Registered buffers are stored and processed in the form of bvec array,
each bvec element typically points to a PAGE_SIZE page but can also work
with hugepages. Specifically, a buffer consisting of a hugepage is
coalesced to use only one hugepage bvec entry during registration.
This coalescing feature helps to save both the space and DMA-mapping time.
However, currently the coalescing feature doesn't work for multi-hugepage
buffers. For a buffer with several 2M hugepages, we still split it into
thousands of 4K page bvec entries while in fact, we can just use a
handful of hugepage bvecs.
This patch series enables coalescing registered buffers with more than
one hugepages. It optimizes the DMA-mapping time and saves memory for
these kind of buffers.
Testing:
The hugepage fixed buffer I/O can be tested using fio without
modification. The fio command used in the following test is given
in [1]. There's also a liburing testcase in [2]. Also, the system
should have enough hugepages available before testing.
Perf diff of 8M(4 * 2M hugepages) fio randread test:
Before After Symbol
.....................................................
4.68% [k] __blk_rq_map_sg
3.31% [k] dma_direct_map_sg
2.64% [k] dma_pool_alloc
1.09% [k] sg_next
+0.49% [k] dma_map_page_attrs
Perf diff of 8M fio randwrite test:
Before After Symbol
......................................................
2.82% [k] __blk_rq_map_sg
2.05% [k] dma_direct_map_sg
1.75% [k] dma_pool_alloc
0.68% [k] sg_next
+0.08% [k] dma_map_page_attrs
First three patches prepare for adding the multi-hugepage coalescing
into buffer registration, the 4th patch enables the feature.
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Changes since v3:
- Delete unnecessary commit message
- Update test command and test results
v3 : https://lore.kernel.org/io-uring/20240514001614.566276-1-cliang01.li@xxxxxxxxxxx/T/#t
Changes since v2:
- Modify the loop iterator increment to make code cleaner
- Minor fix to the return procedure in coalesced buffer account
- Correct commit messages
- Add test cases in liburing
v2 : https://lore.kernel.org/io-uring/20240513020149.492727-1-cliang01.li@xxxxxxxxxxx/T/#t
Changes since v1:
- Split into 4 patches
- Fix code style issues
- Rearrange the change of code for cleaner look
- Add speciallized pinned page accounting procedure for coalesced
buffers
- Reordered the newly add fields in imu struct for better compaction
v1 : https://lore.kernel.org/io-uring/20240506075303.25630-1-cliang01.li@xxxxxxxxxxx/T/#u
[1]
fio -iodepth=64 -rw=randread(-rw=randwrite) -direct=1 -ioengine=io_uring \
-bs=8M -numjobs=1 -group_reporting -mem=shmhuge -fixedbufs -hugepage-size=2M \
-filename=/dev/nvme0n1 -runtime=10s -name=test1
[2]
https://lore.kernel.org/io-uring/20240514051343.582556-1-cliang01.li@xxxxxxxxxxx/T/#u
Chenliang Li (4):
io_uring/rsrc: add hugepage buffer coalesce helpers
io_uring/rsrc: store folio shift and mask into imu
io_uring/rsrc: add init and account functions for coalesced imus
io_uring/rsrc: enable multi-hugepage buffer coalescing
io_uring/rsrc.c | 217 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
io_uring/rsrc.h | 12 +++
2 files changed, 191 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
base-commit: 59b28a6e37e650c0d601ed87875b6217140cda5d
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2.34.1
