xprtrdma: Invoke rpcrdma_reply_handler directly from RECV completion

I noticed that the soft IRQ thread looked pretty busy under heavy
I/O workloads. perf suggested one area that was expensive was the
queue_work() call in rpcrdma_wc_receive. That gave me some ideas.

Instead of scheduling a separate worker to process RPC Replies,
promote the Receive completion handler to IB_POLL_WORKQUEUE, and
invoke rpcrdma_reply_handler directly.

Note that the poll workqueue is single-threaded. In order to keep
memory invalidation from serializing all RPC Replies, handle any
necessary invalidation tasks in a separate multi-threaded workqueue.

This provides a two-tier scheme, similar to OS I/O interrupt
handlers: A fast interrupt handler that schedules the slow handler
and re-enables the interrupt, and a slower handler that is invoked
for any needed heavy lifting.

Benefits include:
- One less context switch for RPCs that don't register memory
- Receive completion handling is moved out of soft IRQ context to
  make room for other users of soft IRQ
- The same CPU core now DMA syncs and XDR decodes the Receive buffer

Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@Netapp.com>
This commit is contained in:
Chuck Lever
2017-10-16 15:01:30 -04:00
committed by Anna Schumaker
parent e1352c9610
commit d8f532d20e
3 changed files with 36 additions and 23 deletions

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@@ -1265,16 +1265,36 @@ out_badheader:
goto out;
}
/* Reply handling runs in the poll worker thread. Anything that
* might wait is deferred to a separate workqueue.
*/
void rpcrdma_deferred_completion(struct work_struct *work)
{
struct rpcrdma_rep *rep =
container_of(work, struct rpcrdma_rep, rr_work);
struct rpcrdma_req *req = rpcr_to_rdmar(rep->rr_rqst);
struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt = rep->rr_rxprt;
/* Invalidate and unmap the data payloads before waking
* the waiting application. This guarantees the memory
* regions are properly fenced from the server before the
* application accesses the data. It also ensures proper
* send flow control: waking the next RPC waits until this
* RPC has relinquished all its Send Queue entries.
*/
rpcrdma_mark_remote_invalidation(&req->rl_registered, rep);
r_xprt->rx_ia.ri_ops->ro_unmap_sync(r_xprt, &req->rl_registered);
rpcrdma_complete_rqst(rep);
}
/* Process received RPC/RDMA messages.
*
* Errors must result in the RPC task either being awakened, or
* allowed to timeout, to discover the errors at that time.
*/
void
rpcrdma_reply_handler(struct work_struct *work)
void rpcrdma_reply_handler(struct rpcrdma_rep *rep)
{
struct rpcrdma_rep *rep =
container_of(work, struct rpcrdma_rep, rr_work);
struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt = rep->rr_rxprt;
struct rpc_xprt *xprt = &r_xprt->rx_xprt;
struct rpcrdma_req *req;
@@ -1320,20 +1340,10 @@ rpcrdma_reply_handler(struct work_struct *work)
dprintk("RPC: %s: reply %p completes request %p (xid 0x%08x)\n",
__func__, rep, req, be32_to_cpu(rep->rr_xid));
/* Invalidate and unmap the data payloads before waking the
* waiting application. This guarantees the memory regions
* are properly fenced from the server before the application
* accesses the data. It also ensures proper send flow control:
* waking the next RPC waits until this RPC has relinquished
* all its Send Queue entries.
*/
if (!list_empty(&req->rl_registered)) {
rpcrdma_mark_remote_invalidation(&req->rl_registered, rep);
r_xprt->rx_ia.ri_ops->ro_unmap_sync(r_xprt,
&req->rl_registered);
}
rpcrdma_complete_rqst(rep);
if (list_empty(&req->rl_registered))
rpcrdma_complete_rqst(rep);
else
queue_work(rpcrdma_receive_wq, &rep->rr_work);
return;
out_badstatus: