[Devel] [PATCH vz9 v2 11/65] dm-ploop: combine processing of pios thru prepare list and remove fsync worker

Konstantin Khorenko khorenko at virtuozzo.com
Wed Feb 12 12:33:04 MSK 2025


Currently data pios and fluses are separated into different lists before
handled to workqueue. This can lead to executing of flushes before relevant
data pios and it is not possible to get that dependency in the worker.
So put both data and flush pios into prepare list. This way worker can
get single list of the pios and manage ordere while executing.

Now we can remove the fsync_worker and the worker can queue back more
work without problems.

https://virtuozzo.atlassian.net/browse/VSTOR-91820
Signed-off-by: Alexander Atanasov <alexander.atanasov at virtuozzo.com>

======
Patchset description:
ploop: optimistations and scalling

Ploop processes requsts in a different threads in parallel
where possible which results in significant improvement in
performance and makes further optimistations possible.

Known bugs:
  - delayed metadata writeback is not working and is missing error handling
     - patch to disable it until fixed
  - fast path is not working - causes rcu lockups - patch to disable it

Further improvements:
  - optimize md pages lookups

Alexander Atanasov (50):
  dm-ploop: md_pages map all pages at creation time
  dm-ploop: Use READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE to access md page data
  dm-ploop: fsync after all pios are sent
  dm-ploop: move md status to use proper bitops
  dm-ploop: convert wait_list and wb_batch_llist to use lockless lists
  dm-ploop: convert enospc handling to use lockless lists
  dm-ploop: convert suspended_pios list to use lockless list
  dm-ploop: convert the rest of the lists to use llist variant
  dm-ploop: combine processing of pios thru prepare list and remove
    fsync worker
  dm-ploop: move from wq to kthread
  dm-ploop: move preparations of pios into the caller from worker
  dm-ploop: fast path execution for reads
  dm-ploop: do not use a wrapper for set_bit to make a page writeback
  dm-ploop: BAT use only one list for writeback
  dm-ploop: make md writeback timeout to be per page
  dm-ploop: add interface to disable bat writeback delay
  dm-ploop: convert wb_batch_list to lockless variant
  dm-ploop: convert high_prio to status
  dm-ploop: split cow processing into two functions
  dm-ploop: convert md page rw lock to spin lock
  dm-ploop: convert bat_rwlock to bat_lock spinlock
  dm-ploop: prepare bat updates under bat_lock
  dm-ploop: make ploop_bat_write_complete ready for parallel pio
    completion
  dm-ploop: make ploop_submit_metadata_writeback return number of
    requests sent
  dm-ploop: introduce pio runner threads
  dm-ploop: add pio list ids to be used when passing pios to runners
  dm-ploop: process pios via runners
  dm-ploop: disable metadata writeback delay
  dm-ploop: disable fast path
  dm-ploop: use lockless lists for chained cow updates list
  dm-ploop: use lockless lists for data ready pios
  dm-ploop: give runner threads better name
  dm-ploop: resize operation - add holes bitmap locking
  dm-ploop: remove unnecessary operations
  dm-ploop: use filp per thread
  dm-ploop: catch if we try to advance pio past bio end
  dm-ploop: support REQ_FUA for data pios
  dm-ploop: proplerly access nr_bat_entries
  dm-ploop: fix locking and improve error handling when submitting pios
  dm-ploop: fix how ENOTBLK is handled
  dm-ploop: sync when suspended or stopping
  dm-ploop: rework bat completion logic
  dm-ploop: rework logic in pio processing
  dm-ploop: end fsync pios in parallel
  dm-ploop: make filespace preallocations async
  dm-ploop: resubmit enospc pios from dispatcher thread
  dm-ploop: dm-ploop: simplify discard completion
  dm-ploop: use GFP_ATOMIC instead of GFP_NOIO
  dm-ploop: fix locks used in mixed context
  dm-ploop: fix how current flags are managed inside threads

Andrey Zhadchenko (13):
  dm-ploop: do not flush after metadata writes
  dm-ploop: set IOCB_DSYNC on all FUA requests
  dm-ploop: remove extra ploop_cluster_is_in_top_delta()
  dm-ploop: introduce per-md page locking
  dm-ploop: reduce BAT accesses on discard completion
  dm-ploop: simplify llseek
  dm-ploop: speed up ploop_prepare_bat_update()
  dm-ploop: make new allocations immediately visible in BAT
  dm-ploop: drop ploop_cluster_is_in_top_delta()
  dm-ploop: do not wait for BAT update for non-FUA requests
  dm-ploop: add delay for metadata writeback
  dm-ploop: submit all postponed metadata on REQ_OP_FLUSH
  dm-ploop: handle REQ_PREFLUSH

Feature: dm-ploop: ploop target driver
---
 drivers/md/dm-ploop-map.c    | 60 ++++++++++++------------------------
 drivers/md/dm-ploop-target.c |  1 -
 drivers/md/dm-ploop.h        |  2 --
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ploop-map.c b/drivers/md/dm-ploop-map.c
index 50e249da77aa..bc700f535f7b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ploop-map.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ploop-map.c
@@ -340,17 +340,14 @@ static int ploop_split_pio_to_list(struct ploop *ploop, struct pio *pio,
 }
 ALLOW_ERROR_INJECTION(ploop_split_pio_to_list, ERRNO);
 
-static void ploop_dispatch_pio(struct ploop *ploop, struct pio *pio,
-			       bool *is_data, bool *is_flush)
+static void ploop_dispatch_pio(struct ploop *ploop, struct pio *pio)
 {
 	struct llist_head *llist = &ploop->pios[pio->queue_list_id];
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(pio->queue_list_id >= PLOOP_LIST_COUNT);
 
 	if (pio->queue_list_id == PLOOP_LIST_FLUSH)
-		*is_flush = true;
-	else
-		*is_data = true;
+		llist = &ploop->pios[PLOOP_LIST_PREPARE];
 
 	llist_add(&pio->llist, llist);
 }
@@ -358,19 +355,14 @@ static void ploop_dispatch_pio(struct ploop *ploop, struct pio *pio,
 void ploop_dispatch_pios(struct ploop *ploop, struct pio *pio,
 			 struct list_head *pio_list)
 {
-	bool is_data = false, is_flush = false;
-
 	if (pio)
-		ploop_dispatch_pio(ploop, pio, &is_data, &is_flush);
+		ploop_dispatch_pio(ploop, pio);
 	if (pio_list) {
 		while ((pio = ploop_pio_list_pop(pio_list)) != NULL)
-			ploop_dispatch_pio(ploop, pio, &is_data, &is_flush);
+			ploop_dispatch_pio(ploop, pio);
 	}
 
-	if (is_data)
-		queue_work(ploop->wq, &ploop->worker);
-	else if (is_flush)
-		queue_work(ploop->wq, &ploop->fsync_worker);
+	queue_work(ploop->wq, &ploop->worker);
 }
 
 static bool ploop_delay_if_md_busy(struct ploop *ploop, struct md_page *md,
@@ -808,10 +800,9 @@ static void ploop_advance_local_after_bat_wb(struct ploop *ploop,
 
 	wait_llist_pending = llist_del_all(&md->wait_llist);
 	if (wait_llist_pending) {
-		wait_llist_pending = llist_reverse_order(wait_llist_pending);
 		llist_for_each_safe(pos, t, wait_llist_pending) {
 			pio = llist_entry(pos, typeof(*pio), llist);
-			list_add_tail(&pio->list, &list);
+			list_add(&pio->list, &list);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1689,7 +1680,10 @@ static void ploop_prepare_embedded_pios(struct ploop *ploop,
 	llist_for_each_safe(pos, t, pios) {
 		pio = llist_entry(pos, typeof(*pio), llist);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pio->list); /* until type is changed */
-		ploop_prepare_one_embedded_pio(ploop, pio, deferred_pios);
+		if (pio->queue_list_id != PLOOP_LIST_FLUSH)
+			ploop_prepare_one_embedded_pio(ploop, pio, deferred_pios);
+		else
+			llist_add(&pio->llist, &ploop->pios[PLOOP_LIST_FLUSH]);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1808,6 +1802,9 @@ static void process_ploop_fsync_work(struct ploop *ploop)
 
 	llflush_pios = llist_del_all(&ploop->pios[PLOOP_LIST_FLUSH]);
 
+	if (!llflush_pios)
+		return;
+
 	file = ploop_top_delta(ploop)->file;
 	/* All flushes are done as one */
 	ret = vfs_fsync(file, 0);
@@ -1833,32 +1830,25 @@ void do_ploop_work(struct work_struct *ws)
 	struct llist_node *lldiscard_pios;
 	struct llist_node *llcow_pios;
 	struct llist_node *llresubmit;
-	bool do_fsync = false;
 	unsigned int old_flags = current->flags;
 
 	current->flags |= PF_IO_THREAD|PF_LOCAL_THROTTLE|PF_MEMALLOC_NOIO;
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&ploop->deferred_lock);
 	llembedded_pios = llist_del_all(&ploop->pios[PLOOP_LIST_PREPARE]);
 	lldeferred_pios = llist_del_all(&ploop->pios[PLOOP_LIST_DEFERRED]);
 	lldiscard_pios = llist_del_all(&ploop->pios[PLOOP_LIST_DISCARD]);
 	llcow_pios = llist_del_all(&ploop->pios[PLOOP_LIST_COW]);
 	llresubmit = llist_del_all(&ploop->llresubmit_pios);
 
-	if (!llist_empty(&ploop->pios[PLOOP_LIST_FLUSH]))
-		do_fsync = true;
-
-	spin_unlock_irq(&ploop->deferred_lock);
-
 	/* add old deferred to the list */
 	if (lldeferred_pios) {
 		struct llist_node *pos, *t;
 		struct pio *pio;
 
-		llist_for_each_safe(pos, t, llist_reverse_order(lldeferred_pios)) {
+		llist_for_each_safe(pos, t, lldeferred_pios) {
 			pio = llist_entry(pos, typeof(*pio), llist);
 			INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pio->list);
-			list_add_tail(&pio->list, &deferred_pios);
+			list_add(&pio->list, &deferred_pios);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1867,7 +1857,6 @@ void do_ploop_work(struct work_struct *ws)
 	if (llresubmit)
 		ploop_process_resubmit_pios(ploop, llist_reverse_order(llresubmit));
 
-
 	ploop_process_deferred_pios(ploop, &deferred_pios);
 
 	if (lldiscard_pios)
@@ -1878,32 +1867,21 @@ void do_ploop_work(struct work_struct *ws)
 
 	ploop_submit_metadata_writeback(ploop);
 
-	current->flags = old_flags;
-
-	if (do_fsync)
+	if (!llist_empty(&ploop->pios[PLOOP_LIST_FLUSH]))
 		process_ploop_fsync_work(ploop);
-}
-
-void do_ploop_fsync_work(struct work_struct *ws)
-{
-	struct ploop *ploop = container_of(ws, struct ploop, fsync_worker);
-
-	process_ploop_fsync_work(ploop);
+	current->flags = old_flags;
 }
 
 static void ploop_submit_embedded_pio(struct ploop *ploop, struct pio *pio)
 {
 	struct ploop_rq *prq = pio->endio_cb_data;
 	struct request *rq = prq->rq;
-	struct work_struct *worker;
 
 	if (blk_rq_bytes(rq)) {
 		pio->queue_list_id = PLOOP_LIST_PREPARE;
-		worker = &ploop->worker;
 	} else {
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(pio->bi_op != REQ_OP_FLUSH);
 		pio->queue_list_id = PLOOP_LIST_FLUSH;
-		worker = &ploop->fsync_worker;
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(ploop->stop_submitting_pios)) {
@@ -1912,9 +1890,9 @@ static void ploop_submit_embedded_pio(struct ploop *ploop, struct pio *pio)
 	}
 
 	ploop_inc_nr_inflight(ploop, pio);
-	llist_add((struct llist_node *)(&pio->list), &ploop->pios[pio->queue_list_id]);
+	llist_add(&pio->llist, &ploop->pios[PLOOP_LIST_PREPARE]);
 
-	queue_work(ploop->wq, worker);
+	queue_work(ploop->wq, &ploop->worker);
 }
 
 void ploop_submit_embedded_pios(struct ploop *ploop, struct list_head *list)
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ploop-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-ploop-target.c
index f12c6912f8d0..ea9af6b6abe9 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ploop-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ploop-target.c
@@ -384,7 +384,6 @@ static int ploop_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
 	timer_setup(&ploop->enospc_timer, ploop_enospc_timer, 0);
 
 	INIT_WORK(&ploop->worker, do_ploop_work);
-	INIT_WORK(&ploop->fsync_worker, do_ploop_fsync_work);
 	INIT_WORK(&ploop->event_work, do_ploop_event_work);
 	init_completion(&ploop->inflight_bios_ref_comp);
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ploop.h b/drivers/md/dm-ploop.h
index c53086eb2ef7..df95c31260d7 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ploop.h
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ploop.h
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ struct ploop {
 
 	struct workqueue_struct *wq;
 	struct work_struct worker;
-	struct work_struct fsync_worker;
 	struct work_struct event_work;
 
 	struct completion inflight_bios_ref_comp;
@@ -571,7 +570,6 @@ extern void ploop_submit_embedded_pios(struct ploop *ploop,
 extern void ploop_dispatch_pios(struct ploop *ploop, struct pio *pio,
 				struct list_head *pio_list);
 extern void do_ploop_work(struct work_struct *ws);
-extern void do_ploop_fsync_work(struct work_struct *ws);
 extern void do_ploop_event_work(struct work_struct *work);
 extern int ploop_clone_and_map(struct dm_target *ti, struct request *rq,
 			       union map_info *map_context,
-- 
2.43.5



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