Re: queue_nr_requests needs to be selective

Andrew Morton (akpm@zip.com.au)
Fri, 01 Mar 2002 19:50:08 -0800


"Jeff V. Merkey" wrote:
>
> Andrew,
>
> Patch tested and stable. I has to manually modify the value
> in /usr/src/linux/include/linux/blkdev.h from 128 to 1024
> since I noticed the 3Ware driver is going through the scsi.c
> call to blk_init_queue() macro in this include file. I am
> assuming that at some point, Adam and the other folks will
> call this api directly.
>
> Performance increased 2-3 % to 319 MB/S on dual 33/66 buses,
> and utilization dropped to 27% +-. All of this activity is
> DMA based and copyless between reading/writing nodes and
> I am running this UP and getting these numbers. I ran SMP
> as well and it also looks good.
>
> Someone needs to look at just how the drivers will call
> __blk_init_queue() directly to setup custom depth queues
> from scsi.c since this call is originating there for
> those IDE RAID drivers that fake out the system in thinking
> they are SCSI.
>

So it would be more straightforward to just allow the queue
to be grown later on?

--- 2.4.19-pre2/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c~blk-queue Fri Mar 1 19:40:12 2002
+++ 2.4.19-pre2-akpm/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c Fri Mar 1 19:48:33 2002
@@ -117,16 +117,6 @@ int * max_readahead[MAX_BLKDEV];
*/
int * max_sectors[MAX_BLKDEV];

-/*
- * The total number of requests in each queue.
- */
-static int queue_nr_requests;
-
-/*
- * The threshold around which we make wakeup decisions
- */
-static int batch_requests;
-
static inline int get_max_sectors(kdev_t dev)
{
if (!max_sectors[MAJOR(dev)])
@@ -180,7 +170,7 @@ static int __blk_cleanup_queue(struct re
**/
void blk_cleanup_queue(request_queue_t * q)
{
- int count = queue_nr_requests;
+ int count = q->nr_requests;

count -= __blk_cleanup_queue(&q->rq[READ]);
count -= __blk_cleanup_queue(&q->rq[WRITE]);
@@ -330,31 +320,62 @@ void generic_unplug_device(void *data)
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&io_request_lock, flags);
}

+/** blk_grow_request_list
+ * @q: The &request_queue_t
+ * @nr_requests: how many requests are desired
+ *
+ * More free requests are added to the queue's free lists, bringing
+ * the total number of requests to @nr_requests.
+ *
+ * The requests are added equally to the request queue's read
+ * and write freelists.
+ *
+ * This function can sleep.
+ *
+ * Returns the (new) number of requests which the queue has available.
+ */
+int blk_grow_request_list(request_queue_t *q, int nr_requests)
+{
+ spin_lock_irq(&io_request_lock);
+ while (q->nr_requests < nr_requests) {
+ struct request *rq;
+ int rw;
+
+ spin_unlock_irq(&io_request_lock);
+ rq = kmem_cache_alloc(request_cachep, SLAB_KERNEL);
+ spin_lock_irq(&io_request_lock);
+ if (rq == NULL)
+ break;
+ memset(rq, 0, sizeof(*rq));
+ rq->rq_status = RQ_INACTIVE;
+ rw = q->nr_requests & 1;
+ list_add(&rq->queue, &q->rq[rw].free);
+ q->rq[rw].count++;
+ q->nr_requests++;
+ }
+ q->batch_requests = q->nr_requests / 4;
+ spin_unlock_irq(&io_request_lock);
+ return q->nr_requests;
+}
+
static void blk_init_free_list(request_queue_t *q)
{
- struct request *rq;
- int i;
+ struct sysinfo si;
+ int megs; /* Total memory, in megabytes */
+ int nr_requests;

INIT_LIST_HEAD(&q->rq[READ].free);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&q->rq[WRITE].free);
q->rq[READ].count = 0;
q->rq[WRITE].count = 0;
+ q->nr_requests = 0;

- /*
- * Divide requests in half between read and write
- */
- for (i = 0; i < queue_nr_requests; i++) {
- rq = kmem_cache_alloc(request_cachep, SLAB_KERNEL);
- if (rq == NULL) {
- /* We'll get a `leaked requests' message from blk_cleanup_queue */
- printk(KERN_EMERG "blk_init_free_list: error allocating requests\n");
- break;
- }
- memset(rq, 0, sizeof(struct request));
- rq->rq_status = RQ_INACTIVE;
- list_add(&rq->queue, &q->rq[i&1].free);
- q->rq[i&1].count++;
- }
+ si_meminfo(&si);
+ megs = si.totalram >> (20 - PAGE_SHIFT);
+ nr_requests = 128;
+ if (megs < 32)
+ nr_requests /= 2;
+ blk_grow_request_list(q, nr_requests);

init_waitqueue_head(&q->wait_for_requests[0]);
init_waitqueue_head(&q->wait_for_requests[1]);
@@ -610,7 +631,7 @@ void blkdev_release_request(struct reque
*/
if (q) {
list_add(&req->queue, &q->rq[rw].free);
- if (++q->rq[rw].count >= batch_requests &&
+ if (++q->rq[rw].count >= q->batch_requests &&
waitqueue_active(&q->wait_for_requests[rw]))
wake_up(&q->wait_for_requests[rw]);
}
@@ -802,7 +823,7 @@ get_rq:
* See description above __get_request_wait()
*/
if (rw_ahead) {
- if (q->rq[rw].count < batch_requests) {
+ if (q->rq[rw].count < q->batch_requests) {
spin_unlock_irq(&io_request_lock);
goto end_io;
}
@@ -1149,12 +1170,9 @@ void end_that_request_last(struct reques
blkdev_release_request(req);
}

-#define MB(kb) ((kb) << 10)
-
int __init blk_dev_init(void)
{
struct blk_dev_struct *dev;
- int total_ram;

request_cachep = kmem_cache_create("blkdev_requests",
sizeof(struct request),
@@ -1170,22 +1188,6 @@ int __init blk_dev_init(void)
memset(max_readahead, 0, sizeof(max_readahead));
memset(max_sectors, 0, sizeof(max_sectors));

- total_ram = nr_free_pages() << (PAGE_SHIFT - 10);
-
- /*
- * Free request slots per queue.
- * (Half for reads, half for writes)
- */
- queue_nr_requests = 64;
- if (total_ram > MB(32))
- queue_nr_requests = 128;
-
- /*
- * Batch frees according to queue length
- */
- batch_requests = queue_nr_requests/4;
- printk("block: %d slots per queue, batch=%d\n", queue_nr_requests, batch_requests);
-
#ifdef CONFIG_AMIGA_Z2RAM
z2_init();
#endif
@@ -1296,6 +1298,7 @@ int __init blk_dev_init(void)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(io_request_lock);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(end_that_request_first);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(end_that_request_last);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_grow_request_list);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_init_queue);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_get_queue);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_cleanup_queue);
--- 2.4.19-pre2/include/linux/blkdev.h~blk-queue Fri Mar 1 19:40:12 2002
+++ 2.4.19-pre2-akpm/include/linux/blkdev.h Fri Mar 1 19:40:12 2002
@@ -79,6 +79,16 @@ struct request_queue
struct request_list rq[2];

/*
+ * The total number of requests on each queue
+ */
+ int nr_requests;
+
+ /*
+ * Batching threshold for sleep/wakeup decisions
+ */
+ int batch_requests;
+
+ /*
* Together with queue_head for cacheline sharing
*/
struct list_head queue_head;
@@ -157,6 +167,7 @@ extern void blkdev_release_request(struc
/*
* Access functions for manipulating queue properties
*/
+extern int blk_grow_request_list(request_queue_t *q, int nr_requests);
extern void blk_init_queue(request_queue_t *, request_fn_proc *);
extern void blk_cleanup_queue(request_queue_t *);
extern void blk_queue_headactive(request_queue_t *, int);
-
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