This patchset implements bio-based IO path for virito-blk to improve performance. Fio test shows it gives, 28%, 24%, 21%, 16% IOPS boost and 32%, 17%, 21%, 16% latency improvement for sequential read/write, random read/write respectively. Asias He (2): block: Add blk_bio_map_sg() helper virtio-blk: Add bio-based IO path for virtio-blk block/blk-merge.c | 63 ++++++++++++++ drivers/block/virtio_blk.c | 203 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- include/linux/blkdev.h | 2 + 3 files changed, 228 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-) -- 1.7.10.2
Add a helper to map a bio to a scatterlist, modelled after
blk_rq_map_sg.
This helper is useful for any driver that wants to create
a scatterlist from its ->make_request_fn method.
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe at kernel.dk>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj at kernel.org>
Cc: Shaohua Li <shli at kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch at lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Asias He <asias at redhat.com>
---
block/blk-merge.c | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/blkdev.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 65 insertions(+)
diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index 160035f..27ba264 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -199,6 +199,69 @@ new_segment:
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_rq_map_sg);
+/*
+ * map a bio to a scatterlist, return number of sg entries setup. Caller
+ * must make sure sg can hold bio->bi_phys_segments entries
+ */
+int blk_bio_map_sg(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio,
+ struct scatterlist *sglist)
+{
+ struct bio_vec *bvec, *bvprv;
+ struct scatterlist *sg;
+ int nsegs, cluster;
+ unsigned long i;
+
+ nsegs = 0;
+ cluster = blk_queue_cluster(q);
+
+ bvprv = NULL;
+ sg = NULL;
+ bio_for_each_segment(bvec, bio, i) {
+ int nbytes = bvec->bv_len;
+
+ if (bvprv && cluster) {
+ if (sg->length + nbytes > queue_max_segment_size(q))
+ goto new_segment;
+
+ if (!BIOVEC_PHYS_MERGEABLE(bvprv, bvec))
+ goto new_segment;
+ if (!BIOVEC_SEG_BOUNDARY(q, bvprv, bvec))
+ goto new_segment;
+
+ sg->length += nbytes;
+ } else {
+new_segment:
+ if (!sg)
+ sg = sglist;
+ else {
+ /*
+ * If the driver previously mapped a shorter
+ * list, we could see a termination bit
+ * prematurely unless it fully inits the sg
+ * table on each mapping. We KNOW that there
+ * must be more entries here or the driver
+ * would be buggy, so force clear the
+ * termination bit to avoid doing a full
+ * sg_init_table() in drivers for each command.
+ */
+ sg->page_link &= ~0x02;
+ sg = sg_next(sg);
+ }
+
+ sg_set_page(sg, bvec->bv_page, nbytes, bvec->bv_offset);
+ nsegs++;
+ }
+ bvprv = bvec;
+ } /* segments in bio */
+
+ if (sg)
+ sg_mark_end(sg);
+
+ BUG_ON(bio->bi_phys_segments && nsegs >
bio->bi_phys_segments);
+ return nsegs;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_bio_map_sg);
+
static inline int ll_new_hw_segment(struct request_queue *q,
struct request *req,
struct bio *bio)
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index ba43f40..46916af 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -884,6 +884,8 @@ extern void blk_queue_flush_queueable(struct request_queue
*q, bool queueable);
extern struct backing_dev_info *blk_get_backing_dev_info(struct block_device
*bdev);
extern int blk_rq_map_sg(struct request_queue *, struct request *, struct
scatterlist *);
+extern int blk_bio_map_sg(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio,
+ struct scatterlist *sglist);
extern void blk_dump_rq_flags(struct request *, char *);
extern long nr_blockdev_pages(void);
--
1.7.10.2
Asias He
2012-Jun-13 07:41 UTC
[PATCH RFC 2/2] virtio-blk: Add bio-based IO path for virtio-blk
This patch introduces bio-based IO path for virtio-blk.
Compared to request-based IO path, bio-based IO path uses driver
provided ->make_request_fn() method to bypasses the IO scheduler. It
handles the bio to device directly without allocating a request in block
layer. This reduces the IO path in guest kernel to achieve high IOPS
and lower latency. The downside is that guest can not use the IO
scheduler to merge and sort requests. However, this is not a big problem
if the backend disk in host side uses faster disk device.
When the bio-based IO path is not enabled, virtio-blk still uses the
original request-based IO path, no performance difference is observed.
Performance evaluation:
-----------------------------
Fio test is performed in a 8 vcpu guest with ramdisk based guest using
kvm tool.
Short version:
With bio-based IO path, sequential read/write, random read/write
IOPS boost : 28%, 24%, 21%, 16%
Latency improvement: 32%, 17%, 21%, 16%
Long version:
With bio-based IO path:
seq-read : io=2048.0MB, bw=116996KB/s, iops=233991 , runt= 17925msec
seq-write : io=2048.0MB, bw=100829KB/s, iops=201658 , runt= 20799msec
rand-read : io=3095.7MB, bw=112134KB/s, iops=224268 , runt= 28269msec
rand-write: io=3095.7MB, bw=96198KB/s, iops=192396 , runt= 32952msec
clat (usec): min=0 , max=2631.6K, avg=58716.99, stdev=191377.30
clat (usec): min=0 , max=1753.2K, avg=66423.25, stdev=81774.35
clat (usec): min=0 , max=2915.5K, avg=61685.70, stdev=120598.39
clat (usec): min=0 , max=1933.4K, avg=76935.12, stdev=96603.45
cpu : usr=74.08%, sys=703.84%, ctx=29661403, majf=21354, minf=22460954
cpu : usr=70.92%, sys=702.81%, ctx=77219828, majf=13980, minf=27713137
cpu : usr=72.23%, sys=695.37%, ctx=88081059, majf=18475, minf=28177648
cpu : usr=69.69%, sys=654.13%, ctx=145476035, majf=15867, minf=26176375
With request-based IO path:
seq-read : io=2048.0MB, bw=91074KB/s, iops=182147 , runt= 23027msec
seq-write : io=2048.0MB, bw=80725KB/s, iops=161449 , runt= 25979msec
rand-read : io=3095.7MB, bw=92106KB/s, iops=184211 , runt= 34416msec
rand-write: io=3095.7MB, bw=82815KB/s, iops=165630 , runt= 38277msec
clat (usec): min=0 , max=1932.4K, avg=77824.17, stdev=170339.49
clat (usec): min=0 , max=2510.2K, avg=78023.96, stdev=146949.15
clat (usec): min=0 , max=3037.2K, avg=74746.53, stdev=128498.27
clat (usec): min=0 , max=1363.4K, avg=89830.75, stdev=114279.68
cpu : usr=53.28%, sys=724.19%, ctx=37988895, majf=17531, minf=23577622
cpu : usr=49.03%, sys=633.20%, ctx=205935380, majf=18197, minf=27288959
cpu : usr=55.78%, sys=722.40%, ctx=101525058, majf=19273, minf=28067082
cpu : usr=56.55%, sys=690.83%, ctx=228205022, majf=18039, minf=26551985
How to use:
-----------------------------
Add 'virtio_blk.use_bio=1' to kernel cmdline or 'modprobe virtio_blk
use_bio=1' to enable ->make_request_fn() based I/O path.
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst at redhat.com>
Cc: virtualization at lists.linux-foundation.org
Cc: kvm at vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch at lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Asias He <asias at redhat.com>
---
drivers/block/virtio_blk.c | 203 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 163 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index 774c31d..b2d5002 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
#define PART_BITS 4
+static bool use_bio;
+module_param(use_bio, bool, S_IRUGO);
+
static int major;
static DEFINE_IDA(vd_index_ida);
@@ -23,6 +26,7 @@ struct virtio_blk
{
struct virtio_device *vdev;
struct virtqueue *vq;
+ wait_queue_head_t queue_wait;
/* The disk structure for the kernel. */
struct gendisk *disk;
@@ -51,53 +55,87 @@ struct virtio_blk
struct virtblk_req
{
struct request *req;
+ struct bio *bio;
struct virtio_blk_outhdr out_hdr;
struct virtio_scsi_inhdr in_hdr;
u8 status;
+ struct scatterlist sg[];
};
-static void blk_done(struct virtqueue *vq)
+static inline int virtblk_result(struct virtblk_req *vbr)
+{
+ switch (vbr->status) {
+ case VIRTIO_BLK_S_OK:
+ return 0;
+ case VIRTIO_BLK_S_UNSUPP:
+ return -ENOTTY;
+ default:
+ return -EIO;
+ }
+}
+
+static inline void virtblk_request_done(struct virtio_blk *vblk,
+ struct virtblk_req *vbr)
+{
+ struct request *req = vbr->req;
+ int error = virtblk_result(vbr);
+
+ if (req->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC) {
+ req->resid_len = vbr->in_hdr.residual;
+ req->sense_len = vbr->in_hdr.sense_len;
+ req->errors = vbr->in_hdr.errors;
+ } else if (req->cmd_type == REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL) {
+ req->errors = (error != 0);
+ }
+
+ __blk_end_request_all(req, error);
+ mempool_free(vbr, vblk->pool);
+}
+
+static inline void virtblk_bio_done(struct virtio_blk *vblk,
+ struct virtblk_req *vbr)
+{
+ bio_endio(vbr->bio, virtblk_result(vbr));
+ mempool_free(vbr, vblk->pool);
+}
+
+static void virtblk_done(struct virtqueue *vq)
{
struct virtio_blk *vblk = vq->vdev->priv;
+ unsigned long bio_done = 0, req_done = 0;
struct virtblk_req *vbr;
- unsigned int len;
unsigned long flags;
+ unsigned int len;
spin_lock_irqsave(vblk->disk->queue->queue_lock, flags);
while ((vbr = virtqueue_get_buf(vblk->vq, &len)) != NULL) {
- int error;
-
- switch (vbr->status) {
- case VIRTIO_BLK_S_OK:
- error = 0;
- break;
- case VIRTIO_BLK_S_UNSUPP:
- error = -ENOTTY;
- break;
- default:
- error = -EIO;
- break;
- }
-
- switch (vbr->req->cmd_type) {
- case REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC:
- vbr->req->resid_len = vbr->in_hdr.residual;
- vbr->req->sense_len = vbr->in_hdr.sense_len;
- vbr->req->errors = vbr->in_hdr.errors;
- break;
- case REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL:
- vbr->req->errors = (error != 0);
- break;
- default:
- break;
+ if (vbr->bio) {
+ virtblk_bio_done(vblk, vbr);
+ bio_done++;
+ } else {
+ virtblk_request_done(vblk, vbr);
+ req_done++;
}
-
- __blk_end_request_all(vbr->req, error);
- mempool_free(vbr, vblk->pool);
}
/* In case queue is stopped waiting for more buffers. */
- blk_start_queue(vblk->disk->queue);
+ if (req_done)
+ blk_start_queue(vblk->disk->queue);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(vblk->disk->queue->queue_lock, flags);
+
+ if (bio_done)
+ wake_up(&vblk->queue_wait);
+}
+
+static inline struct virtblk_req *virtblk_alloc_req(struct virtio_blk *vblk,
+ gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+ struct virtblk_req *vbr;
+
+ vbr = mempool_alloc(vblk->pool, gfp_mask);
+ if (vbr && use_bio)
+ sg_init_table(vbr->sg, vblk->sg_elems);
+
+ return vbr;
}
static bool do_req(struct request_queue *q, struct virtio_blk *vblk,
@@ -106,13 +144,13 @@ static bool do_req(struct request_queue *q, struct
virtio_blk *vblk,
unsigned long num, out = 0, in = 0;
struct virtblk_req *vbr;
- vbr = mempool_alloc(vblk->pool, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ vbr = virtblk_alloc_req(vblk, GFP_ATOMIC);
if (!vbr)
/* When another request finishes we'll try again. */
return false;
vbr->req = req;
-
+ vbr->bio = NULL;
if (req->cmd_flags & REQ_FLUSH) {
vbr->out_hdr.type = VIRTIO_BLK_T_FLUSH;
vbr->out_hdr.sector = 0;
@@ -172,7 +210,8 @@ static bool do_req(struct request_queue *q, struct
virtio_blk *vblk,
}
}
- if (virtqueue_add_buf(vblk->vq, vblk->sg, out, in, vbr,
GFP_ATOMIC)<0) {
+ if (virtqueue_add_buf(vblk->vq, vblk->sg, out, in, vbr,
+ GFP_ATOMIC) < 0) {
mempool_free(vbr, vblk->pool);
return false;
}
@@ -180,7 +219,7 @@ static bool do_req(struct request_queue *q, struct
virtio_blk *vblk,
return true;
}
-static void do_virtblk_request(struct request_queue *q)
+static void virtblk_request(struct request_queue *q)
{
struct virtio_blk *vblk = q->queuedata;
struct request *req;
@@ -203,6 +242,82 @@ static void do_virtblk_request(struct request_queue *q)
virtqueue_kick(vblk->vq);
}
+static void virtblk_add_buf_wait(struct virtio_blk *vblk,
+ struct virtblk_req *vbr,
+ unsigned long out,
+ unsigned long in)
+{
+ DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
+
+ for (;;) {
+ prepare_to_wait_exclusive(&vblk->queue_wait, &wait,
+ TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+
+ spin_lock_irq(vblk->disk->queue->queue_lock);
+ if (virtqueue_add_buf(vblk->vq, vbr->sg, out, in, vbr,
+ GFP_ATOMIC) < 0) {
+ spin_unlock_irq(vblk->disk->queue->queue_lock);
+ io_schedule();
+ } else {
+ virtqueue_kick(vblk->vq);
+ spin_unlock_irq(vblk->disk->queue->queue_lock);
+ break;
+ }
+
+ }
+
+ finish_wait(&vblk->queue_wait, &wait);
+}
+
+static void virtblk_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
+{
+ struct virtio_blk *vblk = q->queuedata;
+ unsigned int num, out = 0, in = 0;
+ struct virtblk_req *vbr;
+
+ BUG_ON(bio->bi_phys_segments + 2 > vblk->sg_elems);
+ BUG_ON(bio->bi_rw & (REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA));
+
+ vbr = virtblk_alloc_req(vblk, GFP_NOIO);
+ if (!vbr) {
+ bio_endio(bio, -ENOMEM);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ vbr->bio = bio;
+ vbr->req = NULL;
+ vbr->out_hdr.type = 0;
+ vbr->out_hdr.sector = bio->bi_sector;
+ vbr->out_hdr.ioprio = bio_prio(bio);
+
+ sg_set_buf(&vbr->sg[out++], &vbr->out_hdr,
sizeof(vbr->out_hdr));
+
+ num = blk_bio_map_sg(q, bio, vbr->sg + out);
+
+ sg_set_buf(&vbr->sg[num + out + in++], &vbr->status,
+ sizeof(vbr->status));
+
+ if (num) {
+ if (bio->bi_rw & REQ_WRITE) {
+ vbr->out_hdr.type |= VIRTIO_BLK_T_OUT;
+ out += num;
+ } else {
+ vbr->out_hdr.type |= VIRTIO_BLK_T_IN;
+ in += num;
+ }
+ }
+
+ spin_lock_irq(vblk->disk->queue->queue_lock);
+ if (virtqueue_add_buf(vblk->vq, vbr->sg, out, in, vbr,
+ GFP_ATOMIC) < 0) {
+ spin_unlock_irq(vblk->disk->queue->queue_lock);
+ virtblk_add_buf_wait(vblk, vbr, out, in);
+ } else {
+ virtqueue_kick(vblk->vq);
+ spin_unlock_irq(vblk->disk->queue->queue_lock);
+ }
+}
+
/* return id (s/n) string for *disk to *id_str
*/
static int virtblk_get_id(struct gendisk *disk, char *id_str)
@@ -360,7 +475,7 @@ static int init_vq(struct virtio_blk *vblk)
int err = 0;
/* We expect one virtqueue, for output. */
- vblk->vq = virtio_find_single_vq(vblk->vdev, blk_done,
"requests");
+ vblk->vq = virtio_find_single_vq(vblk->vdev, virtblk_done,
"requests");
if (IS_ERR(vblk->vq))
err = PTR_ERR(vblk->vq);
@@ -400,6 +515,8 @@ static int __devinit virtblk_probe(struct virtio_device
*vdev)
struct virtio_blk *vblk;
struct request_queue *q;
int err, index;
+ int pool_size;
+
u64 cap;
u32 v, blk_size, sg_elems, opt_io_size;
u16 min_io_size;
@@ -429,10 +546,12 @@ static int __devinit virtblk_probe(struct virtio_device
*vdev)
goto out_free_index;
}
+ init_waitqueue_head(&vblk->queue_wait);
vblk->vdev = vdev;
vblk->sg_elems = sg_elems;
sg_init_table(vblk->sg, vblk->sg_elems);
mutex_init(&vblk->config_lock);
+
INIT_WORK(&vblk->config_work, virtblk_config_changed_work);
vblk->config_enable = true;
@@ -440,7 +559,10 @@ static int __devinit virtblk_probe(struct virtio_device
*vdev)
if (err)
goto out_free_vblk;
- vblk->pool = mempool_create_kmalloc_pool(1,sizeof(struct virtblk_req));
+ pool_size = sizeof(struct virtblk_req);
+ if (use_bio)
+ pool_size += sizeof(struct scatterlist) * sg_elems;
+ vblk->pool = mempool_create_kmalloc_pool(1, pool_size);
if (!vblk->pool) {
err = -ENOMEM;
goto out_free_vq;
@@ -453,12 +575,14 @@ static int __devinit virtblk_probe(struct virtio_device
*vdev)
goto out_mempool;
}
- q = vblk->disk->queue = blk_init_queue(do_virtblk_request, NULL);
+ q = vblk->disk->queue = blk_init_queue(virtblk_request, NULL);
if (!q) {
err = -ENOMEM;
goto out_put_disk;
}
+ if (use_bio)
+ blk_queue_make_request(q, virtblk_make_request);
q->queuedata = vblk;
virtblk_name_format("vd", index, vblk->disk->disk_name,
DISK_NAME_LEN);
@@ -471,7 +595,7 @@ static int __devinit virtblk_probe(struct virtio_device
*vdev)
vblk->index = index;
/* configure queue flush support */
- if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_BLK_F_FLUSH))
+ if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_BLK_F_FLUSH) && !use_bio)
blk_queue_flush(q, REQ_FLUSH);
/* If disk is read-only in the host, the guest should obey */
@@ -544,7 +668,6 @@ static int __devinit virtblk_probe(struct virtio_device
*vdev)
if (!err && opt_io_size)
blk_queue_io_opt(q, blk_size * opt_io_size);
-
add_disk(vblk->disk);
err = device_create_file(disk_to_dev(vblk->disk), &dev_attr_serial);
if (err)
--
1.7.10.2
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 03:41:46PM +0800, Asias He wrote:> Add a helper to map a bio to a scatterlist, modelled after > blk_rq_map_sg. > > This helper is useful for any driver that wants to create > a scatterlist from its ->make_request_fn method.This may not be possible but I really wanna avoid having two copies of that complex logic. Any chance blk_rq_map_bio() can be implemented in a way that allows blk_rq_map_sg() can be built on top of it? Also, please include proper docbook style function comment on new public API functions. Thanks. -- tejun
On 06/14/2012 10:31 AM, Tejun Heo wrote:> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 03:41:46PM +0800, Asias He wrote: >> Add a helper to map a bio to a scatterlist, modelled after >> blk_rq_map_sg. >> >> This helper is useful for any driver that wants to create >> a scatterlist from its ->make_request_fn method. > > This may not be possible but I really wanna avoid having two copies of > that complex logic. Any chance blk_rq_map_bio() can be implemented in > a way that allows blk_rq_map_sg() can be built on top of it? Also, > please include proper docbook style function comment on new public API > functions.OK. Will do. I guess you mean building blk_rq_map_sg() on top of blk_bio_map_sg(). -- Asias