drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c · da9556a2367cf2261ab4d3e100693c82fb1ddb26 · xenomai / ipipe-x86

zram: user per-cpu compression streams · da9556a2

Sergey Senozhatsky authored May 20, 2016

Remove idle streams list and keep compression streams in per-cpu data.
This removes two contented spin_lock()/spin_unlock() calls from write
path and also prevent write OP from being preempted while holding the
compression stream, which can cause slow downs.

For instance, let's assume that we have N cpus and N-2
max_comp_streams.TASK1 owns the last idle stream, TASK2-TASK3 come in
with the write requests:

TASK1 TASK2 TASK3
zram_bvec_write()
spin_lock
find stream
spin_unlock

compress

<<preempted>> zram_bvec_write()
spin_lock
find stream
spin_unlock
no_stream
schedule
zram_bvec_write()
spin_lock
find_stream
spin_unlock
no_stream
schedule
spin_lock
release stream
spin_unlock
wake up TASK2

not only TASK2 and TASK3 will not get the stream, TASK1 will be
preempted in the middle of its operation; while we would prefer it to
finish compression and release the stream.

Test environment: x86_64, 4 CPU box, 3G zram, lzo

The following fio tests were executed:
read, randread, write, randwrite, rw, randrw
with the increasing number of jobs from 1 to 10.

4 streams 8 streams per-cpu
===========================================================
jobs1
READ: 2520.1MB/s 2566.5MB/s 2491.5MB/s
READ: 2102.7MB/s 2104.2MB/s 2091.3MB/s
WRITE: 1355.1MB/s 1320.2MB/s 1378.9MB/s
WRITE: 1103.5MB/s 1097.2MB/s 1122.5MB/s
READ: 434013KB/s 435153KB/s 439961KB/s
WRITE: 433969KB/s 435109KB/s 439917KB/s
READ: 403166KB/s 405139KB/s 403373KB/s
WRITE: 403223KB/s 405197KB/s 403430KB/s
jobs2
READ: 7958.6MB/s 8105.6MB/s 8073.7MB/s
READ: 6864.9MB/s 6989.8MB/s 7021.8MB/s
WRITE: 2438.1MB/s 2346.9MB/s 3400.2MB/s
WRITE: 1994.2MB/s 1990.3MB/s 2941.2MB/s
READ: 981504KB/s 973906KB/s 1018.8MB/s
WRITE: 981659KB/s 974060KB/s 1018.1MB/s
READ: 937021KB/s 938976KB/s 987250KB/s
WRITE: 934878KB/s 936830KB/s 984993KB/s
jobs3
READ: 13280MB/s 13553MB/s 13553MB/s
READ: 11534MB/s 11785MB/s 11755MB/s
WRITE: 3456.9MB/s 3469.9MB/s 4810.3MB/s
WRITE: 3029.6MB/s 3031.6MB/s 4264.8MB/s
READ: 1363.8MB/s 1362.6MB/s 1448.9MB/s
WRITE: 1361.9MB/s 1360.7MB/s 1446.9MB/s
READ: 1309.4MB/s 1310.6MB/s 1397.5MB/s
WRITE: 1307.4MB/s 1308.5MB/s 1395.3MB/s
jobs4
READ: 20244MB/s 20177MB/s 20344MB/s
READ: 17886MB/s 17913MB/s 17835MB/s
WRITE: 4071.6MB/s 4046.1MB/s 6370.2MB/s
WRITE: 3608.9MB/s 3576.3MB/s 5785.4MB/s
READ: 1824.3MB/s 1821.6MB/s 1997.5MB/s
WRITE: 1819.8MB/s 1817.4MB/s 1992.5MB/s
READ: 1765.7MB/s 1768.3MB/s 1937.3MB/s
WRITE: 1767.5MB/s 1769.1MB/s 1939.2MB/s
jobs5
READ: 18663MB/s 18986MB/s 18823MB/s
READ: 16659MB/s 16605MB/s 16954MB/s
WRITE: 3912.4MB/s 3888.7MB/s 6126.9MB/s
WRITE: 3506.4MB/s 3442.5MB/s 5519.3MB/s
READ: 1798.2MB/s 1746.5MB/s 1935.8MB/s
WRITE: 1792.7MB/s 1740.7MB/s 1929.1MB/s
READ: 1727.6MB/s 1658.2MB/s 1917.3MB/s
WRITE: 1726.5MB/s 1657.2MB/s 1916.6MB/s
jobs6
READ: 21017MB/s 20922MB/s 21162MB/s
READ: 19022MB/s 19140MB/s 18770MB/s
WRITE: 3968.2MB/s 4037.7MB/s 6620.8MB/s
WRITE: 3643.5MB/s 3590.2MB/s 6027.5MB/s
READ: 1871.8MB/s 1880.5MB/s 2049.9MB/s
WRITE: 1867.8MB/s 1877.2MB/s 2046.2MB/s
READ: 1755.8MB/s 1710.3MB/s 1964.7MB/s
WRITE: 1750.5MB/s 1705.9MB/s 1958.8MB/s
jobs7
READ: 21103MB/s 20677MB/s 21482MB/s
READ: 18522MB/s 18379MB/s 19443MB/s
WRITE: 4022.5MB/s 4067.4MB/s 6755.9MB/s
WRITE: 3691.7MB/s 3695.5MB/s 5925.6MB/s
READ: 1841.5MB/s 1933.9MB/s 2090.5MB/s
WRITE: 1842.7MB/s 1935.3MB/s 2091.9MB/s
READ: 1832.4MB/s 1856.4MB/s 1971.5MB/s
WRITE: 1822.3MB/s 1846.2MB/s 1960.6MB/s
jobs8
READ: 20463MB/s 20194MB/s 20862MB/s
READ: 18178MB/s 17978MB/s 18299MB/s
WRITE: 4085.9MB/s 4060.2MB/s 7023.8MB/s
WRITE: 3776.3MB/s 3737.9MB/s 6278.2MB/s
READ: 1957.6MB/s 1944.4MB/s 2109.5MB/s
WRITE: 1959.2MB/s 1946.2MB/s 2111.4MB/s
READ: 1900.6MB/s 1885.7MB/s 2082.1MB/s
WRITE: 1896.2MB/s 1881.4MB/s 2078.3MB/s
jobs9
READ: 19692MB/s 19734MB/s 19334MB/s
READ: 17678MB/s 18249MB/s 17666MB/s
WRITE: 4004.7MB/s 4064.8MB/s 6990.7MB/s
WRITE: 3724.7MB/s 3772.1MB/s 6193.6MB/s
READ: 1953.7MB/s 1967.3MB/s 2105.6MB/s
WRITE: 1953.4MB/s 1966.7MB/s 2104.1MB/s
READ: 1860.4MB/s 1897.4MB/s 2068.5MB/s
WRITE: 1858.9MB/s 1895.9MB/s 2066.8MB/s
jobs10
READ: 19730MB/s 19579MB/s 19492MB/s
READ: 18028MB/s 18018MB/s 18221MB/s
WRITE: 4027.3MB/s 4090.6MB/s 7020.1MB/s
WRITE: 3810.5MB/s 3846.8MB/s 6426.8MB/s
READ: 1956.1MB/s 1994.6MB/s 2145.2MB/s
WRITE: 1955.9MB/s 1993.5MB/s 2144.8MB/s
READ: 1852.8MB/s 1911.6MB/s 2075.8MB/s
WRITE: 1855.7MB/s 1914.6MB/s 2078.1MB/s

perf stat

4 streams 8 streams per-cpu
====================================================================================================================
jobs1
stalled-cycles-frontend 23,174,811,209 ( 38.21%) 23,220,254,188 ( 38.25%) 23,061,406,918 ( 38.34%)
stalled-cycles-backend 11,514,174,638 ( 18.98%) 11,696,722,657 ( 19.27%) 11,370,852,810 ( 18.90%)
instructions 73,925,005,782 ( 1.22) 73,903,177,632 ( 1.22) 73,507,201,037 ( 1.22)
branches 14,455,124,835 ( 756.063) 14,455,184,779 ( 755.281) 14,378,599,509 ( 758.546)
branch-misses 69,801,336 ( 0.48%) 80,225,529 ( 0.55%) 72,044,726 ( 0.50%)
jobs2
stalled-cycles-frontend 49,912,741,782 ( 46.11%) 50,101,189,290 ( 45.95%) 32,874,195,633 ( 35.11%)
stalled-cycles-backend 27,080,366,230 ( 25.02%) 27,949,970,232 ( 25.63%) 16,461,222,706 ( 17.58%)
instructions 122,831,629,690 ( 1.13) 122,919,846,419 ( 1.13) 121,924,786,775 ( 1.30)
branches 23,725,889,239 ( 692.663) 23,733,547,140 ( 688.062) 23,553,950,311 ( 794.794)
branch-misses 90,733,041 ( 0.38%) 96,320,895 ( 0.41%) 84,561,092 ( 0.36%)
jobs3
stalled-cycles-frontend 66,437,834,608 ( 45.58%) 63,534,923,344 ( 43.69%) 42,101,478,505 ( 33.19%)
stalled-cycles-backend 34,940,799,661 ( 23.97%) 34,774,043,148 ( 23.91%) 21,163,324,388 ( 16.68%)
instructions 171,692,121,862 ( 1.18) 171,775,373,044 ( 1.18) 170,353,542,261 ( 1.34)
branches 32,968,962,622 ( 628.723) 32,987,739,894 ( 630.512) 32,729,463,918 ( 717.027)
branch-misses 111,522,732 ( 0.34%) 110,472,894 ( 0.33%) 99,791,291 ( 0.30%)
jobs4
stalled-cycles-frontend 98,741,701,675 ( 49.72%) 94,797,349,965 ( 47.59%) 54,535,655,381 ( 33.53%)
stalled-cycles-backend 54,642,609,615 ( 27.51%) 55,233,554,408 ( 27.73%) 27,882,323,541 ( 17.14%)
instructions 220,884,807,851 ( 1.11) 220,930,887,273 ( 1.11) 218,926,845,851 ( 1.35)
branches 42,354,518,180 ( 592.105) 42,362,770,587 ( 590.452) 41,955,552,870 ( 716.154)
branch-misses 138,093,449 ( 0.33%) 131,295,286 ( 0.31%) 121,794,771 ( 0.29%)
jobs5
stalled-cycles-frontend 116,219,747,212 ( 48.14%) 110,310,397,012 ( 46.29%) 66,373,082,723 ( 33.70%)
stalled-cycles-backend 66,325,434,776 ( 27.48%) 64,157,087,914 ( 26.92%) 32,999,097,299 ( 16.76%)
instructions 270,615,008,466 ( 1.12) 270,546,409,525 ( 1.14) 268,439,910,948 ( 1.36)
branches 51,834,046,557 ( 599.108) 51,811,867,722 ( 608.883) 51,412,576,077 ( 729.213)
branch-misses 158,197,086 ( 0.31%) 142,639,805 ( 0.28%) 133,425,455 ( 0.26%)
jobs6
stalled-cycles-frontend 138,009,414,492 ( 48.23%) 139,063,571,254 ( 48.80%) 75,278,568,278 ( 32.80%)
stalled-cycles-backend 79,211,949,650 ( 27.68%) 79,077,241,028 ( 27.75%) 37,735,797,899 ( 16.44%)
instructions 319,763,993,731 ( 1.12) 319,937,782,834 ( 1.12) 316,663,600,784 ( 1.38)
branches 61,219,433,294 ( 595.056) 61,250,355,540 ( 598.215) 60,523,446,617 ( 733.706)
branch-misses 169,257,123 ( 0.28%) 154,898,028 ( 0.25%) 141,180,587 ( 0.23%)
jobs7
stalled-cycles-frontend 162,974,812,119 ( 49.20%) 159,290,061,987 ( 48.43%) 88,046,641,169 ( 33.21%)
stalled-cycles-backend 92,223,151,661 ( 27.84%) 91,667,904,406 ( 27.87%) 44,068,454,971 ( 16.62%)
instructions 369,516,432,430 ( 1.12) 369,361,799,063 ( 1.12) 365,290,380,661 ( 1.38)
branches 70,795,673,950 ( 594.220) 70,743,136,124 ( 597.876) 69,803,996,038 ( 732.822)
branch-misses 181,708,327 ( 0.26%) 165,767,821 ( 0.23%) 150,109,797 ( 0.22%)
jobs8
stalled-cycles-frontend 185,000,017,027 ( 49.30%) 182,334,345,473 ( 48.37%) 99,980,147,041 ( 33.26%)
stalled-cycles-backend 105,753,516,186 ( 28.18%) 107,937,830,322 ( 28.63%) 51,404,177,181 ( 17.10%)
instructions 418,153,161,055 ( 1.11) 418,308,565,828 ( 1.11) 413,653,475,581 ( 1.38)
branches 80,035,882,398 ( 592.296) 80,063,204,510 ( 589.843) 79,024,105,589 ( 730.530)
branch-misses 199,764,528 ( 0.25%) 177,936,926 ( 0.22%) 160,525,449 ( 0.20%)
jobs9
stalled-cycles-frontend 210,941,799,094 ( 49.63%) 204,714,679,254 ( 48.55%) 114,251,113,756 ( 33.96%)
stalled-cycles-backend 122,640,849,067 ( 28.85%) 122,188,553,256 ( 28.98%) 58,360,041,127 ( 17.35%)
instructions 468,151,025,415 ( 1.10) 467,354,869,323 ( 1.11) 462,665,165,216 ( 1.38)
branches 89,657,067,510 ( 585.628) 89,411,550,407 ( 588.990) 88,360,523,943 ( 730.151)
branch-misses 218,292,301 ( 0.24%) 191,701,247 ( 0.21%) 178,535,678 ( 0.20%)
jobs10
stalled-cycles-frontend 233,595,958,008 ( 49.81%) 227,540,615,689 ( 49.11%) 160,341,979,938 ( 43.07%)
stalled-cycles-backend 136,153,676,021 ( 29.03%) 133,635,240,742 ( 28.84%) 65,909,135,465 ( 17.70%)
instructions 517,001,168,497 ( 1.10) 516,210,976,158 ( 1.11) 511,374,038,613 ( 1.37)
branches 98,911,641,329 ( 585.796) 98,700,069,712 ( 591.583) 97,646,761,028 ( 728.712)
branch-misses 232,341,823 ( 0.23%) 199,256,308 ( 0.20%) 183,135,268 ( 0.19%)

per-cpu streams tend to cause significantly less stalled cycles; execute
less branches and hit less branch-misses.

perf stat reported execution time

4 streams 8 streams per-cpu
====================================================================
jobs1
seconds elapsed 20.909073870 20.875670495 20.817838540
jobs2
seconds elapsed 18.529488399 18.720566469 16.356103108
jobs3
seconds elapsed 18.991159531 18.991340812 16.766216066
jobs4
seconds elapsed 19.560643828 19.551323547 16.246621715
jobs5
seconds elapsed 24.746498464 25.221646740 20.696112444
jobs6
seconds elapsed 28.258181828 28.289765505 22.885688857
jobs7
seconds elapsed 32.632490241 31.909125381 26.272753738
jobs8
seconds elapsed 35.651403851 36.027596308 29.108024711
jobs9
seconds elapsed 40.569362365 40.024227989 32.898204012
jobs10
seconds elapsed 44.673112304 43.874898137 35.632952191

Please see
Link: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=146166970727530
Link: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=146174716719650

for more test results (under low memory conditions).

Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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