Hi Andreas,
> Shuichi, do you have a properly populated large OST that you could test
> this? Since it is a tunable (/sys/fs/ext4/<dev>/mb_prefetch_limit), it
> should be possible to see the effect on allocation performance at least
> without recompiling the module, though this tunable only appears after
> mount, so you will have a chance to change it right after mount to see
> the effect. Given the long mount time with a bad parameter, this should
> not be hard to observe.
Sure, I will test this on large OST and check if there are any good/bad performance impacts with it.
Thanks
Ihara
> On Jul 21, 2020, at 16:42, Andreas Dilger <adilger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Jul 17, 2020, at 9:53 AM, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> From: Alex Zhuravlev <bzzz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> This should significantly improve bitmap loading, especially for flex
>> groups as it tries to load all bitmaps within a flex.group instead of
>> one by one synchronously.
>>
>> Prefetching is done in 8 * flex_bg groups, so it should be 8 read-ahead
>> reads for a single allocating thread. At the end of allocation the
>> thread waits for read-ahead completion and initializes buddy information
>> so that read-aheads are not lost in case of memory pressure.
>>
>> At cr=0 the number of prefetching IOs is limited per allocation context
>> to prevent a situation when mballoc loads thousands of bitmaps looking
>> for a perfect group and ignoring groups with good chunks.
>>
>> Together with the patch "ext4: limit scanning of uninitialized groups"
>> the mount time (which includes few tiny allocations) of a 1PB filesystem
>> is reduced significantly:
>>
>> 0% full 50%-full unpatched patched
>> mount time 33s 9279s 563s
>>
>> [ Restructured by tytso; removed the state flags in the allocation
>> context, so it can be used to lazily prefetch the allocation bitmaps
>> immediately after the file system is mounted. Skip prefetching
>> block groups which are unitialized. Finally pass in the REQ_RAHEAD
>> flag to the block layer while prefetching. ]
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alex Zhuravlev <bzzz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reviewed-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I re-reviewed the patch with the changes, and it looks OK. I see that
> you reduced the prefetch limit from 32 to 4 group blocks, presumably to
> keep the latency low? It would be useful to see what impact that has
> on the mount time and IO performance of a large filesystem.
>
> Shuichi, do you have a properly populated large OST that you could test
> this? Since it is a tunable (/sys/fs/ext4/<dev>/mb_prefetch_limit), it
> should be possible to see the effect on allocation performance at least
> without recompiling the module, though this tunable only appears after
> mount, so you will have a chance to change it right after mount to see
> the effect. Given the long mount time with a bad parameter, this should
> not be hard to observe.
>
> Cheers, Andreas
>
>> Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> fs/ext4/balloc.c | 14 +++--
>> fs/ext4/ext4.h | 8 ++-
>> fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 132 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>> fs/ext4/sysfs.c | 4 ++
>> 4 files changed, 152 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/ext4/balloc.c b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
>> index 1ba46d87cdf1..aaa9ec5212c8 100644
>> --- a/fs/ext4/balloc.c
>> +++ b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
>> @@ -413,7 +413,8 @@ static int ext4_validate_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb,
>> * Return buffer_head on success or an ERR_PTR in case of failure.
>> */
>> struct buffer_head *
>> -ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t block_group)
>> +ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t block_group,
>> + bool ignore_locked)
>> {
>> struct ext4_group_desc *desc;
>> struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
>> @@ -441,6 +442,12 @@ ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t block_group)
>> return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>> }
>>
>> + if (ignore_locked && buffer_locked(bh)) {
>> + /* buffer under IO already, return if called for prefetching */
>> + put_bh(bh);
>> + return NULL;
>> + }
>> +
>> if (bitmap_uptodate(bh))
>> goto verify;
>>
>> @@ -490,7 +497,8 @@ ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t block_group)
>> trace_ext4_read_block_bitmap_load(sb, block_group);
>> bh->b_end_io = ext4_end_bitmap_read;
>> get_bh(bh);
>> - submit_bh(REQ_OP_READ, REQ_META | REQ_PRIO, bh);
>> + submit_bh(REQ_OP_READ, REQ_META | REQ_PRIO |
>> + ignore_locked ? REQ_RAHEAD : 0, bh);
>> return bh;
>> verify:
>> err = ext4_validate_block_bitmap(sb, desc, block_group, bh);
>> @@ -534,7 +542,7 @@ ext4_read_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t block_group)
>> struct buffer_head *bh;
>> int err;
>>
>> - bh = ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait(sb, block_group);
>> + bh = ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait(sb, block_group, false);
>> if (IS_ERR(bh))
>> return bh;
>> err = ext4_wait_block_bitmap(sb, block_group, bh);
>> diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
>> index 42f5060f3cdf..7451662e092a 100644
>> --- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
>> +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
>> @@ -1505,6 +1505,8 @@ struct ext4_sb_info {
>> /* where last allocation was done - for stream allocation */
>> unsigned long s_mb_last_group;
>> unsigned long s_mb_last_start;
>> + unsigned int s_mb_prefetch;
>> + unsigned int s_mb_prefetch_limit;
>>
>> /* stats for buddy allocator */
>> atomic_t s_bal_reqs; /* number of reqs with len > 1 */
>> @@ -2446,7 +2448,8 @@ extern struct ext4_group_desc * ext4_get_group_desc(struct super_block * sb,
>> extern int ext4_should_retry_alloc(struct super_block *sb, int *retries);
>>
>> extern struct buffer_head *ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait(struct super_block *sb,
>> - ext4_group_t block_group);
>> + ext4_group_t block_group,
>> + bool ignore_locked);
>> extern int ext4_wait_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb,
>> ext4_group_t block_group,
>> struct buffer_head *bh);
>> @@ -3145,6 +3148,7 @@ struct ext4_group_info {
>> (1 << EXT4_GROUP_INFO_BBITMAP_CORRUPT_BIT)
>> #define EXT4_GROUP_INFO_IBITMAP_CORRUPT \
>> (1 << EXT4_GROUP_INFO_IBITMAP_CORRUPT_BIT)
>> +#define EXT4_GROUP_INFO_BBITMAP_READ_BIT 4
>>
>> #define EXT4_MB_GRP_NEED_INIT(grp) \
>> (test_bit(EXT4_GROUP_INFO_NEED_INIT_BIT, &((grp)->bb_state)))
>> @@ -3159,6 +3163,8 @@ struct ext4_group_info {
>> (set_bit(EXT4_GROUP_INFO_WAS_TRIMMED_BIT, &((grp)->bb_state)))
>> #define EXT4_MB_GRP_CLEAR_TRIMMED(grp) \
>> (clear_bit(EXT4_GROUP_INFO_WAS_TRIMMED_BIT, &((grp)->bb_state)))
>> +#define EXT4_MB_GRP_TEST_AND_SET_READ(grp) \
>> + (test_and_set_bit(EXT4_GROUP_INFO_BBITMAP_READ_BIT, &((grp)->bb_state)))
>>
>> #define EXT4_MAX_CONTENTION 8
>> #define EXT4_CONTENTION_THRESHOLD 2
>> diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
>> index c0a331e2feb0..8a1e6e03c088 100644
>> --- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
>> +++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
>> @@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ static int ext4_mb_init_cache(struct page *page, char *incore, gfp_t gfp)
>> bh[i] = NULL;
>> continue;
>> }
>> - bh[i] = ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait(sb, group);
>> + bh[i] = ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait(sb, group, false);
>> if (IS_ERR(bh[i])) {
>> err = PTR_ERR(bh[i]);
>> bh[i] = NULL;
>> @@ -2209,12 +2209,93 @@ static int ext4_mb_good_group_nolock(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
>> return ret;
>> }
>>
>> +/*
>> + * Start prefetching @nr block bitmaps starting at @group.
>> + * Return the next group which needs to be prefetched.
>> + */
>> +static ext4_group_t
>> +ext4_mb_prefetch(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group,
>> + unsigned int nr, int *cnt)
>> +{
>> + ext4_group_t ngroups = ext4_get_groups_count(sb);
>> + struct buffer_head *bh;
>> + struct blk_plug plug;
>> +
>> + blk_start_plug(&plug);
>> + while (nr-- > 0) {
>> + struct ext4_group_desc *gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, group,
>> + NULL);
>> + struct ext4_group_info *grp = ext4_get_group_info(sb, group);
>> +
>> + /*
>> + * Prefetch block groups with free blocks; but don't
>> + * bother if it is marked uninitialized on disk, since
>> + * it won't require I/O to read. Also only try to
>> + * prefetch once, so we avoid getblk() call, which can
>> + * be expensive.
>> + */
>> + if (!EXT4_MB_GRP_TEST_AND_SET_READ(grp) &&
>> + EXT4_MB_GRP_NEED_INIT(grp) &&
>> + ext4_free_group_clusters(sb, gdp) > 0 &&
>> + !(ext4_has_group_desc_csum(sb) &&
>> + (gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT)))) {
>> + bh = ext4_read_block_bitmap_nowait(sb, group, true);
>> + if (bh && !IS_ERR(bh)) {
>> + if (!buffer_uptodate(bh) && cnt)
>> + (*cnt)++;
>> + brelse(bh);
>> + }
>> + }
>> + if (++group >= ngroups)
>> + group = 0;
>> + }
>> + blk_finish_plug(&plug);
>> + return group;
>> +}
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * Prefetching reads the block bitmap into the buffer cache; but we
>> + * need to make sure that the buddy bitmap in the page cache has been
>> + * initialized. Note that ext4_mb_init_group() will block if the I/O
>> + * is not yet completed, or indeed if it was not initiated by
>> + * ext4_mb_prefetch did not start the I/O.
>> + *
>> + * TODO: We should actually kick off the buddy bitmap setup in a work
>> + * queue when the buffer I/O is completed, so that we don't block
>> + * waiting for the block allocation bitmap read to finish when
>> + * ext4_mb_prefetch_fini is called from ext4_mb_regular_allocator().
>> + */
>> +static void
>> +ext4_mb_prefetch_fini(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group,
>> + unsigned int nr)
>> +{
>> + while (nr-- > 0) {
>> + struct ext4_group_desc *gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, group,
>> + NULL);
>> + struct ext4_group_info *grp = ext4_get_group_info(sb, group);
>> +
>> + if (!group)
>> + group = ext4_get_groups_count(sb);
>> + group--;
>> + grp = ext4_get_group_info(sb, group);
>> +
>> + if (EXT4_MB_GRP_NEED_INIT(grp) &&
>> + ext4_free_group_clusters(sb, gdp) > 0 &&
>> + !(ext4_has_group_desc_csum(sb) &&
>> + (gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT)))) {
>> + if (ext4_mb_init_group(sb, group, GFP_NOFS))
>> + break;
>> + }
>> + }
>> +}
>> +
>> static noinline_for_stack int
>> ext4_mb_regular_allocator(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac)
>> {
>> - ext4_group_t ngroups, group, i;
>> + ext4_group_t prefetch_grp = 0, ngroups, group, i;
>> int cr = -1;
>> int err = 0, first_err = 0;
>> + unsigned int nr = 0, prefetch_ios = 0;
>> struct ext4_sb_info *sbi;
>> struct super_block *sb;
>> struct ext4_buddy e4b;
>> @@ -2282,6 +2363,7 @@ ext4_mb_regular_allocator(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac)
>> * from the goal value specified
>> */
>> group = ac->ac_g_ex.fe_group;
>> + prefetch_grp = group;
>>
>> for (i = 0; i < ngroups; group++, i++) {
>> int ret = 0;
>> @@ -2293,6 +2375,29 @@ ext4_mb_regular_allocator(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac)
>> if (group >= ngroups)
>> group = 0;
>>
>> + /*
>> + * Batch reads of the block allocation bitmaps
>> + * to get multiple READs in flight; limit
>> + * prefetching at cr=0/1, otherwise mballoc can
>> + * spend a lot of time loading imperfect groups
>> + */
>> + if ((prefetch_grp == group) &&
>> + (cr > 1 ||
>> + prefetch_ios < sbi->s_mb_prefetch_limit)) {
>> + unsigned int curr_ios = prefetch_ios;
>> +
>> + nr = sbi->s_mb_prefetch;
>> + if (ext4_has_feature_flex_bg(sb)) {
>> + nr = (group / sbi->s_mb_prefetch) *
>> + sbi->s_mb_prefetch;
>> + nr = nr + sbi->s_mb_prefetch - group;
>> + }
>> + prefetch_grp = ext4_mb_prefetch(sb, group,
>> + nr, &prefetch_ios);
>> + if (prefetch_ios == curr_ios)
>> + nr = 0;
>> + }
>> +
>> /* This now checks without needing the buddy page */
>> ret = ext4_mb_good_group_nolock(ac, group, cr);
>> if (ret <= 0) {
>> @@ -2367,6 +2472,10 @@ ext4_mb_regular_allocator(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac)
>> mb_debug(sb, "Best len %d, origin len %d, ac_status %u, ac_flags 0x%x, cr %d ret %d\n",
>> ac->ac_b_ex.fe_len, ac->ac_o_ex.fe_len, ac->ac_status,
>> ac->ac_flags, cr, err);
>> +
>> + if (nr)
>> + ext4_mb_prefetch_fini(sb, prefetch_grp, nr);
>> +
>> return err;
>> }
>>
>> @@ -2613,6 +2722,25 @@ static int ext4_mb_init_backend(struct super_block *sb)
>> goto err_freebuddy;
>> }
>>
>> + if (ext4_has_feature_flex_bg(sb)) {
>> + /* a single flex group is supposed to be read by a single IO */
>> + sbi->s_mb_prefetch = 1 << sbi->s_es->s_log_groups_per_flex;
>> + sbi->s_mb_prefetch *= 8; /* 8 prefetch IOs in flight at most */
>> + } else {
>> + sbi->s_mb_prefetch = 32;
>> + }
>> + if (sbi->s_mb_prefetch > ext4_get_groups_count(sb))
>> + sbi->s_mb_prefetch = ext4_get_groups_count(sb);
>> + /* now many real IOs to prefetch within a single allocation at cr=0
>> + * given cr=0 is an CPU-related optimization we shouldn't try to
>> + * load too many groups, at some point we should start to use what
>> + * we've got in memory.
>> + * with an average random access time 5ms, it'd take a second to get
>> + * 200 groups (* N with flex_bg), so let's make this limit 4 */
>> + sbi->s_mb_prefetch_limit = sbi->s_mb_prefetch * 4;
>> + if (sbi->s_mb_prefetch_limit > ext4_get_groups_count(sb))
>> + sbi->s_mb_prefetch_limit = ext4_get_groups_count(sb);
>> +
>> return 0;
>>
>> err_freebuddy:
>> diff --git a/fs/ext4/sysfs.c b/fs/ext4/sysfs.c
>> index 6c9fc9e21c13..31e0db726d21 100644
>> --- a/fs/ext4/sysfs.c
>> +++ b/fs/ext4/sysfs.c
>> @@ -240,6 +240,8 @@ EXT4_RO_ATTR_ES_STRING(last_error_func, s_last_error_func, 32);
>> EXT4_ATTR(first_error_time, 0444, first_error_time);
>> EXT4_ATTR(last_error_time, 0444, last_error_time);
>> EXT4_ATTR(journal_task, 0444, journal_task);
>> +EXT4_RW_ATTR_SBI_UI(mb_prefetch, s_mb_prefetch);
>> +EXT4_RW_ATTR_SBI_UI(mb_prefetch_limit, s_mb_prefetch_limit);
>>
>> static unsigned int old_bump_val = 128;
>> EXT4_ATTR_PTR(max_writeback_mb_bump, 0444, pointer_ui, &old_bump_val);
>> @@ -283,6 +285,8 @@ static struct attribute *ext4_attrs[] = {
>> #ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_DEBUG
>> ATTR_LIST(simulate_fail),
>> #endif
>> + ATTR_LIST(mb_prefetch),
>> + ATTR_LIST(mb_prefetch_limit),
>> NULL,
>> };
>> ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(ext4);
>> --
>> 2.24.1
>>
>
>
> Cheers, Andreas
>
>
>
>
>
