Re: [PATCH] io_uring/uring_cmd: push IRQ based completions through task_work

[Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>]

On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 07:39:30PM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 3/20/23 5:35?PM, Ming Lei wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 08:36:15PM +0530, Kanchan Joshi wrote:
> >> On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 8:51?PM Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> This is similar to what we do on the non-passthrough read/write side,
> >>> and helps take advantage of the completion batching we can do when we
> >>> post CQEs via task_work. On top of that, this avoids a uring_lock
> >>> grab/drop for every completion.
> >>>
> >>> In the normal peak IRQ based testing, this increases performance in
> >>> my testing from ~75M to ~77M IOPS, or an increase of 2-3%.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
> >>>
> >>> ---
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/io_uring/uring_cmd.c b/io_uring/uring_cmd.c
> >>> index 2e4c483075d3..b4fba5f0ab0d 100644
> >>> --- a/io_uring/uring_cmd.c
> >>> +++ b/io_uring/uring_cmd.c
> >>> @@ -45,18 +45,21 @@ static inline void io_req_set_cqe32_extra(struct io_kiocb *req,
> >>>  void io_uring_cmd_done(struct io_uring_cmd *ioucmd, ssize_t ret, ssize_t res2)
> >>>  {
> >>>         struct io_kiocb *req = cmd_to_io_kiocb(ioucmd);
> >>> +       struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = req->ctx;
> >>>
> >>>         if (ret < 0)
> >>>                 req_set_fail(req);
> >>>
> >>>         io_req_set_res(req, ret, 0);
> >>> -       if (req->ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_CQE32)
> >>> +       if (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_CQE32)
> >>>                 io_req_set_cqe32_extra(req, res2, 0);
> >>> -       if (req->ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL)
> >>> +       if (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL) {
> >>>                 /* order with io_iopoll_req_issued() checking ->iopoll_complete */
> >>>                 smp_store_release(&req->iopoll_completed, 1);
> >>> -       else
> >>> -               io_req_complete_post(req, 0);
> >>> +               return;
> >>> +       }
> >>> +       req->io_task_work.func = io_req_task_complete;
> >>> +       io_req_task_work_add(req);
> >>>  }
> >>
> >> Since io_uring_cmd_done itself would be executing in task-work often
> >> (always in case of nvme), can this be further optimized by doing
> >> directly what this new task-work (that is being set up here) would
> >> have done?
> >> Something like below on top of your patch -
> > 
> > But we have io_uring_cmd_complete_in_task() already, just wondering why
> > not let driver decide if explicit running in task-work is taken?
> 
> Because it's currently broken, see my patch from earlier today.

OK, got it, just miss your revised patch.

Then I guess your patch needs to split into one bug fix(for backporting) on
io_uring_cmd_done() and one optimization?

thanks,
Ming