cfq-iosched: Do group share accounting in IOPS when slice_idle=0
o Implement another CFQ mode where we charge group in terms of number
of requests dispatched instead of measuring the time. Measuring in terms
of time is not possible when we are driving deeper queue depths and there
are requests from multiple cfq queues in the request queue.
o This mode currently gets activated if one sets slice_idle=0 and associated
disk supports NCQ. Again the idea is that on an NCQ disk with idling disabled
most of the queues will dispatch 1 or more requests and then cfq queue
expiry happens and we don't have a way to measure time. So start providing
fairness in terms of IOPS.
o Currently IOPS mode works only with cfq group scheduling. CFQ is following
different scheduling algorithms for queue and group scheduling. These IOPS
stats are used only for group scheduling hence in non-croup mode nothing
should change.
o For CFQ group scheduling one can disable slice idling so that we don't idle
on queue and drive deeper request queue depths (achieving better throughput),
at the same time group idle is enabled so one should get service
differentiation among groups.
Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index 8830569..3fc6be1 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -378,6 +378,21 @@
&cfqg->service_trees[i][j]: NULL) \
+static inline bool iops_mode(struct cfq_data *cfqd)
+{
+ /*
+ * If we are not idling on queues and it is a NCQ drive, parallel
+ * execution of requests is on and measuring time is not possible
+ * in most of the cases until and unless we drive shallower queue
+ * depths and that becomes a performance bottleneck. In such cases
+ * switch to start providing fairness in terms of number of IOs.
+ */
+ if (!cfqd->cfq_slice_idle && cfqd->hw_tag)
+ return true;
+ else
+ return false;
+}
+
static inline enum wl_prio_t cfqq_prio(struct cfq_queue *cfqq)
{
if (cfq_class_idle(cfqq))
@@ -906,7 +921,6 @@
slice_used = cfqq->allocated_slice;
}
- cfq_log_cfqq(cfqq->cfqd, cfqq, "sl_used=%u", slice_used);
return slice_used;
}
@@ -914,19 +928,21 @@
struct cfq_queue *cfqq)
{
struct cfq_rb_root *st = &cfqd->grp_service_tree;
- unsigned int used_sl, charge_sl;
+ unsigned int used_sl, charge;
int nr_sync = cfqg->nr_cfqq - cfqg_busy_async_queues(cfqd, cfqg)
- cfqg->service_tree_idle.count;
BUG_ON(nr_sync < 0);
- used_sl = charge_sl = cfq_cfqq_slice_usage(cfqq);
+ used_sl = charge = cfq_cfqq_slice_usage(cfqq);
- if (!cfq_cfqq_sync(cfqq) && !nr_sync)
- charge_sl = cfqq->allocated_slice;
+ if (iops_mode(cfqd))
+ charge = cfqq->slice_dispatch;
+ else if (!cfq_cfqq_sync(cfqq) && !nr_sync)
+ charge = cfqq->allocated_slice;
/* Can't update vdisktime while group is on service tree */
cfq_rb_erase(&cfqg->rb_node, st);
- cfqg->vdisktime += cfq_scale_slice(charge_sl, cfqg);
+ cfqg->vdisktime += cfq_scale_slice(charge, cfqg);
__cfq_group_service_tree_add(st, cfqg);
/* This group is being expired. Save the context */
@@ -940,6 +956,8 @@
cfq_log_cfqg(cfqd, cfqg, "served: vt=%llu min_vt=%llu", cfqg->vdisktime,
st->min_vdisktime);
+ cfq_log_cfqq(cfqq->cfqd, cfqq, "sl_used=%u disp=%u charge=%u iops=%u",
+ used_sl, cfqq->slice_dispatch, charge, iops_mode(cfqd));
cfq_blkiocg_update_timeslice_used(&cfqg->blkg, used_sl);
cfq_blkiocg_set_start_empty_time(&cfqg->blkg);
}