Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] Add a new parameter.

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Hi,

On Wed, 20 Jan 2021 at 10:44, Hongwei Qin <glqinhongwei@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This patch adds a new parameter thinktime_blocks_type to control
> the behavior of thinktime_blocks. It can be either `complete`
> or `issue`.
> If it is `complete` (default), fio triggers thinktime when
> thinktime_blocks number of blocks are **completed**.
> If it is `issue`, fio triggers thinktime when thinktime_blocks
> number of blocks are **issued**
>
> Tests:
> jobfile1:
> ```
> [global]
> thread
> kb_base=1000
> direct=1
> size=1GiB
> group_reporting
> io_size=96KiB
> ioengine=libaio
> iodepth=8
> bs=4096
> filename=/dev/qblkdev
> rw=randwrite
>
> [fio_randwrite]
> thinktime=2s
> thinktime_blocks=4
> ```
>
> jobfile2:
> ```
> [global]
> thread
> kb_base=1000
> direct=1
> size=1GiB
> group_reporting
> io_size=96KiB
> ioengine=libaio
> iodepth=8
> bs=4096
> filename=/dev/qblkdev
> rw=randwrite
>
> [fio_randwrite]
> thinktime=2s
> thinktime_blocks=4
> thinktime_blocks_type=issue
> ```
>
> Results:
> Current HEAD:
> fio jobfile1:
>         write: IOPS=5, BW=24.6kB/s (24.0KiB/s)(98.3kB/4002msec); 0 zone resets
> blktrace:
>         11 reqs -- 2s -- 8 reqs -- 2s -- 5 reqs -- end
>
> This patch:
> fio jobfile1:
>         write: IOPS=5, BW=24.6kB/s (24.0KiB/s)(98.3kB/4001msec); 0 zone resets
> blktrace:
>         11 reqs -- 2s -- 8 reqs -- 2s -- 5 reqs -- end
>
> fio jobfile2:
>         write: IOPS=1, BW=8190B/s (8190B/s)(98.3kB/12002msec); 0 zone resets
> blktrace:
>         4 reqs -- 2s -- 4 reqs ... -- 4 reqs -- 2s -- end
>
> Server:
> fio --server=192.168.1.172,8765
> Client (On the same machine):
> fio --client=192.168.1.172,8765 jobfile1
>         write: IOPS=5, BW=24.6kB/s (24.0KiB/s)(98.3kB/4001msec); 0 zone resets
> blktrace:
>         11 reqs -- 2s -- 8 reqs -- 2s -- 5 reqs -- end
>
> fio --client=192.168.1.172,8765 jobfile2
>         write: IOPS=1, BW=8191B/s (8191B/s)(98.3kB/12001msec); 0 zone resets
> blktrace:
>         4 reqs -- 2s -- 4 reqs ... -- 4 reqs -- 2s -- end
>
> Signed-off-by: Hongwei Qin <glqinhongwei@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  HOWTO            |  7 +++++++
>  backend.c        | 16 +++++++++++-----
>  cconv.c          |  2 ++
>  engines/cpu.c    |  1 +
>  fio.h            |  5 +++++
>  options.c        | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  thread_options.h |  5 +++++
>  7 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/HOWTO b/HOWTO
> index 372f268..803bef4 100644
> --- a/HOWTO
> +++ b/HOWTO
> @@ -2562,6 +2562,13 @@ I/O rate
>         before we have to complete it and do our :option:`thinktime`. In other words, this
>         setting effectively caps the queue depth if the latter is larger.
>
> +.. option:: thinktime_blocks_type=str
> +
> +       This option controls how thinktime_blocks triggers. The default is
> +       `complete`, which triggers thinktime when fio completes thinktime_blocks
> +       blocks. If this is set to `issue`, then the trigger happens at the
> +       issue side.
> +
>  .. option:: rate=int[,int][,int]
>
>         Cap the bandwidth used by this job. The number is in bytes/sec, the normal
> diff --git a/backend.c b/backend.c
> index e20a2e0..874e193 100644
> --- a/backend.c
> +++ b/backend.c
> @@ -864,8 +864,8 @@ static void handle_thinktime(struct thread_data *td, enum fio_ddir ddir)
>         uint64_t total;
>         int left;
>
> -       b = ddir_rw_sum(td->io_blocks);
> -       if (b % td->o.thinktime_blocks)
> +       b = ddir_rw_sum(td->thinktime_blocks_counter);
> +       if (b % td->o.thinktime_blocks || !b)

If false is 0 then isn't 0 % <anything> also 0? Why do you need || !b?

>                 return;
>
>         io_u_quiesce(td);
> @@ -1076,6 +1076,10 @@ reap:
>                 }
>                 if (ret < 0)
>                         break;
> +
> +               if (ddir_rw(ddir) && td->o.thinktime)
> +                       handle_thinktime(td, ddir);
> +

This means we'll do thinktime even when we're in ramp time? That
probably makes more sense!

>                 if (!ddir_rw_sum(td->bytes_done) &&
>                     !td_ioengine_flagged(td, FIO_NOIO))
>                         continue;
> @@ -1090,9 +1094,6 @@ reap:
>                 }
>                 if (!in_ramp_time(td) && td->o.latency_target)
>                         lat_target_check(td);
> -
> -               if (ddir_rw(ddir) && td->o.thinktime)
> -                       handle_thinktime(td, ddir);
>         }
>
>         check_update_rusage(td);
> @@ -1744,6 +1745,11 @@ static void *thread_main(void *data)
>         if (rate_submit_init(td, sk_out))
>                 goto err;
>
> +       if (td->o.thinktime_blocks_type == THINKTIME_BLOCKS_TYPE_COMPLETE)
> +               td->thinktime_blocks_counter = td->io_blocks;
> +       else
> +               td->thinktime_blocks_counter = td->io_issues;
> +
>         set_epoch_time(td, o->log_unix_epoch);
>         fio_getrusage(&td->ru_start);
>         memcpy(&td->bw_sample_time, &td->epoch, sizeof(td->epoch));
> diff --git a/cconv.c b/cconv.c
> index 62c2fc2..b10868f 100644
> --- a/cconv.c
> +++ b/cconv.c
> @@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ void convert_thread_options_to_cpu(struct thread_options *o,
>         o->thinktime = le32_to_cpu(top->thinktime);
>         o->thinktime_spin = le32_to_cpu(top->thinktime_spin);
>         o->thinktime_blocks = le32_to_cpu(top->thinktime_blocks);
> +       o->thinktime_blocks_type = le32_to_cpu(top->thinktime_blocks_type);
>         o->fsync_blocks = le32_to_cpu(top->fsync_blocks);
>         o->fdatasync_blocks = le32_to_cpu(top->fdatasync_blocks);
>         o->barrier_blocks = le32_to_cpu(top->barrier_blocks);
> @@ -431,6 +432,7 @@ void convert_thread_options_to_net(struct thread_options_pack *top,
>         top->thinktime = cpu_to_le32(o->thinktime);
>         top->thinktime_spin = cpu_to_le32(o->thinktime_spin);
>         top->thinktime_blocks = cpu_to_le32(o->thinktime_blocks);
> +       top->thinktime_blocks_type = __cpu_to_le32(o->thinktime_blocks_type);
>         top->fsync_blocks = cpu_to_le32(o->fsync_blocks);
>         top->fdatasync_blocks = cpu_to_le32(o->fdatasync_blocks);
>         top->barrier_blocks = cpu_to_le32(o->barrier_blocks);
> diff --git a/engines/cpu.c b/engines/cpu.c
> index ccbfe00..ce74dbc 100644
> --- a/engines/cpu.c
> +++ b/engines/cpu.c
> @@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ static int fio_cpuio_init(struct thread_data *td)
>          * set thinktime_sleep and thinktime_spin appropriately
>          */
>         o->thinktime_blocks = 1;
> +       o->thinktime_blocks_type = THINKTIME_BLOCKS_TYPE_COMPLETE;
>         o->thinktime_spin = 0;
>         o->thinktime = ((unsigned long long) co->cpucycle *
>                                 (100 - co->cpuload)) / co->cpuload;
> diff --git a/fio.h b/fio.h
> index ee582a7..ae6ac76 100644
> --- a/fio.h
> +++ b/fio.h
> @@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ enum {
>
>         RATE_PROCESS_LINEAR = 0,
>         RATE_PROCESS_POISSON = 1,
> +
> +       THINKTIME_BLOCKS_TYPE_COMPLETE = 0,
> +       THINKTIME_BLOCKS_TYPE_ISSUE = 1,

You could probably skip the _TYPE (see RATE_PROCESS above) but this is
a very minor comment.

>  };
>
>  enum {
> @@ -355,6 +358,8 @@ struct thread_data {
>         struct fio_sem *sem;
>         uint64_t bytes_done[DDIR_RWDIR_CNT];
>
> +       uint64_t *thinktime_blocks_counter;
> +
>         /*
>          * State for random io, a bitmap of blocks done vs not done
>          */
> diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
> index 955bf95..2898850 100644
> --- a/options.c
> +++ b/options.c
> @@ -3609,6 +3609,28 @@ struct fio_option fio_options[FIO_MAX_OPTS] = {
>                 .group  = FIO_OPT_G_THINKTIME,
>         },
>         {
> +               .name   = "thinktime_blocks_type",
> +               .lname  = "Thinktime blocks type",
> +               .type   = FIO_OPT_STR,
> +               .off1   = offsetof(struct thread_options, thinktime_blocks_type),
> +               .help   = "How thinktime_blocks takes effect",
> +               .def    = "complete",
> +               .category = FIO_OPT_C_IO,
> +               .group  = FIO_OPT_G_THINKTIME,
> +               .posval = {
> +                         { .ival = "complete",
> +                           .oval = THINKTIME_BLOCKS_TYPE_COMPLETE,
> +                           .help = "Thinktime_blocks takes effect at the completion side",

I'd lower case thinktime_blocks in this and the following help.

> +                         },
> +                         {
> +                           .ival = "issue",
> +                           .oval = THINKTIME_BLOCKS_TYPE_ISSUE,
> +                           .help = "Thinktime_blocks takes effect at the issue side",
> +                         },
> +               },
> +               .parent = "thinktime",
> +       },
> +       {
>                 .name   = "rate",
>                 .lname  = "I/O rate",
>                 .type   = FIO_OPT_ULL,
> diff --git a/thread_options.h b/thread_options.h
> index 0a03343..f6b1540 100644
> --- a/thread_options.h
> +++ b/thread_options.h
> @@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ struct thread_options {
>         unsigned int thinktime;
>         unsigned int thinktime_spin;
>         unsigned int thinktime_blocks;
> +       unsigned int thinktime_blocks_type;
>         unsigned int fsync_blocks;
>         unsigned int fdatasync_blocks;
>         unsigned int barrier_blocks;
> @@ -479,6 +480,7 @@ struct thread_options_pack {
>         uint32_t thinktime;
>         uint32_t thinktime_spin;
>         uint32_t thinktime_blocks;
> +       uint32_t thinktime_blocks_type;
>         uint32_t fsync_blocks;
>         uint32_t fdatasync_blocks;
>         uint32_t barrier_blocks;
> @@ -506,6 +508,9 @@ struct thread_options_pack {
>         uint32_t stonewall;
>         uint32_t new_group;
>         uint32_t numjobs;
> +
> +       uint8_t pad3[4];
> +
>         /*
>          * We currently can't convert these, so don't enable them
>          */
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>


-- 
Sitsofe



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