Hi, AndreaThank you for your comments > Dong-Jae Kang wrote:>> Hi, Andrea>>>> thank you for your contribution to community>> these days, I am testing several IO controllers in container ML,>> dm-ioband by Ryo tsuruta(v1.7.0), 2-Layer CFQ by Satoshi and your>> io-throttle(v11)>> Thanks! this is surely a valuable task.>>>>> I have several question about io-throttle>> below is my test reusult of io-throttle(v11) with xdd 6.5>> But, I think I have something wrong, as showed in result>> In direct IO mode, Only read operation was controlled by io-throttle>> Can you check my test procedure and result and comments to me about that>> Your procedure is correct. Anyway, you found a known bug in io-throttle> v11. If you want to properly use it you need to mount the memory> controller together with blockio, since currently blockio depends on it> to retrieve the owner of a page during writes in submit_bio().>> As reported in:>> [PATCH -mm 4/6] memcg: interface to charge the right cgroup of asynchronous i/o activity>> this is no more than a hack and in perspective a more generic framework> able to provide this functionality should be used (i.e. bio-cgroup). But, In my opinion,it is some strange that the bandwidth of write operation in direct IOmode was not controlled by io-throttleI think [PATCH -mm 4/6] is for control of buffered IO.Do I misunderstand it? > I'll fix this issue in the next version of io-throttle (probably I'll> try to rewrite io-throttle on top of bio-cgroup), but for now the> workaround is to mount the cgroupfs using -o blockio,memory (at least).> Oh, it sounds good.I look foward to your next io-throttle >>>> additionally, your testing shell script(run_io_throttle_test.sh) for>> io-throttle was not updated for new io-throttle>> so, it could be operated after I fixed it>> The testing of iops limiting is not yet implemented and I don't have a> very good testcase for this, but I can share with you a small script that> I'm using to check if iops limiting is working or not, if you're interested. thank you, Andrea.I want to check iops limiting of io-throttle is working well.Have a nice day...>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------->> - Test System Information>>>> Computer Name, localhost.localdomain, User Name, root>> OS release and version, Linux 2.6.27-rc5-mm1 #1 SMP Thu Oct 9 18:27:09 KST 2008>> Machine hardware type, i686>> Number of processors on this system, 1>> Page size in bytes, 4096>> Number of physical pages, 515885>> Megabytes of physical memory, 2015>> Target[0] Q[0], /dev/sdb>> Per-pass time limit in seconds, 30>> Blocksize in bytes, 512>> Request size, 128, blocks, 65536, bytes>> Number of Requests, 16384>> Number of MegaBytes, 512 or 1024>> Direct I/O, disabled or enable>> Seek pattern, sequential>> Queue Depth, 1>>>> - Test Procedure>>>> mkdir /dev/blockioctl>> mount -t cgroup -o blockio cgroup /dev/blockioctl>> mkdir /dev/blockioctl/cgroup-1>> mkdir /dev/blockioctl/cgroup-2>> mkdir /dev/blockioctl/cgroup-3>> echo /dev/sdb:$((1024*1024)):0:0 >>> /dev/blockioctl/cgroup-1/blockio.bandwidth-max>> echo /dev/sdb:$((2*1024*1024)):0:0 >>> /dev/blockioctl/cgroup-2/blockio.bandwidth-max>> echo /dev/sdb:$((3*1024*1024)):0:0 >>> /dev/blockioctl/cgroup-3/blockio.bandwidth-max>> in terminal 1, echo $$ > /dev/blockioctl/cgroup-1/tasks>> in terminal 2, echo $$ > /dev/blockioctl/cgroup-2/tasks>> in terminal 3, echo $$ > /dev/blockioctl/cgroup-3/tasks>> in each terminal, xdd.linux -op write( or read ) -targets 1 /dev/sdb>> -blocksize 512 -reqsize 128 -mbytes 1024( or 512 ) -timelimit 30>> -verbose –dio(enable or disable)>>>> - setting status information>>>> [root@localhost blockioctl]# cat ./cgroup-1/blockio.bandwidth-max>> 8 16 1048576 0 0 0 13016>> [root@localhost blockioctl]# cat ./cgroup-2/blockio.bandwidth-max>> 8 16 2097152 0 0 0 11763>> [root@localhost blockioctl]# cat ./cgroup-3/blockio.bandwidth-max>> 8 16 3145728 0 0 0 11133>>>> - Test Result>> xdd.linux -op read -targets 1 /dev/sdb -blocksize 512 -reqsize 128>> -mbytes 512 -timelimit 30 -dio -verbose>>>> cgroup-1>>>> T Q Bytes Ops Time Rate IOPS Latency>> %CPU OP_Type ReqSize>> 0 1 31522816 481 30.005 1.051 16.03 0.0624>> 0.00 read 65536>> 0 1 31522816 481 30.005 1.051 16.03 0.0624>> 0.00 read 65536>> 1 1 31522816 481 30.005 1.051 16.03 0.0624>> 0.00 read 65536>>>> cgroup-2>>>> T Q Bytes Ops Time Rate IOPS Latency>> %CPU OP_Type ReqSize>> 0 1 62980096 961 30.001 2.099 32.03 0.0312>> 0.00 read 65536>> 0 1 62980096 961 30.001 2.099 32.03 0.0312>> 0.00 read 65536>> 1 1 62980096 961 30.001 2.099 32.03 0.0312>> 0.00 read 65536>>>> cgroup-3>>>> T Q Bytes Ops Time Rate IOPS Latency>> %CPU OP_Type ReqSize>> 0 1 94437376 1441 30.003 3.148 48.03 0.0208>> 0.00 read 65536>> 0 1 94437376 1441 30.003 3.148 48.03 0.0208>> 0.00 read 65536>> 1 1 94437376 1441 30.003 3.148 48.03 0.0208>> 0.00 read 65536>>>> xdd.linux -op write -targets 1 /dev/sdb -blocksize 512 -reqsize 128>> -mbytes 512 -timelimit 30 -dio –verbose>>>> cgroup-1>>>> T Q Bytes Ops Time Rate IOPS Latency>> %CPU OP_Type ReqSize>> 0 1 640221184 9769 30.097 21.272 324.58 0.0031>> 0.00 write 65536>> 0 1 640221184 9769 30.097 21.272 324.58 0.0031>> 0.00 write 65536>> 1 1 640221184 9769 30.097 21.272 324.58 0.0031>> 0.00 write 65536>>>> cgroup-2>>>> T Q Bytes Ops Time Rate IOPS Latency>> %CPU OP_Type ReqSize>> 0 1 633798656 9671 30.001 21.126 322.36 0.0031>> 0.00 write 65536>> 0 1 633798656 9671 30.001 21.126 322.36 0.0031>> 0.00 write 65536>> 1 1 633798656 9671 30.001 21.126 322.36 0.0031>> 0.00 write 65536>>>> cgroup-3>>>> T Q Bytes Ops Time Rate IOPS Latency>> %CPU OP_Type ReqSize>> 0 1 630652928 9623 30.001 21.021 320.76 0.0031>> 0.00 write 65536>> 0 1 630652928 9623 30.001 21.021 320.76 0.0031>> 0.00 write 65536>> 1 1 630652928 9623 30.001 21.021 320.76 0.0031>> 0.00 write 65536>>>> xdd.linux -op read -targets 1 /dev/sdb -blocksize 512 -reqsize 128>> -mbytes 1024 -timelimit 30 -verbose>>>> cgroup-1>>>> T Q Bytes Ops Time Rate IOPS Latency>> %CPU OP_Type ReqSize>> 0 1 70123520 1070 30.150 2.326 35.49 0.0282>> 0.00 read 65536>> 0 1 70123520 1070 30.150 2.326 35.49 0.0282>> 0.00 read 65536>> 1 1 70123520 1070 30.150 2.326 35.49 0.0282>> 0.00 read 65536>>>> cgroup-2>>>> T Q Bytes Ops Time Rate IOPS Latency>> %CPU OP_Type ReqSize>> 0 1 70844416 1081 30.063 2.357 35.96 0.0278>> 0.00 read 65536>> 0 1 70844416 1081 30.063 2.357 35.96 0.0278>> 0.00 read 65536>> 1 1 70844416 1081 30.063 2.357 35.96 0.0278>> 0.00 read 65536>>>> cgroup-3>>>> T Q Bytes Ops Time Rate IOPS Latency>> %CPU OP_Type ReqSize>> 0 1 72155136 1101 30.204 2.389 36.45 0.0274>> 0.00 read 65536>> 0 1 72155136 1101 30.204 2.389 36.45 0.0274>> 0.00 read 65536>> 1 1 72155136 1101 30.204 2.389 36.45 0.0274>> 0.00 read 65536>>>> xdd.linux -op write -targets 1 /dev/sdb -blocksize 512 -reqsize 128>> -mbytes 1024 -timelimit 30 -verbose>>>> cgroup-1>>>> T Q Bytes Ops Time Rate IOPS Latency>> %CPU OP_Type ReqSize>> 0 1 818610176 12491 30.031 27.258 415.93 0.0024>> 0.00 write 65536>> 0 1 818610176 12491 30.031 27.258 415.93 0.0024>> 0.00 write 65536>> 1 1 818610176 12491 30.031 27.258 415.93 0.0024>> 0.00 write 65536>>>> cgroup-2>>>> T Q Bytes Ops Time Rate IOPS Latency>> %CPU OP_Type ReqSize>> 0 1 848494592 12947 30.066 28.221 430.62 0.0023>> 0.00 write 65536>> 0 1 848494592 12947 30.066 28.221 430.62 0.0023>> 0.00 write 65536>> 1 1 848494592 12947 30.066 28.221 430.62 0.0023>> 0.00 write 65536>>>> cgroup-3>>>> T Q Bytes Ops Time Rate IOPS Latency>> %CPU OP_Type ReqSize>> 0 1 786563072 12002 30.078 26.151 399.03 0.0025>> 0.00 write 65536>> 0 1 786563072 12002 30.078 26.151 399.03 0.0025>> 0.00 write 65536>> 1 1 786563072 12002 30.078 26.151 399.03 0.0025>> 0.00 write 65536>>>> Best Regards,>> Dong-Jae Kang>>>>>> 2008/10/7 Andrea Righi <righi.andrea@xxxxxxxxx>:>>> The objective of the i/o controller is to improve i/o performance>>> predictability of different cgroups sharing the same block devices.>>>>>> Respect to other priority/weight-based solutions the approach used by this>>> controller is to explicitly choke applications' requests that directly (or>>> indirectly) generate i/o activity in the system.>>>>>> The direct bandwidth and/or iops limiting method has the advantage of improving>>> the performance predictability at the cost of reducing, in general, the overall>>> performance of the system (in terms of throughput).>>>>>> Detailed informations about design, its goal and usage are described in the>>> documentation.>>>>>> Patchset against 2.6.27-rc5-mm1:>>>>>> [PATCH 0/6] cgroup: block device i/o controller (v11)>>> [PATCH 1/6] i/o controller documentation>>> [PATCH 2/6] introduce ratelimiting attributes and functionality to res_counter>>> [PATCH 3/6] i/o controller infrastructure>>> [PATCH 4/6] memcg: interface to charge the right cgroup of asynchronous i/o activity>>> [PATCH 5/6] i/o controller instrumentation: accounting and throttling>>> [PATCH 6/6] export per-task i/o throttling statistics to userspace>>>>>> The all-in-one patch (and previous versions) can be found at:>>> http://download.systemimager.org/~arighi/linux/patches/io-throttle/>>>>>> There are no significant changes respect to v10, I've only implemented/fixed>>> some suggestions I received.>>>>>> Changelog: (v10 -> v11)>>>>>> * report per block device i/o statistics (total bytes read/written and iops)>>> in blockio.stat for i/o limited cgroups>>> * distinct bandwidth and iops statistics: both in blockio.throttlecnt and>>> /proc/PID/io-throttle-stat (suggested by David Radford)>>> * merge res_counter_ratelimit functionality into res_counter, to avoid code>>> duplication (suggested by Paul Manage)>>> * use kernel-doc style for documenting struct res_counter attributes>>> (suggested by Randy Dunalp)>>> * udpated documentation>>>>>> Thanks to all for the feedback!>>> -Andrea> -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DONG-JAE, KANG Senior Member of Engineering Staff Internet Platform Research Dept, S/W Content Research Lab Electronics and 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