Re: [PATCH V3 6/6] ceph: scattered page writeback

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> On Jan 27, 2016, at 17:29, Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 2:52 AM, Yan, Zheng <ukernel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 6:15 AM, Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Yan, Zheng <zyan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> This patch makes ceph_writepages_start() try using single OSD request
>>>> to write all dirty pages within a strip. When a nonconsecutive dirty
>>>> page is found, ceph_writepages_start() tries starting a new write
>>>> operation to existing OSD request. If it succeeds, it uses the new
>>>> operation to writeback the dirty page.
>>>> 
>>>> Signed-off-by: Yan, Zheng <zyan@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>> fs/ceph/addr.c | 263 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
>>>> 1 file changed, 174 insertions(+), 89 deletions(-)
>>>> 
>>>> diff --git a/fs/ceph/addr.c b/fs/ceph/addr.c
>>>> index c222137..ac14d02 100644
>>>> --- a/fs/ceph/addr.c
>>>> +++ b/fs/ceph/addr.c
>>>> @@ -606,71 +606,71 @@ static void writepages_finish(struct ceph_osd_request *req,
>>>>        struct inode *inode = req->r_inode;
>>>>        struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
>>>>        struct ceph_osd_data *osd_data;
>>>> -       unsigned wrote;
>>>>        struct page *page;
>>>> -       int num_pages;
>>>> -       int i;
>>>> +       int num_pages, total_pages = 0;
>>>> +       int i, j;
>>>> +       int rc = req->r_result;
>>>>        struct ceph_snap_context *snapc = req->r_snapc;
>>>>        struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
>>>> -       int rc = req->r_result;
>>>> -       u64 bytes = req->r_ops[0].extent.length;
>>>>        struct ceph_fs_client *fsc = ceph_inode_to_client(inode);
>>>> -       long writeback_stat;
>>>> -       unsigned issued = ceph_caps_issued(ci);
>>>> +       bool remove_page;
>>>> 
>>>> -       osd_data = osd_req_op_extent_osd_data(req, 0);
>>>> -       BUG_ON(osd_data->type != CEPH_OSD_DATA_TYPE_PAGES);
>>>> -       num_pages = calc_pages_for((u64)osd_data->alignment,
>>>> -                                       (u64)osd_data->length);
>>>> -       if (rc >= 0) {
>>>> -               /*
>>>> -                * Assume we wrote the pages we originally sent.  The
>>>> -                * osd might reply with fewer pages if our writeback
>>>> -                * raced with a truncation and was adjusted at the osd,
>>>> -                * so don't believe the reply.
>>>> -                */
>>>> -               wrote = num_pages;
>>>> -       } else {
>>>> -               wrote = 0;
>>>> +
>>>> +       dout("writepages_finish %p rc %d\n", inode, rc);
>>>> +       if (rc < 0)
>>>>                mapping_set_error(mapping, rc);
>>>> -       }
>>>> -       dout("writepages_finish %p rc %d bytes %llu wrote %d (pages)\n",
>>>> -            inode, rc, bytes, wrote);
>>>> 
>>>> -       /* clean all pages */
>>>> -       for (i = 0; i < num_pages; i++) {
>>>> -               page = osd_data->pages[i];
>>>> -               BUG_ON(!page);
>>>> -               WARN_ON(!PageUptodate(page));
>>>> +       /*
>>>> +        * We lost the cache cap, need to truncate the page before
>>>> +        * it is unlocked, otherwise we'd truncate it later in the
>>>> +        * page truncation thread, possibly losing some data that
>>>> +        * raced its way in
>>>> +        */
>>>> +       remove_page = !(ceph_caps_issued(ci) &
>>>> +                       (CEPH_CAP_FILE_CACHE|CEPH_CAP_FILE_LAZYIO));
>>>> 
>>>> -               writeback_stat =
>>>> -                       atomic_long_dec_return(&fsc->writeback_count);
>>>> -               if (writeback_stat <
>>>> -                   CONGESTION_OFF_THRESH(fsc->mount_options->congestion_kb))
>>>> -                       clear_bdi_congested(&fsc->backing_dev_info,
>>>> -                                           BLK_RW_ASYNC);
>>>> +       /* clean all pages */
>>>> +       for (i = 0; i < req->r_num_ops; i++) {
>>>> +               if (req->r_ops[i].op != CEPH_OSD_OP_WRITE)
>>>> +                       break;
>>>> 
>>>> -               ceph_put_snap_context(page_snap_context(page));
>>>> -               page->private = 0;
>>>> -               ClearPagePrivate(page);
>>>> -               dout("unlocking %d %p\n", i, page);
>>>> -               end_page_writeback(page);
>>>> +               osd_data = osd_req_op_extent_osd_data(req, i);
>>>> +               BUG_ON(osd_data->type != CEPH_OSD_DATA_TYPE_PAGES);
>>>> +               num_pages = calc_pages_for((u64)osd_data->alignment,
>>>> +                                          (u64)osd_data->length);
>>>> +               total_pages += num_pages;
>>>> +               for (j = 0; j < num_pages; j++) {
>>>> +                       page = osd_data->pages[j];
>>>> +                       BUG_ON(!page);
>>>> +                       WARN_ON(!PageUptodate(page));
>>>> +
>>>> +                       if (atomic_long_dec_return(&fsc->writeback_count) <
>>>> +                            CONGESTION_OFF_THRESH(
>>>> +                                       fsc->mount_options->congestion_kb))
>>>> +                               clear_bdi_congested(&fsc->backing_dev_info,
>>>> +                                                   BLK_RW_ASYNC);
>>>> +
>>>> +                       ceph_put_snap_context(page_snap_context(page));
>>>> +                       page->private = 0;
>>>> +                       ClearPagePrivate(page);
>>>> +                       dout("unlocking %p\n", page);
>>>> +                       end_page_writeback(page);
>>>> +
>>>> +                       if (remove_page)
>>>> +                               generic_error_remove_page(inode->i_mapping,
>>>> +                                                         page);
>>>> 
>>>> -               /*
>>>> -                * We lost the cache cap, need to truncate the page before
>>>> -                * it is unlocked, otherwise we'd truncate it later in the
>>>> -                * page truncation thread, possibly losing some data that
>>>> -                * raced its way in
>>>> -                */
>>>> -               if ((issued & (CEPH_CAP_FILE_CACHE|CEPH_CAP_FILE_LAZYIO)) == 0)
>>>> -                       generic_error_remove_page(inode->i_mapping, page);
>>>> +                       unlock_page(page);
>>>> +               }
>>>> +               dout("writepages_finish %p wrote %llu bytes cleaned %d pages\n",
>>>> +                    inode, osd_data->length, rc >= 0 ? num_pages : 0);
>>>> 
>>>> -               unlock_page(page);
>>>> +               ceph_release_pages(osd_data->pages, num_pages);
>>>>        }
>>>> -       dout("%p wrote+cleaned %d pages\n", inode, wrote);
>>>> -       ceph_put_wrbuffer_cap_refs(ci, num_pages, snapc);
>>>> 
>>>> -       ceph_release_pages(osd_data->pages, num_pages);
>>>> +       ceph_put_wrbuffer_cap_refs(ci, total_pages, snapc);
>>>> +
>>>> +       osd_data = osd_req_op_extent_osd_data(req, 0);
>>>>        if (osd_data->pages_from_pool)
>>>>                mempool_free(osd_data->pages,
>>>>                             ceph_sb_to_client(inode->i_sb)->wb_pagevec_pool);
>>>> @@ -778,17 +778,15 @@ retry:
>>>>        while (!done && index <= end) {
>>>>                unsigned i;
>>>>                int first;
>>>> -               pgoff_t next;
>>>> -               int pvec_pages, locked_pages;
>>>> -               struct page **pages = NULL;
>>>> +               pgoff_t strip_end = 0;
>>>> +               int num_ops = 0, max_ops = 0;
>>>> +               int pvec_pages, locked_pages = 0;
>>>> +               struct page **pages = NULL, **data_pages = NULL;
>>>>                mempool_t *pool = NULL; /* Becomes non-null if mempool used */
>>>>                struct page *page;
>>>>                int want;
>>>> -               u64 offset, len;
>>>> -               long writeback_stat;
>>>> +               u64 offset = 0, len = 0;
>>>> 
>>>> -               next = 0;
>>>> -               locked_pages = 0;
>>>>                max_pages = max_pages_ever;
>>>> 
>>>> get_more_pages:
>>>> @@ -824,8 +822,8 @@ get_more_pages:
>>>>                                unlock_page(page);
>>>>                                break;
>>>>                        }
>>>> -                       if (next && (page->index != next)) {
>>>> -                               dout("not consecutive %p\n", page);
>>>> +                       if (strip_end && (page->index > strip_end)) {
>>>> +                               dout("end of strip %p\n", page);
>>>>                                unlock_page(page);
>>>>                                break;
>>>>                        }
>>>> @@ -871,28 +869,60 @@ get_more_pages:
>>>>                         * that it will use.
>>>>                         */
>>>>                        if (locked_pages == 0) {
>>>> +                               int j;
>>>>                                BUG_ON(pages);
>>>>                                /* prepare async write request */
>>>>                                offset = (u64)page_offset(page);
>>>>                                len = wsize;
>>>> -                               req = ceph_osdc_new_request(&fsc->client->osdc,
>>>> +
>>>> +                               max_ops = 1 + do_sync;
>>>> +                               strip_end = page->index +
>>>> +                                           ((len - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT);
>>>> +                               for (j = i + 1; j < pvec_pages; j++) {
>>>> +                                       if (pvec.pages[j]->index > strip_end)
>>>> +                                               break;
>>>> +                                       if (pvec.pages[j]->index - 1 !=
>>>> +                                           pvec.pages[j - 1]->index)
>>>> +                                               max_ops++;
>>>> +                               }
>>>> +
>>>> +                               if (max_ops > CEPH_OSD_INITIAL_OP) {
>>>> +                                       max_ops = min(max_ops, CEPH_OSD_MAX_OP);
>>>> +                                       req = ceph_osdc_new_request(
>>>> +                                                       &fsc->client->osdc,
>>>>                                                        &ci->i_layout, vino,
>>>> -                                                       offset, &len, 0,
>>>> -                                                       do_sync ? 2 : 1,
>>>> +                                                       offset, &len,
>>>> +                                                       0, max_ops,
>>>> +                                                       CEPH_OSD_OP_WRITE,
>>>> +                                                       CEPH_OSD_FLAG_WRITE |
>>>> +                                                       CEPH_OSD_FLAG_ONDISK,
>>>> +                                                       snapc, truncate_seq,
>>>> +                                                       truncate_size, false);
>>>> +                                       if (IS_ERR(req))
>>>> +                                               req = NULL;
>>>> +                               }
>>>> +                               if (!req) {
>>>> +                                       max_ops = CEPH_OSD_INITIAL_OP;
>>>> +                                       req = ceph_osdc_new_request(
>>>> +                                                       &fsc->client->osdc,
>>>> +                                                       &ci->i_layout, vino,
>>>> +                                                       offset, &len,
>>>> +                                                       0, max_ops,
>>>>                                                        CEPH_OSD_OP_WRITE,
>>>>                                                        CEPH_OSD_FLAG_WRITE |
>>>>                                                        CEPH_OSD_FLAG_ONDISK,
>>>>                                                        snapc, truncate_seq,
>>>>                                                        truncate_size, true);
>>>> -                               if (IS_ERR(req)) {
>>>> -                                       rc = PTR_ERR(req);
>>>> -                                       unlock_page(page);
>>>> -                                       break;
>>>> +                                       if (IS_ERR(req)) {
>>>> +                                               unlock_page(page);
>>>> +                                               rc = PTR_ERR(req);
>>>> +                                               req = NULL;
>>>> +                                               break;
>>>> +                                       }
>>>>                                }
>>>> 
>>>> -                               if (do_sync)
>>>> -                                       osd_req_op_init(req, 1,
>>>> -                                                       CEPH_OSD_OP_STARTSYNC, 0);
>>>> +                               strip_end = page->index +
>>>> +                                           ((len - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT);
>>>> 
>>>>                                req->r_callback = writepages_finish;
>>>>                                req->r_inode = inode;
>>>> @@ -905,6 +935,60 @@ get_more_pages:
>>>>                                        pages = mempool_alloc(pool, GFP_NOFS);
>>>>                                        BUG_ON(!pages);
>>>>                                }
>>>> +
>>>> +                               num_ops = 1;
>>>> +                               data_pages = pages;
>>>> +                               len = 0;
>>>> +                       } else if (page->index !=
>>>> +                                  (offset + len) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) {
>>>> +                               u64 offset_inc;
>>>> +                               bool new_op = true;
>>>> +
>>>> +                               if (num_ops + do_sync == CEPH_OSD_MAX_OP) {
>>>> +                                       new_op = false;
>>>> +                               } else if (num_ops + do_sync == max_ops) {
>>>> +                                       int new_max = max_ops;
>>>> +                                       int j;
>>>> +                                       for (j = i + 1; j < pvec_pages; j++) {
>>>> +                                               if (pvec.pages[j]->index >
>>>> +                                                   strip_end)
>>>> +                                                       break;
>>>> +                                               if (pvec.pages[j]->index - 1 !=
>>>> +                                                   pvec.pages[j - 1]->index)
>>>> +                                                       new_max++;
>>>> +                                       }
>>>> +                                       new_max++;
>>>> +                                       new_max = min(new_max, CEPH_OSD_MAX_OP);
>>>> +                                       if (ceph_osdc_extend_request(req,
>>>> +                                                               new_max,
>>>> +                                                               GFP_NOFS) >= 0)
>>>> +                                               max_ops = new_max;
>>>> +                                       else
>>>> +                                               new_op = false;
>>>> +                               }
>>>> +                               if (!new_op) {
>>>> +                                       redirty_page_for_writepage(wbc, page);
>>>> +                                       unlock_page(page);
>>>> +                                       break;
>>>> +                               }
>>>> +
>>>> +                               offset_inc = (u64)page_offset(page) - offset;
>>>> +                               osd_req_op_extent_dup_last(req, offset_inc);
>>>> +
>>>> +                               dout("writepages got pages at %llu~%llu\n",
>>>> +                                     offset, len);
>>>> +
>>>> +                               osd_req_op_extent_update(req, num_ops - 1, len);
>>>> +                               osd_req_op_extent_osd_data_pages(req,
>>>> +                                                               num_ops - 1,
>>>> +                                                               data_pages,
>>>> +                                                               len, 0,
>>>> +                                                               !!pool, false);
>>>> +
>>>> +                               num_ops++;
>>>> +                               data_pages = pages + locked_pages;
>>>> +                               offset = (u64)page_offset(page);
>>>> +                               len = 0;
>>>>                        }
>>>> 
>>>>                        /* note position of first page in pvec */
>>>> @@ -913,9 +997,8 @@ get_more_pages:
>>>>                        dout("%p will write page %p idx %lu\n",
>>>>                             inode, page, page->index);
>>>> 
>>>> -                       writeback_stat =
>>>> -                              atomic_long_inc_return(&fsc->writeback_count);
>>>> -                       if (writeback_stat > CONGESTION_ON_THRESH(
>>>> +                       if (atomic_long_inc_return(&fsc->writeback_count) >
>>>> +                           CONGESTION_ON_THRESH(
>>>>                                    fsc->mount_options->congestion_kb)) {
>>>>                                set_bdi_congested(&fsc->backing_dev_info,
>>>>                                                  BLK_RW_ASYNC);
>>>> @@ -924,7 +1007,7 @@ get_more_pages:
>>>>                        set_page_writeback(page);
>>>>                        pages[locked_pages] = page;
>>>>                        locked_pages++;
>>>> -                       next = page->index + 1;
>>>> +                       len += PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
>>>>                }
>>>> 
>>>>                /* did we get anything? */
>>>> @@ -952,31 +1035,34 @@ get_more_pages:
>>>>                }
>>>> 
>>>>                /* Format the osd request message and submit the write */
>>>> -               offset = page_offset(pages[0]);
>>>> -               len = (u64)locked_pages << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
>>>>                if (snap_size == -1) {
>>>> +                       /* writepages_finish() clears writeback pages
>>>> +                        * according to the data length, so make sure
>>>> +                        * data length covers all locked pages */
>>>> +                       u64 min_len = len + 1 - PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
>>>>                        len = min(len, (u64)i_size_read(inode) - offset);
>>>> -                        /* writepages_finish() clears writeback pages
>>>> -                         * according to the data length, so make sure
>>>> -                         * data length covers all locked pages */
>>>> -                       len = max(len, 1 +
>>>> -                               ((u64)(locked_pages - 1) << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT));
>>>> +                       len = max(len, min_len);
>>>>                } else {
>>>>                        len = min(len, snap_size - offset);
>>>>                }
>>>> -               dout("writepages got %d pages at %llu~%llu\n",
>>>> -                    locked_pages, offset, len);
>>>> +               dout("writepages got pages at %llu~%llu\n", offset, len);
>>>> 
>>>> -               osd_req_op_extent_osd_data_pages(req, 0, pages, len, 0,
>>>> -                                                       !!pool, false);
>>>> +               osd_req_op_extent_osd_data_pages(req, num_ops - 1, data_pages,
>>>> +                                                len, 0, !!pool, false);
>>>> +               osd_req_op_extent_update(req, num_ops - 1, len);
>>>> 
>>>> +               if (do_sync) {
>>>> +                       osd_req_op_init(req, num_ops, CEPH_OSD_OP_STARTSYNC, 0);
>>>> +                       num_ops++;
>>>> +               }
>>>> +               BUG_ON(num_ops > max_ops);
>>>> +
>>>> +               index = pages[locked_pages - 1]->index + 1;
>>>>                pages = NULL;   /* request message now owns the pages array */
>>>>                pool = NULL;
>>>> 
>>>>                /* Update the write op length in case we changed it */
>>>> 
>>>> -               osd_req_op_extent_update(req, 0, len);
>>>> -
>>>>                vino = ceph_vino(inode);
>>>>                ceph_osdc_build_request(req, offset, snapc, vino.snap,
>>>>                                        &inode->i_mtime);
>>>> @@ -986,7 +1072,6 @@ get_more_pages:
>>>>                req = NULL;
>>>> 
>>>>                /* continue? */
>>>> -               index = next;
>>>>                wbc->nr_to_write -= locked_pages;
>>>>                if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0)
>>>>                        done = 1;
>>> 
>>> Hi Zheng,
>>> 
>>> I know I mentioned off-list that v3 looked good, but I've taken
>>> a deeper look and have to retract that.  This version still has a call
>>> to ceph_osdc_extend_request(), which suggests to me that the number of
>>> ops is calculated incorrectly.
>>> 
>>> A single op within an OSD request can be used for a single region of
>>> contiguous dirty pages, so what this comes down to is calculating the
>>> number of such dirty contiguous regions.  What you appear to be doing
>>> in this version is calculating this number for the *first* gang of
>>> pages we get from pagevec_lookup_tag() and allocating an OSD request
>>> based on that.  If that's not enough (i.e. there are more dirty pages
>>> in the stripe unit), we move on, you do the calculation for the next
>>> gang and enlange the OSD request by reallocating parts of it.  This
>>> goes on until we either run out of dirty pages in the stripe unit or
>>> reach CEPH_OSD_MAX_OP ops in the request.
>>> 
>>> What I don't understand is what prevents us from pre-calculating the
>>> number of dirty contiguous regions for the entire stripe unit in one go
>>> and trying to allocate the OSD request based on that number, possibly
>>> falling back to a smaller request if we are short on memory.  The page
>>> pointer array can hold all of pages in the stripe unit - I don't see
>>> the need for ceph_osdc_extend_request() at all.  Am I missing something?
>>> 
>> 
>> pre-calculating number of regions in the strip unit is ideal for
>> random write, but it impose overhead on the most common sequential
>> write (that's why I don't allocate CEPH_OSD_MAX_OP ops in the first
>> place)  Besides,  pre-calculating number of regions require big
> 
> Care to be more specific about the overhead?  You have to go through
> enough of dirty pages to either stuff up the OSD request or move past
> the stripe unit no matter which type of write it is.  Allocating
> CEPH_OSD_MAX_OP right off the bat is of course a bad idea, especially
> in the sequential case, but that's not what I'm advocating for.  What
> I'm proposing would result in allocating a request with exactly the
> number of ops needed, in both sequential and random cases - no more, no
> less.

Scanning page within a strip unit requires calling pagevec_lookup_tag() multiples times. There are about 1000 pages in the worst case. It means we need to get/release page 1000 times. In my option, it’s non-trivial overhead.

Regards
Yan, Zheng

>  
>> modification on both ceph_writepages_start() and
>> ceph_osdc_new_request()  (we don't know where a strip unit end until
>> calling ceph_osdc_new_request()).
> 
> Well, calling calc_layout() to learn where the first page's stripe unit
> ends is trivial enough.  I get your reluctance - ceph_writepages_start()
> is not pleasant to deal with - but in my opinion that's not reason
> enough for reallocating memory in middle of it, possibly more than
> once (!).
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>                Ilya

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