lightnvm: pblk: enable 1 LUN configuration
Metadata I/Os are scheduled to minimize their impact on user data I/Os. When there are enough LUNs instantiated (i.e., enough bandwidth), it is easy to interleave metadata and data one after the other so that metadata I/Os are the ones being blocked and not vice-versa. We do this by calculating the distance between the I/Os in terms of the LUNs that are not in used, and selecting a free LUN that satisfies a the simple heuristic that metadata is scheduled behind. The per-LUN semaphores guarantee consistency. This works fine on >1 LUN configuration. However, when a single LUN is instantiated, this design leads to a deadlock, where metadata waits to be scheduled on a free LUN. This patch implements the 1 LUN case by simply scheduling the metadada I/O after the data I/O. In the process, we refactor the way a line is replaced to ensure that metadata writes are submitted after data writes in order to guarantee block sequentiality. Note that, since there is only one LUN, both I/Os will block each other by design. However, such configuration only pursues tight read latencies, not write bandwidth. Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@cnexlabs.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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@@ -25,13 +25,23 @@ static void pblk_map_page_data(struct pblk *pblk, unsigned int sentry,
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unsigned int valid_secs)
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{
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struct pblk_line *line = pblk_line_get_data(pblk);
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struct pblk_emeta *emeta = line->emeta;
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struct pblk_emeta *emeta;
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struct pblk_w_ctx *w_ctx;
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__le64 *lba_list = emeta_to_lbas(pblk, emeta->buf);
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__le64 *lba_list;
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u64 paddr;
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int nr_secs = pblk->min_write_pgs;
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int i;
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if (pblk_line_is_full(line)) {
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struct pblk_line *prev_line = line;
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line = pblk_line_replace_data(pblk);
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pblk_line_close_meta(pblk, prev_line);
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}
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emeta = line->emeta;
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lba_list = emeta_to_lbas(pblk, emeta->buf);
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paddr = pblk_alloc_page(pblk, line, nr_secs);
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for (i = 0; i < nr_secs; i++, paddr++) {
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@@ -60,13 +70,6 @@ static void pblk_map_page_data(struct pblk *pblk, unsigned int sentry,
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}
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}
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if (pblk_line_is_full(line)) {
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struct pblk_line *prev_line = line;
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pblk_line_replace_data(pblk);
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pblk_line_close_meta(pblk, prev_line);
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}
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pblk_down_rq(pblk, ppa_list, nr_secs, lun_bitmap);
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}
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