From 6d693e20a20d7abd88dbae1f1075b2aca8c2faa2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Wren Kennedy Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 12:15:09 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Large sync writes perform worse with slog For synchronous write workloads with large IO sizes, a pool configured with a slog performs worse than one with an embedded zil: sequential_writes 1m sync ios, 16 threads Write IOPS: 1292 438 -66.10% Write Bandwidth: 1323570 448910 -66.08% Write Latency: 12128400 36330970 3.0x sequential_writes 1m sync ios, 32 threads Write IOPS: 1293 430 -66.74% Write Bandwidth: 1324184 441188 -66.68% Write Latency: 24486278 74028536 3.0x The reason is the `zil_slog_bulk` variable. In `zil_lwb_write_open`, if a zil block is greater than 768K, the priority of the write is downgraded from sync to async. Increasing the value allows greater throughput. To select a value for this PR, I ran an fio workload with the following values for `zil_slog_bulk`: zil_slog_bulk KiB/s 1048576 422132 2097152 478935 4194304 533645 8388608 623031 12582912 827158 16777216 1038359 25165824 1142210 33554432 1211472 50331648 1292847 67108864 1308506 100663296 1306821 134217728 1304998 At 64M, the results with a slog are now improved to parity with an embedded zil: sequential_writes 1m sync ios, 16 threads Write IOPS: 438 1288 2.9x Write Bandwidth: 448910 1319062 2.9x Write Latency: 36330970 12163408 -66.52% sequential_writes 1m sync ios, 32 threads Write IOPS: 430 1290 3.0x Write Bandwidth: 441188 1321693 3.0x Write Latency: 74028536 24519698 -66.88% None of the other tests in the performance suite (run with a zil or slog) had a significant change, including the random_write_zil tests, which use multiple datasets. Reviewed-by: Alexander Motin Reviewed-by: Tony Nguyen Signed-off-by: John Wren Kennedy Closes #14378 --- man/man4/zfs.4 | 2 +- module/zfs/zil.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/man4/zfs.4 b/man/man4/zfs.4 index 71a3e67ee..5f89f6adf 100644 --- a/man/man4/zfs.4 +++ b/man/man4/zfs.4 @@ -2172,7 +2172,7 @@ if a volatile out-of-order write cache is enabled. Disable intent logging replay. Can be disabled for recovery from corrupted ZIL. . -.It Sy zil_slog_bulk Ns = Ns Sy 786432 Ns B Po 768 KiB Pc Pq u64 +.It Sy zil_slog_bulk Ns = Ns Sy 67108864 Ns B Po 64 MiB Pc Pq u64 Limit SLOG write size per commit executed with synchronous priority. Any writes above that will be executed with lower (asynchronous) priority to limit potential SLOG device abuse by single active ZIL writer. diff --git a/module/zfs/zil.c b/module/zfs/zil.c index 18c6cbf02..a11886136 100644 --- a/module/zfs/zil.c +++ b/module/zfs/zil.c @@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static int zil_nocacheflush = 0; * Any writes above that will be executed with lower (asynchronous) priority * to limit potential SLOG device abuse by single active ZIL writer. */ -static uint64_t zil_slog_bulk = 768 * 1024; +static uint64_t zil_slog_bulk = 64 * 1024 * 1024; static kmem_cache_t *zil_lwb_cache; static kmem_cache_t *zil_zcw_cache;