Re: Testing latest linux-next 4.9 ib_srp and ib_srpt

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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Laurence Oberman" <loberman@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Bart Van Assche" <Bart.VanAssche@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2016 2:33:26 PM
> Subject: Re: Testing latest linux-next 4.9 ib_srp and ib_srpt
> 
> Hello Bart
> 
> I pulled the latest linux-next and built kernels for both server and client
> to rerun all my EDR tests for srp.
> 
> For some reason the I/O size is being capped again to 1MB in my testing.
> Using my same testbed.
> Remember we spent a lot of time making sure we could do 4MB I/O :)
> 
> Its working fine in the RHEL 7.3 kernel so before I start going back testing
> upstream kernels decided to ask.
> 
> Have you tested large I/O with latest linux-next
> 
> Server Configuration
> ---------------------
> Linux fedstorage.bos.redhat.com 4.9.0+
> 
> [root@fedstorage modprobe.d]# cat ib_srp.conf
> options ib_srp cmd_sg_entries=64 indirect_sg_entries=2048
> 
> [root@fedstorage modprobe.d]# cat ib_srpt.conf
> options ib_srpt srp_max_req_size=8296
> 
> Also Using
> 
> # Set the srp_sq_size
> for i in /sys/kernel/config/target/srpt/0xfe800000000000007cfe900300726e4e
> /sys/kernel/config/target/srpt/0xfe800000000000007cfe900300726e4f
> do
> 	echo 16384 > $i/tpgt_1/attrib/srp_sq_size
> done
> 
> Client Configuration
> --------------------
> Linux ibclient 4.9.0+
> 
> [root@ibclient modprobe.d]# cat ib_srp.conf
> options ib_srp cmd_sg_entries=255 indirect_sg_entries=2048
> 
> dd if=/dev/sdw bs=4096k of=/dev/null iflag=direct
> 
> ### RECORD    4 >>> ibclient <<< (1482261733.001) (Tue Dec 20 14:22:13 2016)
> ###
> # DISK STATISTICS (/sec)
> #
> <---------reads---------------><---------writes--------------><--------averages-------->
> Pct
> #Time     Name       KBytes Merged  IOs Size  Wait  KBytes Merged  IOs Size
> Wait  RWSize  QLen  Wait SvcTim Util
> 14:22:13 sdw         1373184      0 1341 1024     2       0      0    0    0
> 0    1024     3     2      0   97
> 
> 
> If I reboot into my 7.3 kernel its back to what I expect
> 
>  dd if=/dev/sdw bs=4096k of=/dev/null iflag=direct
> 
> 
> ### RECORD    3 >>> ibclient <<< (1482262254.001) (Tue Dec 20 14:30:54 2016)
> ###
> # DISK STATISTICS (/sec)
> #
> <---------reads---------------><---------writes--------------><--------averages-------->
> Pct
> #Time     Name       KBytes Merged  IOs Size  Wait  KBytes Merged  IOs Size
> Wait  RWSize  QLen  Wait SvcTim Util
> 14:30:54 sdw         172032    129   42 4096     3       0      0    0    0
> 0    4096     1     3      3   130
> 
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Hi Bart,

Just FYI

That dd snap was just as I had stopped the dd.

Here is a stable dd snap with the RHEL kernel, I just noticed the merging, need to reboot back into upstream to compare again.
No merging seen in upstream.

Thanks
Laurence

### RECORD    6 >>> ibclient <<< (1482262723.001) (Tue Dec 20 14:38:43 2016) ###
# DISK STATISTICS (/sec)
#                   <---------reads---------------><---------writes--------------><--------averages--------> Pct
#Time     Name       KBytes Merged  IOs Size  Wait  KBytes Merged  IOs Size  Wait  RWSize  QLen  Wait SvcTim Util
14:38:43 sdw         1200128    879  293 4096     3       0      0    0    0     0    4096     1     3      3   95
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