Re: [PATCH v6 3/3] blk-cgroup: Optimize blkcg_rstat_flush()

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On 6/8/22 12:57, Michal Koutný wrote:
Hello.

On Thu, Jun 02, 2022 at 03:20:20PM -0400, Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
As it is likely that not all the percpu blkg_iostat_set's has been
updated since the last flush, those stale blkg_iostat_set's don't need
to be flushed in this case.
Yes, there's no point to flush stats for idle devices if there can be
many of them. Good idea.

+static struct llist_node *fetch_delete_blkcg_llist(struct llist_head *lhead)
+{
+	return xchg(&lhead->first, &llist_last);
+}
+
+static struct llist_node *fetch_delete_lnode_next(struct llist_node *lnode)
+{
+	struct llist_node *next = READ_ONCE(lnode->next);
+	struct blkcg_gq *blkg = llist_entry(lnode, struct blkg_iostat_set,
+					    lnode)->blkg;
+
+	WRITE_ONCE(lnode->next, NULL);
+	percpu_ref_put(&blkg->refcnt);
+	return next;
+}
Idea/just asking: would it make sense to generalize this into llist.c
(this is basically llist_del_first() + llist_del_all() with a sentinel)?
For the sake of reusability.

I have thought about that. It can be done as a follow-up patch to add a sentinel version into llist and use that instead. Of course, I can also update this patchset to include that.



+#define blkcg_llist_for_each_entry_safe(pos, node, nxt)			\
+	for (; (node != &llist_last) &&					\
+	       (pos = llist_entry(node, struct blkg_iostat_set, lnode),	\
+		nxt = fetch_delete_lnode_next(node), true);		\
+		node = nxt)
+
It's good hygiene to parenthesize the args.
I am aware of that. I will certainly add that if it is a generic macro that can have many users.


@@ -2011,9 +2092,16 @@ void blk_cgroup_bio_start(struct bio *bio)
  	}
  	bis->cur.ios[rwd]++;
+ if (!READ_ONCE(bis->lnode.next)) {
+		struct llist_head *lhead = per_cpu_ptr(blkcg->lhead, cpu);
+
+		llist_add(&bis->lnode, lhead);
+		percpu_ref_get(&bis->blkg->refcnt);
+	}
+
When a blkg's cgroup is rmdir'd, what happens with the lhead list?
We have cgroup_rstat_exit() in css_free_rwork_fn() that ultimately flushes rstats.
init_and_link_css however adds reference form blkcg->css to cgroup->css.
The blkcg->css would be (transitively) pinned by the lhead list and
hence would prevent the final flush (when refs drop to zero). Seems like
a cyclic dependency.

Luckily, there's also per-subsys flushing in css_release which could be
moved after rmdir (offlining) but before last ref is gone:

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
index adb820e98f24..d830e6a8fb3b 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c
@@ -5165,11 +5165,6 @@ static void css_release_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)

         if (ss) {
                 /* css release path */
-               if (!list_empty(&css->rstat_css_node)) {
-                       cgroup_rstat_flush(cgrp);
-                       list_del_rcu(&css->rstat_css_node);
-               }
-
                 cgroup_idr_replace(&ss->css_idr, NULL, css->id);
                 if (ss->css_released)
                         ss->css_released(css);
@@ -5279,6 +5274,11 @@ static void offline_css(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
         css->flags &= ~CSS_ONLINE;
         RCU_INIT_POINTER(css->cgroup->subsys[ss->id], NULL);

+       if (!list_empty(&css->rstat_css_node)) {
+               cgroup_rstat_flush(css->cgrp);
+               list_del_rcu(&css->rstat_css_node);
+       }
+
         wake_up_all(&css->cgroup->offline_waitq);
  }

(not tested)

Good point.

Your change may not be enough since there could be update after the flush which will pin the blkg and hence blkcg.  I guess one possible solution may be to abandon the llist and revert back to list iteration when offline. I need to think a bit more about that.



  	u64_stats_update_end_irqrestore(&bis->sync, flags);
  	if (cgroup_subsys_on_dfl(io_cgrp_subsys))
-		cgroup_rstat_updated(bio->bi_blkg->blkcg->css.cgroup, cpu);
+		cgroup_rstat_updated(blkcg->css.cgroup, cpu);
Maybe bundle the lhead list maintenace with cgroup_rstat_updated() under
cgroup_subsys_on_dfl()? The stats can be read on v1 anyway.

I don't quite understand here. The change is not specific to v1 or v2. What do you mean by the stat is readable on v1?

Cheers,
Longman




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