> > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: Ilya Dryomov [mailto:idryomov@xxxxxxxxx] > > >> Sent: 10 June 2015 14:06 > > >> To: Nick Fisk > > >> Cc: ceph-users > > >> Subject: Re: krbd splitting large IO's into smaller > > >> IO's > > >> > > >> On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 2:47 PM, Nick Fisk <nick@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> > Hi, > > >> > > > >> > Using Kernel RBD client with Kernel 4.03 (I have also tried some > > >> > older kernels with the same effect) and IO is being split into > > >> > smaller IO's which is having a negative impact on performance. > > >> > > > >> > cat /sys/block/sdc/queue/max_hw_sectors_kb > > >> > 4096 > > >> > > > >> > cat /sys/block/rbd0/queue/max_sectors_kb > > >> > 4096 > > >> > > > >> > Using DD > > >> > dd if=/dev/rbd0 of=/dev/null bs=4M > > >> > > > >> > Device: rrqm/s wrqm/s r/s w/s rkB/s wkB/s > avgrq-sz > > >> > avgqu-sz await r_await w_await svctm %util > > >> > rbd0 0.00 0.00 201.50 0.00 25792.00 0.00 > 256.00 > > >> > 1.99 10.15 10.15 0.00 4.96 100.00 > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > Using FIO with 4M blocks > > >> > Device: rrqm/s wrqm/s r/s w/s rkB/s wkB/s > avgrq-sz > > >> > avgqu-sz await r_await w_await svctm %util > > >> > rbd0 0.00 0.00 232.00 0.00 118784.00 0.00 > 1024.00 > > >> > 11.29 48.58 48.58 0.00 4.31 100.00 > > >> > > > >> > Any ideas why IO sizes are limited to 128k (256 blocks) in DD's > > >> > case and 512k in Fio's case? > > >> > > >> 128k vs 512k is probably buffered vs direct IO - add iflag=direct > > >> to your dd invocation. > > > > > > Yes, thanks for this, that was the case > > > > > >> > > >> As for the 512k - I'm pretty sure it's a regression in our switch > > >> to blk-mq. I tested it around 3.18-3.19 and saw steady 4M IOs. I > > >> hope we are just missing a knob - I'll take a look. > > > > > > I've tested both 4.03 and 3.16 and both seem to be split into 512k. > > > Let > me > > know if you need me to test any other particular version. > > > > With 3.16 you are going to need to adjust max_hw_sectors_kb / > > max_sectors_kb as discussed in Dan's thread. The patch that fixed > > that in the block layer went into 3.19, blk-mq into 4.0 - try 3.19. > > Sorry should have mentioned, I had adjusted both of them on the 3.16 > kernel to 4096. > I will try 3.19 and let you know. Better with 3.19, but should I not be seeing around 8192, or am I getting my blocks and bytes mixed up? Device: rrqm/s wrqm/s r/s w/s rkB/s wkB/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz await r_await w_await svctm %util rbd0 72.00 0.00 24.00 0.00 49152.00 0.00 4096.00 1.96 82.67 82.67 0.00 41.58 99.80 > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ilya > > _______________________________________________ > > ceph-users mailing list > > ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ceph-users mailing list > ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com