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Message-ID: <486F9188.6020004@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:21:44 +0200
From: Andrea Righi <righi.andrea@...il.com>
To: Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
CC: Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>,
Carl Henrik Lunde <chlunde@...g.uio.no>, axboe@...nel.dk,
matt@...ehost.com, roberto@...it.it, randy.dunlap@...cle.com,
Divyesh Shah <dpshah@...gle.com>, subrata@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
eric.rannaud@...il.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] i/o bandwidth controller infrastructure
Li Zefan wrote:
>> +/**
>> + * struct iothrottle_node - throttling rule of a single block device
>> + * @node: list of per block device throttling rules
>> + * @dev: block device number, used as key in the list
>> + * @iorate: max i/o bandwidth (in bytes/s)
>> + * @strategy: throttling strategy (0 = leaky bucket, 1 = token bucket)
>
> use enum or define
>
>> + * @timestamp: timestamp of the last I/O request (in jiffies)
>> + * @stat: i/o activity counter (leaky bucket only)
>> + * @bucket_size: bucket size in bytes (token bucket only)
>> + * @token: token counter (token bucket only)
>> + *
>> + * Define a i/o throttling rule for a single block device.
>> + *
>> + * NOTE: limiting rules always refer to dev_t; if a block device is unplugged
>> + * the limiting rules defined for that device persist and they are still valid
>> + * if a new device is plugged and it uses the same dev_t number.
>> + */
>> +struct iothrottle_node {
>> + struct list_head node;
>> + dev_t dev;
>> + u64 iorate;
>> + long strategy;
>> + unsigned long timestamp;
>> + atomic_long_t stat;
>> + s64 bucket_size;
>> + atomic_long_t token;
>> +};
>> +
>> +/**
>> + * struct iothrottle - throttling rules for a cgroup
>> + * @css: pointer to the cgroup state
>> + * @lock: spinlock used to protect write operations in the list
>> + * @list: list of iothrottle_node elements
>> + *
>> + * Define multiple per-block device i/o throttling rules.
>> + * Note: the list of the throttling rules is protected by RCU locking.
>> + */
>> +struct iothrottle {
>> + struct cgroup_subsys_state css;
>> + spinlock_t lock;
>> + struct list_head list;
>> +};
>> +
>> +static inline struct iothrottle *cgroup_to_iothrottle(struct cgroup *cont)
>> +{
>
> cgrp is a preferable name to cont
>
>> + return container_of(cgroup_subsys_state(cont, iothrottle_subsys_id),
>> + struct iothrottle, css);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static inline struct iothrottle *task_to_iothrottle(struct task_struct *task)
>> +{
>> + return container_of(task_subsys_state(task, iothrottle_subsys_id),
>> + struct iothrottle, css);
>> +}
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * Note: called with rcu_read_lock() held.
>> + */
>> +static struct iothrottle_node *
>> +iothrottle_search_node(const struct iothrottle *iot, dev_t dev)
>> +{
>> + struct iothrottle_node *n;
>> +
>> + list_for_each_entry_rcu(n, &iot->list, node)
>> + if (n->dev == dev)
>> + return n;
>> + return NULL;
>> +}
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * Note: called with iot->lock held.
>> + */
>> +static inline void iothrottle_insert_node(struct iothrottle *iot,
>> + struct iothrottle_node *n)
>> +{
>> + list_add_rcu(&n->node, &iot->list);
>> +}
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * Note: called with iot->lock held.
>> + */
>> +static inline struct iothrottle_node *
>> +iothrottle_replace_node(struct iothrottle *iot, struct iothrottle_node *old,
>> + struct iothrottle_node *new)
>> +{
>> + list_replace_rcu(&old->node, &new->node);
>> + return old;
>
> you just return back 'old', so the return value is useless
>
>> +}
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * Note: called with iot->lock held.
>> + */
>> +static struct iothrottle_node *
>> +iothrottle_delete_node(struct iothrottle *iot, dev_t dev)
>> +{
>> + struct iothrottle_node *n;
>> +
>> + list_for_each_entry_rcu(n, &iot->list, node)
>
> list_for_each_entry()
>
>> + if (n->dev == dev) {
>> + list_del_rcu(&n->node);
>> + return n;
>> + }
>> + return NULL;
>> +}
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * Note: called from kernel/cgroup.c with cgroup_lock() held.
>> + */
>> +static struct cgroup_subsys_state *
>> +iothrottle_create(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cont)
>> +{
>> + struct iothrottle *iot;
>> +
>> + iot = kmalloc(sizeof(*iot), GFP_KERNEL);
>> + if (unlikely(!iot))
>> + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>> +
>> + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&iot->list);
>> + spin_lock_init(&iot->lock);
>> +
>> + return &iot->css;
>> +}
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * Note: called from kernel/cgroup.c with cgroup_lock() held.
>> + */
>> +static void iothrottle_destroy(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cont)
>> +{
>> + struct iothrottle_node *n, *p;
>> + struct iothrottle *iot = cgroup_to_iothrottle(cont);
>> +
>> + /*
>> + * don't worry about locking here, at this point there must be not any
>> + * reference to the list.
>> + */
>> + list_for_each_entry_safe(n, p, &iot->list, node)
>> + kfree(n);
>> + kfree(iot);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static ssize_t iothrottle_read(struct cgroup *cont, struct cftype *cft,
>> + struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
>> + size_t nbytes, loff_t *ppos)
>
> use read_seq_string can simplify this function:
> .read_seq_string = iothrottle_read
>
>> +{
>> + struct iothrottle *iot;
>> + char *buffer;
>> + int s = 0;
>> + struct iothrottle_node *n;
>> + ssize_t ret;
>> +
>> + buffer = kmalloc(nbytes + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
>> + if (!buffer)
>> + return -ENOMEM;
>> +
>> + cgroup_lock();
>> + if (cgroup_is_removed(cont)) {
>> + ret = -ENODEV;
>> + goto out;
>> + }
>> +
>> + iot = cgroup_to_iothrottle(cont);
>> + rcu_read_lock();
>> + list_for_each_entry_rcu(n, &iot->list, node) {
>> + unsigned long delta;
>> +
>> + BUG_ON(!n->dev);
>> + delta = jiffies_to_msecs((long)jiffies - (long)n->timestamp);
>> + s += scnprintf(buffer + s, nbytes - s,
>> + "%u %u %llu %li %li %lli %li %lu\n",
>> + MAJOR(n->dev), MINOR(n->dev), n->iorate,
>> + n->strategy, atomic_long_read(&n->stat),
>> + n->bucket_size, atomic_long_read(&n->token),
>> + delta);
>> + }
>> + rcu_read_unlock();
>> + ret = simple_read_from_buffer(userbuf, nbytes, ppos, buffer, s);
>> +out:
>> + cgroup_unlock();
>> + kfree(buffer);
>> + return ret;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static dev_t devname2dev_t(const char *buf)
>> +{
>> + struct block_device *bdev;
>> + dev_t dev = 0;
>> + struct gendisk *disk;
>> + int part;
>> +
>> + /* use a lookup to validate the block device */
>> + bdev = lookup_bdev(buf);
>> + if (IS_ERR(bdev))
>> + return 0;
>> +
>> + /* only entire devices are allowed, not single partitions */
>> + disk = get_gendisk(bdev->bd_dev, &part);
>> + if (disk && !part) {
>> + BUG_ON(!bdev->bd_inode);
>> + dev = bdev->bd_inode->i_rdev;
>> + }
>> + bdput(bdev);
>> +
>> + return dev;
>> +}
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * The userspace input string must use the following syntax:
>> + *
>> + * device:bw-limit:strategy:bucket-size
>> + */
>
> why not support these syntax:
> device:0
> device:bw-limit:0
>
>> +static int iothrottle_parse_args(char *buf, size_t nbytes,
>> + dev_t *dev, u64 *iorate,
>> + long *strategy, s64 *bucket_size)
>> +{
>> + char *ioratep, *strategyp, *bucket_sizep;
>> + int ret;
>> +
>> + ioratep = memchr(buf, ':', nbytes);
>> + if (!ioratep)
>> + return -EINVAL;
>> + *ioratep++ = '\0';
>> +
>> + strategyp = memchr(ioratep, ':', buf + nbytes - ioratep);
>> + if (!strategyp)
>> + return -EINVAL;
>> + *strategyp++ = '\0';
>> +
>> + bucket_sizep = memchr(strategyp, ':', buf + nbytes - strategyp);
>> + if (!bucket_sizep)
>> + return -EINVAL;
>> + *bucket_sizep++ = '\0';
>> +
>> + /* i/o bandwidth limit (0 to delete a limiting rule) */
>> + ret = strict_strtoull(ioratep, 10, iorate);
>> + if (ret < 0)
>> + return ret;
>> + *iorate = ALIGN(*iorate, 1024);
>> +
>> + /* throttling strategy */
>> + ret = strict_strtol(strategyp, 10, strategy);
>> + if (ret < 0)
>> + return ret;
>> +
>> + /* bucket size */
>> + ret = strict_strtoll(bucket_sizep, 10, bucket_size);
>> + if (ret < 0)
>> + return ret;
>> + if (*bucket_size < 0)
>> + return -EINVAL;
>> + *bucket_size = ALIGN(*bucket_size, 1024);
>> +
>> + /* block device number */
>> + *dev = devname2dev_t(buf);
>> + if (!*dev)
>> + return -EINVAL;
>> +
>> + return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static ssize_t iothrottle_write(struct cgroup *cont, struct cftype *cft,
>> + struct file *file, const char __user *userbuf,
>> + size_t nbytes, loff_t *ppos)
>> +{
>
> you can use write_string (currently in -mm) to simplify this funciton:
> .write_string = iothrottle_write
>
>> + struct iothrottle *iot;
>> + struct iothrottle_node *n, *newn = NULL;
>> + char *buffer, *s;
>> + dev_t dev;
>> + u64 iorate;
>> + long strategy;
>> + s64 bucket_size;
>> + int ret;
>> +
>> + if (!nbytes)
>> + return -EINVAL;
>> +
>> + /* Upper limit on largest io-throttle rule string user might write. */
>> + if (nbytes > 1024)
>> + return -E2BIG;
>> +
>> + buffer = kmalloc(nbytes + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
>> + if (!buffer)
>> + return -ENOMEM;
>> +
>> + ret = strncpy_from_user(buffer, userbuf, nbytes);
>> + if (ret < 0)
>> + goto out1;
>> + buffer[nbytes] = '\0';
>> + s = strstrip(buffer);
>> +
>> + ret = iothrottle_parse_args(s, nbytes, &dev, &iorate,
>> + &strategy, &bucket_size);
>> + if (ret)
>> + goto out1;
>> +
>> + if (iorate) {
>> + newn = kmalloc(sizeof(*newn), GFP_KERNEL);
>> + if (!newn) {
>> + ret = -ENOMEM;
>> + goto out1;
>> + }
>> + newn->dev = dev;
>> + newn->iorate = iorate;
>> + newn->strategy = strategy;
>> + newn->bucket_size = bucket_size;
>> + newn->timestamp = jiffies;
>> + atomic_long_set(&newn->stat, 0);
>> + atomic_long_set(&newn->token, 0);
>> + }
>> +
>> + cgroup_lock();
>> + if (cgroup_is_removed(cont)) {
>> + ret = -ENODEV;
>> + goto out2;
>> + }
>> +
>> + iot = cgroup_to_iothrottle(cont);
>> + spin_lock(&iot->lock);
>> + if (!iorate) {
>> + /* Delete a block device limiting rule */
>> + n = iothrottle_delete_node(iot, dev);
>> + goto out3;
>> + }
>> + n = iothrottle_search_node(iot, dev);
>> + if (n) {
>> + /* Update a block device limiting rule */
>> + iothrottle_replace_node(iot, n, newn);
>> + goto out3;
>> + }
>> + /* Add a new block device limiting rule */
>> + iothrottle_insert_node(iot, newn);
>> +out3:
>> + ret = nbytes;
>> + spin_unlock(&iot->lock);
>> + if (n) {
>> + synchronize_rcu();
>> + kfree(n);
>> + }
>> +out2:
>> + cgroup_unlock();
>> +out1:
>> + kfree(buffer);
>> + return ret;
>> +}
Li, thanks for reviewing. I agree on everything and I'll apply all your
suggestions in the next patchset version.
-Andrea
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