Re: FUSE: write operations trigger balance_dirty_pages when using writeback cache

[åçç]

Thank you for the prompt reply.

I tried this config, but still can get balance_dirty_pages triggered.

[root@A01-R20-I31-77-8S5FKM2 example]# stat -c %d /mnt/fuse/
42
[root@A01-R20-I31-77-8S5FKM2 example]# echo 20 > /sys/devices/virtual/bdi/0:`stat -c %d /mnt/fuse/`/max_ratio
[root@A01-R20-I31-77-8S5FKM2 example]# cat /sys/devices/virtual/bdi/0\:42/max_ratio 
20
[root@A01-R20-I31-77-8S5FKM2 example]# dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/fuse/tmp/test001 bs=4k count=20000

...
dd-633   [001] .... 273499.083059: balance_dirty_pages: bdi 0:42: limit=3180556 setpoint=2782501 dirty=310 bdi_setpoint=0 bdi_dirty=13 dirty_ratelimit=32 task_ratelimit=0 dirtied=1 dirtied_pause=0 paused=0 pause=14 period=14 think=1 cgroup_ino=1
dd-633   [001] .... 273499.098089: balance_dirty_pages: bdi 0:42: limit=3180556 setpoint=2782501 dirty=311 bdi_setpoint=0 bdi_dirty=14 dirty_ratelimit=32 task_ratelimit=0 dirtied=1 dirtied_pause=0 paused=0 pause=15 period=15 think=1 cgroup_ino=1
dd-633   [001] .... 273499.114082: balance_dirty_pages: bdi 0:42: limit=3180556 setpoint=2782501 dirty=312 bdi_setpoint=0 bdi_dirty=15 dirty_ratelimit=32 task_ratelimit=0 dirtied=1 dirtied_pause=0 paused=0 pause=16 period=16 think=1 cgroup_ino=1
...


Regards,
Shuoran

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åää: Miklos Szeredi [mailto:miklos@xxxxxxxxxx] 
åéæé: 2018å8æ9æ 15:14
æää: åçç <liushuoran@xxxxxx>
æé: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
äé: Re: FUSE: write operations trigger balance_dirty_pages when using writeback cache

On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 5:37 AM, åçç <liushuoran@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear Miklos,
>
> Recently I've been testing FUSE and libfuse example passthrough_ll with writeback cache on, and found out that the performance drops significantly compared to that in local filesystem. As I can see from trace, balance_dirty_pages is triggered very frequently even if there not enough pages that shall be sent to libfuse. I'm not sure if this is a known fact or the FUSE writeback feature requires some specific configurations. Trace log is attached.
>
> dd-19067 [001] .... 195295.568097: balance_dirty_pages: bdi 0:42: limit=3180390 setpoint=2782421 dirty=5 bdi_setpoint=0 bdi_dirty=32 dirty_ratelimit=32 task_ratelimit=0 dirtied=32 dirtied_pause=32 paused=0 pause=33 period=33 think=0 cgroup_ino=1
> dd-19067 [001] .... 195295.602029: balance_dirty_pages: bdi 0:42: limit=3180390 setpoint=2782421 dirty=5 bdi_setpoint=0 bdi_dirty=33 dirty_ratelimit=32 task_ratelimit=0 dirtied=1 dirtied_pause=0 paused=0 pause=34 period=34 think=1 cgroup_ino=1
> dd-19067 [001] .... 195295.637026: balance_dirty_pages: bdi 0:42: limit=3180390 setpoint=2782421 dirty=5 bdi_setpoint=0 bdi_dirty=34 dirty_ratelimit=32 task_ratelimit=0 dirtied=1 dirtied_pause=0 paused=0 pause=35 period=35 think=1 cgroup_ino=1
>
> BTW, I'm using Linux kernel 4.17.12 and libfuse 3.2.5. Look forward to hearing from you. Thanks in advance.

Try

   echo 20 > /sys/devices/virtual/bdi/0:`stat -c %d /mnt/fuse/`/max_ratio

where you replace /mnt/fuse with your mountpoint.

Thanks,
Miklos