[Stgt-devel] [Patch 0/4] bs_mmap / kreq_send threading

FUJITA Tomonori fujita.tomonori
Fri Nov 16 10:33:59 CET 2007


On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 01:27:10 +0900
FUJITA Tomonori <tomof at acm.org> wrote:

> Sorry about the delay.
> 
> On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:14:01 -0500
> Robert Jennings <rcj at linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> > A little threading work like we have in bs_sync for bs_mmap.  The mmap
> > can be taken care of with a small pool of worker threads this way.
> > 
> > After the mmap the completed commands enter back into the main tgtd
> > thread and would be sent to the kernel for in-kernel drivers through
> > kreq_send.  Unfortunately kreq_send can sleep in blk_rq_map_user or
> > scsi_map_user_pages and hold up processing in tgtd.  So kreq_send can
> > add the command to a list and hand it off to a small thread pool to
> > process sending the replies to the kernel.
> 
> tgtd is blocked when the data of a file isn't in page cache. So how
> about worker threads does access to the data before tgtd calls
> kreq_send? It works like the flush web server.

Have you measured the performance with your patch?

I tried the worker thread idea, but the performance drops (probabaly
due to pipe notification overveheads).


diff --git a/usr/Makefile b/usr/Makefile
index addf5be..7339dfc 100644
--- a/usr/Makefile
+++ b/usr/Makefile
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ ifneq ($(IBMVIO),)
 CFLAGS += -DIBMVIO -DUSE_KERNEL
 TGTD_OBJS += $(addprefix ibmvio/, ibmvio.o)
 TGTD_OBJS += bs_mmap.o tgtif.o
+LIBS += -lpthread
 endif
 
 ifneq ($(ISCSI),)
diff --git a/usr/bs_mmap.c b/usr/bs_mmap.c
index ad1bb4f..e4c0b86 100644
--- a/usr/bs_mmap.c
+++ b/usr/bs_mmap.c
@@ -26,59 +26,277 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/epoll.h>
 
 #include "list.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "tgtd.h"
 #include "scsi.h"
 
-static int bs_mmap_open(struct scsi_lu *lu, char *path, int *fd, uint64_t *size)
-{
-	*fd = backed_file_open(path, O_RDWR| O_LARGEFILE, size);
+#define NR_WORKER_THREADS	4
 
-	return *fd >= 0 ? 0 : *fd;
-}
+struct bs_mmap_info {
+	pthread_t ack_thread;
+	pthread_t worker_thread[NR_WORKER_THREADS];
 
-static void bs_mmap_close(struct scsi_lu *lu)
+	/* protected by pipe */
+	struct list_head ack_list;
+
+	pthread_cond_t finished_cond;
+	pthread_mutex_t finished_lock;
+	struct list_head finished_list;
+
+	/* wokers sleep on this and signaled by tgtd */
+	pthread_cond_t pending_cond;
+	/* locked by tgtd and workers */
+	pthread_mutex_t pending_lock;
+	/* protected by pending_lock */
+	struct list_head pending_list;
+
+	int command_fd[2];
+	int done_fd[2];
+
+	int stop;
+};
+
+static void *bs_mmap_ack_fn(void *arg)
 {
-	close(lu->fd);
+	struct bs_mmap_info *info = arg;
+	int command, ret, nr;
+	struct scsi_cmd *cmd;
+
+retry:
+	ret = read(info->command_fd[0], &command, sizeof(command));
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		eprintf("ack pthread will be dead, %m\n");
+		if (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EINTR)
+			goto retry;
+
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	pthread_mutex_lock(&info->finished_lock);
+retest:
+	if (list_empty(&info->finished_list)) {
+		pthread_cond_wait(&info->finished_cond, &info->finished_lock);
+		goto retest;
+	}
+
+	while (!list_empty(&info->finished_list)) {
+		cmd = list_entry(info->finished_list.next,
+				 struct scsi_cmd, bs_list);
+
+		dprintf("found %p\n", cmd);
+
+		list_del(&cmd->bs_list);
+		list_add(&cmd->bs_list, &info->ack_list);
+	}
+
+	pthread_mutex_unlock(&info->finished_lock);
+
+	nr = 1;
+rewrite:
+	ret = write(info->done_fd[1], &nr, sizeof(nr));
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		eprintf("can't ack tgtd, %m\n");
+		if (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EINTR)
+			goto rewrite;
+
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	goto retry;
+out:
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 #define pgcnt(size, offset)	((((size) + ((offset) & (pagesize - 1))) + (pagesize - 1)) >> pageshift)
 
-static int bs_mmap_cmd_submit(struct scsi_cmd *cmd)
+static void *bs_mmap_worker_fn(void *arg)
 {
-	int fd = cmd->dev->fd, ret = 0;
-	void *p;
-	uint64_t addr;
+	int ret = 0;
+	struct bs_mmap_info *info = arg;
+	struct scsi_cmd *cmd;
 	uint32_t length;
 
-	if (cmd->scb[0] == SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE ||
-	    cmd->scb[0] == SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE_16)
-		return fsync(fd);
+	while (1) {
+		uint64_t addr;
+		char *p, dummy;
+		int i, nr;
 
-	length = (scsi_get_data_dir(cmd) == DATA_WRITE) ?
-		scsi_get_out_length(cmd) : scsi_get_in_length(cmd);
+		pthread_mutex_lock(&info->pending_lock);
+	retest:
+		if (list_empty(&info->pending_list)) {
+			pthread_cond_wait(&info->pending_cond, &info->pending_lock);
+			if (info->stop) {
+				pthread_mutex_unlock(&info->pending_lock);
+				break;
+			}
+			goto retest;
+		}
 
-	p = mmap64(NULL, pgcnt(length, cmd->offset) << pageshift,
-		   PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd,
-		   cmd->offset & ~((1ULL << pageshift) - 1));
-	if (p == MAP_FAILED) {
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		eprintf("%u %" PRIu64 "\n", length, cmd->offset);
+		cmd = list_entry(info->pending_list.next,
+				 struct scsi_cmd, bs_list);
+
+		dprintf("got %p\n", cmd);
+
+		list_del(&cmd->bs_list);
+		pthread_mutex_unlock(&info->pending_lock);
+
+		if (cmd->scb[0] == SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE ||
+		    cmd->scb[0] == SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE_16) {
+			ret = fsync(cmd->dev->fd);
+			goto done;
+		}
+
+		ret = 0;
+
+		if (cmd->data_dir == DATA_WRITE) {
+			addr = (unsigned long)scsi_get_out_buffer(cmd);
+			length = scsi_get_out_length(cmd);
+		} else {
+			addr = (unsigned long)scsi_get_in_buffer(cmd);
+			length = scsi_get_in_length(cmd);
+		}
+
+		nr = pgcnt(length, (addr & (pagesize - 1)));
+		addr &= ~(pagesize - 1);
+
+		p = (void *)(unsigned long)addr;
+		for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
+			dummy = *p;
+			p += pagesize;
+		}
+	done:
+		if (ret) {
+			eprintf("io error %p %x %d %d, %m\n",
+				cmd, cmd->scb[0], ret, cmd->offset);
+			scsi_set_result(cmd, SAM_STAT_CHECK_CONDITION);
+			sense_data_build(cmd, MEDIUM_ERROR, ASC_READ_ERROR);
+		} else
+			scsi_set_result(cmd, SAM_STAT_GOOD);
+
+		pthread_mutex_lock(&info->finished_lock);
+		list_add(&cmd->bs_list, &info->finished_list);
+		pthread_mutex_unlock(&info->finished_lock);
+
+		pthread_cond_signal(&info->finished_cond);
 	}
 
-	addr = (unsigned long)p + (cmd->offset & (pagesize - 1));
+	return NULL;
+}
 
-	if (scsi_get_data_dir(cmd) == DATA_WRITE)
-		scsi_set_out_buffer(cmd, (void *)(unsigned long)addr);
-	else if (scsi_get_data_dir(cmd) == DATA_READ)
-		scsi_set_in_buffer(cmd, (void *)(unsigned long)addr);
+static void bs_mmap_handler(int fd, int events, void *data)
+{
+	struct bs_mmap_info *info = data;
+	struct scsi_cmd *cmd;
+	int nr_events, ret;
 
-	dprintf("%" PRIx64 " %u %" PRIu64 "\n", addr, length, cmd->offset);
+	ret = read(info->done_fd[0], &nr_events, sizeof(nr_events));
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		eprintf("wrong wakeup\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	while (!list_empty(&info->ack_list)) {
+		cmd = list_entry(info->ack_list.next,
+				 struct scsi_cmd, bs_list);
 
-	return ret;
+		dprintf("back to tgtd, %p\n", cmd);
+
+		list_del(&cmd->bs_list);
+		target_cmd_io_done(cmd, scsi_get_result(cmd));
+	}
+
+	write(info->command_fd[1], &nr_events, sizeof(nr_events));
+}
+
+static int bs_mmap_open(struct scsi_lu *lu, char *path, int *fd, uint64_t *size)
+{
+	int i, ret;
+	struct bs_mmap_info *info =
+		(struct bs_mmap_info *)((char *)lu + sizeof(*lu));
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&info->ack_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&info->finished_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&info->pending_list);
+
+	*fd = backed_file_open(path, O_RDWR| O_LARGEFILE, size);
+	if (*fd < 0)
+		return *fd;
+
+	pthread_cond_init(&info->finished_cond, NULL);
+	pthread_cond_init(&info->pending_cond, NULL);
+
+	pthread_mutex_init(&info->finished_lock, NULL);
+	pthread_mutex_init(&info->pending_lock, NULL);
+
+	ret = pipe(info->command_fd);
+	if (ret)
+		goto close_dev_fd;
+
+	ret = pipe(info->done_fd);
+	if (ret)
+		goto close_command_fd;
+
+	ret = tgt_event_add(info->done_fd[0], EPOLLIN, bs_mmap_handler, info);
+	if (ret)
+		goto close_done_fd;
+
+	ret = pthread_create(&info->ack_thread, NULL, bs_mmap_ack_fn, info);
+	if (ret)
+		goto event_del;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(info->worker_thread); i++) {
+		ret = pthread_create(&info->worker_thread[i], NULL,
+				     bs_mmap_worker_fn, info);
+	}
+
+	write(info->command_fd[1], &ret, sizeof(ret));
+
+	return 0;
+event_del:
+	tgt_event_del(info->done_fd[0]);
+close_done_fd:
+	close(info->done_fd[0]);
+	close(info->done_fd[1]);
+close_command_fd:
+	close(info->command_fd[0]);
+	close(info->command_fd[1]);
+close_dev_fd:
+	close(*fd);
+
+	pthread_cond_destroy(&info->finished_cond);
+	pthread_cond_destroy(&info->pending_cond);
+	pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->finished_lock);
+	pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->pending_lock);
+
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static void bs_mmap_close(struct scsi_lu *lu)
+{
+	int i;
+	struct bs_mmap_info *info =
+		(struct bs_mmap_info *)((char *)lu + sizeof(*lu));
+
+	pthread_cancel(info->ack_thread);
+	pthread_join(info->ack_thread, NULL);
+
+	info->stop = 1;
+	pthread_cond_broadcast(&info->pending_cond);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(info->worker_thread); i++)
+		pthread_join(info->worker_thread[i], NULL);
+
+	pthread_cond_destroy(&info->finished_cond);
+	pthread_cond_destroy(&info->pending_cond);
+	pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->finished_lock);
+	pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->pending_lock);
+
+	close(lu->fd);
 }
 
 static int bs_mmap_cmd_done(struct scsi_cmd *cmd)
@@ -109,7 +327,59 @@ static int bs_mmap_cmd_done(struct scsi_cmd *cmd)
 	return err;
 }
 
+static int bs_mmap_cmd_submit(struct scsi_cmd *cmd)
+{
+	struct scsi_lu *lu = cmd->dev;
+	struct bs_mmap_info *info =
+		(struct bs_mmap_info *)((char *)lu + sizeof(*lu));
+	int fd;
+	uint32_t length;
+	uint64_t addr;
+	void *p;
+
+	fd = cmd->dev->fd;
+	length = 0;
+
+	if (cmd->scb[0] == SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE ||
+	    cmd->scb[0] == SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE_16)
+		goto queuing;
+
+	if (cmd->data_dir == DATA_WRITE)
+		length = scsi_get_out_length(cmd);
+	else
+		length = scsi_get_in_length(cmd);
+
+	p = mmap64(NULL, pgcnt(length, cmd->offset) << pageshift,
+		   PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd,
+		   cmd->offset & ~((1ULL << pageshift) - 1));
+	if (p == MAP_FAILED)
+		return EIO;
+
+	addr = (unsigned long)p + (cmd->offset & (pagesize - 1));
+
+	if (scsi_get_data_dir(cmd) == DATA_WRITE)
+		scsi_set_out_buffer(cmd, (void *)(unsigned long)addr);
+	else
+		scsi_set_in_buffer(cmd, (void *)(unsigned long)addr);
+
+	scsi_set_result(cmd, SAM_STAT_GOOD);
+
+queuing:
+	pthread_mutex_lock(&info->pending_lock);
+
+	list_add(&cmd->bs_list, &info->pending_list);
+
+	pthread_mutex_unlock(&info->pending_lock);
+
+	pthread_cond_signal(&info->pending_cond);
+
+	set_cmd_async(cmd);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 struct backingstore_template mmap_bst = {
+	.bs_datasize		= sizeof(struct bs_mmap_info),
 	.bs_open		= bs_mmap_open,
 	.bs_close		= bs_mmap_close,
 	.bs_cmd_submit		= bs_mmap_cmd_submit,



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