Re: [PATCH 8/8] aio: support for IO polling

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On Wed, 2018-11-21 at 06:26 -0700, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 11/21/18 4:12 AM, Benny Halevy wrote:
> > > +#define AIO_POLL_STACK	8
> > > +
> > > +/*
> > > + * Process completed iocb iopoll entries, copying the result to userspace.
> > > + */
> > > +static long aio_iopoll_reap(struct kioctx *ctx, struct io_event __user *evs,
> > > +			    unsigned int *nr_events, long max)
> > > +{
> > > +	void *iocbs[AIO_POLL_STACK];
> > > +	struct aio_kiocb *iocb, *n;
> > > +	int to_free = 0, ret = 0;
> > 
> > To be on the safe side, how about checking that if (evs)
> > *nr_events < max, otherwise, return -EINVAL?
> 
> Good point, I think we should re-arrange the loop a bit to move the
> check up at the top to guard for entries == max at entry. I've done
> that.
> 
> > > +	/*
> > > +	 * Take in a new working set from the submitted list if possible.
> > > +	 */
> > > +	if (!list_empty_careful(&ctx->poll_submitted)) {
> > > +		spin_lock(&ctx->poll_lock);
> > > +		list_splice_init(&ctx->poll_submitted, &ctx->poll_completing);
> > > +		spin_unlock(&ctx->poll_lock);
> > > +	}
> > > +
> > > +	if (list_empty(&ctx->poll_completing))
> > > +		return 0;
> > 
> > Could be somewhat optimized like this:
> > 
> > 	if (list_empty_careful(&ctx->poll_submitted))
> > 		return 0;
> > 
> > 	spin_lock(&ctx->poll_lock);
> > 	list_splice_init(&ctx->poll_submitted, &ctx->poll_completing);
> > 	spin_unlock(&ctx->poll_lock);
> > 	if (list_empty(&ctx->poll_completing))
> > 		return 0;
> > 
> > Or, possibly...
> > 	if (list_empty_careful(&ctx->poll_submitted) ||
> > 	    ({
> > 		spin_lock(&ctx->poll_lock);
> > 		list_splice_init(&ctx->poll_submitted, &ctx->poll_completing);
> > 		spin_unlock(&ctx->poll_lock);
> > 		list_empty(&ctx->poll_completing);
> > 	    }))
> > 		return 0;
> 
> I think the readability of the existing version is better.
> 
> > > +	/*
> > > +	 * Check again now that we have a new batch.
> > > +	 */
> > > +	ret = aio_iopoll_reap(ctx, event, nr_events, max);
> > > +	if (ret < 0)
> > > +		return ret;
> > > +	if (*nr_events >= min)
> > > +		return 0;
> > > +
> > > +	/*
> > > +	 * Find up to 'max_nr' worth of events to poll for, including the
> > 
> > What's max_nr? You mean 'max'?
> 
> It should, corrected.
> 
> > > +	 * events we already successfully polled
> > > +	 */
> > > +	polled = to_poll = 0;
> > > +	poll_completed = atomic_read(&ctx->poll_completed);
> > > +	list_for_each_entry(iocb, &ctx->poll_completing, ki_list) {
> > > +		/*
> > > +		 * Poll for needed events with wait == true, anything after
> > > +		 * that we just check if we have more, up to max.
> > > +		 */
> > > +		bool wait = polled + *nr_events >= min;
> > > +		struct kiocb *kiocb = &iocb->rw;
> > > +
> > > +		if (test_bit(IOCB_POLL_COMPLETED, &iocb->ki_flags))
> > > +			break;
> > > +		if (++to_poll + *nr_events >= max)
> > > +			break;
> > > +
> > > +		polled += kiocb->ki_filp->f_op->iopoll(kiocb, wait);
> > 
> > Could iopoll return a negative value? (Currently not in this patchset,
> > but would it be possible in the future?)
> 
> That's a good point, I've added a separate check for this. Given that
> it's a regular fops handler, it should be perfectly valid to return
> -ERROR.
> 
> > > +		if (polled + *nr_events >= max)
> > > +			break;
> > > +		if (poll_completed != atomic_read(&ctx->poll_completed))
> > > +			break;
> > > +	}
> > > +
> > > +	ret = aio_iopoll_reap(ctx, event, nr_events, max);
> > > +	if (ret < 0)
> > > +		return ret;
> > > +	if (*nr_events >= min)
> > > +		return 0;
> > > +	return to_poll;
> > 
> > What does the returned value mean?
> > If the intention is only to return a value greater than zero,
> > how about just returning to_poll > 0?
> 
> It just means that you could call us again, if > 0, and < 0 is an error
> specifically.
> 
> > > +/*
> > > + * We can't just wait for polled events to come to us, we have to actively
> > > + * find and complete them.
> > > + */
> > > +static void aio_iopoll_reap_events(struct kioctx *ctx)
> > > +{
> > > +	if (!(ctx->flags & IOCTX_FLAG_IOPOLL))
> > > +		return;
> > > +
> > > +	while (!list_empty_careful(&ctx->poll_submitted) ||
> > > +	       !list_empty(&ctx->poll_completing)) {
> > > +		unsigned int nr_events = 0;
> > > +
> > > +		__aio_iopoll_check(ctx, NULL, &nr_events, 1, UINT_MAX);
> > 
> > BUG_ON(__aoi_iopoll_check() < 0) ?
> 
> Ho hum...
> 
> > > +	}
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +static int aio_iopoll_check(struct kioctx *ctx, long min_nr, long nr,
> > > +			    struct io_event __user *event)
> > > +{
> > > +	unsigned int nr_events = 0;
> > > +	int ret = 0;
> > > +
> > > +	/* * Only allow one thread polling at a time */
> > 
> > nit: extra '* '
> 
> Removed.
> 
> Thanks for your review!

You're welcome. Always happy to help!
Thanks for introducing this interface!
We intend to make use of it in scylla, via seastar
(See http://seastar.io/ https://github.com/scylladb/seastar)

Benny





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