d 100644 --- a/hw/9pfs/coth.h +++ b/hw/9pfs/coth.h @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ #include "qemu/coroutine.h" #include "9p.h" -/* +/** * we want to use bottom half because we want to make sure the below * sequence of events. * @@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ * 3. Enter the coroutine in the worker thread. * we cannot swap step 1 and 2, because that would imply worker thread * can enter coroutine while step1 is still running + * + * @b PERFORMANCE @b CONSIDERATIONS: As a rule of thumb, keep in mind + * that hopping between threads adds @b latency! So when handling a + * 9pfs request, avoid calling v9fs_co_run_in_worker() too often, because + * this might otherwise sum up to a significant, huge overall latency for + * providing the response for just a single request. For that reason it + * is highly recommended to fetch all data from fs driver with a single + * fs driver request on a background I/O thread (bottom half) in one rush + * first and then eventually assembling the final response from that data + * on main I/O thread (top half). */ #define v9fs_co_run_in_worker(code_block) \ do { \ -- 2.20.1