[PATCH RFC v2 3/3] io_uring: batch get(ctx->ref) across submits

[Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@xxxxxxxxx>]

Double account ctx->refs keeping number of taken refs in ctx. As
io_uring gets per-request ctx->refs during submission, while holding
ctx->uring_lock, this allows in most of the time to bypass
percpu_ref_get*() and its overhead.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/io_uring.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 5392134f042f..eef09de94609 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@
 #define IORING_MAX_ENTRIES	32768
 #define IORING_MAX_CQ_ENTRIES	(2 * IORING_MAX_ENTRIES)
 
+/* Not less than IORING_MAX_ENTRIES, so can grab once per submission loop */
+#define IORING_REFS_THRESHOLD	IORING_MAX_ENTRIES
+
 /*
  * Shift of 9 is 512 entries, or exactly one page on 64-bit archs
  */
@@ -197,6 +200,7 @@ struct fixed_file_data {
 struct io_ring_ctx {
 	struct {
 		struct percpu_ref	refs;
+		unsigned long		taken_refs; /* used under @uring_lock */
 	} ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
 
 	struct {
@@ -690,6 +694,13 @@ static void io_ring_ctx_ref_free(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 	complete(&ctx->completions[0]);
 }
 
+static void io_free_taken_refs(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	if (ctx->taken_refs)
+		percpu_ref_put_many(&ctx->refs, ctx->taken_refs);
+	ctx->taken_refs = 0;
+}
+
 static struct io_ring_ctx *io_ring_ctx_alloc(struct io_uring_params *p)
 {
 	struct io_ring_ctx *ctx;
@@ -4388,7 +4399,6 @@ static int io_submit_sqes(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, unsigned int nr,
 	struct io_submit_state state, *statep = NULL;
 	struct io_kiocb *link = NULL;
 	int i, submitted = 0;
-	unsigned int extra_refs;
 	bool mm_fault = false;
 
 	/* if we have a backlog and couldn't flush it all, return BUSY */
@@ -4398,9 +4408,15 @@ static int io_submit_sqes(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, unsigned int nr,
 			return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
-	if (!percpu_ref_tryget_many(&ctx->refs, nr))
-		return -EAGAIN;
-	extra_refs = nr;
+	if (ctx->taken_refs < IORING_REFS_THRESHOLD) {
+		if (unlikely(percpu_ref_is_dying(&ctx->refs))) {
+			io_free_taken_refs(ctx);
+			return -ENXIO;
+		}
+		if (!percpu_ref_tryget_many(&ctx->refs, IORING_REFS_THRESHOLD))
+			return -EAGAIN;
+		ctx->taken_refs += IORING_REFS_THRESHOLD;
+	}
 
 	if (nr > IO_PLUG_THRESHOLD) {
 		io_submit_state_start(&state, nr);
@@ -4417,8 +4433,9 @@ static int io_submit_sqes(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, unsigned int nr,
 				submitted = -EAGAIN;
 			break;
 		}
-		--extra_refs;
 		if (!io_get_sqring(ctx, req, &sqe)) {
+			/* not submitted, but a ref is freed */
+			ctx->taken_refs--;
 			__io_free_req(req);
 			break;
 		}
@@ -4454,8 +4471,7 @@ static int io_submit_sqes(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, unsigned int nr,
 		io_queue_link_head(link);
 	if (statep)
 		io_submit_state_end(&state);
-	if (extra_refs)
-		percpu_ref_put_many(&ctx->refs, extra_refs);
+	ctx->taken_refs -= submitted;
 
 	 /* Commit SQ ring head once we've consumed and submitted all SQEs */
 	io_commit_sqring(ctx);
@@ -5731,6 +5747,7 @@ static int io_uring_fasync(int fd, struct file *file, int on)
 static void io_ring_ctx_wait_and_kill(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&ctx->uring_lock);
+	io_free_taken_refs(ctx);
 	percpu_ref_kill(&ctx->refs);
 	mutex_unlock(&ctx->uring_lock);
 
@@ -6196,6 +6213,7 @@ static int __io_uring_register(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, unsigned opcode,
 
 	if (opcode != IORING_UNREGISTER_FILES &&
 	    opcode != IORING_REGISTER_FILES_UPDATE) {
+		io_free_taken_refs(ctx);
 		percpu_ref_kill(&ctx->refs);
 
 		/*
-- 
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