From b155aa0e5a81ea1f05ff7aced0ec8e34c980c19e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Thornber Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 14:30:58 +0100 Subject: dm cache policy mq: tweak algorithm that decides when to promote a block Rather than maintaining a separate promote_threshold variable that we periodically update we now use the hit count of the oldest clean block. Also add a fudge factor to discourage demoting dirty blocks. With some tests this has a sizeable difference, because the old code was too eager to demote blocks. For example, device-mapper-test-suite's git_extract_cache_quick test goes from taking 190 seconds, to 142 (linear on spindle takes 250). Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/cache-policies.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/cache-policies.txt index 66c2774..7746e5d 100644 --- a/Documentation/device-mapper/cache-policies.txt +++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/cache-policies.txt @@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ since spindles tend to have good bandwidth. The io_tracker counts contiguous I/Os to try to spot when the io is in one of these sequential modes. -Internally the mq policy maintains a promotion threshold variable. If -the hit count of a block not in the cache goes above this threshold it -gets promoted to the cache. The read, write and discard promote adjustment +Internally the mq policy determines a promotion threshold. If the hit +count of a block not in the cache goes above this threshold it gets +promoted to the cache. The read, write and discard promote adjustment tunables allow you to tweak the promotion threshold by adding a small value based on the io type. They default to 4, 8 and 1 respectively. If you're trying to quickly warm a new cache device you may wish to diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-cache-policy-mq.c b/drivers/md/dm-cache-policy-mq.c index 0e385e4..334d098 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-policy-mq.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-policy-mq.c @@ -181,24 +181,30 @@ static void queue_shift_down(struct queue *q) * Gives us the oldest entry of the lowest popoulated level. If the first * level is emptied then we shift down one level. */ -static struct list_head *queue_pop(struct queue *q) +static struct list_head *queue_peek(struct queue *q) { unsigned level; - struct list_head *r; for (level = 0; level < NR_QUEUE_LEVELS; level++) - if (!list_empty(q->qs + level)) { - r = q->qs[level].next; - list_del(r); + if (!list_empty(q->qs + level)) + return q->qs[level].next; - /* have we just emptied the bottom level? */ - if (level == 0 && list_empty(q->qs)) - queue_shift_down(q); + return NULL; +} - return r; - } +static struct list_head *queue_pop(struct queue *q) +{ + struct list_head *r = queue_peek(q); - return NULL; + if (r) { + list_del(r); + + /* have we just emptied the bottom level? */ + if (list_empty(q->qs)) + queue_shift_down(q); + } + + return r; } static struct list_head *list_pop(struct list_head *lh) @@ -383,13 +389,6 @@ struct mq_policy { unsigned generation; unsigned generation_period; /* in lookups (will probably change) */ - /* - * Entries in the pre_cache whose hit count passes the promotion - * threshold move to the cache proper. Working out the correct - * value for the promotion_threshold is crucial to this policy. - */ - unsigned promote_threshold; - unsigned discard_promote_adjustment; unsigned read_promote_adjustment; unsigned write_promote_adjustment; @@ -406,6 +405,7 @@ struct mq_policy { #define DEFAULT_DISCARD_PROMOTE_ADJUSTMENT 1 #define DEFAULT_READ_PROMOTE_ADJUSTMENT 4 #define DEFAULT_WRITE_PROMOTE_ADJUSTMENT 8 +#define DISCOURAGE_DEMOTING_DIRTY_THRESHOLD 128 /*----------------------------------------------------------------*/ @@ -518,6 +518,12 @@ static struct entry *pop(struct mq_policy *mq, struct queue *q) return e; } +static struct entry *peek(struct queue *q) +{ + struct list_head *h = queue_peek(q); + return h ? container_of(h, struct entry, list) : NULL; +} + /* * Has this entry already been updated? */ @@ -570,10 +576,6 @@ static void check_generation(struct mq_policy *mq) break; } } - - mq->promote_threshold = nr ? total / nr : 1; - if (mq->promote_threshold * nr < total) - mq->promote_threshold++; } } @@ -641,6 +643,30 @@ static int demote_cblock(struct mq_policy *mq, dm_oblock_t *oblock) } /* + * Entries in the pre_cache whose hit count passes the promotion + * threshold move to the cache proper. Working out the correct + * value for the promotion_threshold is crucial to this policy. + */ +static unsigned promote_threshold(struct mq_policy *mq) +{ + struct entry *e; + + if (any_free_cblocks(mq)) + return 0; + + e = peek(&mq->cache_clean); + if (e) + return e->hit_count; + + e = peek(&mq->cache_dirty); + if (e) + return e->hit_count + DISCOURAGE_DEMOTING_DIRTY_THRESHOLD; + + /* This should never happen */ + return 0; +} + +/* * We modify the basic promotion_threshold depending on the specific io. * * If the origin block has been discarded then there's no cost to copy it @@ -653,7 +679,7 @@ static unsigned adjusted_promote_threshold(struct mq_policy *mq, bool discarded_oblock, int data_dir) { if (data_dir == READ) - return mq->promote_threshold + mq->read_promote_adjustment; + return promote_threshold(mq) + mq->read_promote_adjustment; if (discarded_oblock && (any_free_cblocks(mq) || any_clean_cblocks(mq))) { /* @@ -663,7 +689,7 @@ static unsigned adjusted_promote_threshold(struct mq_policy *mq, return mq->discard_promote_adjustment; } - return mq->promote_threshold + mq->write_promote_adjustment; + return promote_threshold(mq) + mq->write_promote_adjustment; } static bool should_promote(struct mq_policy *mq, struct entry *e, @@ -1230,7 +1256,6 @@ static struct dm_cache_policy *mq_create(dm_cblock_t cache_size, mq->tick = 0; mq->hit_count = 0; mq->generation = 0; - mq->promote_threshold = 0; mq->discard_promote_adjustment = DEFAULT_DISCARD_PROMOTE_ADJUSTMENT; mq->read_promote_adjustment = DEFAULT_READ_PROMOTE_ADJUSTMENT; mq->write_promote_adjustment = DEFAULT_WRITE_PROMOTE_ADJUSTMENT; -- cgit v0.10.2