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bio: limit bio max size.
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bio size can grow up to 4GB when muli-page bvec is enabled.
but sometimes it would lead to inefficient behaviors.
in case of large chunk direct I/O, - 32MB chunk read in user space -
all pages for 32MB would be merged to a bio structure if memory address is
continued phsycally. it makes some delay to submit until merge complete.
bio max size should be limited as a proper size.

When 32MB chunk read with direct I/O option is coming from userspace,
kernel behavior is below now. it's timeline.

 | bio merge for 32MB. total 8,192 pages are merged.
 | total elapsed time is over 2ms.
 |------------------ ... ----------------------->|
                                                 | 8,192 pages merged a bio.
                                                 | at this time, first bio submit is done.
                                                 | 1 bio is split to 32 read request and issue.
                                                 |--------------->
                                                  |--------------->
                                                   |--------------->
                                                              ......
                                                                   |--------------->
                                                                    |--------------->|
                          total 19ms elapsed to complete 32MB read done from device. |

If bio max size is limited with 1MB, behavior is changed below.

 | bio merge for 1MB. 256 pages are merged for each bio.
 | total 32 bio will be made.
 | total elapsed time is over 2ms. it's same.
 | but, first bio submit timing is fast. about 100us.
 |--->|--->|--->|---> ... -->|--->|--->|--->|--->|
      | 256 pages merged a bio.
      | at this time, first bio submit is done.
      | and 1 read request is issued for 1 bio.
      |--------------->
           |--------------->
                |--------------->
                                      ......
                                                 |--------------->
                                                  |--------------->|
        total 17ms elapsed to complete 32MB read done from device. |

As a result, read request issue timing is faster if bio max size is limited.
Current kernel behavior with multipage bvec, super large bio can be created.
And it lead to delay first I/O request issue.

Signed-off-by: Changheun Lee <nanich.lee@samsung.com>
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Changheun authored and intel-lab-lkp committed Jan 21, 2021
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17 changes: 16 additions & 1 deletion block/bio.c
Expand Up @@ -284,9 +284,24 @@ void bio_init(struct bio *bio, struct bio_vec *table,

bio->bi_io_vec = table;
bio->bi_max_vecs = max_vecs;
bio->bi_max_size = UINT_MAX;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_init);

void bio_set_dev(struct bio *bio, struct block_device *bdev)
{
if (bio->bi_disk != bdev->bd_disk)
bio_clear_flag(bio, BIO_THROTTLED);

bio->bi_disk = bdev->bd_disk;
bio->bi_partno = bdev->bd_partno;
bio->bi_max_size = blk_queue_get_max_sectors(bio->bi_disk->queue,
bio_op(bio)) << SECTOR_SHIFT;

bio_associate_blkg(bio);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_set_dev);

/**
* bio_reset - reinitialize a bio
* @bio: bio to reset
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -877,7 +892,7 @@ bool __bio_try_merge_page(struct bio *bio, struct page *page,
struct bio_vec *bv = &bio->bi_io_vec[bio->bi_vcnt - 1];

if (page_is_mergeable(bv, page, len, off, same_page)) {
if (bio->bi_iter.bi_size > UINT_MAX - len) {
if (bio->bi_iter.bi_size > bio->bi_max_size - len)
*same_page = false;
return false;
}
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13 changes: 3 additions & 10 deletions include/linux/bio.h
Expand Up @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static inline bool bio_full(struct bio *bio, unsigned len)
if (bio->bi_vcnt >= bio->bi_max_vecs)
return true;

if (bio->bi_iter.bi_size > UINT_MAX - len)
if (bio->bi_iter.bi_size > bio->bi_max_size - len)
return true;

return false;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -482,20 +482,13 @@ extern struct bio_vec *bvec_alloc(gfp_t, int, unsigned long *, mempool_t *);
extern void bvec_free(mempool_t *, struct bio_vec *, unsigned int);
extern unsigned int bvec_nr_vecs(unsigned short idx);
extern const char *bio_devname(struct bio *bio, char *buffer);

#define bio_set_dev(bio, bdev) \
do { \
if ((bio)->bi_disk != (bdev)->bd_disk) \
bio_clear_flag(bio, BIO_THROTTLED);\
(bio)->bi_disk = (bdev)->bd_disk; \
(bio)->bi_partno = (bdev)->bd_partno; \
bio_associate_blkg(bio); \
} while (0)
extern void bio_set_dev(struct bio *bio, struct block_device *bdev);

#define bio_copy_dev(dst, src) \
do { \
(dst)->bi_disk = (src)->bi_disk; \
(dst)->bi_partno = (src)->bi_partno; \
(dst)->bi_max_size = (src)->bi_max_size;\
bio_clone_blkg_association(dst, src); \
} while (0)

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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions include/linux/blk_types.h
Expand Up @@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ struct bio {
*/

unsigned short bi_max_vecs; /* max bvl_vecs we can hold */
unsigned int bi_max_size; /* max data size we can hold */

atomic_t __bi_cnt; /* pin count */

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