Re: [PATCH v4] blk-ioprio: Introduce promote-to-rt policy

[Hou Tao]

ping ?

On 5/23/2023 2:48 PM, Hou Tao wrote:
> ping ?
>
> On 5/8/2023 8:08 PM, Hou Tao wrote:
>> ping ?
>>
>> On 4/28/2023 3:44 PM, Hou Tao wrote:
>>> From: Hou Tao <houtao1@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> Since commit a78418e6a04c ("block: Always initialize bio IO priority on
>>> submit"), bio->bi_ioprio will never be IOPRIO_CLASS_NONE when calling
>>> blkcg_set_ioprio(), so there will be no way to promote the io-priority
>>> of one cgroup to IOPRIO_CLASS_RT, because bi_ioprio will always be
>>> greater than or equals to IOPRIO_CLASS_RT.
>>>
>>> It seems possible to call blkcg_set_ioprio() first then try to
>>> initialize bi_ioprio later in bio_set_ioprio(), but this doesn't work
>>> for bio in which bi_ioprio is already initialized (e.g., direct-io), so
>>> introduce a new promote-to-rt policy to promote the iopriority of bio to
>>> IOPRIO_CLASS_RT if the ioprio is not already RT.
>>>
>>> For none-to-rt policy, although it doesn't work now, but considering
>>> that its purpose was also to override the io-priority to RT and allowing
>>> for a smoother transition, just keep it and treat it as an alias of
>>> the promote-to-rt policy.
>>>
>>> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx>
>>> Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
>>> Signed-off-by: Hou Tao <houtao1@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> v4:
>>>  * rebased on 33afd4b76393
>>>  * Add Reviewed-by from Jan Kara
>>>
>>> v3: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/20230223135154.3749088-1-houtao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>  * Use 'non-RT' instead of 'no-RT' in document (from Bagas)
>>>  * Remove repeated sentence in commit message
>>>  * Add Reviewed-by and Acked-by tags
>>>  
>>> v2: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/20230220135428.2632906-1-houtao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>  * Simplify the implementation of promote-to-rt (from Bart)
>>>  * Make none-to-rt to work again by treating it as an alias of
>>>    the promote-to-rt policy (from Bart & Jan)
>>>  * fix the style of new content in cgroup-v2.rst (from Bagas)
>>>  * set the default priority level to 4 instead of 0 for promote-to-rt
>>>
>>> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/20230201045227.2203123-1-houtao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>  Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst | 42 ++++++++++++++-----------
>>>  block/blk-ioprio.c                      | 23 ++++++++++++--
>>>  2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
>>> index f67c0829350b..7544ce00e0cb 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
>>> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/cgroup-v2.rst
>>> @@ -2024,31 +2024,33 @@ that attribute:
>>>    no-change
>>>  	Do not modify the I/O priority class.
>>>  
>>> -  none-to-rt
>>> -	For requests that do not have an I/O priority class (NONE),
>>> -	change the I/O priority class into RT. Do not modify
>>> -	the I/O priority class of other requests.
>>> +  promote-to-rt
>>> +	For requests that have a non-RT I/O priority class, change it into RT.
>>> +	Also change the priority level of these requests to 4. Do not modify
>>> +	the I/O priority of requests that have priority class RT.
>>>  
>>>    restrict-to-be
>>>  	For requests that do not have an I/O priority class or that have I/O
>>> -	priority class RT, change it into BE. Do not modify the I/O priority
>>> -	class of requests that have priority class IDLE.
>>> +	priority class RT, change it into BE. Also change the priority level
>>> +	of these requests to 0. Do not modify the I/O priority class of
>>> +	requests that have priority class IDLE.
>>>  
>>>    idle
>>>  	Change the I/O priority class of all requests into IDLE, the lowest
>>>  	I/O priority class.
>>>  
>>> +  none-to-rt
>>> +	Deprecated. Just an alias for promote-to-rt.
>>> +
>>>  The following numerical values are associated with the I/O priority policies:
>>>  
>>> -+-------------+---+
>>> -| no-change   | 0 |
>>> -+-------------+---+
>>> -| none-to-rt  | 1 |
>>> -+-------------+---+
>>> -| rt-to-be    | 2 |
>>> -+-------------+---+
>>> -| all-to-idle | 3 |
>>> -+-------------+---+
>>> ++----------------+---+
>>> +| no-change      | 0 |
>>> ++----------------+---+
>>> +| rt-to-be       | 2 |
>>> ++----------------+---+
>>> +| all-to-idle    | 3 |
>>> ++----------------+---+
>>>  
>>>  The numerical value that corresponds to each I/O priority class is as follows:
>>>  
>>> @@ -2064,9 +2066,13 @@ The numerical value that corresponds to each I/O priority class is as follows:
>>>  
>>>  The algorithm to set the I/O priority class for a request is as follows:
>>>  
>>> -- Translate the I/O priority class policy into a number.
>>> -- Change the request I/O priority class into the maximum of the I/O priority
>>> -  class policy number and the numerical I/O priority class.
>>> +- If I/O priority class policy is promote-to-rt, change the request I/O
>>> +  priority class to IOPRIO_CLASS_RT and change the request I/O priority
>>> +  level to 4.
>>> +- If I/O priorityt class is not promote-to-rt, translate the I/O priority
>>> +  class policy into a number, then change the request I/O priority class
>>> +  into the maximum of the I/O priority class policy number and the numerical
>>> +  I/O priority class.
>>>  
>>>  PID
>>>  ---
>>> diff --git a/block/blk-ioprio.c b/block/blk-ioprio.c
>>> index 055529b9b92b..4051fada01f1 100644
>>> --- a/block/blk-ioprio.c
>>> +++ b/block/blk-ioprio.c
>>> @@ -23,25 +23,28 @@
>>>  /**
>>>   * enum prio_policy - I/O priority class policy.
>>>   * @POLICY_NO_CHANGE: (default) do not modify the I/O priority class.
>>> - * @POLICY_NONE_TO_RT: modify IOPRIO_CLASS_NONE into IOPRIO_CLASS_RT.
>>> + * @POLICY_PROMOTE_TO_RT: modify no-IOPRIO_CLASS_RT to IOPRIO_CLASS_RT.
>>>   * @POLICY_RESTRICT_TO_BE: modify IOPRIO_CLASS_NONE and IOPRIO_CLASS_RT into
>>>   *		IOPRIO_CLASS_BE.
>>>   * @POLICY_ALL_TO_IDLE: change the I/O priority class into IOPRIO_CLASS_IDLE.
>>> + * @POLICY_NONE_TO_RT: an alias for POLICY_PROMOTE_TO_RT.
>>>   *
>>>   * See also <linux/ioprio.h>.
>>>   */
>>>  enum prio_policy {
>>>  	POLICY_NO_CHANGE	= 0,
>>> -	POLICY_NONE_TO_RT	= 1,
>>> +	POLICY_PROMOTE_TO_RT	= 1,
>>>  	POLICY_RESTRICT_TO_BE	= 2,
>>>  	POLICY_ALL_TO_IDLE	= 3,
>>> +	POLICY_NONE_TO_RT	= 4,
>>>  };
>>>  
>>>  static const char *policy_name[] = {
>>>  	[POLICY_NO_CHANGE]	= "no-change",
>>> -	[POLICY_NONE_TO_RT]	= "none-to-rt",
>>> +	[POLICY_PROMOTE_TO_RT]	= "promote-to-rt",
>>>  	[POLICY_RESTRICT_TO_BE]	= "restrict-to-be",
>>>  	[POLICY_ALL_TO_IDLE]	= "idle",
>>> +	[POLICY_NONE_TO_RT]	= "none-to-rt",
>>>  };
>>>  
>>>  static struct blkcg_policy ioprio_policy;
>>> @@ -189,6 +192,20 @@ void blkcg_set_ioprio(struct bio *bio)
>>>  	if (!blkcg || blkcg->prio_policy == POLICY_NO_CHANGE)
>>>  		return;
>>>  
>>> +	if (blkcg->prio_policy == POLICY_PROMOTE_TO_RT ||
>>> +	    blkcg->prio_policy == POLICY_NONE_TO_RT) {
>>> +		/*
>>> +		 * For RT threads, the default priority level is 4 because
>>> +		 * task_nice is 0. By promoting non-RT io-priority to RT-class
>>> +		 * and default level 4, those requests that are already
>>> +		 * RT-class but need a higher io-priority can use ioprio_set()
>>> +		 * to achieve this.
>>> +		 */
>>> +		if (IOPRIO_PRIO_CLASS(bio->bi_ioprio) != IOPRIO_CLASS_RT)
>>> +			bio->bi_ioprio = IOPRIO_PRIO_VALUE(IOPRIO_CLASS_RT, 4);
>>> +		return;
>>> +	}
>>> +
>>>  	/*
>>>  	 * Except for IOPRIO_CLASS_NONE, higher I/O priority numbers
>>>  	 * correspond to a lower priority. Hence, the max_t() below selects
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