Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/3] block: Let bdrv_drain_all() to call aio_poll() for each AioContext

[Christian Borntraeger]

Am 10.06.2015 um 13:38 schrieb Alexander Yarygin:
> After the commit 9b536adc ("block: acquire AioContext in
> bdrv_drain_all()") the aio_poll() function got called for every
> BlockDriverState, in assumption that every device may have its own
> AioContext. If we have thousands of disks attached, there are a lot of
> BlockDriverStates but only a few AioContexts, leading to tons of
> unnecessary aio_poll() calls.
> 
> This patch changes the bdrv_drain_all() function allowing it find shared
> AioContexts and to call aio_poll() only for unique ones.

I read Stefans replies as "we need to have another respin of  patch 2"
FWIW, I tested patch 3 alone and it also reduces the start time a lot for
lots of disks. So maybe apply 1 and 3 and defer 2 to the next round?


> 
> Cc: Christian Borntraeger <address@hidden>
> Cc: Cornelia Huck <address@hidden>
> Cc: Kevin Wolf <address@hidden>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden>
> Cc: Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Yarygin <address@hidden>
> ---
>  block/io.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/block/io.c b/block/io.c
> index e394d92..7502186 100644
> --- a/block/io.c
> +++ b/block/io.c
> @@ -271,17 +271,6 @@ static bool bdrv_requests_pending(BlockDriverState *bs)
>      return false;
>  }
> 
> -static bool bdrv_drain_one(BlockDriverState *bs)
> -{
> -    bool bs_busy;
> -
> -    bdrv_flush_io_queue(bs);
> -    bdrv_start_throttled_reqs(bs);
> -    bs_busy = bdrv_requests_pending(bs);
> -    bs_busy |= aio_poll(bdrv_get_aio_context(bs), bs_busy);
> -    return bs_busy;
> -}
> -
>  /*
>   * Wait for pending requests to complete on a single BlockDriverState subtree
>   *
> @@ -294,8 +283,13 @@ static bool bdrv_drain_one(BlockDriverState *bs)
>   */
>  void bdrv_drain(BlockDriverState *bs)
>  {
> -    while (bdrv_drain_one(bs)) {
> +    bool busy = true;
> +
> +    while (busy) {
>          /* Keep iterating */
> +         bdrv_flush_io_queue(bs);
> +         busy = bdrv_requests_pending(bs);
> +         busy |= aio_poll(bdrv_get_aio_context(bs), busy);
>      }
>  }
> 
> @@ -316,6 +310,7 @@ void bdrv_drain_all(void)
>      /* Always run first iteration so any pending completion BHs run */
>      bool busy = true;
>      BlockDriverState *bs = NULL;
> +    GSList *aio_ctxs = NULL, *ctx;
> 
>      while ((bs = bdrv_next(bs))) {
>          AioContext *aio_context = bdrv_get_aio_context(bs);
> @@ -325,17 +320,30 @@ void bdrv_drain_all(void)
>              block_job_pause(bs->job);
>          }
>          aio_context_release(aio_context);
> +
> +        if (!aio_ctxs || !g_slist_find(aio_ctxs, aio_context)) {
> +            aio_ctxs = g_slist_prepend(aio_ctxs, aio_context);
> +        }
>      }
> 
>      while (busy) {
>          busy = false;
> -        bs = NULL;
> 
> -        while ((bs = bdrv_next(bs))) {
> -            AioContext *aio_context = bdrv_get_aio_context(bs);
> +        for (ctx = aio_ctxs; ctx != NULL; ctx = ctx->next) {
> +            AioContext *aio_context = ctx->data;
> +            bs = NULL;
> 
>              aio_context_acquire(aio_context);
> -            busy |= bdrv_drain_one(bs);
> +            while ((bs = bdrv_next(bs))) {
> +                if (aio_context == bdrv_get_aio_context(bs)) {
> +                    bdrv_flush_io_queue(bs);
> +                    if (bdrv_requests_pending(bs)) {
> +                        busy = true;
> +                        aio_poll(aio_context, busy);
> +                    }
> +                }
> +            }
> +            busy |= aio_poll(aio_context, false);
>              aio_context_release(aio_context);
>          }
>      }
> @@ -350,6 +358,7 @@ void bdrv_drain_all(void)
>          }
>          aio_context_release(aio_context);
>      }
> +    g_slist_free(aio_ctxs);
>  }
> 
>  /**
> @@ -2600,4 +2609,5 @@ void bdrv_flush_io_queue(BlockDriverState *bs)
>      } else if (bs->file) {
>          bdrv_flush_io_queue(bs->file);
>      }
> +    bdrv_start_throttled_reqs(bs);
>  }
>