Re: [ata] 0568e61225: stress-ng.copy-file.ops_per_sec -15.0% regression

[John Garry]

On 08/08/2022 15:52, Damien Le Moal wrote:
> On 2022/08/05 1:05, kernel test robot wrote:
> > Greeting,
> >
> > FYI, we noticed a -15.0% regression of stress-ng.copy-file.ops_per_sec due to commit:
> >
> >
> > commit: 0568e6122574dcc1aded2979cd0245038efe22b6 ("ata: libata-scsi: cap ata_device->max_sectors according to shost->max_sectors")
> > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git master
> >
> > in testcase: stress-ng
> > on test machine: 96 threads 2 sockets Ice Lake with 256G memory
> > with following parameters:
> >
> > 	nr_threads: 10%
> > 	disk: 1HDD
> > 	testtime: 60s
> > 	fs: f2fs
> > 	class: filesystem
> > 	test: copy-file
> > 	cpufreq_governor: performance
> > 	ucode: 0xb000280
>
> Without knowing what the device adapter is, hard to say where the problem is. I
> suspect that with the patch applied, we may be ending up with a small default
> max_sectors value, causing overhead due to more commands than necessary.
>
> Will check what I see with my test rig.

As far as I can see, this patch should not make a difference unless the 
ATA shost driver is setting the max_sectors value unnecessarily low.

> > If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag
> > Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> > Details are as below:
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
> >
> >
> > To reproduce:
> >
> >          git clone https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests.git
> >          cd lkp-tests
> >          sudo bin/lkp install job.yaml           # job file is attached in this email
> >          bin/lkp split-job --compatible job.yaml # generate the yaml file for lkp run
> >          sudo bin/lkp run generated-yaml-file
> >
> >          # if come across any failure that blocks the test,
> >          # please remove ~/.lkp and /lkp dir to run from a clean state.
> >
> > =========================================================================================
> > class/compiler/cpufreq_governor/disk/fs/kconfig/nr_threads/rootfs/tbox_group/test/testcase/testtime/ucode:
> >    filesystem/gcc-11/performance/1HDD/f2fs/x86_64-rhel-8.3/10%/debian-11.1-x86_64-20220510.cgz/lkp-icl-2sp1/copy-file/stress-ng/60s/0xb000280
> >
> > commit:
> >    4cbfca5f77 ("scsi: scsi_transport_sas: cap shost opt_sectors according to DMA optimal limit")
> >    0568e61225 ("ata: libata-scsi: cap ata_device->max_sectors according to shost->max_sectors")
> >
> > 4cbfca5f7750520f 0568e6122574dcc1aded2979cd0
> > ---------------- ---------------------------
> >           %stddev     %change         %stddev
> >               \          |                \
> >        1627           -14.9%       1385        stress-ng.copy-file.ops
> >       27.01           -15.0%      22.96        stress-ng.copy-file.ops_per_sec
> >     8935079           -11.9%    7870629        stress-ng.time.file_system_outputs
> >       14.88 ±  5%     -31.8%      10.14 ±  3%  stress-ng.time.percent_of_cpu_this_job_got
> >       50912           -14.7%      43413        vmstat.io.bo
> >       93.78            +1.4%      95.10        iostat.cpu.idle
> >        3.89           -31.6%       2.66        iostat.cpu.iowait
> >        4.01            -1.3        2.74        mpstat.cpu.all.iowait%
> >        0.23 ±  9%      -0.1        0.17 ± 11%  mpstat.cpu.all.sys%
> >        1.66 ± 37%      -1.2        0.51 ± 55%  perf-profile.calltrace.cycles-pp.f2fs_write_end.generic_perform_write.f2fs_buffered_write_iter.f2fs_file_write_iter.do_iter_readv_writev
> >        1.66 ± 37%      -1.1        0.59 ± 25%  perf-profile.children.cycles-pp.f2fs_write_end
> >        1.51 ± 40%      -1.1        0.45 ± 26%  perf-profile.children.cycles-pp.f2fs_dirty_data_folio
> >        1.21 ± 49%      -1.0        0.23 ± 33%  perf-profile.children.cycles-pp.f2fs_update_dirty_folio
> >        0.88 ± 56%      -0.8        0.04 ±111%  perf-profile.children.cycles-pp.native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath
> >        0.14 ± 26%      +0.1        0.25 ± 28%  perf-profile.children.cycles-pp.page_cache_ra_unbounded
> >        0.88 ± 56%      -0.8        0.04 ±112%  perf-profile.self.cycles-pp.native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath
> >     3164876 ±  9%     -20.2%    2524713 ±  7%  perf-stat.i.cache-misses
> >   4.087e+08            -4.6%  3.899e+08        perf-stat.i.dTLB-loads
> >      313050 ± 10%     -18.4%     255410 ±  6%  perf-stat.i.node-loads
> >      972573 ±  9%     -16.4%     812873 ±  6%  perf-stat.i.node-stores
> >     3114748 ±  9%     -20.2%    2484807 ±  7%  perf-stat.ps.cache-misses
> >   4.022e+08            -4.6%  3.837e+08        perf-stat.ps.dTLB-loads
> >      308178 ± 10%     -18.4%     251418 ±  6%  perf-stat.ps.node-loads
> >      956996 ±  9%     -16.4%     799948 ±  6%  perf-stat.ps.node-stores
> >      358486            -8.3%     328694        proc-vmstat.nr_active_file
> >     1121620           -11.9%     987816        proc-vmstat.nr_dirtied
> >      179906            -6.7%     167912        proc-vmstat.nr_dirty
> >     1151201            -1.7%    1131322        proc-vmstat.nr_file_pages
> >      100181            +9.9%     110078 ±  2%  proc-vmstat.nr_inactive_file
> >      846362           -14.6%     722471        proc-vmstat.nr_written
> >      358486            -8.3%     328694        proc-vmstat.nr_zone_active_file
> >      100181            +9.9%     110078 ±  2%  proc-vmstat.nr_zone_inactive_file
> >      180668            -6.8%     168456        proc-vmstat.nr_zone_write_pending
> >      556469            -3.5%     536985        proc-vmstat.pgactivate
> >     3385454           -14.6%    2889953        proc-vmstat.pgpgout
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Disclaimer:
> > Results have been estimated based on internal Intel analysis and are provided
> > for informational purposes only. Any difference in system hardware or software
> > design or configuration may affect actual performance.