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[2.35.55.161]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id l10-20020a1ced0a000000b003c409244bb0sm134337wmh.6.2022.10.20.08.27.01 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 20 Oct 2022 08:27:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Paolo Valente To: Jens Axboe Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, glen.valante@linaro.org, arie.vanderhoeven@seagate.com, rory.c.chen@seagate.com, Davide Zini , Paolo Valente Subject: [PATCH V4 7/8] block, bfq: inject I/O to underutilized actuators Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 17:26:42 +0200 Message-Id: <20221020152643.21199-8-paolo.valente@linaro.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.20.1 In-Reply-To: <20221020152643.21199-1-paolo.valente@linaro.org> References: <20221020152643.21199-1-paolo.valente@linaro.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-block@vger.kernel.org From: Davide Zini The main service scheme of BFQ for sync I/O is serving one sync bfq_queue at a time, for a while. In particular, BFQ enforces this scheme when it deems the latter necessary to boost throughput or to preserve service guarantees. Unfortunately, when BFQ enforces this policy, only one actuator at a time gets served for a while, because each bfq_queue contains I/O only for one actuator. The other actuators may remain underutilized. Actually, BFQ may serve (inject) extra I/O, taken from other bfq_queues, in parallel with that of the in-service queue. This injection mechanism may provide the ground for dealing also with the above actuator-underutilization problem. Yet BFQ does not take the actuator load into account when choosing which queue to pick extra I/O from. In addition, BFQ may happen to inject extra I/O only when the in-service queue is temporarily empty. In view of these facts, this commit extends the injection mechanism in such a way that the latter: (1) takes into account also the actuator load; (2) checks such a load on each dispatch, and injects I/O for an underutilized actuator, if there is one and there is I/O for it. To perform the check in (2), this commit introduces a load threshold, currently set to 4. A linear scan of each actuator is performed, until an actuator is found for which the following two conditions hold: the load of the actuator is below the threshold, and there is at least one non-in-service queue that contains I/O for that actuator. If such a pair (actuator, queue) is found, then the head request of that queue is returned for dispatch, instead of the head request of the in-service queue. We have set the threshold, empirically, to the minimum possible value for which an actuator is fully utilized, or close to be fully utilized. By doing so, injected I/O 'steals' as few drive-queue slots as possibile to the in-service queue. This reduces as much as possible the probability that the service of I/O from the in-service bfq_queue gets delayed because of slot exhaustion, i.e., because all the slots of the drive queue are filled with I/O injected from other queues (NCQ provides for 32 slots). This new mechanism also counters actuator underutilization in the case of asymmetric configurations of bfq_queues. Namely if there are few bfq_queues containing I/O for some actuators and many bfq_queues containing I/O for other actuators. Or if the bfq_queues containing I/O for some actuators have lower weights than the other bfq_queues. Signed-off-by: Paolo Valente Signed-off-by: Davide Zini --- block/bfq-cgroup.c | 2 +- block/bfq-iosched.c | 139 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- block/bfq-iosched.h | 39 ++++++++++++- block/bfq-wf2q.c | 2 +- 4 files changed, 143 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-) diff --git a/block/bfq-cgroup.c b/block/bfq-cgroup.c index d243c429d9c0..38ccfe55ad46 100644 --- a/block/bfq-cgroup.c +++ b/block/bfq-cgroup.c @@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ void bfq_bfqq_move(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq, bfq_activate_bfqq(bfqd, bfqq); } - if (!bfqd->in_service_queue && !bfqd->rq_in_driver) + if (!bfqd->in_service_queue && !bfqd->tot_rq_in_driver) bfq_schedule_dispatch(bfqd); /* release extra ref taken above, bfqq may happen to be freed now */ bfq_put_queue(bfqq); diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c index d0109bfc2ed0..77d3ddabf059 100644 --- a/block/bfq-iosched.c +++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c @@ -2252,6 +2252,7 @@ static void bfq_add_request(struct request *rq) bfq_log_bfqq(bfqd, bfqq, "add_request %d", rq_is_sync(rq)); bfqq->queued[rq_is_sync(rq)]++; + /* * Updating of 'bfqd->queued' is protected by 'bfqd->lock', however, it * may be read without holding the lock in bfq_has_work(). @@ -2297,9 +2298,9 @@ static void bfq_add_request(struct request *rq) * elapsed. */ if (bfqq == bfqd->in_service_queue && - (bfqd->rq_in_driver == 0 || + (bfqd->tot_rq_in_driver == 0 || (bfqq->last_serv_time_ns > 0 && - bfqd->rqs_injected && bfqd->rq_in_driver > 0)) && + bfqd->rqs_injected && bfqd->tot_rq_in_driver > 0)) && time_is_before_eq_jiffies(bfqq->decrease_time_jif + msecs_to_jiffies(10))) { bfqd->last_empty_occupied_ns = ktime_get_ns(); @@ -2323,7 +2324,7 @@ static void bfq_add_request(struct request *rq) * will be set in case injection is performed * on bfqq before rq is completed). */ - if (bfqd->rq_in_driver == 0) + if (bfqd->tot_rq_in_driver == 0) bfqd->rqs_injected = false; } } @@ -2421,15 +2422,18 @@ static sector_t get_sdist(sector_t last_pos, struct request *rq) static void bfq_activate_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq) { struct bfq_data *bfqd = q->elevator->elevator_data; + unsigned int act_idx = bfq_actuator_index(bfqd, rq->bio); - bfqd->rq_in_driver++; + bfqd->tot_rq_in_driver++; + bfqd->rq_in_driver[act_idx]++; } static void bfq_deactivate_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq) { struct bfq_data *bfqd = q->elevator->elevator_data; - bfqd->rq_in_driver--; + bfqd->tot_rq_in_driver--; + bfqd->rq_in_driver[bfq_actuator_index(bfqd, rq->bio)]--; } #endif @@ -2703,11 +2707,14 @@ void bfq_end_wr_async_queues(struct bfq_data *bfqd, static void bfq_end_wr(struct bfq_data *bfqd) { struct bfq_queue *bfqq; + int i; spin_lock_irq(&bfqd->lock); - list_for_each_entry(bfqq, &bfqd->active_list, bfqq_list) - bfq_bfqq_end_wr(bfqq); + for (i = 0; i < bfqd->num_actuators; i++) { + list_for_each_entry(bfqq, &bfqd->active_list[i], bfqq_list) + bfq_bfqq_end_wr(bfqq); + } list_for_each_entry(bfqq, &bfqd->idle_list, bfqq_list) bfq_bfqq_end_wr(bfqq); bfq_end_wr_async(bfqd); @@ -3657,13 +3664,13 @@ static void bfq_update_peak_rate(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct request *rq) * - start a new observation interval with this dispatch */ if (now_ns - bfqd->last_dispatch > 100*NSEC_PER_MSEC && - bfqd->rq_in_driver == 0) + bfqd->tot_rq_in_driver == 0) goto update_rate_and_reset; /* Update sampling information */ bfqd->peak_rate_samples++; - if ((bfqd->rq_in_driver > 0 || + if ((bfqd->tot_rq_in_driver > 0 || now_ns - bfqd->last_completion < BFQ_MIN_TT) && !BFQ_RQ_SEEKY(bfqd, bfqd->last_position, rq)) bfqd->sequential_samples++; @@ -3930,7 +3937,7 @@ static bool idling_needed_for_service_guarantees(struct bfq_data *bfqd, return (bfqq->wr_coeff > 1 && (bfqd->wr_busy_queues < tot_busy_queues || - bfqd->rq_in_driver >= + bfqd->tot_rq_in_driver >= bfqq->dispatched + 4)) || bfq_asymmetric_scenario(bfqd, bfqq) || tot_busy_queues == 1; @@ -4702,6 +4709,7 @@ bfq_choose_bfqq_for_injection(struct bfq_data *bfqd) { struct bfq_queue *bfqq, *in_serv_bfqq = bfqd->in_service_queue; unsigned int limit = in_serv_bfqq->inject_limit; + int i; /* * If * - bfqq is not weight-raised and therefore does not carry @@ -4733,7 +4741,7 @@ bfq_choose_bfqq_for_injection(struct bfq_data *bfqd) ) limit = 1; - if (bfqd->rq_in_driver >= limit) + if (bfqd->tot_rq_in_driver >= limit) return NULL; /* @@ -4748,11 +4756,12 @@ bfq_choose_bfqq_for_injection(struct bfq_data *bfqd) * (and re-added only if it gets new requests, but then it * is assigned again enough budget for its new backlog). */ - list_for_each_entry(bfqq, &bfqd->active_list, bfqq_list) - if (!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&bfqq->sort_list) && - (in_serv_always_inject || bfqq->wr_coeff > 1) && - bfq_serv_to_charge(bfqq->next_rq, bfqq) <= - bfq_bfqq_budget_left(bfqq)) { + for (i = 0; i < bfqd->num_actuators; i++) { + list_for_each_entry(bfqq, &bfqd->active_list[i], bfqq_list) + if (!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&bfqq->sort_list) && + (in_serv_always_inject || bfqq->wr_coeff > 1) && + bfq_serv_to_charge(bfqq->next_rq, bfqq) <= + bfq_bfqq_budget_left(bfqq)) { /* * Allow for only one large in-flight request * on non-rotational devices, for the @@ -4777,22 +4786,69 @@ bfq_choose_bfqq_for_injection(struct bfq_data *bfqd) else limit = in_serv_bfqq->inject_limit; - if (bfqd->rq_in_driver < limit) { + if (bfqd->tot_rq_in_driver < limit) { bfqd->rqs_injected = true; return bfqq; } } + } + + return NULL; +} + +static struct bfq_queue * +bfq_find_active_bfqq_for_actuator(struct bfq_data *bfqd, + int idx) +{ + struct bfq_queue *bfqq = NULL; + + if (bfqd->in_service_queue && + bfqd->in_service_queue->actuator_idx == idx) + return bfqd->in_service_queue; + + list_for_each_entry(bfqq, &bfqd->active_list[idx], bfqq_list) { + if (!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&bfqq->sort_list) && + bfq_serv_to_charge(bfqq->next_rq, bfqq) <= + bfq_bfqq_budget_left(bfqq)) { + return bfqq; + } + } return NULL; } +/* + * Perform a linear scan of each actuator, until an actuator is found + * for which the following two conditions hold: the load of the + * actuator is below the threshold (see comments on actuator_load_threshold + * for details), and there is a queue that contains I/O for that + * actuator. On success, return that queue. + */ +static struct bfq_queue * +bfq_find_bfqq_for_underused_actuator(struct bfq_data *bfqd) +{ + int i; + + for (i = 0 ; i < bfqd->num_actuators; i++) + if (bfqd->rq_in_driver[i] < bfqd->actuator_load_threshold) { + struct bfq_queue *bfqq = + bfq_find_active_bfqq_for_actuator(bfqd, i); + + if (bfqq) + return bfqq; + } + + return NULL; +} + + /* * Select a queue for service. If we have a current queue in service, * check whether to continue servicing it, or retrieve and set a new one. */ static struct bfq_queue *bfq_select_queue(struct bfq_data *bfqd) { - struct bfq_queue *bfqq; + struct bfq_queue *bfqq, *inject_bfqq; struct request *next_rq; enum bfqq_expiration reason = BFQQE_BUDGET_TIMEOUT; @@ -4814,6 +4870,15 @@ static struct bfq_queue *bfq_select_queue(struct bfq_data *bfqd) goto expire; check_queue: + /* + * If some actuator is underutilized, but the in-service + * queue does not contain I/O for that actuator, then try to + * inject I/O for that actuator. + */ + inject_bfqq = bfq_find_bfqq_for_underused_actuator(bfqd); + if (inject_bfqq && inject_bfqq != bfqq) + return inject_bfqq; + /* * This loop is rarely executed more than once. Even when it * happens, it is much more convenient to re-execute this loop @@ -5169,11 +5234,11 @@ static struct request *__bfq_dispatch_request(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx) /* * We exploit the bfq_finish_requeue_request hook to - * decrement rq_in_driver, but + * decrement tot_rq_in_driver, but * bfq_finish_requeue_request will not be invoked on * this request. So, to avoid unbalance, just start - * this request, without incrementing rq_in_driver. As - * a negative consequence, rq_in_driver is deceptively + * this request, without incrementing tot_rq_in_driver. As + * a negative consequence, tot_rq_in_driver is deceptively * lower than it should be while this request is in * service. This may cause bfq_schedule_dispatch to be * invoked uselessly. @@ -5182,7 +5247,7 @@ static struct request *__bfq_dispatch_request(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx) * bfq_finish_requeue_request hook, if defined, is * probably invoked also on this request. So, by * exploiting this hook, we could 1) increment - * rq_in_driver here, and 2) decrement it in + * tot_rq_in_driver here, and 2) decrement it in * bfq_finish_requeue_request. Such a solution would * let the value of the counter be always accurate, * but it would entail using an extra interface @@ -5211,7 +5276,7 @@ static struct request *__bfq_dispatch_request(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx) * Of course, serving one request at a time may cause loss of * throughput. */ - if (bfqd->strict_guarantees && bfqd->rq_in_driver > 0) + if (bfqd->strict_guarantees && bfqd->tot_rq_in_driver > 0) goto exit; bfqq = bfq_select_queue(bfqd); @@ -5222,7 +5287,8 @@ static struct request *__bfq_dispatch_request(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx) if (rq) { inc_in_driver_start_rq: - bfqd->rq_in_driver++; + bfqd->rq_in_driver[bfqq->actuator_idx]++; + bfqd->tot_rq_in_driver++; start_rq: rq->rq_flags |= RQF_STARTED; } @@ -6282,7 +6348,7 @@ static void bfq_update_hw_tag(struct bfq_data *bfqd) struct bfq_queue *bfqq = bfqd->in_service_queue; bfqd->max_rq_in_driver = max_t(int, bfqd->max_rq_in_driver, - bfqd->rq_in_driver); + bfqd->tot_rq_in_driver); if (bfqd->hw_tag == 1) return; @@ -6293,7 +6359,7 @@ static void bfq_update_hw_tag(struct bfq_data *bfqd) * sum is not exact, as it's not taking into account deactivated * requests. */ - if (bfqd->rq_in_driver + bfqd->queued <= BFQ_HW_QUEUE_THRESHOLD) + if (bfqd->tot_rq_in_driver + bfqd->queued <= BFQ_HW_QUEUE_THRESHOLD) return; /* @@ -6304,7 +6370,7 @@ static void bfq_update_hw_tag(struct bfq_data *bfqd) if (bfqq && bfq_bfqq_has_short_ttime(bfqq) && bfqq->dispatched + bfqq->queued[0] + bfqq->queued[1] < BFQ_HW_QUEUE_THRESHOLD && - bfqd->rq_in_driver < BFQ_HW_QUEUE_THRESHOLD) + bfqd->tot_rq_in_driver < BFQ_HW_QUEUE_THRESHOLD) return; if (bfqd->hw_tag_samples++ < BFQ_HW_QUEUE_SAMPLES) @@ -6325,7 +6391,8 @@ static void bfq_completed_request(struct bfq_queue *bfqq, struct bfq_data *bfqd) bfq_update_hw_tag(bfqd); - bfqd->rq_in_driver--; + bfqd->rq_in_driver[bfqq->actuator_idx]--; + bfqd->tot_rq_in_driver--; bfqq->dispatched--; if (!bfqq->dispatched && !bfq_bfqq_busy(bfqq)) { @@ -6444,7 +6511,7 @@ static void bfq_completed_request(struct bfq_queue *bfqq, struct bfq_data *bfqd) BFQQE_NO_MORE_REQUESTS); } - if (!bfqd->rq_in_driver) + if (!bfqd->tot_rq_in_driver) bfq_schedule_dispatch(bfqd); } @@ -6575,13 +6642,13 @@ static void bfq_update_inject_limit(struct bfq_data *bfqd, * conditions to do it, or we can lower the last base value * computed. * - * NOTE: (bfqd->rq_in_driver == 1) means that there is no I/O + * NOTE: (bfqd->tot_rq_in_driver == 1) means that there is no I/O * request in flight, because this function is in the code * path that handles the completion of a request of bfqq, and, * in particular, this function is executed before - * bfqd->rq_in_driver is decremented in such a code path. + * bfqd->tot_rq_in_driver is decremented in such a code path. */ - if ((bfqq->last_serv_time_ns == 0 && bfqd->rq_in_driver == 1) || + if ((bfqq->last_serv_time_ns == 0 && bfqd->tot_rq_in_driver == 1) || tot_time_ns < bfqq->last_serv_time_ns) { if (bfqq->last_serv_time_ns == 0) { /* @@ -6591,7 +6658,7 @@ static void bfq_update_inject_limit(struct bfq_data *bfqd, bfqq->inject_limit = max_t(unsigned int, 1, old_limit); } bfqq->last_serv_time_ns = tot_time_ns; - } else if (!bfqd->rqs_injected && bfqd->rq_in_driver == 1) + } else if (!bfqd->rqs_injected && bfqd->tot_rq_in_driver == 1) /* * No I/O injected and no request still in service in * the drive: these are the exact conditions for @@ -7232,7 +7299,8 @@ static int bfq_init_queue(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *e) bfqd->queue_weights_tree = RB_ROOT_CACHED; bfqd->num_groups_with_pending_reqs = 0; - INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bfqd->active_list); + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bfqd->active_list[0]); + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bfqd->active_list[1]); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bfqd->idle_list); INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&bfqd->burst_list); @@ -7277,6 +7345,9 @@ static int bfq_init_queue(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_type *e) ref_wr_duration[blk_queue_nonrot(bfqd->queue)]; bfqd->peak_rate = ref_rate[blk_queue_nonrot(bfqd->queue)] * 2 / 3; + /* see comments on the definition of next field inside bfq_data */ + bfqd->actuator_load_threshold = 4; + spin_lock_init(&bfqd->lock); /* diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.h b/block/bfq-iosched.h index 326d68d65cc9..247717b7ffa5 100644 --- a/block/bfq-iosched.h +++ b/block/bfq-iosched.h @@ -590,7 +590,12 @@ struct bfq_data { /* number of queued requests */ int queued; /* number of requests dispatched and waiting for completion */ - int rq_in_driver; + int tot_rq_in_driver; + /* + * number of requests dispatched and waiting for completion + * for each actuator + */ + int rq_in_driver[BFQ_MAX_ACTUATORS]; /* true if the device is non rotational and performs queueing */ bool nonrot_with_queueing; @@ -684,8 +689,13 @@ struct bfq_data { /* maximum budget allotted to a bfq_queue before rescheduling */ int bfq_max_budget; - /* list of all the bfq_queues active on the device */ - struct list_head active_list; + /* + * List of all the bfq_queues active for a specific actuator + * on the device. Keeping active queues separate on a + * per-actuator basis helps implementing per-actuator + * injection more efficiently. + */ + struct list_head active_list[BFQ_MAX_ACTUATORS]; /* list of all the bfq_queues idle on the device */ struct list_head idle_list; @@ -820,6 +830,29 @@ struct bfq_data { * in this device. */ struct blk_independent_access_range ia_ranges[BFQ_MAX_ACTUATORS]; + + /* + * If the number of I/O requests queued in the device for a + * given actuator is below next threshold, then the actuator + * is deemed as underutilized. If this condition is found to + * hold for some actuator upon a dispatch, but (i) the + * in-service queue does not contain I/O for that actuator, + * while (ii) some other queue does contain I/O for that + * actuator, then the head I/O request of the latter queue is + * returned (injected), instead of the head request of the + * currently in-service queue. + * + * We set the threshold, empirically, to the minimum possible + * value for which an actuator is fully utilized, or close to + * be fully utilized. By doing so, injected I/O 'steals' as + * few drive-queue slots as possibile to the in-service + * queue. This reduces as much as possible the probability + * that the service of I/O from the in-service bfq_queue gets + * delayed because of slot exhaustion, i.e., because all the + * slots of the drive queue are filled with I/O injected from + * other queues (NCQ provides for 32 slots). + */ + unsigned int actuator_load_threshold; }; enum bfqq_state_flags { diff --git a/block/bfq-wf2q.c b/block/bfq-wf2q.c index 8fc3da4c23bb..ec0273e2cd07 100644 --- a/block/bfq-wf2q.c +++ b/block/bfq-wf2q.c @@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ static void bfq_active_insert(struct bfq_service_tree *st, bfqd = (struct bfq_data *)bfqg->bfqd; #endif if (bfqq) - list_add(&bfqq->bfqq_list, &bfqq->bfqd->active_list); + list_add(&bfqq->bfqq_list, &bfqq->bfqd->active_list[bfqq->actuator_idx]); #ifdef CONFIG_BFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED if (bfqg != bfqd->root_group) bfqg->active_entities++;