On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 08:46:51PM -0400, Benjamin LaHaise wrote:
> You can trigger the behaviour with fio by using userspace event reaping.
> Adding a test case for that behaviour to libaio would be a good idea.
> I thought about how to fix this, and it isn't actually that hard. Move
> the put_reqs_available() call back into event consumption, and then add
> code in the submit path to call put_reqs_available() if the system runs
> out of events by noticing that there is free space in the event ring.
> Something along the lines below should do it (please note, this is
> completely untested!). I'll test and polish this off tomorrow, as it's
> getting a bit late here.
Dan, does this patch work for you? It seems to pass your test program
when I run it in a vm...
-ben
> --
> "Thought is the essence of where you are now."
>
> diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
> index ae63587..749ac22 100644
> --- a/fs/aio.c
> +++ b/fs/aio.c
> @@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ struct kioctx {
> struct {
> unsigned tail;
> spinlock_t completion_lock;
> + unsigned completed_events;
> } ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
>
> struct page *internal_pages[AIO_RING_PAGES];
> @@ -857,6 +858,31 @@ out:
> return ret;
> }
>
> +static void refill_reqs_available(struct kioctx *ctx)
> +{
> + spin_lock_irq(&ctx->completion_lock);
> + if (ctx->completed_events) {
> + unsigned head, tail, avail, completed;
> + struct aio_ring *ring;
> +
> + ring = kmap_atomic(ctx->ring_pages[0]);
> + head = ACCESS_ONCE(ring->head);
> + tail = ACCESS_ONCE(ring->tail);
> + kunmap_atomic(ring);
> +
> + avail = (head <= tail ? tail : ctx->nr_events) - head;
> + completed = ctx->completed_events;
> + if (avail < completed)
> + completed -= avail;
> + else
> + completed = 0;
> + put_reqs_available(ctx, completed);
> + }
> +
> + spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->completion_lock);
> +}
> +
> +
> /* aio_get_req
> * Allocate a slot for an aio request.
> * Returns NULL if no requests are free.
> @@ -865,8 +891,11 @@ static inline struct kiocb *aio_get_req(struct kioctx
> *ctx)
> {
> struct kiocb *req;
>
> - if (!get_reqs_available(ctx))
> - return NULL;
> + if (!get_reqs_available(ctx)) {
> + refill_reqs_available(ctx);
> + if (!get_reqs_available(ctx))
> + return NULL;
> + }
>
> req = kmem_cache_alloc(kiocb_cachep, GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO);
> if (unlikely(!req))
> @@ -1005,7 +1034,6 @@ void aio_complete(struct kiocb *iocb, long res, long
> res2)
>
> /* everything turned out well, dispose of the aiocb. */
> kiocb_free(iocb);
> - put_reqs_available(ctx, 1);
>
> /*
> * We have to order our ring_info tail store above and test
--
"Thought is the essence of where you are now."
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