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Date:   Wed, 15 Dec 2021 02:14:44 +0000
From:   yajun.deng@...ux.dev
To:     "Song Liu" <song@...nel.org>
Cc:     stockhausen@...logia.de,
        "open list" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org,
        "linux-raid" <linux-raid@...r.kernel.org>, masahiroy@...nel.org,
        williams@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib/raid6: fix abnormally high latency

December 15, 2021 1:27 AM, "Song Liu" <song@...nel.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 7:17 PM Yajun Deng <yajun.deng@...ux.dev> wrote:
> 
>> We found an abnormally high latency when executing modprobe raid6_pq, the
>> latency is greater than 1.2s when CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY=y, greater than
>> 67ms when CONFIG_PREEMPT=y, and greater than 16ms when CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y.
>> This is caused by disable the preemption, this time is too long and
>> unreasonable. We just need to disable migration. so used migrate_disable()/
>> migrate_enable() instead of preempt_disable()/preempt_enable(). This is
>> beneficial for CONFIG_PREEMPT=y or CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y, but no effect for
>> CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY=y.
>> 
>> Fixes: fe5cbc6e06c7 ("md/raid6 algorithms: delta syndrome functions")
>> Signed-off-by: Yajun Deng <yajun.deng@...ux.dev>
> 
> We measure the speed of different RAID algorithms.If we don't disable
> preempt, the result may be inaccurate, right? IIUC, we only disable preempt
> for 16 jiffies. Why do we see 1.2 second delay?

Here are the command of my test:
Execute "sudo cyclictest -S -p 95 -d 0 -i 1000 -D 24h -m" in one terminal and "sudo modprobe raid6_pq" in the other terminal.

Here are the results of my test:
CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY=y,CONFIG_HZ_250=y
T: 0 ( 3092) P:95 I:1000 C:   8514 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:       6
T: 1 ( 3093) P:95 I:1000 C:   8511 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:      14
T: 2 ( 3094) P:95 I:1000 C:   8509 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:       5
T: 3 ( 3095) P:95 I:1000 C:   8506 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:       2
T: 4 ( 3096) P:95 I:1000 C:   8504 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:       3
T: 5 ( 3097) P:95 I:1000 C:   8502 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:       3
T: 6 ( 3098) P:95 I:1000 C:   8499 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:       3
T: 7 ( 3099) P:95 I:1000 C:   8497 Min:      1 Act:    1 Avg:    1 Max:      16
T: 8 ( 3100) P:95 I:1000 C:   8495 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:       5
T: 9 ( 3101) P:95 I:1000 C:   8493 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:       4
T:10 ( 3102) P:95 I:1000 C:   8490 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:      13
T:11 ( 3103) P:95 I:1000 C:   8488 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:       8
T:12 ( 3104) P:95 I:1000 C:   8486 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:      10
T:13 ( 3105) P:95 I:1000 C:   8484 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    2 Max:       6
T:14 ( 3106) P:95 I:1000 C:   8482 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:       3
T:15 ( 3107) P:95 I:1000 C:   8479 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:       5
T:16 ( 3108) P:95 I:1000 C:   8477 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    2 Max:     137
T:17 ( 3109) P:95 I:1000 C:   7255 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:  170 Max: 1220832
T:18 ( 3110) P:95 I:1000 C:   8473 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:       5
T:19 ( 3111) P:95 I:1000 C:   8471 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:       4
T:20 ( 3112) P:95 I:1000 C:   8469 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:       4
T:21 ( 3113) P:95 I:1000 C:   8466 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:       3
T:22 ( 3114) P:95 I:1000 C:   8464 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:       8
T:23 ( 3115) P:95 I:1000 C:   8462 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:      10
T:24 ( 3116) P:95 I:1000 C:   8457 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:       9
T:25 ( 3117) P:95 I:1000 C:   8458 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:       4
T:26 ( 3118) P:95 I:1000 C:   8456 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:       5
T:27 ( 3119) P:95 I:1000 C:   8454 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:       2
T:28 ( 3120) P:95 I:1000 C:   8452 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:       3
T:29 ( 3121) P:95 I:1000 C:   8450 Min:      2 Act:    2 Avg:    2 Max:       3
T:30 ( 3122) P:95 I:1000 C:   8447 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:       2
T:31 ( 3123) P:95 I:1000 C:   8445 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:      12

CONFIG_PREEMPT=y,CONFIG_HZ_250=y
T: 0 ( 2460) P:95 I:1000 C:  49161 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    2 Max:       8
T: 1 ( 2461) P:95 I:1000 C:  49158 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    2 Max:       9
T: 2 ( 2462) P:95 I:1000 C:  49024 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    4 Max:   67888
T: 3 ( 2463) P:95 I:1000 C:  49153 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    2 Max:       4
T: 4 ( 2464) P:95 I:1000 C:  48882 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    7 Max:   67726
T: 5 ( 2465) P:95 I:1000 C:  49148 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    2 Max:       5
T: 6 ( 2466) P:95 I:1000 C:  49146 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:       6
T: 7 ( 2467) P:95 I:1000 C:  49143 Min:      2 Act:    2 Avg:    2 Max:       6
T: 8 ( 2468) P:95 I:1000 C:  49140 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    2 Max:     929
T: 9 ( 2469) P:95 I:1000 C:  49139 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    2 Max:       8
T:10 ( 2470) P:95 I:1000 C:  49136 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    2 Max:       8
T:11 ( 2471) P:95 I:1000 C:  48866 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    7 Max:   67417
T:12 ( 2472) P:95 I:1000 C:  49132 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    2 Max:       6
T:13 ( 2473) P:95 I:1000 C:  49063 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    3 Max:   67854
T:14 ( 2474) P:95 I:1000 C:  49127 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    2 Max:       5
T:15 ( 2475) P:95 I:1000 C:  49125 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    2 Max:       7
T:16 ( 2476) P:95 I:1000 C:  49123 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    2 Max:       5
T:17 ( 2477) P:95 I:1000 C:  49121 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    2 Max:       6
T:18 ( 2478) P:95 I:1000 C:  49052 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    3 Max:   67717
T:19 ( 2479) P:95 I:1000 C:  49116 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    2 Max:       6
T:20 ( 2480) P:95 I:1000 C:  48913 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    6 Max:   67291
T:21 ( 2481) P:95 I:1000 C:  49112 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:       4
T:22 ( 2482) P:95 I:1000 C:  49110 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    2 Max:       5
T:23 ( 2483) P:95 I:1000 C:  49108 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:       4
T:24 ( 2484) P:95 I:1000 C:  49105 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    2 Max:       6
T:25 ( 2485) P:95 I:1000 C:  49103 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    2 Max:       7
T:26 ( 2486) P:95 I:1000 C:  49101 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    2 Max:       6
T:27 ( 2487) P:95 I:1000 C:  48898 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    6 Max:   67004
T:28 ( 2488) P:95 I:1000 C:  49097 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    2 Max:       7
T:29 ( 2489) P:95 I:1000 C:  49095 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:       3
T:30 ( 2490) P:95 I:1000 C:  49092 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    1 Max:       4
T:31 ( 2491) P:95 I:1000 C:  49090 Min:      1 Act:    2 Avg:    2 Max:       6

CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y,CONFIG_HZ_1000=y
T: 0 ( 2555) P:95 I:1000 C:  25336 Min:      2 Act:    2 Avg:    2 Max:      11
T: 1 ( 2556) P:95 I:1000 C:  25332 Min:      2 Act:    4 Avg:    3 Max:      10
T: 2 ( 2557) P:95 I:1000 C:  25329 Min:      3 Act:    3 Avg:    3 Max:       7
T: 3 ( 2558) P:95 I:1000 C:  25326 Min:      3 Act:    3 Avg:    3 Max:       9
T: 4 ( 2559) P:95 I:1000 C:  25322 Min:      3 Act:    3 Avg:    3 Max:      19
T: 5 ( 2560) P:95 I:1000 C:  25319 Min:      3 Act:    3 Avg:    3 Max:       9
T: 6 ( 2561) P:95 I:1000 C:  25284 Min:      3 Act:    3 Avg:    4 Max:   16593
T: 7 ( 2562) P:95 I:1000 C:  25265 Min:      3 Act:    3 Avg:    5 Max:   16375
T: 8 ( 2563) P:95 I:1000 C:  25293 Min:      3 Act:    3 Avg:    3 Max:   16138
T: 9 ( 2564) P:95 I:1000 C:  25290 Min:      3 Act:    5 Avg:    5 Max:   16902
T:10 ( 2565) P:95 I:1000 C:  25287 Min:      3 Act:    3 Avg:    4 Max:   16696
T:11 ( 2566) P:95 I:1000 C:  25300 Min:      3 Act:    3 Avg:    3 Max:       7
T:12 ( 2567) P:95 I:1000 C:  25297 Min:      2 Act:    2 Avg:    2 Max:       9
T:13 ( 2568) P:95 I:1000 C:  25277 Min:      3 Act:    3 Avg:    3 Max:   16179
T:14 ( 2569) P:95 I:1000 C:  25274 Min:      3 Act:    3 Avg:    3 Max:   16043
T:15 ( 2570) P:95 I:1000 C:  25287 Min:      3 Act:    3 Avg:    3 Max:       8
T:16 ( 2571) P:95 I:1000 C:  25284 Min:      2 Act:    2 Avg:    2 Max:       5
T:17 ( 2572) P:95 I:1000 C:  25281 Min:      3 Act:    3 Avg:    3 Max:       7
T:18 ( 2573) P:95 I:1000 C:  25278 Min:      3 Act:    3 Avg:    3 Max:       7
T:19 ( 2574) P:95 I:1000 C:  25275 Min:      3 Act:    3 Avg:    3 Max:       6
T:20 ( 2575) P:95 I:1000 C:  25272 Min:      3 Act:    3 Avg:    3 Max:       7
T:21 ( 2576) P:95 I:1000 C:  25269 Min:      3 Act:    4 Avg:    3 Max:      10
T:22 ( 2577) P:95 I:1000 C:  25234 Min:      2 Act:    3 Avg:    4 Max:   16244
T:23 ( 2578) P:95 I:1000 C:  25231 Min:      2 Act:    4 Avg:    4 Max:   16200
T:24 ( 2579) P:95 I:1000 C:  25259 Min:      3 Act:    3 Avg:    3 Max:       6
T:25 ( 2580) P:95 I:1000 C:  25256 Min:      3 Act:    3 Avg:    3 Max:       8
T:26 ( 2581) P:95 I:1000 C:  25237 Min:      3 Act:    3 Avg:    3 Max:   16078
T:27 ( 2582) P:95 I:1000 C:  25250 Min:      3 Act:    3 Avg:    3 Max:       7
T:28 ( 2583) P:95 I:1000 C:  25247 Min:      3 Act:    3 Avg:    3 Max:       8
T:29 ( 2584) P:95 I:1000 C:  25214 Min:      2 Act:    3 Avg:    4 Max:   15985
T:30 ( 2585) P:95 I:1000 C:  25225 Min:      2 Act:    2 Avg:    3 Max:   16988
T:31 ( 2586) P:95 I:1000 C:  25238 Min:      3 Act:    3 Avg:    3 Max:      12


> 
> Thanks,
> Song
> 
>> ---
>> lib/raid6/algos.c | 8 ++++----
>> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/lib/raid6/algos.c b/lib/raid6/algos.c
>> index 6d5e5000fdd7..21611d05c34c 100644
>> --- a/lib/raid6/algos.c
>> +++ b/lib/raid6/algos.c
>> @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static inline const struct raid6_calls *raid6_choose_gen(
>> 
>> perf = 0;
>> 
>> - preempt_disable();
>> + migrate_disable();
>> j0 = jiffies;
>> while ((j1 = jiffies) == j0)
>> cpu_relax();
>> @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static inline const struct raid6_calls *raid6_choose_gen(
>> (*algo)->gen_syndrome(disks, PAGE_SIZE, *dptrs);
>> perf++;
>> }
>> - preempt_enable();
>> + migrate_enable();
>> 
>> if (perf > bestgenperf) {
>> bestgenperf = perf;
>> @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static inline const struct raid6_calls *raid6_choose_gen(
>> 
>> perf = 0;
>> 
>> - preempt_disable();
>> + migrate_disable();
>> j0 = jiffies;
>> while ((j1 = jiffies) == j0)
>> cpu_relax();
>> @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static inline const struct raid6_calls *raid6_choose_gen(
>> PAGE_SIZE, *dptrs);
>> perf++;
>> }
>> - preempt_enable();
>> + migrate_enable();
>> 
>> if (best == *algo)
>> bestxorperf = perf;
>> --
>> 2.32.0

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