Re: [PATCH v2] Replace lseek/read into pread for kcore and vmcore reading.

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On 2023/04/21 10:57, Tao Liu wrote:
> Hi Kazu,
> 
> On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 9:48 AM HAGIO KAZUHITO(萩尾 一仁)
> <k-hagio-ab@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> 2023/04/20 19:25, Tao Liu wrote:
>>> Previously crash use lseek/read for kcore and vmcore reading, this involves 2
>>> syscalls. And we can replace them with pread, only 1 syscall is needed for
>>> kcore/vmcore reading, and we can have a better performance. Please note there
>>> are plenty of places in crash using lseek/read, this patch doesn't modify all
>>> of them, just the most commonly used kcore and diskdump vmcore reading.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Tao Liu <ltao@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> v1 -> v2: add offset check before pread.
>>
>> Thanks for the v2, looks good to me.
>> also confirmed that 'search abcd' for 64GB /proc/kcore became faster:
>>
>>     real    0m56.733s       real    0m47.446s
>>     user    0m28.187s  -->  user    0m26.663s
>>     sys     0m28.592s       sys     0m20.834s
>>
>> Acked-by: Kazuhito Hagio <k-hagio-ab@xxxxxxx>
>>
> Thanks for the test data, and the previous suggestions which make the
> patch better!

Good to help :)

Just an idea on another optimization,

   SEARCHMASK(si->s_parms.s_ulong.value[si->val])

in search_ulong() might be pre-processed somewhere.
For loops, reducing machine instructions is often effective.

Thanks,
Kazu

> 
> Thanks,
> Tao Liu
> 
>> Thanks,
>> Kazu
>>
>>>
>>> ---
>>>    diskdump.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>>>    netdump.c  | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
>>>    2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/diskdump.c b/diskdump.c
>>> index cf5f5d9..6ecd08a 100644
>>> --- a/diskdump.c
>>> +++ b/diskdump.c
>>> @@ -515,16 +515,24 @@ arm_kdump_header_adjust(int header_version)
>>>    static int
>>>    read_pd(int fd, off_t offset, page_desc_t *pd)
>>>    {
>>> -     const off_t failed = (off_t)-1;
>>> +     int ret;
>>>
>>>        if (FLAT_FORMAT()) {
>>>                if (!read_flattened_format(fd, offset, pd, sizeof(*pd)))
>>>                        return READ_ERROR;
>>>        } else {
>>> -             if (lseek(fd, offset, SEEK_SET) == failed)
>>> +             if (offset < 0) {
>>> +                     if (CRASHDEBUG(8)) {
>>> +                             fprintf(fp, "read_pd: invalid offset: %lx\n", offset);
>>> +                     }
>>>                        return SEEK_ERROR;
>>> -             if (read(fd, pd, sizeof(*pd)) != sizeof(*pd))
>>> +             }
>>> +             if ((ret = pread(fd, pd, sizeof(*pd), offset)) != sizeof(*pd)) {
>>> +                     if (ret == -1 && CRASHDEBUG(8)) {
>>> +                             fprintf(fp, "read_pd: pread error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
>>> +                     }
>>>                        return READ_ERROR;
>>> +             }
>>>        }
>>>
>>>        return 0;
>>> @@ -1125,7 +1133,6 @@ cache_page(physaddr_t paddr)
>>>        off_t seek_offset;
>>>        page_desc_t pd;
>>>        const int block_size = dd->block_size;
>>> -     const off_t failed = (off_t)-1;
>>>        ulong retlen;
>>>    #ifdef ZSTD
>>>        static ZSTD_DCtx *dctx = NULL;
>>> @@ -1190,10 +1197,22 @@ cache_page(physaddr_t paddr)
>>>                        return PAGE_INCOMPLETE;
>>>                }
>>>        } else {
>>> -             if (lseek(dd->dfd, pd.offset, SEEK_SET) == failed)
>>> +             if (pd.offset < 0) {
>>> +                     if (CRASHDEBUG(8)) {
>>> +                             fprintf(fp,
>>> +                                     "read_diskdump/cache_page: "
>>> +                                     "invalid offset: %lx\n", pd.offset);
>>> +                     }
>>>                        return SEEK_ERROR;
>>> -             if (read(dd->dfd, dd->compressed_page, pd.size) != pd.size)
>>> +             }
>>> +             if ((ret = pread(dd->dfd, dd->compressed_page, pd.size, pd.offset)) != pd.size) {
>>> +                     if (ret == -1 && CRASHDEBUG(8)) {
>>> +                             fprintf(fp,
>>> +                                     "read_diskdump/cache_page: "
>>> +                                     "pread error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
>>> +                     }
>>>                        return READ_ERROR;
>>> +             }
>>>        }
>>>
>>>        if (pd.flags & DUMP_DH_COMPRESSED_ZLIB) {
>>> diff --git a/netdump.c b/netdump.c
>>> index 01af145..696f5fd 100644
>>> --- a/netdump.c
>>> +++ b/netdump.c
>>> @@ -4336,7 +4336,7 @@ no_nt_prstatus_exists:
>>>    int
>>>    read_proc_kcore(int fd, void *bufptr, int cnt, ulong addr, physaddr_t paddr)
>>>    {
>>> -     int i;
>>> +     int i, ret;
>>>        size_t readcnt;
>>>        ulong kvaddr;
>>>        Elf32_Phdr *lp32;
>>> @@ -4436,11 +4436,20 @@ read_proc_kcore(int fd, void *bufptr, int cnt, ulong addr, physaddr_t paddr)
>>>        if (offset == UNINITIALIZED)
>>>                return SEEK_ERROR;
>>>
>>> -        if (lseek(fd, offset, SEEK_SET) != offset)
>>> -             perror("lseek");
>>> -
>>> -     if (read(fd, bufptr, readcnt) != readcnt)
>>> +     if (offset < 0) {
>>> +             if (CRASHDEBUG(8)) {
>>> +                     fprintf(fp, "read_proc_kcore: "
>>> +                             "invalid offset: %lx\n", offset);
>>> +             }
>>> +             return SEEK_ERROR;
>>> +     }
>>> +     if ((ret = pread(fd, bufptr, readcnt, offset)) != readcnt) {
>>> +             if (ret == -1 && CRASHDEBUG(8)) {
>>> +                     fprintf(fp, "read_proc_kcore: "
>>> +                             "pread error: %s\n", strerror(errno));
>>> +             }
>>>                return READ_ERROR;
>>> +     }
>>>
>>>        return cnt;
>>>    }
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