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authorStefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>2021-07-21 11:42:10 +0200
committerStefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>2021-07-21 13:47:50 +0100
commit1793ad0247cad35db1ebbc04fbea0446c30a27ca (patch)
tree3b26eff84f99fa68fcef95a40b52a3aa48ce9f72
parent0445409d7497bededa1047f0d8298b0d4bb3b1a3 (diff)
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iothread: add aio-max-batch parameter
The `aio-max-batch` parameter will be propagated to AIO engines and it will be used to control the maximum number of queued requests. When there are in queue a number of requests equal to `aio-max-batch`, the engine invokes the system call to forward the requests to the kernel. This parameter allows us to control the maximum batch size to reduce the latency that requests might accumulate while queued in the AIO engine queue. If `aio-max-batch` is equal to 0 (default value), the AIO engine will use its default maximum batch size value. Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com> Message-id: 20210721094211.69853-3-sgarzare@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
-rw-r--r--include/block/aio.h12
-rw-r--r--include/sysemu/iothread.h3
-rw-r--r--iothread.c55
-rw-r--r--monitor/hmp-cmds.c2
-rw-r--r--qapi/misc.json6
-rw-r--r--qapi/qom.json7
-rw-r--r--qemu-options.hx8
-rw-r--r--util/aio-posix.c12
-rw-r--r--util/aio-win32.c5
-rw-r--r--util/async.c2
10 files changed, 103 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/include/block/aio.h b/include/block/aio.h
index 807edce..47fbe9d 100644
--- a/include/block/aio.h
+++ b/include/block/aio.h
@@ -232,6 +232,9 @@ struct AioContext {
int64_t poll_grow; /* polling time growth factor */
int64_t poll_shrink; /* polling time shrink factor */
+ /* AIO engine parameters */
+ int64_t aio_max_batch; /* maximum number of requests in a batch */
+
/*
* List of handlers participating in userspace polling. Protected by
* ctx->list_lock. Iterated and modified mostly by the event loop thread
@@ -755,4 +758,13 @@ void aio_context_set_poll_params(AioContext *ctx, int64_t max_ns,
int64_t grow, int64_t shrink,
Error **errp);
+/**
+ * aio_context_set_aio_params:
+ * @ctx: the aio context
+ * @max_batch: maximum number of requests in a batch, 0 means that the
+ * engine will use its default
+ */
+void aio_context_set_aio_params(AioContext *ctx, int64_t max_batch,
+ Error **errp);
+
#endif
diff --git a/include/sysemu/iothread.h b/include/sysemu/iothread.h
index f177142..7f714bd 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/iothread.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/iothread.h
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ struct IOThread {
int64_t poll_max_ns;
int64_t poll_grow;
int64_t poll_shrink;
+
+ /* AioContext AIO engine parameters */
+ int64_t aio_max_batch;
};
typedef struct IOThread IOThread;
diff --git a/iothread.c b/iothread.c
index 103679a..ddbbde6 100644
--- a/iothread.c
+++ b/iothread.c
@@ -152,6 +152,24 @@ static void iothread_init_gcontext(IOThread *iothread)
iothread->main_loop = g_main_loop_new(iothread->worker_context, TRUE);
}
+static void iothread_set_aio_context_params(IOThread *iothread, Error **errp)
+{
+ ERRP_GUARD();
+
+ aio_context_set_poll_params(iothread->ctx,
+ iothread->poll_max_ns,
+ iothread->poll_grow,
+ iothread->poll_shrink,
+ errp);
+ if (*errp) {
+ return;
+ }
+
+ aio_context_set_aio_params(iothread->ctx,
+ iothread->aio_max_batch,
+ errp);
+}
+
static void iothread_complete(UserCreatable *obj, Error **errp)
{
Error *local_error = NULL;
@@ -171,11 +189,7 @@ static void iothread_complete(UserCreatable *obj, Error **errp)
*/
iothread_init_gcontext(iothread);
- aio_context_set_poll_params(iothread->ctx,
- iothread->poll_max_ns,
- iothread->poll_grow,
- iothread->poll_shrink,
- &local_error);
+ iothread_set_aio_context_params(iothread, &local_error);
if (local_error) {
error_propagate(errp, local_error);
aio_context_unref(iothread->ctx);
@@ -212,6 +226,9 @@ static PollParamInfo poll_grow_info = {
static PollParamInfo poll_shrink_info = {
"poll-shrink", offsetof(IOThread, poll_shrink),
};
+static PollParamInfo aio_max_batch_info = {
+ "aio-max-batch", offsetof(IOThread, aio_max_batch),
+};
static void iothread_get_param(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
const char *name, void *opaque, Error **errp)
@@ -271,6 +288,29 @@ static void iothread_set_poll_param(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
}
}
+static void iothread_get_aio_param(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
+ const char *name, void *opaque, Error **errp)
+{
+
+ iothread_get_param(obj, v, name, opaque, errp);
+}
+
+static void iothread_set_aio_param(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
+ const char *name, void *opaque, Error **errp)
+{
+ IOThread *iothread = IOTHREAD(obj);
+
+ if (!iothread_set_param(obj, v, name, opaque, errp)) {
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (iothread->ctx) {
+ aio_context_set_aio_params(iothread->ctx,
+ iothread->aio_max_batch,
+ errp);
+ }
+}
+
static void iothread_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *class_data)
{
UserCreatableClass *ucc = USER_CREATABLE_CLASS(klass);
@@ -288,6 +328,10 @@ static void iothread_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *class_data)
iothread_get_poll_param,
iothread_set_poll_param,
NULL, &poll_shrink_info);
+ object_class_property_add(klass, "aio-max-batch", "int",
+ iothread_get_aio_param,
+ iothread_set_aio_param,
+ NULL, &aio_max_batch_info);
}
static const TypeInfo iothread_info = {
@@ -337,6 +381,7 @@ static int query_one_iothread(Object *object, void *opaque)
info->poll_max_ns = iothread->poll_max_ns;
info->poll_grow = iothread->poll_grow;
info->poll_shrink = iothread->poll_shrink;
+ info->aio_max_batch = iothread->aio_max_batch;
QAPI_LIST_APPEND(*tail, info);
return 0;
diff --git a/monitor/hmp-cmds.c b/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
index 0942027..e00255f 100644
--- a/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
+++ b/monitor/hmp-cmds.c
@@ -1893,6 +1893,8 @@ void hmp_info_iothreads(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
monitor_printf(mon, " poll-max-ns=%" PRId64 "\n", value->poll_max_ns);
monitor_printf(mon, " poll-grow=%" PRId64 "\n", value->poll_grow);
monitor_printf(mon, " poll-shrink=%" PRId64 "\n", value->poll_shrink);
+ monitor_printf(mon, " aio-max-batch=%" PRId64 "\n",
+ value->aio_max_batch);
}
qapi_free_IOThreadInfoList(info_list);
diff --git a/qapi/misc.json b/qapi/misc.json
index 156f982..5c2ca3b 100644
--- a/qapi/misc.json
+++ b/qapi/misc.json
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@
# @poll-shrink: how many ns will be removed from polling time, 0 means that
# it's not configured (since 2.9)
#
+# @aio-max-batch: maximum number of requests in a batch for the AIO engine,
+# 0 means that the engine will use its default (since 6.1)
+#
# Since: 2.0
##
{ 'struct': 'IOThreadInfo',
@@ -93,7 +96,8 @@
'thread-id': 'int',
'poll-max-ns': 'int',
'poll-grow': 'int',
- 'poll-shrink': 'int' } }
+ 'poll-shrink': 'int',
+ 'aio-max-batch': 'int' } }
##
# @query-iothreads:
diff --git a/qapi/qom.json b/qapi/qom.json
index 652be31..6d5f4a8 100644
--- a/qapi/qom.json
+++ b/qapi/qom.json
@@ -516,12 +516,17 @@
# algorithm detects it is spending too long polling without
# encountering events. 0 selects a default behaviour (default: 0)
#
+# @aio-max-batch: maximum number of requests in a batch for the AIO engine,
+# 0 means that the engine will use its default
+# (default:0, since 6.1)
+#
# Since: 2.0
##
{ 'struct': 'IothreadProperties',
'data': { '*poll-max-ns': 'int',
'*poll-grow': 'int',
- '*poll-shrink': 'int' } }
+ '*poll-shrink': 'int',
+ '*aio-max-batch': 'int' } }
##
# @MemoryBackendProperties:
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 0c9ddc0..99ed5ec 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -5301,7 +5301,7 @@ SRST
CN=laptop.example.com,O=Example Home,L=London,ST=London,C=GB
- ``-object iothread,id=id,poll-max-ns=poll-max-ns,poll-grow=poll-grow,poll-shrink=poll-shrink``
+ ``-object iothread,id=id,poll-max-ns=poll-max-ns,poll-grow=poll-grow,poll-shrink=poll-shrink,aio-max-batch=aio-max-batch``
Creates a dedicated event loop thread that devices can be
assigned to. This is known as an IOThread. By default device
emulation happens in vCPU threads or the main event loop thread.
@@ -5337,7 +5337,11 @@ SRST
the polling time when the algorithm detects it is spending too
long polling without encountering events.
- The polling parameters can be modified at run-time using the
+ The ``aio-max-batch`` parameter is the maximum number of requests
+ in a batch for the AIO engine, 0 means that the engine will use
+ its default.
+
+ The IOThread parameters can be modified at run-time using the
``qom-set`` command (where ``iothread1`` is the IOThread's
``id``):
diff --git a/util/aio-posix.c b/util/aio-posix.c
index 30f5354..2b86777 100644
--- a/util/aio-posix.c
+++ b/util/aio-posix.c
@@ -716,3 +716,15 @@ void aio_context_set_poll_params(AioContext *ctx, int64_t max_ns,
aio_notify(ctx);
}
+
+void aio_context_set_aio_params(AioContext *ctx, int64_t max_batch,
+ Error **errp)
+{
+ /*
+ * No thread synchronization here, it doesn't matter if an incorrect value
+ * is used once.
+ */
+ ctx->aio_max_batch = max_batch;
+
+ aio_notify(ctx);
+}
diff --git a/util/aio-win32.c b/util/aio-win32.c
index 168717b..d5b09a1 100644
--- a/util/aio-win32.c
+++ b/util/aio-win32.c
@@ -440,3 +440,8 @@ void aio_context_set_poll_params(AioContext *ctx, int64_t max_ns,
error_setg(errp, "AioContext polling is not implemented on Windows");
}
}
+
+void aio_context_set_aio_params(AioContext *ctx, int64_t max_batch,
+ Error **errp)
+{
+}
diff --git a/util/async.c b/util/async.c
index 9a41591..6f6717a 100644
--- a/util/async.c
+++ b/util/async.c
@@ -554,6 +554,8 @@ AioContext *aio_context_new(Error **errp)
ctx->poll_grow = 0;
ctx->poll_shrink = 0;
+ ctx->aio_max_batch = 0;
+
return ctx;
fail:
g_source_destroy(&ctx->source);