Re: [PATCH v11 1/3] bio: control bio max size

From: Changheun Lee
Date: Thu Jun 03 2021 - 04:47:07 EST

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> On 2021/06/02 21:29, Changheun Lee wrote:
> > bio size can grow up to 4GB after muli-page bvec has been enabled.
> > But sometimes large size of bio would lead to inefficient behaviors.
> > Control of bio max size will be helpful to improve inefficiency.
> >
> > Below is a example for inefficient behaviours.
> > In case of large chunk direct I/O, - 32MB chunk read in user space -
> > all pages for 32MB would be merged to a bio structure if the pages
> > physical addresses are contiguous. It makes some delay to submit
> > until merge complete. bio max size should be limited to a proper size.
> >
> > When 32MB chunk read with direct I/O option is coming from userspace,
> > kernel behavior is below now in do_direct_IO() loop. It's timeline.
> >
> > | bio merge for 32MB. total 8,192 pages are merged.
> > | total elapsed time is over 2ms.
> > |------------------ ... ----------------------->|
> > | 8,192 pages merged a bio.
> > | at this time, first bio submit is done.
> > | 1 bio is split to 32 read request and issue.
> > |--------------->
> > |--------------->
> > |--------------->
> > ......
> > |--------------->
> > |--------------->|
> > total 19ms elapsed to complete 32MB read done from device. |
> >
> > If bio max size is limited with 1MB, behavior is changed below.
> >
> > | bio merge for 1MB. 256 pages are merged for each bio.
> > | total 32 bio will be made.
> > | total elapsed time is over 2ms. it's same.
> > | but, first bio submit timing is fast. about 100us.
> > |--->|--->|--->|---> ... -->|--->|--->|--->|--->|
> > | 256 pages merged a bio.
> > | at this time, first bio submit is done.
> > | and 1 read request is issued for 1 bio.
> > |--------------->
> > |--------------->
> > |--------------->
> > ......
> > |--------------->
> > |--------------->|
> > total 17ms elapsed to complete 32MB read done from device. |
> >
> > As a result, read request issue timing is faster if bio max size is limited.
> > Current kernel behavior with multipage bvec, super large bio can be created.
> > And it lead to delay first I/O request issue.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Changheun Lee <nanich.lee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > block/bio.c | 17 ++++++++++++++---
> > block/blk-settings.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
> > include/linux/bio.h | 4 +++-
> > include/linux/blkdev.h | 3 +++
> > 4 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
> > index 44205dfb6b60..c52639bb80cd 100644
> > --- a/block/bio.c
> > +++ b/block/bio.c
> > @@ -255,6 +255,13 @@ void bio_init(struct bio *bio, struct bio_vec *table,
> > }
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_init);
> >
> > +unsigned int bio_max_size(struct bio *bio)
>
> It would be nice to call this function the same as the limit name: bio_max_bytes().

I'll do in next version.

>
> > +{
> > + struct block_device *bdev = bio->bi_bdev;
> > +
> > + return bdev ? bdev->bd_disk->queue->limits.max_bio_bytes : UINT_MAX;
>
> My personal preference goes to a plain if() instead of this.
>
> > +}
> > +
> > /**
> > * bio_reset - reinitialize a bio
> > * @bio: bio to reset
> > @@ -866,7 +873,7 @@ bool __bio_try_merge_page(struct bio *bio, struct page *page,
> > struct bio_vec *bv = &bio->bi_io_vec[bio->bi_vcnt - 1];
> >
> > if (page_is_mergeable(bv, page, len, off, same_page)) {
> > - if (bio->bi_iter.bi_size > UINT_MAX - len) {
> > + if (bio->bi_iter.bi_size > bio_max_size(bio) - len) {
> > *same_page = false;
> > return false;
> > }
> > @@ -995,6 +1002,7 @@ static int __bio_iov_iter_get_pages(struct bio *bio, struct iov_iter *iter)
> > {
> > unsigned short nr_pages = bio->bi_max_vecs - bio->bi_vcnt;
> > unsigned short entries_left = bio->bi_max_vecs - bio->bi_vcnt;
> > + unsigned int bytes_left = bio_max_size(bio) - bio->bi_iter.bi_size;
> > struct bio_vec *bv = bio->bi_io_vec + bio->bi_vcnt;
> > struct page **pages = (struct page **)bv;
> > bool same_page = false;
> > @@ -1010,7 +1018,8 @@ static int __bio_iov_iter_get_pages(struct bio *bio, struct iov_iter *iter)
> > BUILD_BUG_ON(PAGE_PTRS_PER_BVEC < 2);
> > pages += entries_left * (PAGE_PTRS_PER_BVEC - 1);
> >
> > - size = iov_iter_get_pages(iter, pages, LONG_MAX, nr_pages, &offset);
> > + size = iov_iter_get_pages(iter, pages, bytes_left, nr_pages,
> > + &offset);
> > if (unlikely(size <= 0))
> > return size ? size : -EFAULT;
> >
> > @@ -1038,6 +1047,7 @@ static int __bio_iov_append_get_pages(struct bio *bio, struct iov_iter *iter)
> > {
> > unsigned short nr_pages = bio->bi_max_vecs - bio->bi_vcnt;
> > unsigned short entries_left = bio->bi_max_vecs - bio->bi_vcnt;
> > + unsigned int bytes_left = bio_max_size(bio) - bio->bi_iter.bi_size;
> > struct request_queue *q = bio->bi_bdev->bd_disk->queue;
> > unsigned int max_append_sectors = queue_max_zone_append_sectors(q);
> > struct bio_vec *bv = bio->bi_io_vec + bio->bi_vcnt;
> > @@ -1058,7 +1068,8 @@ static int __bio_iov_append_get_pages(struct bio *bio, struct iov_iter *iter)
> > BUILD_BUG_ON(PAGE_PTRS_PER_BVEC < 2);
> > pages += entries_left * (PAGE_PTRS_PER_BVEC - 1);
> >
> > - size = iov_iter_get_pages(iter, pages, LONG_MAX, nr_pages, &offset);
> > + size = iov_iter_get_pages(iter, pages, bytes_left, nr_pages,
> > + &offset);
> > if (unlikely(size <= 0))
> > return size ? size : -EFAULT;
> >
> > diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
> > index 902c40d67120..e270e31519a1 100644
> > --- a/block/blk-settings.c
> > +++ b/block/blk-settings.c
> > @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blk_queue_rq_timeout);
> > */
> > void blk_set_default_limits(struct queue_limits *lim)
> > {
> > + lim->max_bio_bytes = UINT_MAX;
> > lim->max_segments = BLK_MAX_SEGMENTS;
> > lim->max_discard_segments = 1;
> > lim->max_integrity_segments = 0;
>
> What about the limit setup for stacked devices ? Leaving it to UINT_MAX is OK ?
> If for your use case you add dm-linear on top of the device and rerun your test,
> don't you get again slow performance ?

After applying of multipage bvec, max bio size is UINT_MAX. So set to UINT_MAX
as a default. As you comment, performance is not improved if limitation of bio
size is not in stacked device. Limit of bio size is needed in both of physical
device and statcked device to improve performance.
Currently I want to focus on physical devices only. After this, I'll prepare
patch for stacked devices.

>
> > @@ -100,6 +101,24 @@ void blk_queue_bounce_limit(struct request_queue *q, enum blk_bounce bounce)
> > }
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_bounce_limit);
> >
> > +/**
> > + * blk_queue_max_bio_bytes - set bio max size for queue
> > + * @q: the request queue for the device
> > + * @bytes : bio max bytes to be set
> > + *
> > + * Description:
> > + * Set proper bio max size to optimize queue operating.
> > + **/
> > +void blk_queue_max_bio_bytes(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int bytes)
> > +{
> > + struct queue_limits *limits = &q->limits;
> > + unsigned int max_bio_bytes = round_up(bytes, PAGE_SIZE);
> > +
> > + limits->max_bio_bytes = max_t(unsigned int, max_bio_bytes,
> > + BIO_MAX_VECS * PAGE_SIZE);
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_max_bio_bytes);
>
> Why does this need to be exported ?

I think it might be good for usability in the other module, like as
the other exported functions in blk-settings.c

>
> > +
> > /**
> > * blk_queue_max_hw_sectors - set max sectors for a request for this queue
> > * @q: the request queue for the device
> > diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
> > index a0b4cfdf62a4..f1a99f0a240c 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/bio.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/bio.h
> > @@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ static inline void *bio_data(struct bio *bio)
> > return NULL;
> > }
> >
> > +extern unsigned int bio_max_size(struct bio *bio);
>
> No need for extern.

If not, compile error - implicit declaration of function - is occured
in some environment(-Werror=implicit-function-declaration).

>
> > +
> > /**
> > * bio_full - check if the bio is full
> > * @bio: bio to check
> > @@ -119,7 +121,7 @@ static inline bool bio_full(struct bio *bio, unsigned len)
> > if (bio->bi_vcnt >= bio->bi_max_vecs)
> > return true;
> >
> > - if (bio->bi_iter.bi_size > UINT_MAX - len)
> > + if (bio->bi_iter.bi_size > bio_max_size(bio) - len)
> > return true;
> >
> > return false;
> > diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
> > index 1255823b2bc0..861888501fc0 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
> > @@ -326,6 +326,8 @@ enum blk_bounce {
> > };
> >
> > struct queue_limits {
> > + unsigned int max_bio_bytes;
> > +
> > enum blk_bounce bounce;
> > unsigned long seg_boundary_mask;
> > unsigned long virt_boundary_mask;
> > @@ -1132,6 +1134,7 @@ extern void blk_abort_request(struct request *);
> > * Access functions for manipulating queue properties
> > */
> > extern void blk_cleanup_queue(struct request_queue *);
> > +extern void blk_queue_max_bio_bytes(struct request_queue *, unsigned int);
>
> No need for extern.
>
> > void blk_queue_bounce_limit(struct request_queue *q, enum blk_bounce limit);
> > extern void blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(struct request_queue *, unsigned int);
> > extern void blk_queue_chunk_sectors(struct request_queue *, unsigned int);
> >

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