From: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@gmail.com>
To: corbet@lwn.net, colyli@kernel.org, kent.overstreet@linux.dev,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, robertpang@google.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
linux-bcache@vger.kernel.org, jserv@ccns.ncku.edu.tw,
Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@gmail.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 8/8] bcache: Fix the tail IO latency regression by using equality-aware min heap API
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 05:55:16 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250610215516.1513296-9-visitorckw@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250610215516.1513296-1-visitorckw@gmail.com>
Commit 866898efbb25 ("bcache: remove heap-related macros and switch to
generic min_heap") replaced the original top-down heap macros in bcache
with the generic min heap library, which uses a bottom-up heapify
strategy. However, in scenarios like invalidate_buckets_lru() -
especially before the cache is fully populated - many buckets remain
unfilled. This causes new_bucket_prio() to frequently return zero,
leading to a high rate of equal comparisons.
Bottom-up sift_down performs up to 2 * log2(n) comparisons in such
cases, resulting in a performance regression.
Switch to the _eqaware variants of the min heap API to restore the
original top-down sift_down behavior, which requires only O(1)
comparisons when many elements are equal.
Also use the inline versions of the heap functions to avoid performance
degradation introduced by commit 92a8b224b833 ("lib/min_heap: introduce
non-inline versions of min heap API functions"), as
invalidate_buckets_lru() is on a performance-critical hot path.
Fixes: 866898efbb25 ("bcache: remove heap-related macros and switch to generic min_heap")
Fixes: 92a8b224b833 ("lib/min_heap: introduce non-inline versions of min heap API functions")
Reported-by: Robert Pang <robertpang@google.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-bcache/CAJhEC06F_AtrPgw2-7CvCqZgeStgCtitbD-ryuPpXQA-JG5XXw@mail.gmail.com
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 6.11+
Signed-off-by: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@gmail.com>
---
drivers/md/bcache/alloc.c | 15 ++++++++-------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/alloc.c b/drivers/md/bcache/alloc.c
index 8998e61efa40..625c5c4eb962 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/alloc.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/alloc.c
@@ -207,15 +207,16 @@ static void invalidate_buckets_lru(struct cache *ca)
if (!bch_can_invalidate_bucket(ca, b))
continue;
- if (!min_heap_full(&ca->heap))
- min_heap_push(&ca->heap, &b, &bucket_max_cmp_callback, ca);
- else if (!new_bucket_max_cmp(&b, min_heap_peek(&ca->heap), ca)) {
+ if (!min_heap_full_inline(&ca->heap))
+ min_heap_push_inline(&ca->heap, &b, &bucket_max_cmp_callback, ca);
+ else if (!new_bucket_max_cmp(&b, min_heap_peek_inline(&ca->heap), ca)) {
ca->heap.data[0] = b;
- min_heap_sift_down(&ca->heap, 0, &bucket_max_cmp_callback, ca);
+ min_heap_sift_down_eqaware_inline(&ca->heap, 0, &bucket_max_cmp_callback,
+ ca);
}
}
- min_heapify_all(&ca->heap, &bucket_min_cmp_callback, ca);
+ min_heapify_all_eqaware_inline(&ca->heap, &bucket_min_cmp_callback, ca);
while (!fifo_full(&ca->free_inc)) {
if (!ca->heap.nr) {
@@ -227,8 +228,8 @@ static void invalidate_buckets_lru(struct cache *ca)
wake_up_gc(ca->set);
return;
}
- b = min_heap_peek(&ca->heap)[0];
- min_heap_pop(&ca->heap, &bucket_min_cmp_callback, ca);
+ b = min_heap_peek_inline(&ca->heap)[0];
+ min_heap_pop_eqaware_inline(&ca->heap, &bucket_min_cmp_callback, ca);
bch_invalidate_one_bucket(ca, b);
}
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-06-10 21:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-06-10 21:55 [PATCH 0/8] Fix bcache regression with equality-aware heap APIs Kuan-Wei Chiu
2025-06-10 21:55 ` [PATCH 1/8] lib min_heap: Add equal-elements-aware sift_down variant Kuan-Wei Chiu
2025-06-12 13:00 ` Robert Pang
2025-06-13 6:17 ` Kuan-Wei Chiu
2025-06-10 21:55 ` [PATCH 2/8] lib min_heap: Add typedef for sift_down function pointer Kuan-Wei Chiu
2025-06-10 21:55 ` [PATCH 3/8] lib min_heap: add eqaware variant of min_heapify_all() Kuan-Wei Chiu
2025-06-10 21:55 ` [PATCH 4/8] lib min_heap: add eqaware variant of min_heap_pop() Kuan-Wei Chiu
2025-06-10 21:55 ` [PATCH 5/8] lib min_heap: add eqaware variant of min_heap_pop_push() Kuan-Wei Chiu
2025-06-10 21:55 ` [PATCH 6/8] lib min_heap: add eqaware variant of min_heap_del() Kuan-Wei Chiu
2025-06-10 21:55 ` [PATCH 7/8] Documentation/core-api: min_heap: Document _eqaware variants of min-heap APIs Kuan-Wei Chiu
2025-06-10 21:55 ` Kuan-Wei Chiu [this message]
2025-06-12 1:48 ` [PATCH 0/8] Fix bcache regression with equality-aware heap APIs Andrew Morton
2025-06-12 1:54 ` Andrew Morton
2025-06-13 6:15 ` Kuan-Wei Chiu
2025-06-13 14:26 ` Robert Pang
2025-06-13 18:04 ` Andrew Morton
2025-06-13 23:19 ` Kuan-Wei Chiu
2025-06-14 1:31 ` Andrew Morton
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