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Message-ID: <20110918141705.GB15366@localhost>
Date:	Sun, 18 Sep 2011 22:17:05 +0800
From:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc:	"linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
	Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>,
	Andrea Righi <arighi@...eler.com>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/18] writeback: dirty position control - bdi reserve
 area

On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 06:19:38PM +0800, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 20:31 +0800, Wu Fengguang wrote:
> > > > +   x_intercept = min(write_bw, freerun);
> > > > +   if (bdi_dirty < x_intercept) {
> > > 
> > > So the point of the freerun point is that we never throttle before it,
> > > so basically all the below shouldn't be needed at all, right? 
> > 
> > Yes!
> > 
> > > > +           if (bdi_dirty > x_intercept / 8) {
> > > > +                   pos_ratio *= x_intercept;
> > > > +                   do_div(pos_ratio, bdi_dirty);
> > > > +           } else
> > > > +                   pos_ratio *= 8;
> > > > +   }
> > > > +
> > > >     return pos_ratio;
> > > >  }
> 
> Does that mean we can remove this whole block?

Right, if the bdi freerun concept is proved to work fine.

Unfortunately I find it mostly yields lower performance than bdi
reserve area. Patch is attached. If you would like me try other
patches, I can easily kick off new tests and redo the comparison.

Here is the nr_written numbers over various JBOD test cases,
the larger, the better:

bdi-reserve     bdi-freerun    diff    case
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
38375271        31553807      -17.8%	JBOD-10HDD-6G/xfs-100dd-1M-16p-5895M-20
30478879        28631491       -6.1%	JBOD-10HDD-6G/xfs-10dd-1M-16p-5895M-20
29735407        28871956       -2.9%	JBOD-10HDD-6G/xfs-1dd-1M-16p-5895M-20
30850350        28344165       -8.1%	JBOD-10HDD-6G/xfs-2dd-1M-16p-5895M-20
17706200        16174684       -8.6%	JBOD-10HDD-thresh=100M/xfs-100dd-1M-16p-5895M-100M
23374918        14376942      -38.5%	JBOD-10HDD-thresh=100M/xfs-10dd-1M-16p-5895M-100M
20659278        19640375       -4.9%	JBOD-10HDD-thresh=100M/xfs-1dd-1M-16p-5895M-100M
22517497        14552321      -35.4%	JBOD-10HDD-thresh=100M/xfs-2dd-1M-16p-5895M-100M
68287850        61078553      -10.6%	JBOD-10HDD-thresh=2G/xfs-100dd-1M-16p-5895M-2048M
33835247        32018425       -5.4%	JBOD-10HDD-thresh=2G/xfs-10dd-1M-16p-5895M-2048M
30187817        29942083       -0.8%	JBOD-10HDD-thresh=2G/xfs-1dd-1M-16p-5895M-2048M
30563144        30204022       -1.2%	JBOD-10HDD-thresh=2G/xfs-2dd-1M-16p-5895M-2048M
34476862        34645398       +0.5%	JBOD-10HDD-thresh=4G/xfs-10dd-1M-16p-5895M-4096M
30326479        30097263       -0.8%	JBOD-10HDD-thresh=4G/xfs-1dd-1M-16p-5895M-4096M
30446767        30339683       -0.4%	JBOD-10HDD-thresh=4G/xfs-2dd-1M-16p-5895M-4096M
40793956        45936678      +12.6%	JBOD-10HDD-thresh=800M/xfs-100dd-1M-16p-5895M-800M
27481305        24867282       -9.5%	JBOD-10HDD-thresh=800M/xfs-10dd-1M-16p-5895M-800M
25651257        22507406      -12.3%	JBOD-10HDD-thresh=800M/xfs-1dd-1M-16p-5895M-800M
19849350        21298787       +7.3%	JBOD-10HDD-thresh=800M/xfs-2dd-1M-16p-5895M-800M

raw data by "grep":

JBOD-10HDD-6G/xfs-100dd-1M-16p-5895M-20:10-3.1.0-rc4+/vmstat-end:nr_written 38375271
JBOD-10HDD-6G/xfs-10dd-1M-16p-5895M-20:10-3.1.0-rc4+/vmstat-end:nr_written 30478879
JBOD-10HDD-6G/xfs-1dd-1M-16p-5895M-20:10-3.1.0-rc4+/vmstat-end:nr_written 29735407
JBOD-10HDD-6G/xfs-2dd-1M-16p-5895M-20:10-3.1.0-rc4+/vmstat-end:nr_written 30850350
JBOD-10HDD-thresh=100M/xfs-100dd-1M-16p-5895M-100M:10-3.1.0-rc4+/vmstat-end:nr_written 17706200
JBOD-10HDD-thresh=100M/xfs-10dd-1M-16p-5895M-100M:10-3.1.0-rc4+/vmstat-end:nr_written 23374918
JBOD-10HDD-thresh=100M/xfs-1dd-1M-16p-5895M-100M:10-3.1.0-rc4+/vmstat-end:nr_written 20659278
JBOD-10HDD-thresh=100M/xfs-2dd-1M-16p-5895M-100M:10-3.1.0-rc4+/vmstat-end:nr_written 22517497
JBOD-10HDD-thresh=2G/xfs-100dd-1M-16p-5895M-2048M:10-3.1.0-rc4+/vmstat-end:nr_written 68287850
JBOD-10HDD-thresh=2G/xfs-10dd-1M-16p-5895M-2048M:10-3.1.0-rc4+/vmstat-end:nr_written 33835247
JBOD-10HDD-thresh=2G/xfs-1dd-1M-16p-5895M-2048M:10-3.1.0-rc4+/vmstat-end:nr_written 30187817
JBOD-10HDD-thresh=2G/xfs-2dd-1M-16p-5895M-2048M:10-3.1.0-rc4+/vmstat-end:nr_written 30563144
JBOD-10HDD-thresh=4G/xfs-10dd-1M-16p-5895M-4096M:10-3.1.0-rc4+/vmstat-end:nr_written 34476862
JBOD-10HDD-thresh=4G/xfs-1dd-1M-16p-5895M-4096M:10-3.1.0-rc4+/vmstat-end:nr_written 30326479
JBOD-10HDD-thresh=4G/xfs-2dd-1M-16p-5895M-4096M:10-3.1.0-rc4+/vmstat-end:nr_written 30446767
JBOD-10HDD-thresh=800M/xfs-100dd-1M-16p-5895M-800M:10-3.1.0-rc4+/vmstat-end:nr_written 40793956
JBOD-10HDD-thresh=800M/xfs-10dd-1M-16p-5895M-800M:10-3.1.0-rc4+/vmstat-end:nr_written 27481305
JBOD-10HDD-thresh=800M/xfs-1dd-1M-16p-5895M-800M:10-3.1.0-rc4+/vmstat-end:nr_written 25651257
JBOD-10HDD-thresh=800M/xfs-2dd-1M-16p-5895M-800M:10-3.1.0-rc4+/vmstat-end:nr_written 19849350

JBOD-10HDD-6G/xfs-100dd-1M-16p-5895M-20:10-3.1.0-rc4-bdi-freerun+/vmstat-end:nr_written 31553807
JBOD-10HDD-6G/xfs-10dd-1M-16p-5895M-20:10-3.1.0-rc4-bdi-freerun+/vmstat-end:nr_written 28631491
JBOD-10HDD-6G/xfs-1dd-1M-16p-5895M-20:10-3.1.0-rc4-bdi-freerun+/vmstat-end:nr_written 28871956
JBOD-10HDD-6G/xfs-2dd-1M-16p-5895M-20:10-3.1.0-rc4-bdi-freerun+/vmstat-end:nr_written 28344165
JBOD-10HDD-thresh=100M/xfs-100dd-1M-16p-5895M-100M:10-3.1.0-rc4-bdi-freerun+/vmstat-end:nr_written 16174684
JBOD-10HDD-thresh=100M/xfs-10dd-1M-16p-5895M-100M:10-3.1.0-rc4-bdi-freerun+/vmstat-end:nr_written 14376942
JBOD-10HDD-thresh=100M/xfs-1dd-1M-16p-5895M-100M:10-3.1.0-rc4-bdi-freerun+/vmstat-end:nr_written 19640375
JBOD-10HDD-thresh=100M/xfs-2dd-1M-16p-5895M-100M:10-3.1.0-rc4-bdi-freerun+/vmstat-end:nr_written 14552321
JBOD-10HDD-thresh=2G/xfs-100dd-1M-16p-5895M-2048M:10-3.1.0-rc4-bdi-freerun+/vmstat-end:nr_written 61078553
JBOD-10HDD-thresh=2G/xfs-10dd-1M-16p-5895M-2048M:10-3.1.0-rc4-bdi-freerun+/vmstat-end:nr_written 32018425
JBOD-10HDD-thresh=2G/xfs-1dd-1M-16p-5895M-2048M:10-3.1.0-rc4-bdi-freerun+/vmstat-end:nr_written 29942083
JBOD-10HDD-thresh=2G/xfs-2dd-1M-16p-5895M-2048M:10-3.1.0-rc4-bdi-freerun+/vmstat-end:nr_written 30204022
JBOD-10HDD-thresh=4G/xfs-10dd-1M-16p-5895M-4096M:10-3.1.0-rc4-bdi-freerun+/vmstat-end:nr_written 34645398
JBOD-10HDD-thresh=4G/xfs-1dd-1M-16p-5895M-4096M:10-3.1.0-rc4-bdi-freerun+/vmstat-end:nr_written 30097263
JBOD-10HDD-thresh=4G/xfs-2dd-1M-16p-5895M-4096M:10-3.1.0-rc4-bdi-freerun+/vmstat-end:nr_written 30339683
JBOD-10HDD-thresh=800M/xfs-100dd-1M-16p-5895M-800M:10-3.1.0-rc4-bdi-freerun+/vmstat-end:nr_written 45936678
JBOD-10HDD-thresh=800M/xfs-10dd-1M-16p-5895M-800M:10-3.1.0-rc4-bdi-freerun+/vmstat-end:nr_written 24867282
JBOD-10HDD-thresh=800M/xfs-1dd-1M-16p-5895M-800M:10-3.1.0-rc4-bdi-freerun+/vmstat-end:nr_written 22507406
JBOD-10HDD-thresh=800M/xfs-2dd-1M-16p-5895M-800M:10-3.1.0-rc4-bdi-freerun+/vmstat-end:nr_written 21298787

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