linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] blkcg: Limit maximum number of aio requests available for cgroup

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Date:   Tue, 5 Dec 2017 00:48:17 +0300
From:   Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@...tuozzo.com>
To:     Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
Cc:     Benjamin LaHaise <ben@...munityfibre.ca>, axboe@...nel.dk,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, tj@...nel.org,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-aio@...ck.org, oleg@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] blkcg: Limit maximum number of aio requests available
 for cgroup

On 05.12.2017 00:35, Jeff Moyer wrote:
> Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@...tuozzo.com> writes:
> 
>> Hi, Benjamin,
>>
>> On 04.12.2017 19:52, Benjamin LaHaise wrote:
>>> Hi Kirill,
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 04, 2017 at 07:12:51PM +0300, Kirill Tkhai wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> this patch set introduces accounting aio_nr and aio_max_nr per blkio cgroup.
>>>> It may be used to limit number of aio requests, which are available for
>>>> a cgroup, and could be useful for containers.
>>>>
>>>> The accounting is hierarchical, and aio contexts, allocated in child cgroup,
>>>> are accounted in parent cgroups too.
>>>>
>>>> Also, new cgroup file "io.aio_nr" is introduced. It's used to set cgroup
>>>> aio requests limit, to show current limit and number of currenly occupied
>>>> requests.
>>>
>>> Where are your test cases to check this functionality in the libaio test
>>> suite?
>>
>> I tried to find actual libaio test suite repository url in google,
>> but there is no certain answer. Also, there is no information in kernel
>> anywhere (I hope I grepped right).
>>
>> Could you please provide url where actual upstream libaio could be obtained?
> 
> https://pagure.io/libaio
> 
> Patches can be sent to this list (linux-aio).
> 

Thank you, Jeff.

Kirill

>>>> Patches 1-3 are refactoring.
>>>> Patch 4 is the place where the accounting actually introduced.
>>>> Patch 5 adds "io.aio_nr" file.
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>> Kirill Tkhai (5):
>>>>       aio: Move aio_nr increment to separate function
>>>>       aio: Export aio_nr_lock and aio_max_nr initial value to include/linux/aio.h
>>>>       blkcg: Add blkcg::blkg_aio_nr and blkcg::blkg_aio_max_nr
>>>>       blkcg: Charge aio requests in blkio cgroup hierarchy
>>>>       blkcg: Add cgroup file to configure blkcg::blkg_aio_max_nr
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  block/blk-cgroup.c         |   88 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>>>  fs/aio.c                   |  151 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>>>>  include/linux/aio.h        |   21 ++++++
>>>>  include/linux/blk-cgroup.h |    4 +
>>>>  4 files changed, 247 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Signed-off-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@...tuozzo.com>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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