md/raid6 algorithms: delta syndrome functions
v3: s-o-b comment, explanation of performance and descision for
the start/stop implementation
Implementing rmw functionality for RAID6 requires optimized syndrome
calculation. Up to now we can only generate a complete syndrome. The
target P/Q pages are always overwritten. With this patch we provide
a framework for inplace P/Q modification. In the first place simply
fill those functions with NULL values.
xor_syndrome() has two additional parameters: start & stop. These
will indicate the first and last page that are changing during a
rmw run. That makes it possible to avoid several unneccessary loops
and speed up calculation. The caller needs to implement the following
logic to make the functions work.
1) xor_syndrome(disks, start, stop, ...): "Remove" all data of source
blocks inside P/Q between (and including) start and end.
2) modify any block with start <= block <= stop
3) xor_syndrome(disks, start, stop, ...): "Reinsert" all data of
source blocks into P/Q between (and including) start and end.
Pages between start and stop that won't be changed should be filled
with a pointer to the kernel zero page. The reasons for not taking NULL
pages are:
1) Algorithms cross the whole source data line by line. Thus avoid
additional branches.
2) Having a NULL page avoids calculating the XOR P parity but still
need calulation steps for the Q parity. Depending on the algorithm
unrolling that might be only a difference of 2 instructions per loop.
The benchmark numbers of the gen_syndrome() functions are displayed in
the kernel log. Do the same for the xor_syndrome() functions. This
will help to analyze performance problems and give an rough estimate
how well the algorithm works. The choice of the fastest algorithm will
still depend on the gen_syndrome() performance.
With the start/stop page implementation the speed can vary a lot in real
life. E.g. a change of page 0 & page 15 on a stripe will be harder to
compute than the case where page 0 & page 1 are XOR candidates. To be not
to enthusiatic about the expected speeds we will run a worse case test
that simulates a change on the upper half of the stripe. So we do:
1) calculation of P/Q for the upper pages
2) continuation of Q for the lower (empty) pages
Signed-off-by: Markus Stockhausen <stockhausen@collogia.de>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
diff --git a/include/linux/raid/pq.h b/include/linux/raid/pq.h
index 73069cb..a7a06d1 100644
--- a/include/linux/raid/pq.h
+++ b/include/linux/raid/pq.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
/* Routine choices */
struct raid6_calls {
void (*gen_syndrome)(int, size_t, void **);
+ void (*xor_syndrome)(int, int, int, size_t, void **);
int (*valid)(void); /* Returns 1 if this routine set is usable */
const char *name; /* Name of this routine set */
int prefer; /* Has special performance attribute */
diff --git a/lib/raid6/algos.c b/lib/raid6/algos.c
index dbef231..975c6e0 100644
--- a/lib/raid6/algos.c
+++ b/lib/raid6/algos.c
@@ -131,11 +131,12 @@
static inline const struct raid6_calls *raid6_choose_gen(
void *(*const dptrs)[(65536/PAGE_SIZE)+2], const int disks)
{
- unsigned long perf, bestperf, j0, j1;
+ unsigned long perf, bestgenperf, bestxorperf, j0, j1;
+ int start = (disks>>1)-1, stop = disks-3; /* work on the second half of the disks */
const struct raid6_calls *const *algo;
const struct raid6_calls *best;
- for (bestperf = 0, best = NULL, algo = raid6_algos; *algo; algo++) {
+ for (bestgenperf = 0, bestxorperf = 0, best = NULL, algo = raid6_algos; *algo; algo++) {
if (!best || (*algo)->prefer >= best->prefer) {
if ((*algo)->valid && !(*algo)->valid())
continue;
@@ -153,19 +154,45 @@
}
preempt_enable();
- if (perf > bestperf) {
- bestperf = perf;
+ if (perf > bestgenperf) {
+ bestgenperf = perf;
best = *algo;
}
- pr_info("raid6: %-8s %5ld MB/s\n", (*algo)->name,
+ pr_info("raid6: %-8s gen() %5ld MB/s\n", (*algo)->name,
(perf*HZ) >> (20-16+RAID6_TIME_JIFFIES_LG2));
+
+ if (!(*algo)->xor_syndrome)
+ continue;
+
+ perf = 0;
+
+ preempt_disable();
+ j0 = jiffies;
+ while ((j1 = jiffies) == j0)
+ cpu_relax();
+ while (time_before(jiffies,
+ j1 + (1<<RAID6_TIME_JIFFIES_LG2))) {
+ (*algo)->xor_syndrome(disks, start, stop,
+ PAGE_SIZE, *dptrs);
+ perf++;
+ }
+ preempt_enable();
+
+ if (best == *algo)
+ bestxorperf = perf;
+
+ pr_info("raid6: %-8s xor() %5ld MB/s\n", (*algo)->name,
+ (perf*HZ) >> (20-16+RAID6_TIME_JIFFIES_LG2+1));
}
}
if (best) {
- pr_info("raid6: using algorithm %s (%ld MB/s)\n",
+ pr_info("raid6: using algorithm %s gen() %ld MB/s\n",
best->name,
- (bestperf*HZ) >> (20-16+RAID6_TIME_JIFFIES_LG2));
+ (bestgenperf*HZ) >> (20-16+RAID6_TIME_JIFFIES_LG2));
+ if (best->xor_syndrome)
+ pr_info("raid6: .... xor() %ld MB/s, rmw enabled\n",
+ (bestxorperf*HZ) >> (20-16+RAID6_TIME_JIFFIES_LG2+1));
raid6_call = *best;
} else
pr_err("raid6: Yikes! No algorithm found!\n");
diff --git a/lib/raid6/altivec.uc b/lib/raid6/altivec.uc
index 7cc12b5..bec27fc 100644
--- a/lib/raid6/altivec.uc
+++ b/lib/raid6/altivec.uc
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@
const struct raid6_calls raid6_altivec$# = {
raid6_altivec$#_gen_syndrome,
+ NULL, /* XOR not yet implemented */
raid6_have_altivec,
"altivecx$#",
0
diff --git a/lib/raid6/avx2.c b/lib/raid6/avx2.c
index bc3b1dd..7673400 100644
--- a/lib/raid6/avx2.c
+++ b/lib/raid6/avx2.c
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
const struct raid6_calls raid6_avx2x1 = {
raid6_avx21_gen_syndrome,
+ NULL, /* XOR not yet implemented */
raid6_have_avx2,
"avx2x1",
1 /* Has cache hints */
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@
const struct raid6_calls raid6_avx2x2 = {
raid6_avx22_gen_syndrome,
+ NULL, /* XOR not yet implemented */
raid6_have_avx2,
"avx2x2",
1 /* Has cache hints */
@@ -242,6 +244,7 @@
const struct raid6_calls raid6_avx2x4 = {
raid6_avx24_gen_syndrome,
+ NULL, /* XOR not yet implemented */
raid6_have_avx2,
"avx2x4",
1 /* Has cache hints */
diff --git a/lib/raid6/int.uc b/lib/raid6/int.uc
index 5b50f8d..5ca60be 100644
--- a/lib/raid6/int.uc
+++ b/lib/raid6/int.uc
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@
const struct raid6_calls raid6_intx$# = {
raid6_int$#_gen_syndrome,
- NULL, /* always valid */
+ NULL, /* XOR not yet implemented */
+ NULL, /* always valid */
"int" NSTRING "x$#",
0
};
diff --git a/lib/raid6/mmx.c b/lib/raid6/mmx.c
index 590c71c..b3b0e1f 100644
--- a/lib/raid6/mmx.c
+++ b/lib/raid6/mmx.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
const struct raid6_calls raid6_mmxx1 = {
raid6_mmx1_gen_syndrome,
+ NULL, /* XOR not yet implemented */
raid6_have_mmx,
"mmxx1",
0
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@
const struct raid6_calls raid6_mmxx2 = {
raid6_mmx2_gen_syndrome,
+ NULL, /* XOR not yet implemented */
raid6_have_mmx,
"mmxx2",
0
diff --git a/lib/raid6/neon.c b/lib/raid6/neon.c
index 36ad470..d9ad6ee 100644
--- a/lib/raid6/neon.c
+++ b/lib/raid6/neon.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
} \
struct raid6_calls const raid6_neonx ## _n = { \
raid6_neon ## _n ## _gen_syndrome, \
+ NULL, /* XOR not yet implemented */ \
raid6_have_neon, \
"neonx" #_n, \
0 \
diff --git a/lib/raid6/sse1.c b/lib/raid6/sse1.c
index f762971..9025b8c 100644
--- a/lib/raid6/sse1.c
+++ b/lib/raid6/sse1.c
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
const struct raid6_calls raid6_sse1x1 = {
raid6_sse11_gen_syndrome,
+ NULL, /* XOR not yet implemented */
raid6_have_sse1_or_mmxext,
"sse1x1",
1 /* Has cache hints */
@@ -154,6 +155,7 @@
const struct raid6_calls raid6_sse1x2 = {
raid6_sse12_gen_syndrome,
+ NULL, /* XOR not yet implemented */
raid6_have_sse1_or_mmxext,
"sse1x2",
1 /* Has cache hints */
diff --git a/lib/raid6/sse2.c b/lib/raid6/sse2.c
index 85b82c8..31acd59 100644
--- a/lib/raid6/sse2.c
+++ b/lib/raid6/sse2.c
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
const struct raid6_calls raid6_sse2x1 = {
raid6_sse21_gen_syndrome,
+ NULL, /* XOR not yet implemented */
raid6_have_sse2,
"sse2x1",
1 /* Has cache hints */
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@
const struct raid6_calls raid6_sse2x2 = {
raid6_sse22_gen_syndrome,
+ NULL, /* XOR not yet implemented */
raid6_have_sse2,
"sse2x2",
1 /* Has cache hints */
@@ -250,6 +252,7 @@
const struct raid6_calls raid6_sse2x4 = {
raid6_sse24_gen_syndrome,
+ NULL, /* XOR not yet implemented */
raid6_have_sse2,
"sse2x4",
1 /* Has cache hints */
diff --git a/lib/raid6/tilegx.uc b/lib/raid6/tilegx.uc
index e7c2945..2dd291a 100644
--- a/lib/raid6/tilegx.uc
+++ b/lib/raid6/tilegx.uc
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
const struct raid6_calls raid6_tilegx$# = {
raid6_tilegx$#_gen_syndrome,
+ NULL, /* XOR not yet implemented */
NULL,
"tilegx$#",
0