Fujita, I'm sorry that I haven't tried this yet, but we had to use our hardware for something else. However, in the following weeks, I 'll be trying this patch and will send feedback to this list. Thanks for all your help! jab -----Original Message----- From: Andy Grover [mailto:agrover at redhat.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 2:29 PM To: FUJITA Tomonori Cc: Bennett, Jeffrey; stgt at vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Worker Threads On 07/27/2011 07:03 PM, FUJITA Tomonori wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:03:52 -0700 > "Bennett, Jeffrey" <jab at sdsc.edu> wrote: > >> Is there any "side effect" by doing this change? > > NR_WORKER_THREADS is the number of threads that perform I/Os. So you > run more threads. You consume more memory. > >> Is there any plan >> to make this a configuration option that can be changed with the >> tgt-adm command by the user? > > tgtd should adjust NR_WORKER_THREADS dynamically since the optimal > value depends on your workload, hardware, etc. Well, until we > implement that feature, I think that we can support the boot option to > specify the number of I/O threads. > > The following patch works for you? You can specify the number in the > following way: Hello Tomo-san, I haven't tried it but this looks pretty handy to me! Will you be applying it? Thanks -- Regards -- Andy > > tgtd --nr_iothreads=128 > > > diff --git a/usr/bs.c b/usr/bs.c > index d72d090..6f67d15 100644 > --- a/usr/bs.c > +++ b/usr/bs.c > @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ > #include <inttypes.h> > #include <pthread.h> > #include <stdio.h> > +#include <stdlib.h> > #include <unistd.h> > #include <fcntl.h> > #include <signal.h> > @@ -327,6 +328,11 @@ int bs_thread_open(struct bs_thread_info *info, > request_func_t *rfn, { > int i, ret; > > + info->worker_thread = zalloc(sizeof(pthread_t) * nr_threads); > + if (!info->worker_thread) > + return TGTADM_NOMEM; > + > + eprintf("%d\n", nr_threads); > info->request_fn = rfn; > > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&info->pending_list); > @@ -335,11 +341,6 @@ int bs_thread_open(struct bs_thread_info *info, request_func_t *rfn, > pthread_mutex_init(&info->pending_lock, NULL); > pthread_mutex_init(&info->startup_lock, NULL); > > - if (nr_threads > ARRAY_SIZE(info->worker_thread)) { > - eprintf("too many threads %d\n", nr_threads); > - nr_threads = ARRAY_SIZE(info->worker_thread); > - } > - > pthread_mutex_lock(&info->startup_lock); > for (i = 0; i < nr_threads; i++) { > ret = pthread_create(&info->worker_thread[i], NULL, @@ -353,6 > +354,7 @@ int bs_thread_open(struct bs_thread_info *info, request_func_t *rfn, > } > } > pthread_mutex_unlock(&info->startup_lock); > + info->nr_worker_threads = nr_threads; > > return 0; > destroy_threads: > @@ -367,6 +369,7 @@ destroy_threads: > pthread_cond_destroy(&info->pending_cond); > pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->pending_lock); > pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->startup_lock); > + free(info->worker_thread); > > return TGTADM_NOMEM; > } > @@ -378,13 +381,13 @@ void bs_thread_close(struct bs_thread_info *info) > info->stop = 1; > pthread_cond_broadcast(&info->pending_cond); > > - for (i = 0; info->worker_thread[i] && > - i < ARRAY_SIZE(info->worker_thread); i++) > + for (i = 0; info->worker_thread[i] && i < info->nr_worker_threads; > +i++) > pthread_join(info->worker_thread[i], NULL); > > pthread_cond_destroy(&info->pending_cond); > pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->pending_lock); > pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->startup_lock); > + free(info->worker_thread); > > info->stop = 0; > } > diff --git a/usr/bs_rdwr.c b/usr/bs_rdwr.c index 29db403..03b869d > 100644 > --- a/usr/bs_rdwr.c > +++ b/usr/bs_rdwr.c > @@ -148,11 +148,13 @@ static void bs_rdwr_close(struct scsi_lu *lu) > close(lu->fd); > } > > +int nr_iothreads = 16; > + > static int bs_rdwr_init(struct scsi_lu *lu) { > struct bs_thread_info *info = BS_THREAD_I(lu); > > - return bs_thread_open(info, bs_rdwr_request, NR_WORKER_THREADS); > + return bs_thread_open(info, bs_rdwr_request, nr_iothreads); > } > > static void bs_rdwr_exit(struct scsi_lu *lu) diff --git > a/usr/bs_thread.h b/usr/bs_thread.h index d460032..50dd1c3 100644 > --- a/usr/bs_thread.h > +++ b/usr/bs_thread.h > @@ -1,9 +1,8 @@ > -#define NR_WORKER_THREADS 4 > - > typedef void (request_func_t) (struct scsi_cmd *); > > struct bs_thread_info { > - pthread_t worker_thread[NR_WORKER_THREADS]; > + pthread_t *worker_thread; > + int nr_worker_threads; > > /* wokers sleep on this and signaled by tgtd */ > pthread_cond_t pending_cond; > diff --git a/usr/tgtd.c b/usr/tgtd.c > index 5e07267..d5a512c 100644 > --- a/usr/tgtd.c > +++ b/usr/tgtd.c > @@ -54,13 +54,14 @@ static struct option const long_options[] = { > {"foreground", no_argument, 0, 'f'}, > {"control-port", required_argument, 0, 'C'}, > + {"nr_iothreads", required_argument, 0, 't'}, > {"debug", required_argument, 0, 'd'}, > {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'}, > {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'}, > {0, 0, 0, 0}, > }; > > -static char *short_options = "fC:d:Vh"; > +static char *short_options = "fC:d:t:Vh"; > > static void usage(int status) > { > @@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ static void usage(int status) Target framework > daemon, version %s\n\ > -f, --foreground make the program run in the foreground\n\ > -C, --control-port NNNN use port NNNN for the mgmt channel\n\ > + -t, --nr_iothreads NNNN specify the number of I/O threads\n\ > -d, --debug debuglevel print debugging information\n\ > -V, --version print version and exit\n\ > -h, --help display this help and exit\n\ > @@ -500,6 +502,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) > case 'C': > control_port = atoi(optarg); > break; > + case 't': > + nr_iothreads = atoi(optarg); > + break; > case 'd': > is_debug = atoi(optarg); > break; > diff --git a/usr/tgtd.h b/usr/tgtd.h > index 032cb1c..8f61a07 100644 > --- a/usr/tgtd.h > +++ b/usr/tgtd.h > @@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ enum mgmt_req_result { > > extern int system_active; > extern int is_debug; > +extern int nr_iothreads; > > extern int kspace_send_tsk_mgmt_res(struct mgmt_req *mreq); extern > int kspace_send_cmd_res(uint64_t nid, int result, struct scsi_cmd *); > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stgt" in the > body of a message to majordomo at vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at > http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html ----- No virus found in this message. 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