Adds hipri option to the Linux sg driver engine. This turns on the
SGV4_FLAG_HIPRI flag in recent sg drivers (January 2021) on READ
and WRITE commands (and not on UNMAP (trim), VERIFY, etc). Uses
blk_poll() and the mq_poll() callback in SCSI LLDs. The mechanism
is also called "iopoll".
The Linux sg engine in fio uses the struct sg_io_hdr based interface
known as the sg driver "v3" interface.
Linux sg drivers in the kernel prior to January 2021 (sg version
4.0.12) will just ignore the SGV4_FLAG_HIPRI flag and do normal
completions where LLDs indicate command completion with a (software)
interrupt or similar mechanism.
Update fio.1 (manpage) with new hipri sg engine option.
Signed-off-by: Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
engines/sg.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
fio.1 | 10 ++++++++++
2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/engines/sg.c b/engines/sg.c
index a1a6de4c..0c2d2c8b 100644
--- a/engines/sg.c
+++ b/engines/sg.c
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@
#ifdef FIO_HAVE_SGIO
+#ifndef SGV4_FLAG_HIPRI
+#define SGV4_FLAG_HIPRI 0x800
+#endif
+
enum {
FIO_SG_WRITE = 1,
FIO_SG_WRITE_VERIFY = 2,
@@ -68,12 +72,22 @@ enum {
struct sg_options {
void *pad;
+ unsigned int hipri;
unsigned int readfua;
unsigned int writefua;
unsigned int write_mode;
};
static struct fio_option options[] = {
+ {
+ .name = "hipri",
+ .lname = "High Priority",
+ .type = FIO_OPT_STR_SET,
+ .off1 = offsetof(struct sg_options, hipri),
+ .help = "Use polled IO completions",
+ .category = FIO_OPT_C_ENGINE,
+ .group = FIO_OPT_G_SG,
+ },
{
.name = "readfua",
.lname = "sg engine read fua flag support",
@@ -527,6 +541,8 @@ static int fio_sgio_prep(struct thread_data *td, struct io_u *io_u)
else
hdr->cmdp[0] = 0x88; // read(16)
+ if (o->hipri)
+ hdr->flags |= SGV4_FLAG_HIPRI;
if (o->readfua)
hdr->cmdp[1] |= 0x08;
@@ -542,6 +558,8 @@ static int fio_sgio_prep(struct thread_data *td, struct io_u *io_u)
hdr->cmdp[0] = 0x2a; // write(10)
else
hdr->cmdp[0] = 0x8a; // write(16)
+ if (o->hipri)
+ hdr->flags |= SGV4_FLAG_HIPRI;
if (o->writefua)
hdr->cmdp[1] |= 0x08;
break;
@@ -865,6 +883,7 @@ static int fio_sgio_init(struct thread_data *td)
{
struct sgio_data *sd;
struct sgio_trim *st;
+ struct sg_io_hdr *h3p;
int i;
sd = calloc(1, sizeof(*sd));
@@ -880,12 +899,13 @@ static int fio_sgio_init(struct thread_data *td)
#ifdef FIO_SGIO_DEBUG
sd->trim_queue_map = calloc(td->o.iodepth, sizeof(int));
#endif
- for (i = 0; i < td->o.iodepth; i++) {
+ for (i = 0, h3p = sd->sgbuf; i < td->o.iodepth; i++, ++h3p) {
sd->trim_queues[i] = calloc(1, sizeof(struct sgio_trim));
st = sd->trim_queues[i];
st->unmap_param = calloc(td->o.iodepth + 1, sizeof(char[16]));
st->unmap_range_count = 0;
st->trim_io_us = calloc(td->o.iodepth, sizeof(struct io_u *));
+ h3p->interface_id = 'S';
}
td->io_ops_data = sd;
diff --git a/fio.1 b/fio.1
index d477b508..9636a85f 100644
--- a/fio.1
+++ b/fio.1
@@ -2114,6 +2114,16 @@ client and the server or in certain loopback configurations.
Specify stat system call type to measure lookup/getattr performance.
Default is \fBstat\fR for \fBstat\fR\|(2).
.TP
+.BI (sg)hipri
+If this option is set, fio will attempt to use polled IO completions. This
+will have a similar effect as (io_uring)hipri. Only SCSI READ and WRITE
+commands will have the SGV4_FLAG_HIPRI set (not UNMAP (trim) nor VERIFY).
+Older versions of the Linux sg driver that do not support hipri will simply
+ignore this flag and do normal IO. The Linux SCSI Low Level Driver (LLD)
+that "owns" the device also needs to support hipri (also known as iopoll
+and mq_poll). The MegaRAID driver is an example of a SCSI LLD.
+Default: clear (0) which does normal (interrupted based) IO.
+.TP
.BI (sg)readfua \fR=\fPbool
With readfua option set to 1, read operations include the force
unit access (fua) flag. Default: 0.
--
2.25.1
