linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 05/11] block: remove split code in blkdev_issue_{discard,write

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Date:	Wed, 14 Oct 2015 06:27:00 -0700
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Ming Lin <mlin@...nel.org>
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...il.com>,
	Dongsu Park <dpark@...teo.net>,
	Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>,
	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
	Ming Lin <ming.l@....samsung.com>,
	linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 05/11] block: remove split code in
 blkdev_issue_{discard,write_same}

On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 10:44:11AM -0700, Ming Lin wrote:
> I just did a quick test with a Samsung 900G NVMe device.
> mkfs.xfs is OK on 4.3-rc5.
> 
> What's your device model? I may find a similar one to try.

This is a HGST Ultrastar SN100

Analsys and tentativ fix below:

blktrace for before the commit:

259,0    1        2     0.000002543  2394  G   D 0 + 8388607 [mkfs.xfs]
259,0    1        3     0.000008230  2394  I   D 0 + 8388607 [mkfs.xfs]
259,0    1        4     0.000031090   207  D   D 0 + 8388607 [kworker/1:1H]
259,0    1        5     0.000044869  2394  Q   D 8388607 + 8388607 [mkfs.xfs]
259,0    1        6     0.000045992  2394  G   D 8388607 + 8388607 [mkfs.xfs]
259,0    1        7     0.000049559  2394  I   D 8388607 + 8388607 [mkfs.xfs]
259,0    1        8     0.000061551   207  D   D 8388607 + 8388607 [kworker/1:1H]

.. and so on.

blktrace with the commit:

259,0    2        1     0.000000000  1228  Q   D 0 + 4194304 [mkfs.xfs]
259,0    2        2     0.000002543  1228  G   D 0 + 4194304 [mkfs.xfs]
259,0    2        3     0.000010080  1228  I   D 0 + 4194304 [mkfs.xfs]
259,0    2        4     0.000082187   267  D   D 0 + 4194304 [kworker/2:1H]
259,0    2        5     0.000224869  1228  Q   D 4194304 + 4194304 [mkfs.xfs]
259,0    2        6     0.000225835  1228  G   D 4194304 + 4194304 [mkfs.xfs]
259,0    2        7     0.000229457  1228  I   D 4194304 + 4194304 [mkfs.xfs]
259,0    2        8     0.000238507   267  D   D 4194304 + 4194304 [kworker/2:1H]

So discards are smaller, but better aligned.  Now if I tweak a single
line in blk-lib.c to be able to use all of bi_size I get the old I/O
pattern back and everything works fine again:

diff --git a/block/blk-lib.c b/block/blk-lib.c
index bd40292..65b61dc 100644
--- a/block/blk-lib.c
+++ b/block/blk-lib.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ int blkdev_issue_discard(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
 			break;
 		}
 
-		req_sects = min_t(sector_t, nr_sects, MAX_BIO_SECTORS);
+		req_sects = min_t(sector_t, nr_sects, UINT_MAX >> 9);
 		end_sect = sector + req_sects;
 
 		bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = sector;
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