linux-kernel - [PATCH] dm-verity: Remove WQ

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Date:   Wed,  1 Feb 2023 17:23:48 -0800
From:   Nathan Huckleberry <nhuck@...gle.com>
To:     unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)
Cc:     Nathan Huckleberry <nhuck@...gle.com>,
        Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>,
        Alasdair Kergon <agk@...hat.com>,
        Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...nel.org>, dm-devel@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] dm-verity: Remove WQ_UNBOUND.

Setting WQ_UNBOUND increases scheduler latency on ARM64.  This is likely
due to the asymmetric architecture of ARM64 processors.

I've been unable to reproduce the results that claim WQ_UNBOUND gives a
performance boost on x86-64.

This flag is causing performance issues for multiple subsystems within
Android.  Notably, the same slowdown exists for decompression with
EROFS.

| open-prebuilt-camera  | WQ_UNBOUND | ~WQ_UNBOUND   |
|-----------------------|------------|---------------|
| verity wait time (us) | 11746      | 119 (-98%)    |
| erofs wait time (us)  | 357805     | 174205 (-51%) |

| sha256 ramdisk random read | WQ_UNBOUND    | ~WQ_UNBOUND |
|----------------------------|-----------=---|-------------|
| arm64 (accelerated)        | bw=42.4MiB/s  | bw=212MiB/s |
| arm64 (generic)            | bw=16.5MiB/s  | bw=48MiB/s  |
| x86_64 (generic)           | bw=233MiB/s   | bw=230MiB/s |

Cc: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
Cc: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Nathan Huckleberry <nhuck@...gle.com>
---
 drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
index ccf5b852fbf7..020fd2341025 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c
@@ -1399,8 +1399,8 @@ static int verity_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned argc, char **argv)
 		goto bad;
 	}
 
-	/* WQ_UNBOUND greatly improves performance when running on ramdisk */
-	wq_flags = WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_UNBOUND;
+	wq_flags = WQ_MEM_RECLAIM;
+
 	/*
 	 * Using WQ_HIGHPRI improves throughput and completion latency by
 	 * reducing wait times when reading from a dm-verity device.
-- 
2.39.1.456.gfc5497dd1b-goog