Re: [RFC 0/2] ext4: Improve locking sequence in DIO write path

[Ritesh Harjani <riteshh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

On 9/19/19 7:38 AM, Joseph Qi wrote:
> On 19/9/18 18:03, Ritesh Harjani wrote:
> > Hello Joseph,
> >
> > First of all thanks a lot for collecting a thorough
> > performance numbers.
> >
> > On 9/18/19 12:05 PM, Joseph Qi wrote:
> > > Hi Ritesh,
> > >
> > > On 19/9/17 18:32, Ritesh Harjani wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > This patch series is based on the upstream discussion with Jan
> > > > & Joseph @ [1].
> > > > It is based on top of Matthew's v3 ext4 iomap patch series [2]
> > > >
> > > > Patch-1: Adds the ext4_ilock/unlock APIs and also replaces all
> > > > inode_lock/unlock instances from fs/ext4/*
> > > >
> > > > For now I already accounted for trylock/lock issue symantics
> > > > (which was discussed here [3]) in the same patch,
> > > > since the this whole patch was around inode_lock/unlock API,
> > > > so I thought it will be best to address that issue in the same patch.
> > > > However, kindly let me know if otherwise.
> > > >
> > > > Patch-2: Commit msg of this patch describes in detail about
> > > > what it is doing.
> > > > In brief - we try to first take the shared lock (instead of exclusive
> > > > lock), unless it is a unaligned_io or extend_io. Then in
> > > > ext4_dio_write_checks(), if we start with shared lock, we see
> > > > if we can really continue with shared lock or not. If not, then
> > > > we release the shared lock then acquire exclusive lock
> > > > and restart ext4_dio_write_checks().
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Tested against few xfstests (with dioread_nolock mount option),
> > > > those ran fine (ext4 & generic).
> > > >
> > > > I tried testing performance numbers on my VM (since I could not get
> > > > hold of any real h/w based test device). I could test the fact
> > > > that earlier we were trying to do downgrade_write() lock, but with
> > > > this patch, that path is now avoided for fio test case
> > > > (as reported by Joseph in [4]).
> > > > But for the actual results, I am not sure if VM machine testing could
> > > > really give the reliable perf numbers which we want to take a look at.
> > > > Though I do observe some form of perf improvements, but I could not
> > > > get any reliable numbers (not even with the same list of with/without
> > > > patches with which Joseph posted his numbers [1]).
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > @Joseph,
> > > > Would it be possible for you to give your test case a run with this
> > > > patches? That will be really helpful.
> > > >
> > > > Branch for this is hosted at below tree.
> > > >
> > > > https://github.com/riteshharjani/linux/tree/ext4-ilock-RFC
> > > I've tested your branch, the result is:
> > > mounting with dioread_nolock, it behaves the same like reverting
> > > parallel dio reads + dioread_nolock;
> >
> > Good sign, means that patch is doing what it is supposed to do.
> >
> >
> > > while mounting without dioread_nolock, no improvement, or even worse.
> > > Please refer the test data below.
> > Actually without dioread_nolock, we take the restart path.
> > i.e. initially we start with SHARED_LOCK, but if dioread_nolock
> > is not enabled (or check some other conditions like overwrite),
> > we release the shared lock and re-acquire the EXCL lock.
> >
> >
> > But as an optimization, I added the below diff just now
> > to directly first check for ext4_should_dioread_nolock too
> > before taking the shared lock.
> >
> > I think with this we should not see any performance regression
> > (even without dioread_nolock mount option).
> > Since it will directly start with exclusive lock
> > if dioread_nolock mount option is not enabled.
> >
> > I have updated the tree with this diff in same branch.
> >
> >
> > ext4_dio_file_write_iter ()
> > <...>
> >
> > 498         if (iolock == EXT4_IOLOCK_SHARED && !ext4_should_dioread_nolock(inode))
> > 499                 iolock = EXT4_IOLOCK_EXCL;
> > 500
> > <...>
> With this optimization, when mounting without dioread_nolock, it has
> a little improvement compared to the last ilock version, but still
> poor than original, especially for big block size.

Finally, I got hold of some HW. I am collecting the numbers as we speak.
Will post those tomorrow.

Thanks for your help!!

-ritesh



> w/        = with parallel dio reads (original)
> w/o       = reverting parallel dio reads
> w/o+      = reverting parallel dio reads + dioread_nolock
> ilock     = ext4-ilock-RFC
> ilock+    = ext4-ilock-RFC + dioread_nolock
> ilocknew  = ext4-ilock-RFC latest
> ilocknew+ = ext4-ilock-RFC latest + dioread_nolock
>
>
> bs=4k:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>            |            READ           |           WRITE          |
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> w/        | 30898KB/s,7724,555.00us   | 30875KB/s,7718,479.70us  |
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> w/o       | 117915KB/s,29478,248.18us | 117854KB/s,29463,21.91us |
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> w/o+      | 123450KB/s,30862,245.77us | 123368KB/s,30841,12.14us |
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> ilock     | 29964KB/s,7491,326.70us   | 29940KB/s,7485,740.62us  |
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> ilocknew  | 30190KB/s,7547,497.47us   | 30159KB/s,7539,561.85us  |
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> ilock+    | 123685KB/s,30921,245.52us | 123601KB/s,30900,12.11us |
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> ilocknew+ | 123169KB/s,30792,245.81us | 123087KB/s,30771,12.85us |
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> bs=16k:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>            |            READ           |           WRITE          |
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> w/        | 58961KB/s,3685,835.28us   | 58877KB/s,3679,1335.98us |
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> w/o       | 218409KB/s,13650,554.46us | 218257KB/s,13641,29.22us |
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> w/o+      | 222477KB/s,13904,552.94us | 222322KB/s,13895,20.28us |
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> ilock     | 56039KB/s,3502,632.96us   | 55943KB/s,3496,1652.72us |
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> ilocknew  | 57317KB/s,3582,1023.88us  | 57230KB/s,3576,1209.91us |
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> ilock+    | 222747KB/s,13921,552.57us | 222592KB/s,13912,20.31us |
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> ilocknew+ | 221945KB/s,13871,552.61us | 221791KB/s,13861,21.29us |
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> bs=64k
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>            |            READ           |           WRITE           |
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> w/        | 119396KB/s,1865,1759.38us | 119159KB/s,1861,2532.26us |
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> w/o       | 422815KB/s,6606,1146.05us | 421619KB/s,6587,60.72us   |
> --------------------------------------------,----------------------
> w/o+      | 427406KB/s,6678,1141.52us | 426197KB/s,6659,52.79us   |
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> ilock     | 105800KB/s,1653,1451.68us | 105721KB/s,1651,3388.64us |
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> ilocknew  | 107447KB/s,1678,1654.33us | 107322KB/s,1676,3112.96us |
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> ilock+    | 427678KB/s,6682,1142.13us | 426468KB/s,6663,52.31us   |
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> ilocknew+ | 427054KB/s,6672,1143.43us | 425846KB/s,6653,52.87us   |
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> bs=512k
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>            |            READ           |           WRITE           |
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> w/        | 392973KB/s,767,5046.35us  | 393165KB/s,767,5359.86us  |
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> w/o       | 590266KB/s,1152,4312.01us | 590554KB/s,1153,2606.82us |
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> w/o+      | 618752KB/s,1208,4125.82us | 619054KB/s,1209,2487.90us |
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> ilock     | 296239KB/s,578,4703.10us  | 296384KB/s,578,9049.32us  |
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> ilocknew  | 309740KB/s,604,5485.93us  | 309892KB/s,605,7666.79us  |
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> ilock+    | 616636KB/s,1204,4143.38us | 616937KB/s,1204,2490.08us |
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> ilocknew+ | 618159KB/s,1207,4129.76us | 618461KB/s,1207,2486.90us |
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> bs=1M
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>            |            READ           |           WRITE           |
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> w/        | 487779KB/s,476,8058.55us  | 485592KB/s,474,8630.51us  |
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> w/o       | 593927KB/s,580,7623.63us  | 591265KB/s,577,6163.42us  |
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> w/o+      | 615011KB/s,600,7399.93us  | 612255KB/s,597,5936.61us  |
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> ilock     | 394762KB/s,385,7097.55us  | 392993KB/s,383,13626.98us |
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> ilocknew  | 422052KB/s,412,8338.16us  | 420161KB/s,410,11008.95us |
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> ilock+    | 626183KB/s,611,7319.16us  | 623377KB/s,608,5773.24us  |
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> ilocknew+ | 626006KB/s,611,7281.09us  | 623200KB/s,608,5817.84us  |
> -------------------------------------------------------------------