xfs: optimise xfs_buf_item_size/format for contiguous regions
We process the buf_log_item bitmap one set bit at a time with
xfs_next_bit() so we can detect if a region crosses a memcpy
discontinuity in the buffer data address. This has massive overhead
on large buffers (e.g. 64k directory blocks) because we do a lot of
unnecessary checks and xfs_buf_offset() calls.
For example, 16-way concurrent create workload on debug kernel
running CPU bound has this at the top of the profile at ~120k
create/s on 64kb directory block size:
20.66% [kernel] [k] xfs_dir3_leaf_check_int
7.10% [kernel] [k] memcpy
6.22% [kernel] [k] xfs_next_bit
3.55% [kernel] [k] xfs_buf_offset
3.53% [kernel] [k] xfs_buf_item_format
3.34% [kernel] [k] __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath
3.04% [kernel] [k] do_raw_spin_lock
2.84% [kernel] [k] xfs_buf_item_size_segment.isra.0
2.31% [kernel] [k] __raw_callee_save___pv_queued_spin_unlock
1.36% [kernel] [k] xfs_log_commit_cil
(debug checks hurt large blocks)
The only buffers with discontinuities in the data address are
unmapped buffers, and they are only used for inode cluster buffers
and only for logging unlinked pointers. IOWs, it is -rare- that we
even need to detect a discontinuity in the buffer item formatting
code.
Optimise all this by using xfs_contig_bits() to find the size of
the contiguous regions, then test for a discontiunity inside it. If
we find one, do the slow "bit at a time" method we do now. If we
don't, then just copy the entire contiguous range in one go.
Profile now looks like:
25.26% [kernel] [k] xfs_dir3_leaf_check_int
9.25% [kernel] [k] memcpy
5.01% [kernel] [k] __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath
2.84% [kernel] [k] do_raw_spin_lock
2.22% [kernel] [k] __raw_callee_save___pv_queued_spin_unlock
1.88% [kernel] [k] xfs_buf_find
1.53% [kernel] [k] memmove
1.47% [kernel] [k] xfs_log_commit_cil
....
0.34% [kernel] [k] xfs_buf_item_format
....
0.21% [kernel] [k] xfs_buf_offset
....
0.16% [kernel] [k] xfs_contig_bits
....
0.13% [kernel] [k] xfs_buf_item_size_segment.isra.0
So the bit scanning over for the dirty region tracking for the
buffer log items is basically gone. Debug overhead hurts even more
now...
Perf comparison
dir block creates unlink
size (kb) time rate time
Original 4 4m08s 220k 5m13s
Original 64 7m21s 115k 13m25s
Patched 4 3m59s 230k 5m03s
Patched 64 6m23s 143k 12m33s
Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Brian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
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