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Message-ID: <1988ee26-c250-41c3-a5eb-aa3af70828a2@huaweicloud.com> Date: Tue, 20 May 2025 21:41:27 +0800 From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@...weicloud.com> To: Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin@...ux.ibm.com> Cc: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, willy@...radead.org, tytso@....edu, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, jack@...e.cz, yi.zhang@...wei.com, libaokun1@...wei.com, yukuai3@...wei.com, yangerkun@...wei.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] ext4: enable large folio for regular files On 2025/5/20 18:37, Ojaswin Mujoo wrote: > On Mon, May 12, 2025 at 02:33:11PM +0800, Zhang Yi wrote: >> From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@...wei.com> >> >> Changes since v1: >> - Rebase codes on 6.15-rc6. >> - Drop the modifications in block_read_full_folio() which has supported >> by commit b72e591f74de ("fs/buffer: remove batching from async >> read"). >> - Fine-tuning patch 6 without modifying the logic. >> >> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-ext4/20241125114419.903270-1-yi.zhang@huaweicloud.com/ >> >> Original Description: >> >> Since almost all of the code paths in ext4 have already been converted >> to use folios, there isn't much additional work required to support >> large folios. This series completes the remaining work and enables large >> folios for regular files on ext4, with the exception of fsverity, >> fscrypt, and data=journal mode. >> >> Unlike my other series[1], which enables large folios by converting the >> buffered I/O path from the classic buffer_head to iomap, this solution >> is based on the original buffer_head, it primarily modifies the block >> offset and length calculations within a single folio in the buffer >> write, buffer read, zero range, writeback, and move extents paths to >> support large folios, doesn't do further code refactoring and >> optimization. >> >> This series have passed kvm-xfstests in auto mode several times, every >> thing looks fine, any comments are welcome. >> >> About performance: >> >> I used the same test script from my iomap series (need to drop the mount >> opts parameter MOUNT_OPT) [2], run fio tests on the same machine with >> Intel Xeon Gold 6240 CPU with 400GB system ram, 200GB ramdisk and 4TB >> nvme ssd disk. Both compared with the base and the IOMAP + large folio >> changes. >> >> == buffer read == >> >> base iomap+large folio base+large folio >> type bs IOPS BW(M/s) IOPS BW(M/s) IOPS BW(M/s) >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> hole 4K | 576k 2253 | 762k 2975(+32%) | 747k 2918(+29%) >> hole 64K | 48.7k 3043 | 77.8k 4860(+60%) | 76.3k 4767(+57%) >> hole 1M | 2960 2960 | 4942 4942(+67%) | 4737 4738(+60%) >> ramdisk 4K | 443k 1732 | 530k 2069(+19%) | 494k 1930(+11%) >> ramdisk 64K | 34.5k 2156 | 45.6k 2850(+32%) | 41.3k 2584(+20%) >> ramdisk 1M | 2093 2093 | 2841 2841(+36%) | 2585 2586(+24%) >> nvme 4K | 339k 1323 | 364k 1425(+8%) | 344k 1341(+1%) >> nvme 64K | 23.6k 1471 | 25.2k 1574(+7%) | 25.4k 1586(+8%) >> nvme 1M | 2012 2012 | 2153 2153(+7%) | 2122 2122(+5%) >> >> >> == buffer write == >> >> O: Overwrite; S: Sync; W: Writeback >> >> base iomap+large folio base+large folio >> type O S W bs IOPS BW IOPS BW(M/s) IOPS BW(M/s) >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> cache N N N 4K | 417k 1631 | 440k 1719 (+5%) | 423k 1655 (+2%) >> cache N N N 64K | 33.4k 2088 | 81.5k 5092 (+144%) | 59.1k 3690 (+77%) >> cache N N N 1M | 2143 2143 | 5716 5716 (+167%) | 3901 3901 (+82%) >> cache Y N N 4K | 449k 1755 | 469k 1834 (+5%) | 452k 1767 (+1%) >> cache Y N N 64K | 36.6k 2290 | 82.3k 5142 (+125%) | 67.2k 4200 (+83%) >> cache Y N N 1M | 2352 2352 | 5577 5577 (+137% | 4275 4276 (+82%) >> ramdisk N N Y 4K | 365k 1424 | 354k 1384 (-3%) | 372k 1449 (+2%) >> ramdisk N N Y 64K | 31.2k 1950 | 74.2k 4640 (+138%) | 56.4k 3528 (+81%) >> ramdisk N N Y 1M | 1968 1968 | 5201 5201 (+164%) | 3814 3814 (+94%) >> ramdisk N Y N 4K | 9984 39 | 12.9k 51 (+29%) | 9871 39 (-1%) >> ramdisk N Y N 64K | 5936 371 | 8960 560 (+51%) | 6320 395 (+6%) >> ramdisk N Y N 1M | 1050 1050 | 1835 1835 (+75%) | 1656 1657 (+58%) >> ramdisk Y N Y 4K | 411k 1609 | 443k 1731 (+8%) | 441k 1723 (+7%) >> ramdisk Y N Y 64K | 34.1k 2134 | 77.5k 4844 (+127%) | 66.4k 4151 (+95%) >> ramdisk Y N Y 1M | 2248 2248 | 5372 5372 (+139%) | 4209 4210 (+87%) >> ramdisk Y Y N 4K | 182k 711 | 186k 730 (+3%) | 182k 711 (0%) >> ramdisk Y Y N 64K | 18.7k 1170 | 34.7k 2171 (+86%) | 31.5k 1969 (+68%) >> ramdisk Y Y N 1M | 1229 1229 | 2269 2269 (+85%) | 1943 1944 (+58%) >> nvme N N Y 4K | 373k 1458 | 387k 1512 (+4%) | 399k 1559 (+7%) >> nvme N N Y 64K | 29.2k 1827 | 70.9k 4431 (+143%) | 54.3k 3390 (+86%) >> nvme N N Y 1M | 1835 1835 | 4919 4919 (+168%) | 3658 3658 (+99%) >> nvme N Y N 4K | 11.7k 46 | 11.7k 46 (0%) | 11.5k 45 (-1%) >> nvme N Y N 64K | 6453 403 | 8661 541 (+34%) | 7520 470 (+17%) >> nvme N Y N 1M | 649 649 | 1351 1351 (+108%) | 885 886 (+37%) >> nvme Y N Y 4K | 372k 1456 | 433k 1693 (+16%) | 419k 1637 (+12%) >> nvme Y N Y 64K | 33.0k 2064 | 74.7k 4669 (+126%) | 64.1k 4010 (+94%) >> nvme Y N Y 1M | 2131 2131 | 5273 5273 (+147%) | 4259 4260 (+100%) >> nvme Y Y N 4K | 56.7k 222 | 56.4k 220 (-1%) | 59.4k 232 (+5%) >> nvme Y Y N 64K | 13.4k 840 | 19.4k 1214 (+45%) | 18.5k 1156 (+38%) >> nvme Y Y N 1M | 714 714 | 1504 1504 (+111%) | 1319 1320 (+85%) >> >> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-ext4/20241022111059.2566137-1-yi.zhang@huaweicloud.com/ >> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-ext4/3c01efe6-007a-4422-ad79-0bad3af281b1@huaweicloud.com/ >> >> Thanks, >> Yi. > > Hi Yi, > > I don't see any obvious functional regressions on PowerPC with 64k > pagesize. I know Ted has picked this up, but feel free to add: > > Tested-by: Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin@...ux.ibm.com> # on powerpc ps > bs > > I'll give my RVBs individually, since I'm still not sure about some of > the patches. > Thank you very much for the test and review. Best Regards, Yi.
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