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Message-ID: <0e5edb01-08a3-3c97-35e4-97587c864657@huawei.com>
Date:   Mon, 18 Oct 2021 10:33:47 +0100
From:   John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>
To:     Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>
CC:     "axboe@...nel.dk" <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        "linux-block@...r.kernel.org" <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "kashyap.desai@...adcom.com" <kashyap.desai@...adcom.com>,
        "hare@...e.de" <hare@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] blk-mq: Fix blk_mq_tagset_busy_iter() for shared tags

On 18/10/2021 10:07, Ming Lei wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 09:08:57AM +0100, John Garry wrote:
>> On 13/10/2021 16:13, John Garry wrote:
>>>> diff --git a/block/blk-mq-tag.c b/block/blk-mq-tag.c
>>>> index 72a2724a4eee..2a2ad6dfcc33 100644
>>>> --- a/block/blk-mq-tag.c
>>>> +++ b/block/blk-mq-tag.c
>>>> @@ -232,8 +232,9 @@ static bool bt_iter(struct sbitmap *bitmap,
>>>> unsigned int bitnr, void *data)
>>>>        if (!rq)
>>>>            return true;
>>>> -    if (rq->q == hctx->queue && rq->mq_hctx == hctx)
>>>> -        ret = iter_data->fn(hctx, rq, iter_data->data, reserved);
>>>> +    if (rq->q == hctx->queue && (rq->mq_hctx == hctx ||
>>>> +                blk_mq_is_shared_tags(hctx->flags)))
>>>> +        ret = iter_data->fn(rq->mq_hctx, rq, iter_data->data, reserved);
>>>>        blk_mq_put_rq_ref(rq);
>>>>        return ret;
>>>>    }
>>>> @@ -460,6 +461,9 @@ void blk_mq_queue_tag_busy_iter(struct
>>>> request_queue *q, busy_iter_fn *fn,
>>>>            if (tags->nr_reserved_tags)
>>>>                bt_for_each(hctx, &tags->breserved_tags, fn, priv, true);
>>>>            bt_for_each(hctx, &tags->bitmap_tags, fn, priv, false);
>>>> +
>>>> +        if (blk_mq_is_shared_tags(hctx->flags))
>>>> +            break;
>>>>        }
>>>>        blk_queue_exit(q);
>>>>    }
>>>>
>>> I suppose that is ok, and means that we iter once.
>>>
>>> However, I have to ask, where is the big user of
>>> blk_mq_queue_tag_busy_iter() coming from? I saw this from Kashyap's
>>> mail:
>>>
>>>   > 1.31%     1.31%  kworker/57:1H-k  [kernel.vmlinux]
>>>   >       native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath
>>>   >       ret_from_fork
>>>   >       kthread
>>>   >       worker_thread
>>>   >       process_one_work
>>>   >       blk_mq_timeout_work
>>>   >       blk_mq_queue_tag_busy_iter
>>>   >       bt_iter
>>>   >       blk_mq_find_and_get_req
>>>   >       _raw_spin_lock_irqsave
>>>   >       native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath
>>>
>>> How or why blk_mq_timeout_work()?
>> Just some update: I tried hisi_sas with 10x SAS SSDs, megaraid sas with 1x
>> SATA HDD (that's all I have), and null blk with lots of devices, and I still
>> can't see high usage of blk_mq_queue_tag_busy_iter().
> It should be triggered easily in case of heavy io accounting:
> 
> while true; do cat /proc/diskstats; done
> 

Let me check that.

> 
>> So how about we get this patch processed (to fix blk_mq_tagset_busy_iter()),
>> as it is independent of blk_mq_queue_tag_busy_iter()? And then wait for some
>> update or some more info from Kashyap regarding blk_mq_queue_tag_busy_iter()
> Looks fine:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Ming Lei<ming.lei@...hat.com>

Thanks, I'll just send a v2 with your tag for clarity, as there has been 
much discussion here.

John

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