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Message-ID: <CAPhsuW7GEoVXp=dhv4jj+khyEC+VN9J0bz906vFebJ9q9kJNSA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 13 Oct 2022 15:56:48 -0700
From:   Song Liu <song@...nel.org>
To:     Jonathan Derrick <jonathan.derrick@...ux.dev>
Cc:     linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        jonathan.derrick@...idigm.com, jonathanx.sk.derrick@...el.com,
        Mariusz Tkaczyk <mariusz.tkaczyk@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] md/bitmap: Add chunk-count-based bitmap flushing

On Thu, Oct 13, 2022 at 3:19 PM Jonathan Derrick
<jonathan.derrick@...ux.dev> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 10/10/2022 12:18 PM, Song Liu wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 7, 2022 at 11:58 AM Jonathan Derrick
> > <jonathan.derrick@...ux.dev> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 10/7/2022 11:50 AM, Song Liu wrote:
> >>> On Thu, Oct 6, 2022 at 3:09 PM Jonathan Derrick
> >>> <jonathan.derrick@...ux.dev> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> [...]
> >>>
> >>>> diff --git a/drivers/md/md-bitmap.h b/drivers/md/md-bitmap.h
> >>>> index cfd7395de8fd..e0aeedbdde17 100644
> >>>> --- a/drivers/md/md-bitmap.h
> >>>> +++ b/drivers/md/md-bitmap.h
> >>>> @@ -11,10 +11,12 @@
> >>>>  /* version 4 insists the bitmap is in little-endian order
> >>>>   * with version 3, it is host-endian which is non-portable
> >>>>   * Version 5 is currently set only for clustered devices
> >>>> ++ * Version 6 supports the flush-chunks threshold
> >>>>   */
> >>>>  #define BITMAP_MAJOR_HI 4
> >>>>  #define BITMAP_MAJOR_CLUSTERED 5
> >>>>  #define        BITMAP_MAJOR_HOSTENDIAN 3
> >>>> +#define BITMAP_MAJOR_CHUNKFLUSH 6
> >>>>
> >>>>  /*
> >>>>   * in-memory bitmap:
> >>>> @@ -135,7 +137,8 @@ typedef struct bitmap_super_s {
> >>>>                                   * reserved for the bitmap. */
> >>>>         __le32 nodes;        /* 68 the maximum number of nodes in cluster. */
> >>>>         __u8 cluster_name[64]; /* 72 cluster name to which this md belongs */
> >>>> -       __u8  pad[256 - 136]; /* set to zero */
> >>>> +       __le32 daemon_flush_chunks; /* 136 dirty chunks between flushes */
> >>>> +       __u8  pad[256 - 140]; /* set to zero */
> >>>>  } bitmap_super_t;
> >>>
> >>> Do we really need this to be persistent? How about we configure it at run
> >>> time via a sysfs file?
> >>>
> >>> Also, please share more data on the performance benefit of the set.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Song
> >>>
> >> Hi Song,
> >>
> >> Patch 1/2 changes default behavior, which patch 2/2 tries to address.
> >
> > Have you tried to evaluate the impact on the accuracy of the bitmap?
> > Specifically, if we power off the system during writes, do we see data
> > or parity mismatch that is not covered by the bitmap?
> Fair. I'm assuming this has to do with md_bitmap_init_from_disk()'s
> outofdate BITMAP_STALE check? And my patch 1/2 would likely guarantee
> a full resync unless the system was lost just after during the daemon
> wake time. However patch 2/2 increases the likelihood of reading a good
> bitmap.

kernel test bot reported a failed mdadm test after 1/2. Could you please check
whether that's accurate?

>
>
> >
> >> I can change it to be configurable via sysfs instead.
> >> Should there be a default?
> >
> > If there is any impact on bitmap accuracy. I think the default should
> > work identical as before the set. IOW, we should not delay the bitmap
> > update.
> With results like mine, I'm under the impression bitmap=internal is not
> regularly used for write-heavy workloads [1].

It is pretty bad for really random writes. But it shouldn't be too bad
for normal
workload (where folks already optimize writes to be more sequential).

>
> The thing is, is that it's not very consistent right now. I've had runs
> where the bitmap isn't updated for minutes until the run ends, and then
> I have most runs where it's doing it every other I/O or so. And it seems
> to depend on the number of chunks relative to the device size (if it can
> fit in a single page.)
>
> I have v2 coming which should help fix a few of these inconsistencies.

Sounds great. Thanks!
Song

>
> [1] Similar results https://blog.liw.fi/posts/write-intent-bitmaps/
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Song
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Here are my observations via biosnoop and RAID1, 4M chunksize, 238436 chunks, bitmap=internal
> >> fio --name=test --direct=1 --filename=/dev/md0 --rw=randwrite --runtime=60
> >>  --percentile_list=1.0:25.0:50.0:75.0:90.0:95.0:99.0:99.9:99.99:99..999999:100.0
> >>
> >>
> >> Default, bitmap updates happened concurrently with I/O:
> >>    bw (  KiB/s): min=18690, max=30618, per=99.94%, avg=23822.07, stdev=2522.73, samples=119
> >>    iops        : min= 4672, max= 7654, avg=5955.20, stdev=630.71, samples=119
> >>
> >> TIME(s)     COMM           PID     DISK      T SECTOR     BYTES  LAT(ms)
> >> 38.090366   md0_raid1      4800    nvme6n1   W 40         4096      0.01
> >> 38.090423   md0_raid1      4800    nvme3n1   W 40         4096      0.07
> >> 38.090442   md0_raid1      4800    nvme3n1   W 1016633184 4096      0.01
> >> 38.090439   md0_raid1      4800    nvme6n1   W 1016633184 4096      0.01
> >> 38.090479   md0_raid1      4800    nvme6n1   W 56         4096      0.01
> >> 38.090493   md0_raid1      4800    nvme6n1   W 1449894256 4096      0.01
> >> 38.090477   md0_raid1      4800    nvme3n1   W 56         4096      0.01
> >> 38.090496   md0_raid1      4800    nvme3n1   W 1449894256 4096      0.01
> >> 38.090530   md0_raid1      4800    nvme3n1   W 16         4096      0.01
> >> 38.090555   md0_raid1      4800    nvme3n1   W 110493568  4096      0.01
> >> 38.090538   md0_raid1      4800    nvme6n1   W 16         4096      0.01
> >> 38.090551   md0_raid1      4800    nvme6n1   W 110493568  4096      0.01
> >> 38.090596   md0_raid1      4800    nvme6n1   W 56         4096      0.01
> >> 38.090647   md0_raid1      4800    nvme3n1   W 56         4096      0.06
> >> 38.090666   md0_raid1      4800    nvme3n1   W 1455846976 4096      0.01
> >> 38.090663   md0_raid1      4800    nvme6n1   W 1455846976 4096      0.01
> >> 38.090707   md0_raid1      4800    nvme6n1   W 64         4096      0.01
> >> 38.090699   md0_raid1      4800    nvme3n1   W 64         4096      0.01
> >> 38.090723   md0_raid1      4800    nvme3n1   W 1665013728 4096      0.01
> >> 38.090720   md0_raid1      4800    nvme6n1   W 1665013728 4096      0.01
> >> 38.090764   md0_raid1      4800    nvme6n1   W 64         4096      0.01
> >> 38.090812   md0_raid1      4800    nvme3n1   W 64         4096      0.06
> >> 38.090832   md0_raid1      4800    nvme3n1   W 1637994296 4096      0.01
> >> 38.090828   md0_raid1      4800    nvme6n1   W 1637994296 4096      0.01
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> With patch 1/2, bitmaps only update on the 'delay' parameter (default 5s):
> >>    bw (  KiB/s): min=135712, max=230938, per=100.00%, avg=209308.56, stdev=29254.31, samples=119
> >>    iops        : min=33928, max=57734, avg=52326.78, stdev=7313.57, samples=119
> >>
> >> TIME(s)     COMM           PID     DISK      T SECTOR     BYTES  LAT(ms)
> >> 16.292235   md0_raid1      4841    nvme6n1   W 297367432  4096      0.01
> >> 16.292258   md0_raid1      4841    nvme6n1   W 16         4096      0.01
> >> 16.292266   md0_raid1      4841    nvme6n1   W 24         4096      0.01
> >> 16.292277   md0_raid1      4841    nvme6n1   W 32         4096      0.01
> >> 16.292259   md0_raid1      4841    nvme3n1   W 16         4096      0.01
> >> 16.292280   md0_raid1      4841    nvme3n1   W 32         4096      0.01
> >> 16.292305   md0_raid1      4841    nvme3n1   W 56         4096      0.01
> >> 16.292286   md0_raid1      4841    nvme6n1   W 40         4096      0.01
> >> 16.292295   md0_raid1      4841    nvme6n1   W 48         4096      0.01
> >> 16.292326   md0_raid1      4841    nvme3n1   W 72         1536      0.01
> >> 16.292323   md0_raid1      4841    nvme6n1   W 64         4096      0.02
> >> 16.292326   md0_raid1      4841    nvme6n1   W 56         4096      0.03
> >> 16.292334   md0_raid1      4841    nvme6n1   W 72         1536      0.02
> >> 16.300697   md0_raid1      4841    nvme3n1   W 1297533744 4096      0.01
> >> 16.300702   md0_raid1      4841    nvme6n1   W 1297533744 4096      0.01
> >> 16.300803   md0_raid1      4841    nvme6n1   W 1649080856 4096      0.01
> >> 16.300798   md0_raid1      4841    nvme3n1   W 1649080856 4096      0.01
> >> 16.300823   md0_raid1      4841    nvme3n1   W 1539317792 4096      0.01
> >> 16.300845   md0_raid1      4841    nvme3n1   W 1634570232 4096      0.01
> >> 16.300867   md0_raid1      4841    nvme3n1   W 579232208  4096      0.01
> >> 16.300889   md0_raid1      4841    nvme3n1   W 1818140424 4096      0.01
> >> 16.300922   md0_raid1      4841    nvme3n1   W 412971920  4096      0.02
> >> ...
> >> 21.293225   md0_raid1      4841    nvme3n1   W 1279122360 4096      0.01
> >> 21.293242   md0_raid1      4841    nvme3n1   W 40326272   4096      0.01
> >> 21.293223   md0_raid1      4841    nvme6n1   W 1279122360 4096      0.01
> >> 21.293243   md0_raid1      4841    nvme6n1   W 40326272   4096      0.01
> >> 21.293261   md0_raid1      4841    nvme6n1   W 16         4096      0.01
> >> 21.293266   md0_raid1      4841    nvme6n1   W 24         4096      0.01
> >> 21.293271   md0_raid1      4841    nvme6n1   W 32         4096      0.01
> >> 21.293275   md0_raid1      4841    nvme3n1   W 32         4096      0.01
> >> 21.293292   md0_raid1      4841    nvme3n1   W 48         4096      0.01
> >> 21.293296   md0_raid1      4841    nvme3n1   W 56         4096      0.01
> >> 21.293309   md0_raid1      4841    nvme3n1   W 72         1536      0.01
> >> 21.293266   md0_raid1      4841    nvme3n1   W 24         4096      0.01
> >> 21.293326   md0_raid1      4841    nvme6n1   W 48         4096      0.05
> >> 21.293328   md0_raid1      4841    nvme6n1   W 40         4096      0.06
> >> 21.293331   md0_raid1      4841    nvme6n1   W 72         1536      0.03
> >> 21.293333   md0_raid1      4841    nvme6n1   W 64         4096      0.04
> >> 21.293334   md0_raid1      4841    nvme6n1   W 56         4096      0.05
> >> 21.298526   md0_raid1      4841    nvme3n1   W 681973000  4096      0.01
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Good, but with the granularity of N seconds, it might be too infrequent.
> >> Here is chunk-flush=512 (2GB threshold in 4MB chunk size):
> >>    bw (  KiB/s): min=92692, max=134904, per=100.00%, avg=125127.43, stdev=6758.51, samples=119
> >>    iops        : min=23173, max=33726, avg=31281.55, stdev=1689.63, samples=119
> >>
> >> TIME(s)     COMM           PID     DISK      T SECTOR     BYTES  LAT(ms)
> >> 13.193339   md0_raid1      5972    nvme6n1   W 16         4096      0.01
> >> 13.193344   md0_raid1      5972    nvme6n1   W 32         4096      0.01
> >> 13.193346   md0_raid1      5972    nvme6n1   W 24         4096      0.01
> >> 13.193350   md0_raid1      5972    nvme6n1   W 40         4096      0.01
> >> 13.193356   md0_raid1      5972    nvme6n1   W 48         4096      0.01
> >> 13.193361   md0_raid1      5972    nvme6n1   W 64         4096      0.01
> >> 13.193363   md0_raid1      5972    nvme6n1   W 56         4096      0.01
> >> 13.193555   md0_raid1      5972    nvme6n1   W 72         1536      0.20
> >> 13.193289   md0_raid1      5972    nvme3n1   W 1912285848 4096      0.01
> >> 13.193306   md0_raid1      5972    nvme3n1   W 836455896  4096      0.01
> >> 13.193323   md0_raid1      5972    nvme3n1   W 233728136  4096      0.01
> >> 13.193339   md0_raid1      5972    nvme3n1   W 16         4096      0.01
> >> 13.193344   md0_raid1      5972    nvme3n1   W 24         4096      0.01
> >> 13.193362   md0_raid1      5972    nvme3n1   W 48         4096      0.01
> >> 13.193365   md0_raid1      5972    nvme3n1   W 64         4096      0.01
> >> 13.193366   md0_raid1      5972    nvme3n1   W 56         4096      0.01
> >> 13.193574   md0_raid1      5972    nvme3n1   W 72         1536      0.21
> >> 13.196759   md0_raid1      5972    nvme3n1   W 89571592   4096      0.01
> >> 13.196810   md0_raid1      5972    nvme6n1   W 89571592   4096      0.06
> >> 13.196913   md0_raid1      5972    nvme6n1   W 16         4096      0.01
> >> 13.196910   md0_raid1      5972    nvme3n1   W 16         4096      0.01
> >> 13.199444   md0_raid1      5972    nvme3n1   W 64         4096      0.01
> >> 13.199447   md0_raid1      5972    nvme3n1   W 137126232  4096      0.01
> >> 13.199515   md0_raid1      5972    nvme6n1   W 137126232  4096      0.08
> >> 13.199519   md0_raid1      5972    nvme6n1   W 64         4096      0.08
> >> 13.199617   md0_raid1      5972    nvme6n1   W 1216062808 4096      0.01
> >> ... (508 ios later)
> >> 13.208764   md0_raid1      5972    nvme6n1   W 16         4096      0.01
> >> 13.208768   md0_raid1      5972    nvme6n1   W 32         4096      0.01
> >> 13.208770   md0_raid1      5972    nvme6n1   W 24         4096      0.01
> >> 13.208775   md0_raid1      5972    nvme6n1   W 40         4096      0.01
> >> 13.208781   md0_raid1      5972    nvme6n1   W 48         4096      0.01
> >> 13.208786   md0_raid1      5972    nvme6n1   W 56         4096      0.01
> >> 13.208790   md0_raid1      5972    nvme6n1   W 64         4096      0.01
> >> 13.208729   md0_raid1      5972    nvme3n1   W 1607847808 4096      0.01
> >> 13.208747   md0_raid1      5972    nvme3n1   W 371214368  4096      0.01
> >> 13.208770   md0_raid1      5972    nvme3n1   W 32         4096      0.01
> >> 13.208789   md0_raid1      5972    nvme3n1   W 64         4096      0.01
> >> 13.208952   md0_raid1      5972    nvme6n1   W 72         1536      0.17
> >> 13.209079   md0_raid1      5972    nvme3n1   W 72         1536      0.29
> >> 13.212216   md0_raid1      5972    nvme3n1   W 1146106480 4096      0.01
> >> 13.212269   md0_raid1      5972    nvme6n1   W 1146106480 4096      0.06
> >> 13.212368   md0_raid1      5972    nvme6n1   W 16         4096      0.01
> >> 13.212365   md0_raid1      5972    nvme3n1   W 16         4096      0.01
> >>
> >>
> >> Without 1/2: 6k iops
> >> With 1/2: 52k iops
> >> With 2/2 params as above: 31k iops
> >>
> >> The count calculation could use some improvement to close the iops gap to delay-based flushing
> >>
> >>>>
> >>>>  /* notes:
> >>>> diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
> >>>> index b4e2d8b87b61..d25574e46283 100644
> >>>> --- a/drivers/md/md.h
> >>>> +++ b/drivers/md/md.h
> >>>> @@ -497,6 +497,7 @@ struct mddev {
> >>>>                 struct mutex            mutex;
> >>>>                 unsigned long           chunksize;
> >>>>                 unsigned long           daemon_sleep; /* how many jiffies between updates? */
> >>>> +               unsigned int            daemon_flush_chunks; /* how many dirty chunks between updates */
> >>>>                 unsigned long           max_write_behind; /* write-behind mode */
> >>>>                 int                     external;
> >>>>                 int                     nodes; /* Maximum number of nodes in the cluster */
> >>>> --
> >>>> 2.31.1
> >>>>

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