linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] xen-blkfront: add a parameter for disabling of persistent grants

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Date:   Tue, 22 Sep 2020 16:27:03 +0200
From:   Jürgen Groß <jgross@...e.com>
To:     SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.com>, konrad.wilk@...cle.com,
        roger.pau@...rix.com
Cc:     SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.de>, axboe@...nel.dk,
        aliguori@...zon.com, amit@...nel.org, mheyne@...zon.de,
        pdurrant@...zon.co.uk, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] xen-blkfront: add a parameter for disabling of
 persistent grants

On 22.09.20 16:15, SeongJae Park wrote:
> From: SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.de>
> 
> Persistent grants feature provides high scalability.  On some small
> systems, however, it could incur data copy overheads[1] and thus it is
> required to be disabled.  It can be disabled from blkback side using a
> module parameter, 'feature_persistent'.  But, it is impossible from
> blkfront side.  For the reason, this commit adds a blkfront module
> parameter for disabling of the feature.
> 
> [1] https://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_4.3_Block_Protocol_Scalability
> 
> Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.de>
> ---
>   .../ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-xen-blkfront     |  9 +++++++++
>   drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c                  | 20 ++++++++++++++-----
>   2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-xen-blkfront b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-xen-blkfront
> index c0a6cb7eb314..9c31334cb2e6 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-xen-blkfront
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-xen-blkfront
> @@ -8,3 +8,12 @@ Description:
>                   is 32 - higher value means more potential throughput but more
>                   memory usage. The backend picks the minimum of the frontend
>                   and its default backend value.
> +
> +What:           /sys/module/xen_blkfront/parameters/feature_persistent
> +Date:           September 2020
> +KernelVersion:  5.10
> +Contact:        SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.de>
> +Description:
> +                Whether to enable the persistent grants feature or not.  Note
> +                that this option only takes effect on newly created frontends.
> +                The default is Y (enable).
> diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
> index 91de2e0755ae..b2d3b1262404 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
> @@ -1866,8 +1866,8 @@ static int talk_to_blkback(struct xenbus_device *dev,
>   		message = "writing protocol";
>   		goto abort_transaction;
>   	}
> -	err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename,
> -			    "feature-persistent", "%u", 1);
> +	err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename, "feature-persistent", "%u",
> +			info->feature_persistent);
>   	if (err)
>   		dev_warn(&dev->dev,
>   			 "writing persistent grants feature to xenbus");
> @@ -1941,6 +1941,13 @@ static int negotiate_mq(struct blkfront_info *info)
>   	}
>   	return 0;
>   }
> +
> +/* Enable the persistent grants feature. */
> +static bool feature_persistent = true;
> +module_param(feature_persistent, bool, 0644);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(feature_persistent,
> +		"Enables the persistent grants feature");
> +
>   /**
>    * Entry point to this code when a new device is created.  Allocate the basic
>    * structures and the ring buffer for communication with the backend, and
> @@ -2007,6 +2014,8 @@ static int blkfront_probe(struct xenbus_device *dev,
>   	info->vdevice = vdevice;
>   	info->connected = BLKIF_STATE_DISCONNECTED;
>   
> +	info->feature_persistent = feature_persistent ? 1 : 0;

Just use the value.

With that changed:

Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>


Juergen