Oh, I didn't realise that was included. I did a quick test doing a dd off a NFS mount but I did not see the read_bytes increment - rchar yes, read_bytes no (as before). This was an NFSv3 mount. Daire On Wed, 22 Feb 2023 at 15:57, David Wysochanski <dwysocha@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Thanks Daire! Did this also resolve the issue with > /proc/PID/io/read_bytes you reported (link below) > since netfs should increment that count now? > > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/CAPt2mGNEYUk5u8V4abe=5MM5msZqmvzCVrtCP4Qw1n=gCHCnww@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 7:51 AM Daire Byrne <daire@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Dave, > > > > Thanks for this! I have been testing it with our production (render > > farm) loads for the last couple of days and have not run into any > > issues so far. It seems to be performing on par with your previous > > version of the patchset (based on v6.0). > > > > I am also running with both the "known issues" dhowells patches [8] & > > [9] mentioned in your email (as I was with your previous version). > > > > Tested-by: Daire Byrne <daire@xxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > > On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 at 13:44, Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Trond, this v11 patchset addresses your latest feedback on patch #2, > > > and I did a little bit of cleanup to patch 3 (see Changes notes below). > > > I'm not sure of further changes to patch #3 without a more in-depth > > > review with specifics, if you feel the current approach is unacceptable [1]. > > > > > > Ben and Daire, if you could test this set and provide you feedback > > > and a Tested-By: that would be appreciated. This set addresses > > > the existing NFS + fscache performance concerns seen by a few > > > users [5], which is due to utilization use of the deprecated > > > single-page function, fscache_fallback_read_page(). However, > > > until "known issue #1" below is also resolved, even with these > > > patches, performance of NFS+fscache will still be a problem > > > in some scenarios. > > > > > > This patchset converts NFS with fscache buffered read IO paths to > > > use the netfs API with a non-invasive approach. The existing NFS pgio > > > layer does not need extensive changes, and is the best way so far I've > > > found to address Trond's previous concerns about modifying the IO > > > path [2] as well as only enabling netfs when fscache is configured > > > and enabled [3]. I have not attempted performance comparisions to > > > address Chuck Lever's concern [4] because we are not converting the > > > non-fscache enabled NFS IO paths to netfs. > > > > > > The patchset is based on Trond's latest 'testing' branch which includes > > > his folio patchset, and is based on 6.2-rc5. It has been pushed to > > > github at: > > > https://github.com/DaveWysochanskiRH/kernel/commits/nfs-fscache-netfs > > > https://github.com/DaveWysochanskiRH/kernel/commit/6424e4f139652b7552eff26eb5da1f2282d35616 > > > > > > Changes since v10 [6] > > > ===================== > > > PATCH6: Dropped > > > PATCH1: Rename nfs_pageio_add_page to nfs_read_add_folio > > > PATCH2: Use anonymous union to add struct netfs_inode to nfs_inode (Trond) [7] > > > PATCH3: Change nfs_netfs_readpage_release() to nfs_netfs_folio_unlock() > > > > > > Testing > > > ======= > > > I did a full round of testing on this because it was rebased on top of > > > Trond's testing branch which included his folio series. > > > All of my unit tests pass except the one with the known issue #1 below. > > > Multiple runs of xfstests generic tests (applicable to NFS) were run with > > > with various servers, both with and without fscache enabled, and > > > compared to baseline (Trond's testing branch). No new failures were > > > observed with these patches, and in some xfstest instances, this > > > patchset improves the results (some tests that were failing now pass). > > > - hammerspace(pNFS flexfiles): NFS4.1, NFS4.2 > > > - NetApp(pNFS filelayout): NFS4.1, NFS4.0, NFS3 > > > - RHEL9: NFS4.2, NFS4.1, NFS4.0, NFS3 > > > > > > Known issues > > > ============ > > > 1. Unit test setting rsize < readahead does not properly read from > > > fscache but re-reads data from the NFS server > > > * This will be fixed with another dhowells patch [8]: > > > "[PATCH v6 2/2] mm, netfs, fscache: Stop read optimisation when folio removed from pagecache" > > > * Daire Byrne verified the patch fixes his issue as well > > > > > > 2. "Cache volume key already in use" after xfstest runs involving multiple mounts > > > * Simple reproducer requires just two mounts as follows: > > > mount -overs=4.1,fsc,nosharecache -o context=system_u:object_r:root_t:s0 nfs-server:/exp1 /mnt1 > > > mount -overs=4.1,fsc,nosharecache -o context=system_u:object_r:root_t:s0 nfs-server:/exp2 /mnt2 > > > * This should be fixed with dhowells patch [9]: > > > "[PATCH v5] vfs, security: Fix automount superblock LSM init problem, preventing NFS sb sharing" > > > > > > > > > References > > > ========== > > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/0676ecb2bb708e6fc29dbbe6b44551d6a0d021dc.camel@xxxxxxxxxx/ > > > [2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/9cfd5bc3cfc6abc2d3316b0387222e708d67f595.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > > [3] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/da9200f1bded9b8b078a7aef227fd6b92eb028fb.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > > [4] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/0A640C47-5F51-47E8-864D-E0E980F8B310@xxxxxxxxxx/ > > > [5] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/CA+QRt4tPqH87NVkoETLjxieGjZ_f7XxRj+xS3NVxcJ+b8AAKQg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > > [6] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/20221103161637.1725471-1-dwysocha@xxxxxxxxxx/ > > > [7] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/4d60636f62df4f5c200666ed2d1a5f2414c18e1f.camel@xxxxxxxxxx/ > > > [8] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/20230216150701.3654894-1-dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#mf3807fa68fb6d495b87dde0d76b5237833a0cc81 > > > [9] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel/217595.1662033775@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > > > > > Dave Wysochanski (5): > > > NFS: Rename readpage_async_filler to nfs_read_add_folio > > > NFS: Configure support for netfs when NFS fscache is configured > > > NFS: Convert buffered read paths to use netfs when fscache is enabled > > > NFS: Remove all NFSIOS_FSCACHE counters due to conversion to netfs API > > > NFS: Remove fscache specific trace points and NFS_INO_FSCACHE bit > > > > > > fs/nfs/Kconfig | 1 + > > > fs/nfs/fscache.c | 242 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- > > > fs/nfs/fscache.h | 131 ++++++++++++++------ > > > fs/nfs/inode.c | 2 + > > > fs/nfs/internal.h | 9 ++ > > > fs/nfs/iostat.h | 17 --- > > > fs/nfs/nfstrace.h | 91 -------------- > > > fs/nfs/pagelist.c | 4 + > > > fs/nfs/read.c | 105 ++++++++-------- > > > fs/nfs/super.c | 11 -- > > > include/linux/nfs_fs.h | 25 ++-- > > > include/linux/nfs_iostat.h | 12 -- > > > include/linux/nfs_page.h | 3 + > > > include/linux/nfs_xdr.h | 3 + > > > 14 files changed, 317 insertions(+), 339 deletions(-) > > > > > > -- > > > 2.31.1 > > > > > > -- Linux-cachefs mailing list Linux-cachefs@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cachefs
