linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] block/diskstats: more accurate approximation of io

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Date:   Mon, 02 Mar 2020 13:38:17 +0300
From:   Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru>
To:     linux-block@...r.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>,
        Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] block/diskstats: more accurate approximation of
 io_ticks for slow disks

Currently io_ticks is approximated by adding one at each start and end of
requests if jiffies counter has changed. This works perfectly for requests
shorter than a jiffy or if one of requests starts/ends at each jiffy.

If disk executes just one request at a time and they are longer than two
jiffies then only first and last jiffies will be accounted.

Fix is simple: at the end of request add up into io_ticks jiffies passed
since last update rather than just one jiffy.

Example: common HDD executes random read 4k requests around 12ms.

fio --name=test --filename=/dev/sdb --rw=randread --direct=1 --runtime=30 &
iostat -x 10 sdb

Note changes of iostat's "%util" before/after patch:

Before:

Device:         rrqm/s   wrqm/s     r/s     w/s    rkB/s    wkB/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz   await r_await w_await  svctm  %util
sdb               0,00     0,00   82,60    0,00   330,40     0,00     8,00     0,96   12,09   12,09    0,00   1,02   8,43

After:

Device:         rrqm/s   wrqm/s     r/s     w/s    rkB/s    wkB/s avgrq-sz avgqu-sz   await r_await w_await  svctm  %util
sdb               0,00     0,00   82,50    0,00   330,00     0,00     8,00     1,00   12,10   12,10    0,00  12,12  99,99

Fixes: 5b18b5a73760 ("block: delete part_round_stats and switch to less precise counting")
Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru>
---
 block/bio.c           |    8 ++++----
 block/blk-core.c      |    4 ++--
 include/linux/genhd.h |    2 +-
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index 94d697217887..5319bf8721b7 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -1752,14 +1752,14 @@ void bio_check_pages_dirty(struct bio *bio)
 	schedule_work(&bio_dirty_work);
 }
 
-void update_io_ticks(struct hd_struct *part, unsigned long now)
+void update_io_ticks(struct hd_struct *part, unsigned long now, bool end)
 {
 	unsigned long stamp;
 again:
 	stamp = READ_ONCE(part->stamp);
 	if (unlikely(stamp != now)) {
 		if (likely(cmpxchg(&part->stamp, stamp, now) == stamp)) {
-			__part_stat_add(part, io_ticks, 1);
+			__part_stat_add(part, io_ticks, end ? now - stamp : 1);
 		}
 	}
 	if (part->partno) {
@@ -1775,7 +1775,7 @@ void generic_start_io_acct(struct request_queue *q, int op,
 
 	part_stat_lock();
 
-	update_io_ticks(part, jiffies);
+	update_io_ticks(part, jiffies, false);
 	part_stat_inc(part, ios[sgrp]);
 	part_stat_add(part, sectors[sgrp], sectors);
 	part_inc_in_flight(q, part, op_is_write(op));
@@ -1793,7 +1793,7 @@ void generic_end_io_acct(struct request_queue *q, int req_op,
 
 	part_stat_lock();
 
-	update_io_ticks(part, now);
+	update_io_ticks(part, now, true);
 	part_stat_add(part, nsecs[sgrp], jiffies_to_nsecs(duration));
 	part_stat_add(part, time_in_queue, duration);
 	part_dec_in_flight(q, part, op_is_write(req_op));
diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 089e890ab208..caad0dc32333 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -1339,7 +1339,7 @@ void blk_account_io_done(struct request *req, u64 now)
 		part_stat_lock();
 		part = req->part;
 
-		update_io_ticks(part, jiffies);
+		update_io_ticks(part, jiffies, true);
 		part_stat_inc(part, ios[sgrp]);
 		part_stat_add(part, nsecs[sgrp], now - req->start_time_ns);
 		part_stat_add(part, time_in_queue, nsecs_to_jiffies64(now - req->start_time_ns));
@@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@ void blk_account_io_start(struct request *rq, bool new_io)
 		rq->part = part;
 	}
 
-	update_io_ticks(part, jiffies);
+	update_io_ticks(part, jiffies, false);
 
 	part_stat_unlock();
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h
index 6fbe58538ad6..d5ff7023daa8 100644
--- a/include/linux/genhd.h
+++ b/include/linux/genhd.h
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ static inline void free_part_info(struct hd_struct *part)
 	kfree(part->info);
 }
 
-void update_io_ticks(struct hd_struct *part, unsigned long now);
+void update_io_ticks(struct hd_struct *part, unsigned long now, bool end);
 
 /* block/genhd.c */
 extern void device_add_disk(struct device *parent, struct gendisk *disk,