Re: [PATCH 2/2] Fix cpgbench (large message sizes)

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On 12/14/2011 02:05 AM, Angus Salkeld wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 09:49:52AM -0700, Steven Dake wrote:
>> On 12/13/2011 07:11 AM, Angus Salkeld wrote:
>>> To allow async cpg messages of 1M we need to:
>>> 1) increase the totem queue size by 4
>>
>> multiple of 4
>>
>>> 2) align the critical level to one large message free
>>>
>>
>> Add following to commit message unless you disagree:
>>
>> Kind of hacky.  Don't particularly like that the max message queue is
>> 4MB instead of 1MB.
>>
>> Does this mean that 1MB will never be used in the buffer because of
>> TOTEM_Q_LEVEL_CRITICAL?
>>
> 
> There are a number of reasons for doing this:
> 1)
> We can't let cpg_mcast_joined() fail because the user will not see it
> and will assume is has succeded.
> 

Wouldn't this return ERR_TRY_AGAIN?  The only failure cpg_mcast_joined
should have is TRY_AGAIN which is how we identify when flow control is
locked.

> 2)
> The reason I am getting good performance is by providing a negitive
> feedback loop from the totem q and the IPC/poll system. This relies
> on 4 q states low/med/high/crit. With messages of size 1M you
> now have a q of size one and now go from level low to crit instantly
> then back to low as messages are put on and taken off. I don't think
> this is the best behaviour. By having a q size of 4 allows the system
> to utilize the q better and give us time to respond to changes in
> the q level.
> 

got it

> 3)
> To effective achieve flow control with a q of size 1 would require
> all the clients to request the space on the q like is done in
> totempg_groups_joined_reserve() but probably in shared memory
> This would take quite a bit of re-work.
> 

OK well go ahead and merge this then.  I am a bit concerned about the
extra memory use (1mb->4mb per ipc connection).  f t becomes a problem
we can always change it later.
>> Reviewed-by: Steven Dake <sdake@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Regards
>> -steve
>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Angus Salkeld <asalkeld@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>  exec/totempg.c                    |   13 +++++++++----
>>>  include/corosync/engine/coroapi.h |    6 ++++--
>>>  include/corosync/totem/totem.h    |    2 +-
>>>  3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/exec/totempg.c b/exec/totempg.c
>>> index 3ece489..924979c 100644
>>> --- a/exec/totempg.c
>>> +++ b/exec/totempg.c
>>> @@ -1185,6 +1185,11 @@ int totempg_groups_mcast_joined (
>>>  	return (res);
>>>  }
>>>  
>>> +#ifndef HAVE_SMALL_MEMORY_FOOTPRINT
>>> +#undef MESSAGE_QUEUE_MAX
>>> +#define MESSAGE_QUEUE_MAX	((4 * MESSAGE_SIZE_MAX) / totempg_totem_config->net_mtu)
>>> +#endif /* HAVE_SMALL_MEMORY_FOOTPRINT */
>>> +
>>>  static void check_q_level(
>>>  	void *totempg_groups_instance)
>>>  {
>>> @@ -1193,15 +1198,15 @@ static void check_q_level(
>>>  	struct totempg_group_instance *instance = (struct totempg_group_instance *)totempg_groups_instance;
>>>  
>>>  	old_level = instance->q_level;
>>> -	percent_used = 100 - (totemmrp_avail () * 100 / 800); /*(1024*1024/1500)*/
>>> +	percent_used = 100 - ((totemmrp_avail () * 100) / MESSAGE_QUEUE_MAX);
>>>  
>>> -	if (percent_used > 90 && instance->q_level != TOTEM_Q_LEVEL_CRITICAL) {
>>> +	if (percent_used >= 75 && instance->q_level != TOTEM_Q_LEVEL_CRITICAL) {
>>>  		instance->q_level = TOTEM_Q_LEVEL_CRITICAL;
>>>  	} else if (percent_used < 30 && instance->q_level != TOTEM_Q_LEVEL_LOW) {
>>>  		instance->q_level = TOTEM_Q_LEVEL_LOW;
>>> -	} else if (percent_used > 40 && percent_used < 60 && instance->q_level != TOTEM_Q_LEVEL_GOOD) {
>>> +	} else if (percent_used > 40 && percent_used < 50 && instance->q_level != TOTEM_Q_LEVEL_GOOD) {
>>>  		instance->q_level = TOTEM_Q_LEVEL_GOOD;
>>> -	} else if (percent_used > 70 && percent_used < 80 && instance->q_level != TOTEM_Q_LEVEL_HIGH) {
>>> +	} else if (percent_used > 60 && percent_used < 70 && instance->q_level != TOTEM_Q_LEVEL_HIGH) {
>>>  		instance->q_level = TOTEM_Q_LEVEL_HIGH;
>>>  	}
>>>  	if (totem_queue_level_changed && old_level != instance->q_level) {
>>> diff --git a/include/corosync/engine/coroapi.h b/include/corosync/engine/coroapi.h
>>> index 567d14f..cabcbb3 100644
>>> --- a/include/corosync/engine/coroapi.h
>>> +++ b/include/corosync/engine/coroapi.h
>>> @@ -72,15 +72,17 @@ struct corosync_tpg_group {
>>>  
>>>  #define INTERFACE_MAX 2
>>>  
>>> +#ifndef MESSAGE_QUEUE_MAX
>>>  #ifdef HAVE_SMALL_MEMORY_FOOTPRINT
>>>  #define PROCESSOR_COUNT_MAX	16
>>>  #define MESSAGE_SIZE_MAX	1024*64
>>>  #define MESSAGE_QUEUE_MAX	512
>>>  #else
>>>  #define PROCESSOR_COUNT_MAX	384
>>> -#define MESSAGE_SIZE_MAX	1024*1024 /* (1MB) */
>>> -#define MESSAGE_QUEUE_MAX	MESSAGE_SIZE_MAX / totem_config->net_mtu
>>> +#define MESSAGE_SIZE_MAX	1024*1024
>>> +#define MESSAGE_QUEUE_MAX	((4 * MESSAGE_SIZE_MAX) / totem_config->net_mtu)
>>>  #endif /* HAVE_SMALL_MEMORY_FOOTPRINT */
>>> +#endif /* MESSAGE_QUEUE_MAX */
>>>  
>>>  #define TOTEM_AGREED	0
>>>  #define TOTEM_SAFE	1
>>> diff --git a/include/corosync/totem/totem.h b/include/corosync/totem/totem.h
>>> index 2166143..3d00318 100644
>>> --- a/include/corosync/totem/totem.h
>>> +++ b/include/corosync/totem/totem.h
>>> @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
>>>  #else
>>>  #define PROCESSOR_COUNT_MAX	384
>>>  #define MESSAGE_SIZE_MAX	1024*1024 /* (1MB) */
>>> -#define MESSAGE_QUEUE_MAX	MESSAGE_SIZE_MAX / totem_config->net_mtu
>>> +#define MESSAGE_QUEUE_MAX	((4 * MESSAGE_SIZE_MAX) / totem_config->net_mtu)
>>>  #endif /* HAVE_SMALL_MEMORY_FOOTPRINT */
>>>  
>>>  #define FRAME_SIZE_MAX		10000
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