linux-kernel - Re: Why is MEGASAS_SAS

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Date:   Mon, 28 Nov 2022 11:09:28 +0800
From:   Yu Kuai <yukuai1@...weicloud.com>
To:     Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>, Yu Kuai <yukuai1@...weicloud.com>
Cc:     John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>, kashyap.desai@...adcom.com,
        sumit.saxena@...adcom.com, shivasharan.srikanteshwara@...adcom.com,
        jejb@...ux.ibm.com, martin.petersen@...cle.com,
        megaraidlinux.pdl@...adcom.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-block <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>,
        "zhangyi (F)" <yi.zhang@...wei.com>,
        "yukuai (C)" <yukuai3@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: Why is MEGASAS_SAS_QD set to 256?

Hi,

在 2022/11/27 17:42, Ming Lei 写道:
> On Sat, Nov 26, 2022 at 02:08:02PM +0800, Yu Kuai wrote:
>> Hi, Ming
>>
>> 在 2022/11/26 10:18, Ming Lei 写道:
>>>
>>> If you want aggressive merge on sequential IO workload, the queue depth need
>>> to be a bit less, then more requests can be staggered into scheduler queue,
>>> and merge chance is increased.
>>
>> But if nr_requests >= queue_depth, it seems to me elevator will have no
>> effect, no request can be merged or sorted by scheduler, right?
> 
> Yeah.
> 
> If nr_requests <= queue_depth, every request can be queued to
> driver/device, so requests won't be merged by scheduler.
> 
> But plug merge still works if IOs are submitted as batch.

Yes, io can still be merged by plug. I just find it a little werid to
set default elevator as deadline, and default queue_depth to 256. Which
means deadline here is useless.

> 
>>>
>>> If you want good perf on random IO perf, the queue depth needs to
>>> be deep enough to have enough parallelism for saturating SSD internal.
>>>
>>> But we don't recognize sequential/random IO pattern, and usually fixed
>>> queue depth is used.
>>
>> Is it possible to use none elevator and set large queue_depth if nvme is
>> used in this case?
> 
> Yeah, if the storage is SSD, usually none with bigger queue_depth should
> help, and usually 256 should be enough to saturate one single SSD for
> one well implemented driver.

Yes, I'm testing with multiple SSDs / NVMEs, and I can't get optimal
performance by default.

Thanks,
Kuai
> 
> 
> Thanks
> Ming
> 
> .
>