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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/2] xen/block: add multi-page ring support



On 05/15/2015 07:13 PM, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> El 12/05/15 a les 13.01, Bob Liu ha escrit:
>> Extend xen/block to support multi-page ring, so that more requests can be 
>> issued
>> by using more than one pages as the request ring between blkfront and 
>> backend.
>> As a result, the performance can get improved significantly.
>                               ^ s/can get improved/improves/
> 
>>
>> We got some impressive improvements on our highend iscsi storage cluster 
>> backend.
>> If using 64 pages as the ring, the IOPS increased about 15 times for the
>> throughput testing and above doubled for the latency testing.
>>
>> The reason was the limit on outstanding requests is 32 if use only one-page
>> ring, but in our case the iscsi lun was spread across about 100 physical 
>> drives,
>> 32 was really not enough to keep them busy.
>>
>> Changes in v2:
>>  - Rebased to 4.0-rc6
>>  - Added description on how this protocol works into io/blkif.h
> 
> I don't see any changes to io/blkif.h in this patch, is something missing?
> 

Sorry, I should mention in v3 that these changed were removed because I 
followed the protocol
already defined in XEN git tree: xen/include/public/io/blkif.h

> Also you use XENBUS_MAX_RING_PAGES which AFAICT it's not defined anywhere.
> 

It was defined in include/xen/xenbus.h.

>>
>> Changes in v3:
>>  - Follow the protocol defined in io/blkif.h on XEN tree
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Bob Liu <bob.liu@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c |  14 ++++-
>>  drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h  |   4 +-
>>  drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c  |  83 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>>  drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c        | 102 
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>>  4 files changed, 156 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c 
>> b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
>> index 713fc9f..f191083 100644
>> --- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
>> +++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
>> @@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_persistent_grants,
>>                   "Maximum number of grants to map persistently");
>>  
>>  /*
>> + * Maximum number of pages to be used as the ring between front and backend
>> + */
>> +unsigned int xen_blkif_max_ring_pages = XENBUS_MAX_RING_PAGES;
>> +module_param_named(max_ring_pages, xen_blkif_max_ring_pages, int, S_IRUGO);
>> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_ring_pages, "Maximum amount of pages to be used as the 
>> ring");
>> +/*
>>   * The LRU mechanism to clean the lists of persistent grants needs to
>>   * be executed periodically. The time interval between consecutive 
>> executions
>>   * of the purge mechanism is set in ms.
>> @@ -630,7 +636,7 @@ purge_gnt_list:
>>              }
>>  
>>              /* Shrink if we have more than xen_blkif_max_buffer_pages */
>> -            shrink_free_pagepool(blkif, xen_blkif_max_buffer_pages);
>> +            shrink_free_pagepool(blkif, xen_blkif_max_buffer_pages * 
>> blkif->nr_ring_pages);
> 
> You are greatly increasing the buffer of free (ballooned) pages.
> Possibly making it 32 times bigger than it used to be, is this really
> needed?
> 

Hmm.. it's a bit aggressive.
How about (xen_blkif_max_buffer_pages * blkif->nr_ring_pages) / 2?

>>  
>>              if (log_stats && time_after(jiffies, blkif->st_print))
>>                      print_stats(blkif);
>> @@ -1435,6 +1441,12 @@ static int __init xen_blkif_init(void)
>>  {
>>      int rc = 0;
>>  
>> +    if (xen_blkif_max_ring_pages > XENBUS_MAX_RING_PAGES) {
>> +            pr_info("Invalid max_ring_pages (%d), will use default max: 
>> %d.\n",
>> +                    xen_blkif_max_ring_pages, XENBUS_MAX_RING_PAGES);
>> +            xen_blkif_max_ring_pages = XENBUS_MAX_RING_PAGES;
>> +    }
>> +
>>      if (!xen_domain())
>>              return -ENODEV;
>>  
>> diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h 
>> b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h
>> index f620b5d..84a964c 100644
>> --- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h
>> +++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h
>> @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
>>  #include <xen/interface/io/blkif.h>
>>  #include <xen/interface/io/protocols.h>
>>  
>> +extern unsigned int xen_blkif_max_ring_pages;
>>  /*
>>   * This is the maximum number of segments that would be allowed in indirect
>>   * requests. This value will also be passed to the frontend.
>> @@ -248,7 +249,7 @@ struct backend_info;
>>  #define PERSISTENT_GNT_WAS_ACTIVE   1
>>  
>>  /* Number of requests that we can fit in a ring */
>> -#define XEN_BLKIF_REQS                      32
>> +#define XEN_BLKIF_REQS                      (32 * XENBUS_MAX_RING_PAGES)
> 
> This should be made a member of xen_blkif and set dynamically, or else
> we are just wasting memory if the frontend doesn't support multipage
> rings. We seem to be doing this for a bunch of features, but allocating
> 32 times the needed amount of requests (if the frontend doesn't support
> multipage rings) seems too much IMHO.
> 

Right, the reason I use static is to simple the code.
Else we should:
1) Move xen_blkif_alloc() from backend_probe() to some place until we read the
negotiated 'num-ring-pages' written by front.
2) Deal with memory alloc/free when domU migrated and 'num-ring-pages' changed.

I'll try to find a suitable place in frontend_changed() but may be in an new 
patch late.

>>  
>>  struct persistent_gnt {
>>      struct page *page;
>> @@ -320,6 +321,7 @@ struct xen_blkif {
>>      struct work_struct      free_work;
>>      /* Thread shutdown wait queue. */
>>      wait_queue_head_t       shutdown_wq;
>> +    int nr_ring_pages;
>>  };
>>  
>>  struct seg_buf {
>> diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c 
>> b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
>> index 6ab69ad..909babd 100644
>> --- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
>> +++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
>> @@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ fail:
>>      return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>>  }
>>  
>> -static int xen_blkif_map(struct xen_blkif *blkif, grant_ref_t gref,
>> -                     unsigned int evtchn)
>> +static int xen_blkif_map(struct xen_blkif *blkif, grant_ref_t *gref,
>> +                     unsigned int nr_grefs, unsigned int evtchn)
>>  {
>>      int err;
>>  
>> @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static int xen_blkif_map(struct xen_blkif *blkif, 
>> grant_ref_t gref,
>>      if (blkif->irq)
>>              return 0;
>>  
>> -    err = xenbus_map_ring_valloc(blkif->be->dev, &gref, 1,
>> +    err = xenbus_map_ring_valloc(blkif->be->dev, gref, nr_grefs,
>>                                   &blkif->blk_ring);
>>      if (err < 0)
>>              return err;
>> @@ -217,21 +217,21 @@ static int xen_blkif_map(struct xen_blkif *blkif, 
>> grant_ref_t gref,
>>      {
>>              struct blkif_sring *sring;
>>              sring = (struct blkif_sring *)blkif->blk_ring;
>> -            BACK_RING_INIT(&blkif->blk_rings.native, sring, PAGE_SIZE);
>> +            BACK_RING_INIT(&blkif->blk_rings.native, sring, PAGE_SIZE * 
>> nr_grefs);
>>              break;
>>      }
>>      case BLKIF_PROTOCOL_X86_32:
>>      {
>>              struct blkif_x86_32_sring *sring_x86_32;
>>              sring_x86_32 = (struct blkif_x86_32_sring *)blkif->blk_ring;
>> -            BACK_RING_INIT(&blkif->blk_rings.x86_32, sring_x86_32, 
>> PAGE_SIZE);
>> +            BACK_RING_INIT(&blkif->blk_rings.x86_32, sring_x86_32, 
>> PAGE_SIZE * nr_grefs);
>>              break;
>>      }
>>      case BLKIF_PROTOCOL_X86_64:
>>      {
>>              struct blkif_x86_64_sring *sring_x86_64;
>>              sring_x86_64 = (struct blkif_x86_64_sring *)blkif->blk_ring;
>> -            BACK_RING_INIT(&blkif->blk_rings.x86_64, sring_x86_64, 
>> PAGE_SIZE);
>> +            BACK_RING_INIT(&blkif->blk_rings.x86_64, sring_x86_64, 
>> PAGE_SIZE * nr_grefs);
>>              break;
>>      }
>>      default:
>> @@ -597,6 +597,11 @@ static int xen_blkbk_probe(struct xenbus_device *dev,
>>      if (err)
>>              goto fail;
>>  
>> +    err = xenbus_printf(XBT_NIL, dev->nodename, "max-ring-pages", "%u",
>> +                        xen_blkif_max_ring_pages);
>> +    if (err)
>> +            pr_warn("%s write out 'max-ring-pages' failed\n", __func__);
>> +
>>      err = xenbus_switch_state(dev, XenbusStateInitWait);
>>      if (err)
>>              goto fail;
>> @@ -860,22 +865,62 @@ again:
>>  static int connect_ring(struct backend_info *be)
>>  {
>>      struct xenbus_device *dev = be->dev;
>> -    unsigned long ring_ref;
>> -    unsigned int evtchn;
>> +    unsigned int ring_ref[XENBUS_MAX_RING_PAGES];
>> +    unsigned int evtchn, nr_grefs;
>>      unsigned int pers_grants;
>>      char protocol[64] = "";
>>      int err;
>>  
>>      pr_debug("%s %s\n", __func__, dev->otherend);
>>  
>> -    err = xenbus_gather(XBT_NIL, dev->otherend, "ring-ref", "%lu",
>> -                        &ring_ref, "event-channel", "%u", &evtchn, NULL);
>> -    if (err) {
>> -            xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err,
>> -                             "reading %s/ring-ref and event-channel",
>> +    err = xenbus_scanf(XBT_NIL, dev->otherend, "event-channel", "%u",
>> +                      &evtchn);
>> +    if (err != 1) {
>> +            err = -EINVAL;
>> +            xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "reading %s/event-channel",
>>                               dev->otherend);
>>              return err;
>>      }
>> +    pr_info("event-channel %u\n", evtchn);
>> +
>> +    err = xenbus_scanf(XBT_NIL, dev->otherend, "num-ring-pages", "%u",
>> +                      &nr_grefs);
>> +    if (err != 1) {
>> +            err = xenbus_scanf(XBT_NIL, dev->otherend, "ring-ref",
>> +                              "%u", &ring_ref[0]);
>> +            if (err != 1) {
>> +                    err = -EINVAL;
>> +                    xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "reading %s/ring-ref",
>> +                                     dev->otherend);
>> +                    return err;
>> +            }
>> +            nr_grefs = 1;
>> +            pr_info("%s:using single page: ring-ref %d\n", dev->otherend,
>> +                    ring_ref[0]);
>> +    } else {
>> +            unsigned int i;
>> +
>> +            if (nr_grefs > xen_blkif_max_ring_pages) {
>> +                    err = -EINVAL;
>> +                    xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "%s/request %d ring pages 
>> exceed max:%d",
>> +                                     dev->otherend, nr_grefs, 
>> xen_blkif_max_ring_pages);
>> +                    return err;
>> +            }
>> +            for (i = 0; i < nr_grefs; i++) {
>> +                    char ring_ref_name[BLKBACK_NAME_LEN];
> 
> I would add a new macro rather than reusing one which might change
> (BLKBACK_RINGREF_LEN?).
> 

Sure.

>> +
>> +                    snprintf(ring_ref_name, sizeof(ring_ref_name), 
>> "ring-ref%u", i);
>> +                    err = xenbus_scanf(XBT_NIL, dev->otherend,
>> +                                       ring_ref_name, "%u", &ring_ref[i]);
>> +                    if (err != 1) {
>> +                            err = -EINVAL;
>> +                            xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "reading %s/%s",
>> +                                             dev->otherend, ring_ref_name);
>> +                            return err;
>> +                    }
>> +                    pr_info("ring-ref%u: %u\n", i, ring_ref[i]);
>> +            }
>> +    }
>>  
>>      be->blkif->blk_protocol = BLKIF_PROTOCOL_DEFAULT;
>>      err = xenbus_gather(XBT_NIL, dev->otherend, "protocol",
>> @@ -900,16 +945,16 @@ static int connect_ring(struct backend_info *be)
>>  
>>      be->blkif->vbd.feature_gnt_persistent = pers_grants;
>>      be->blkif->vbd.overflow_max_grants = 0;
>> +    be->blkif->nr_ring_pages = nr_grefs;
>>  
>> -    pr_info("ring-ref %ld, event-channel %d, protocol %d (%s) %s\n",
>> -            ring_ref, evtchn, be->blkif->blk_protocol, protocol,
>> -            pers_grants ? "persistent grants" : "");
>> +    pr_info("ring-pages:%d, event-channel %d, protocol %d (%s) %s\n",
>> +                    nr_grefs, evtchn, be->blkif->blk_protocol, protocol,
>> +                    pers_grants ? "persistent grants" : "");
>>  
>>      /* Map the shared frame, irq etc. */
>> -    err = xen_blkif_map(be->blkif, ring_ref, evtchn);
>> +    err = xen_blkif_map(be->blkif, ring_ref, nr_grefs, evtchn);
>>      if (err) {
>> -            xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "mapping ring-ref %lu port %u",
>> -                             ring_ref, evtchn);
>> +            xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "mapping ring-ref port %u", evtchn);
>>              return err;
>>      }
>>  
>> diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
>> index 88e23fd..c4b427f 100644
>> --- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
>> +++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
>> @@ -98,7 +98,17 @@ static unsigned int xen_blkif_max_segments = 32;
>>  module_param_named(max, xen_blkif_max_segments, int, S_IRUGO);
>>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(max, "Maximum amount of segments in indirect requests 
>> (default is 32)");
>>  
>> -#define BLK_RING_SIZE __CONST_RING_SIZE(blkif, PAGE_SIZE)
>> +static unsigned int xen_blkif_max_ring_pages = 1;
>> +module_param_named(max_ring_pages, xen_blkif_max_ring_pages, int, S_IRUGO);
>> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_ring_pages, "Maximum amount of pages to be used as the 
>> ring");
>> +
>> +#define BLK_RING_SIZE __CONST_RING_SIZE(blkif, PAGE_SIZE * 
>> info->nr_ring_pages)
> 
> I would prefer if this macro took a explicit info parameter instead on
> realying that it is always info.
> 

Sorry, I missed your idea here.

>> +#define BLK_MAX_RING_SIZE __CONST_RING_SIZE(blkif, PAGE_SIZE * 
>> XENBUS_MAX_RING_PAGES)
>> +/*
>> + * ring-ref%i i=(-1UL) would take 11 characters + 'ring-ref' is 8, so 19 
>> characters
>> + * are enough. Define to 20 to keep consist with backend.
>> + */
>> +#define RINGREF_NAME_LEN (20)
>>  
>>  /*
>>   * We have one of these per vbd, whether ide, scsi or 'other'.  They
>> @@ -114,13 +124,14 @@ struct blkfront_info
>>      int vdevice;
>>      blkif_vdev_t handle;
>>      enum blkif_state connected;
>> -    int ring_ref;
>> +    int ring_ref[XENBUS_MAX_RING_PAGES];
>> +    unsigned int nr_ring_pages;
>>      struct blkif_front_ring ring;
>>      unsigned int evtchn, irq;
>>      struct request_queue *rq;
>>      struct work_struct work;
>>      struct gnttab_free_callback callback;
>> -    struct blk_shadow shadow[BLK_RING_SIZE];
>> +    struct blk_shadow shadow[BLK_MAX_RING_SIZE];
>>      struct list_head grants;
>>      struct list_head indirect_pages;
>>      unsigned int persistent_gnts_c;
>> @@ -139,8 +150,6 @@ static unsigned int nr_minors;
>>  static unsigned long *minors;
>>  static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(minor_lock);
>>  
>> -#define MAXIMUM_OUTSTANDING_BLOCK_REQS \
>> -    (BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST * BLK_RING_SIZE)
>>  #define GRANT_INVALID_REF   0
>>  
>>  #define PARTS_PER_DISK              16
>> @@ -1033,12 +1042,15 @@ free_shadow:
>>      flush_work(&info->work);
>>  
>>      /* Free resources associated with old device channel. */
>> -    if (info->ring_ref != GRANT_INVALID_REF) {
>> -            gnttab_end_foreign_access(info->ring_ref, 0,
>> -                                      (unsigned long)info->ring.sring);
>> -            info->ring_ref = GRANT_INVALID_REF;
>> -            info->ring.sring = NULL;
>> +    for (i = 0; i < info->nr_ring_pages; i++) {
>> +            if (info->ring_ref[i] != GRANT_INVALID_REF) {
>> +                    gnttab_end_foreign_access(info->ring_ref[i], 0, 0);
>> +                    info->ring_ref[i] = GRANT_INVALID_REF;
>> +            }
>>      }
>> +    free_pages((unsigned long)info->ring.sring, 
>> get_order(info->nr_ring_pages * PAGE_SIZE));
>> +    info->ring.sring = NULL;
>> +
>>      if (info->irq)
>>              unbind_from_irqhandler(info->irq, info);
>>      info->evtchn = info->irq = 0;
>> @@ -1245,26 +1257,30 @@ static int setup_blkring(struct xenbus_device *dev,
>>                       struct blkfront_info *info)
>>  {
>>      struct blkif_sring *sring;
>> -    grant_ref_t gref;
>> -    int err;
>> +    int err, i;
>> +    unsigned long ring_size = info->nr_ring_pages * PAGE_SIZE;
>> +    grant_ref_t gref[XENBUS_MAX_RING_PAGES];
>>  
>> -    info->ring_ref = GRANT_INVALID_REF;
>> +    for (i = 0; i < info->nr_ring_pages; i++)
>> +            info->ring_ref[i] = GRANT_INVALID_REF;
>>  
>> -    sring = (struct blkif_sring *)__get_free_page(GFP_NOIO | __GFP_HIGH);
>> +    sring = (struct blkif_sring *)__get_free_pages(GFP_NOIO | __GFP_HIGH,
>> +                                                   get_order(ring_size));
>>      if (!sring) {
>>              xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, -ENOMEM, "allocating shared ring");
>>              return -ENOMEM;
>>      }
>>      SHARED_RING_INIT(sring);
>> -    FRONT_RING_INIT(&info->ring, sring, PAGE_SIZE);
>> +    FRONT_RING_INIT(&info->ring, sring, ring_size);
>>  
>> -    err = xenbus_grant_ring(dev, info->ring.sring, 1, &gref);
>> +    err = xenbus_grant_ring(dev, info->ring.sring, info->nr_ring_pages, 
>> gref);
>>      if (err < 0) {
>>              free_page((unsigned long)sring);
>>              info->ring.sring = NULL;
>>              goto fail;
>>      }
>> -    info->ring_ref = gref;
>> +    for (i = 0; i < info->nr_ring_pages; i++)
>> +            info->ring_ref[i] = gref[i];
>>  
>>      err = xenbus_alloc_evtchn(dev, &info->evtchn);
>>      if (err)
>> @@ -1292,7 +1308,15 @@ static int talk_to_blkback(struct xenbus_device *dev,
>>  {
>>      const char *message = NULL;
>>      struct xenbus_transaction xbt;
>> -    int err;
>> +    int err, i;
>> +    unsigned int max_pages = 0;
>> +
>> +    err = xenbus_scanf(XBT_NIL, info->xbdev->otherend,
>> +                       "max-ring-pages", "%u", &max_pages);
>> +    if (err != 1)
>> +            info->nr_ring_pages = 1;
>> +    else
>> +            info->nr_ring_pages = min(xen_blkif_max_ring_pages, max_pages);
>>  
>>      /* Create shared ring, alloc event channel. */
>>      err = setup_blkring(dev, info);
>> @@ -1306,11 +1330,31 @@ again:
>>              goto destroy_blkring;
>>      }
>>  
>> -    err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename,
>> -                        "ring-ref", "%u", info->ring_ref);
>> -    if (err) {
>> -            message = "writing ring-ref";
>> -            goto abort_transaction;
>> +    if (info->nr_ring_pages == 1) {
>> +            err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename,
>> +                                "ring-ref", "%u", info->ring_ref[0]);
>> +            if (err) {
>> +                    message = "writing ring-ref";
>> +                    goto abort_transaction;
>> +            }
>> +    } else {
>> +            err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename,
>> +                                "num-ring-pages", "%u", 
>> info->nr_ring_pages);
>> +            if (err) {
>> +                    message = "writing num-ring-pages";
>> +                    goto abort_transaction;
>> +            }
>> +
>> +            for (i = 0; i < info->nr_ring_pages; i++) {
>> +                    char ring_ref_name[RINGREF_NAME_LEN];
>> +                    snprintf(ring_ref_name, sizeof(ring_ref_name), 
>> "ring-ref%u", i);
>> +                    err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename,
>> +                                    ring_ref_name, "%u", info->ring_ref[i]);
>> +                    if (err) {
>> +                            message = "writing ring-ref";
>> +                            goto abort_transaction;
>> +                    }
>> +            }
>>      }
>>      err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename,
>>                          "event-channel", "%u", info->evtchn);
>> @@ -1338,6 +1382,7 @@ again:
>>              goto destroy_blkring;
>>      }
> 
> Why is this moved to here...
> 

Else the kernel will panic.

>> +    info->shadow[BLK_RING_SIZE-1].req.u.rw.id = 0x0fffffff;
>>      xenbus_switch_state(dev, XenbusStateInitialised);
>>  
>>      return 0;
>> @@ -1422,9 +1467,8 @@ static int blkfront_probe(struct xenbus_device *dev,
>>      info->connected = BLKIF_STATE_DISCONNECTED;
>>      INIT_WORK(&info->work, blkif_restart_queue);
>>  
>> -    for (i = 0; i < BLK_RING_SIZE; i++)
>> +    for (i = 0; i < BLK_MAX_RING_SIZE; i++)
>>              info->shadow[i].req.u.rw.id = i+1;
>> -    info->shadow[BLK_RING_SIZE-1].req.u.rw.id = 0x0fffffff;
> 
> from here. Isn't the previous location suitable anymore?
> 

See:
#define BLK_RING_SIZE __CONST_RING_SIZE(blkif, PAGE_SIZE * info->nr_ring_pages)

Because we haven't get info->nr_ring_pages yet here(in probe()), 
info->nr_ring_pages
is read out in talk_to_blkback() which I already moved to blkback_changed().

Thanks for your review.

-Bob

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