Re: [PATCH v2] io_uring: reduce latency by reissueing the operation

[Pavel Begunkov]

On 6/20/21 8:56 PM, Pavel Begunkov wrote:
> On 6/20/21 8:05 PM, Olivier Langlois wrote:
>> It is quite frequent that when an operation fails and returns EAGAIN,
>> the data becomes available between that failure and the call to
>> vfs_poll() done by io_arm_poll_handler().
>>
>> Detecting the situation and reissuing the operation is much faster
>> than going ahead and push the operation to the io-wq.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Olivier Langlois <olivier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  fs/io_uring.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++---------
>>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
>> index fa8794c61af7..6e037304429a 100644
>> --- a/fs/io_uring.c
>> +++ b/fs/io_uring.c
>> @@ -5143,7 +5143,10 @@ static __poll_t __io_arm_poll_handler(struct io_kiocb *req,
>>  	return mask;
>>  }
>>  
>> -static bool io_arm_poll_handler(struct io_kiocb *req)
>> +#define IO_ARM_POLL_OK    0
>> +#define IO_ARM_POLL_ERR   1
>> +#define IO_ARM_POLL_READY 2
> 
> Please add a new line here. Can even be moved somewhere
> to the top, but it's a matter of taste.
> 
> Also, how about to rename it to apoll? io_uring internal
> rw/send/recv polling is often abbreviated as such around
> io_uring.c
> IO_APOLL_OK and so on.
> 
>> +static int io_arm_poll_handler(struct io_kiocb *req)
>>  {
>>  	const struct io_op_def *def = &io_op_defs[req->opcode];
>>  	struct io_ring_ctx *ctx = req->ctx;
>> @@ -5153,22 +5156,22 @@ static bool io_arm_poll_handler(struct io_kiocb *req)
>>  	int rw;
>>  
>>  	if (!req->file || !file_can_poll(req->file))
>> -		return false;
>> +		return IO_ARM_POLL_ERR;
> 
> It's not really an error. Maybe IO_APOLL_ABORTED or so?

fwiw, I mean totally replacing *_ERR, not only this return

> 
>>  	if (req->flags & REQ_F_POLLED)
>> -		return false;
>> +		return IO_ARM_POLL_ERR;
>>  	if (def->pollin)
>>  		rw = READ;
>>  	else if (def->pollout)
>>  		rw = WRITE;
>>  	else
>> -		return false;
>> +		return IO_ARM_POLL_ERR;
>>  	/* if we can't nonblock try, then no point in arming a poll handler */
>>  	if (!io_file_supports_async(req, rw))
>> -		return false;
>> +		return IO_ARM_POLL_ERR;
>>  
>>  	apoll = kmalloc(sizeof(*apoll), GFP_ATOMIC);
>>  	if (unlikely(!apoll))
>> -		return false;
>> +		return IO_ARM_POLL_ERR;
>>  	apoll->double_poll = NULL;
>>  
>>  	req->flags |= REQ_F_POLLED;
>> @@ -5194,12 +5197,12 @@ static bool io_arm_poll_handler(struct io_kiocb *req)
>>  	if (ret || ipt.error) {
>>  		io_poll_remove_double(req);
>>  		spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->completion_lock);
>> -		return false;
>> +		return ret?IO_ARM_POLL_READY:IO_ARM_POLL_ERR;
> 
> spaces would be great.
> 
>>  	}
>>  	spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->completion_lock);
>>  	trace_io_uring_poll_arm(ctx, req->opcode, req->user_data, mask,
>>  					apoll->poll.events);
>> -	return true;
>> +	return IO_ARM_POLL_OK;
>>  }
>>  
>>  static bool __io_poll_remove_one(struct io_kiocb *req,
>> @@ -6416,6 +6419,7 @@ static void __io_queue_sqe(struct io_kiocb *req)
>>  	struct io_kiocb *linked_timeout = io_prep_linked_timeout(req);
>>  	int ret;
>>  
>> +issue_sqe:
>>  	ret = io_issue_sqe(req, IO_URING_F_NONBLOCK|IO_URING_F_COMPLETE_DEFER);
>>  
>>  	/*
>> @@ -6435,12 +6439,16 @@ static void __io_queue_sqe(struct io_kiocb *req)
>>  			io_put_req(req);
>>  		}
>>  	} else if (ret == -EAGAIN && !(req->flags & REQ_F_NOWAIT)) {
>> -		if (!io_arm_poll_handler(req)) {
>> +		switch (io_arm_poll_handler(req)) {
>> +		case IO_ARM_POLL_READY:
>> +			goto issue_sqe;
> 
> Checked assembly, the fast path looks ok (i.e. not affected).
> Also, a note, linked_timeout is handled correctly.
> 
>> +		case IO_ARM_POLL_ERR:
>>  			/*
>>  			 * Queued up for async execution, worker will release
>>  			 * submit reference when the iocb is actually submitted.
>>  			 */
>>  			io_queue_async_work(req);
>> +			break;
>>  		}
>>  	} else {
>>  		io_req_complete_failed(req, ret);
>>
> 

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Pavel Begunkov