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Date:	Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:05:48 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
To:	Grant Grundler <grundler@...gle.com>
CC:	Linux IDE mailing list <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.6.34-rc3 v2 Disable R_OK (Early ACK) on SII 3726 PMP

On 04/14/2010 09:43 PM, Grant Grundler wrote:
> In 2009, While running "cache read" performance test of drives behind
> SII PMP we encountered a "all 5 drives" timeout on more than 30% of the
> machines under test.  This patch reduces the rate by a factor of about 70.
> Low enough that we didn't care to further investigate the issue.
>
> Performance impact with any sort of "normal" use was ~2%+ CPU and less
> than 1% throughput degradation.  Worst case impact (cached read) was
> 6% IOPS reduction. This is with NCQ off (q=1) but I believe FIS based
> switching enabled in the SATA driver.
>
> The patch disables "Early ACK" in the 3726 port multiplier.
> "Early ACK" is issued when device sends a FIS to the host (via PMP)
> and the PMP sends an ACK immediately back to the device - well before
> the host gets the response. Under worst case IOPs load (cached read
> test) and more than 2 PMPs connected to a 4-port SATA controller,
> I suspect the time to service all of the PMPs is exceeding the PMPs
> ability to keep track of outstanding FIS it owes the Host. Reducing
> the number of PMPs to 2 (or 1) reduces the frequency by several orders
> of magnitude. Kudos to Gwendal for initial debugging of this issue.
> [Any errors in the description are mine, not his.]
>
> Patch is currently in production on Google servers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Grant Grundler<grundler@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Gwendal Grignou<gwendal@...gle.com>
> Acked-by: Tejun Heo<tj@...nel.org>
>
> ---
>
> v2: dropped references to 4726 since I didn't test 4726,
>      moved register definition directly into libata-pmp.c, and
>      expanded the comment in the code to summarize the above description.
>
> Code below is white space mangled. Please use attached file.

applied manually, please figure out a way to send patches that can be 
applied directly using the standard automated tools (== git am) that 
everyone uses


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