Re: [PATCH -next v8 3/4] block, bfq: refactor the counting of 'num_groups_with_pending_reqs'

From: Jan Kara
Date: Wed Jun 01 2022 - 04:37:18 EST


On Tue 31-05-22 22:08:57, Yu Kuai wrote:
> Currently, bfq can't handle sync io concurrently as long as they
> are not issued from root group. This is because
> 'bfqd->num_groups_with_pending_reqs > 0' is always true in
> bfq_asymmetric_scenario().
>
> The way that bfqg is counted into 'num_groups_with_pending_reqs':
>
> Before this patch:
> 1) root group will never be counted.
> 2) Count if bfqg or it's child bfqgs have pending requests.
> 3) Don't count if bfqg and it's child bfqgs complete all the requests.
>
> After this patch:
> 1) root group is counted.
> 2) Count if bfqg have pending requests.
> 3) Don't count if bfqg complete all the requests.
>
> With this change, the occasion that only one group is activated can be
> detected, and next patch will support concurrent sync io in the
> occasion.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good. Feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

Honza

> ---
> block/bfq-iosched.c | 42 ------------------------------------------
> block/bfq-iosched.h | 18 +++++++++---------
> block/bfq-wf2q.c | 19 ++++---------------
> 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 66 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
> index 0ec21018daba..03b04892440c 100644
> --- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
> +++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
> @@ -970,48 +970,6 @@ void __bfq_weights_tree_remove(struct bfq_data *bfqd,
> void bfq_weights_tree_remove(struct bfq_data *bfqd,
> struct bfq_queue *bfqq)
> {
> - struct bfq_entity *entity = bfqq->entity.parent;
> -
> - for_each_entity(entity) {
> - struct bfq_sched_data *sd = entity->my_sched_data;
> -
> - if (sd->next_in_service || sd->in_service_entity) {
> - /*
> - * entity is still active, because either
> - * next_in_service or in_service_entity is not
> - * NULL (see the comments on the definition of
> - * next_in_service for details on why
> - * in_service_entity must be checked too).
> - *
> - * As a consequence, its parent entities are
> - * active as well, and thus this loop must
> - * stop here.
> - */
> - break;
> - }
> -
> - /*
> - * The decrement of num_groups_with_pending_reqs is
> - * not performed immediately upon the deactivation of
> - * entity, but it is delayed to when it also happens
> - * that the first leaf descendant bfqq of entity gets
> - * all its pending requests completed. The following
> - * instructions perform this delayed decrement, if
> - * needed. See the comments on
> - * num_groups_with_pending_reqs for details.
> - */
> - if (entity->in_groups_with_pending_reqs) {
> - entity->in_groups_with_pending_reqs = false;
> - bfqd->num_groups_with_pending_reqs--;
> - }
> - }
> -
> - /*
> - * Next function is invoked last, because it causes bfqq to be
> - * freed if the following holds: bfqq is not in service and
> - * has no dispatched request. DO NOT use bfqq after the next
> - * function invocation.
> - */
> __bfq_weights_tree_remove(bfqd, bfqq,
> &bfqd->queue_weights_tree);
> }
> diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.h b/block/bfq-iosched.h
> index a5f7c0c1a3b3..ec8195900b3a 100644
> --- a/block/bfq-iosched.h
> +++ b/block/bfq-iosched.h
> @@ -496,27 +496,27 @@ struct bfq_data {
> struct rb_root_cached queue_weights_tree;
>
> /*
> - * Number of groups with at least one descendant process that
> + * Number of groups with at least one process that
> * has at least one request waiting for completion. Note that
> * this accounts for also requests already dispatched, but not
> * yet completed. Therefore this number of groups may differ
> * (be larger) than the number of active groups, as a group is
> * considered active only if its corresponding entity has
> - * descendant queues with at least one request queued. This
> + * queues with at least one request queued. This
> * number is used to decide whether a scenario is symmetric.
> * For a detailed explanation see comments on the computation
> * of the variable asymmetric_scenario in the function
> * bfq_better_to_idle().
> *
> * However, it is hard to compute this number exactly, for
> - * groups with multiple descendant processes. Consider a group
> - * that is inactive, i.e., that has no descendant process with
> + * groups with multiple processes. Consider a group
> + * that is inactive, i.e., that has no process with
> * pending I/O inside BFQ queues. Then suppose that
> * num_groups_with_pending_reqs is still accounting for this
> - * group, because the group has descendant processes with some
> + * group, because the group has processes with some
> * I/O request still in flight. num_groups_with_pending_reqs
> * should be decremented when the in-flight request of the
> - * last descendant process is finally completed (assuming that
> + * last process is finally completed (assuming that
> * nothing else has changed for the group in the meantime, in
> * terms of composition of the group and active/inactive state of child
> * groups and processes). To accomplish this, an additional
> @@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ struct bfq_data {
> * we resort to the following tradeoff between simplicity and
> * accuracy: for an inactive group that is still counted in
> * num_groups_with_pending_reqs, we decrement
> - * num_groups_with_pending_reqs when the first descendant
> + * num_groups_with_pending_reqs when the first
> * process of the group remains with no request waiting for
> * completion.
> *
> @@ -533,12 +533,12 @@ struct bfq_data {
> * carefulness: to avoid multiple decrements, we flag a group,
> * more precisely an entity representing a group, as still
> * counted in num_groups_with_pending_reqs when it becomes
> - * inactive. Then, when the first descendant queue of the
> + * inactive. Then, when the first queue of the
> * entity remains with no request waiting for completion,
> * num_groups_with_pending_reqs is decremented, and this flag
> * is reset. After this flag is reset for the entity,
> * num_groups_with_pending_reqs won't be decremented any
> - * longer in case a new descendant queue of the entity remains
> + * longer in case a new queue of the entity remains
> * with no request waiting for completion.
> */
> unsigned int num_groups_with_pending_reqs;
> diff --git a/block/bfq-wf2q.c b/block/bfq-wf2q.c
> index b533e17e9f0c..427af70f6760 100644
> --- a/block/bfq-wf2q.c
> +++ b/block/bfq-wf2q.c
> @@ -984,19 +984,6 @@ static void __bfq_activate_entity(struct bfq_entity *entity,
> entity->on_st_or_in_serv = true;
> }
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_BFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED
> - if (!bfq_entity_to_bfqq(entity)) { /* bfq_group */
> - struct bfq_group *bfqg =
> - container_of(entity, struct bfq_group, entity);
> - struct bfq_data *bfqd = bfqg->bfqd;
> -
> - if (!entity->in_groups_with_pending_reqs) {
> - entity->in_groups_with_pending_reqs = true;
> - bfqd->num_groups_with_pending_reqs++;
> - }
> - }
> -#endif
> -
> bfq_update_fin_time_enqueue(entity, st, backshifted);
> }
>
> @@ -1654,7 +1641,8 @@ static void bfq_add_bfqq_in_groups_with_pending_reqs(struct bfq_queue *bfqq)
> if (!entity->in_groups_with_pending_reqs) {
> entity->in_groups_with_pending_reqs = true;
> #ifdef CONFIG_BFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED
> - bfqq_group(bfqq)->num_queues_with_pending_reqs++;
> + if (!(bfqq_group(bfqq)->num_queues_with_pending_reqs++))
> + bfqq->bfqd->num_groups_with_pending_reqs++;
> #endif
> }
> }
> @@ -1666,7 +1654,8 @@ void bfq_del_bfqq_in_groups_with_pending_reqs(struct bfq_queue *bfqq)
> if (entity->in_groups_with_pending_reqs) {
> entity->in_groups_with_pending_reqs = false;
> #ifdef CONFIG_BFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED
> - bfqq_group(bfqq)->num_queues_with_pending_reqs--;
> + if (!(--bfqq_group(bfqq)->num_queues_with_pending_reqs))
> + bfqq->bfqd->num_groups_with_pending_reqs--;
> #endif
> }
> }
> --
> 2.31.1
>
--
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR