Include scatter_chunk_waste in arc_size

The ARC caches data in scatter ABD's, which are collections of pages,
which are typically 4K.  Therefore, the space used to cache each block
is rounded up to a multiple of 4K.  The ABD subsystem tracks this wasted
memory in the `scatter_chunk_waste` kstat.  However, the ARC's `size` is
not aware of the memory used by this round-up, it only accounts for the
size that it requested from the ABD subsystem.

Therefore, the ARC is effectively using more memory than it is aware of,
due to the `scatter_chunk_waste`.  This impacts observability, e.g.
`arcstat` will show that the ARC is using less memory than it
effectively is.  It also impacts how the ARC responds to memory
pressure.  As the amount of `scatter_chunk_waste` changes, it appears to
the ARC as memory pressure, so it needs to resize `arc_c`.

If the sector size (`1<<ashift`) is the same as the page size (or
larger), there won't be any waste.  If the (compressed) block size is
relatively large compared to the page size, the amount of
`scatter_chunk_waste` will be small, so the problematic effects are
minimal.

However, if using 512B sectors (`ashift=9`), and the (compressed) block
size is small (e.g. `compression=on` with the default `volblocksize=8k`
or a decreased `recordsize`), the amount of `scatter_chunk_waste` can be
very large.  On a production system, with `arc_size` at a constant 50%
of memory, `scatter_chunk_waste` has been been observed to be 10-30% of
memory.

This commit adds `scatter_chunk_waste` to `arc_size`, and adds a new
`waste` field to `arcstat`.  As a result, the ARC's memory usage is more
observable, and `arc_c` does not need to be adjusted as frequently.

Reviewed-by: Pavel Zakharov <pavel.zakharov@delphix.com>
Reviewed-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
Reviewed-by: George Wilson <gwilson@delphix.com>
Reviewed-by: Ryan Moeller <ryan@iXsystems.com>
Signed-off-by: Matthew Ahrens <mahrens@delphix.com>
Closes #10701
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Matthew Ahrens
2020-08-17 20:04:04 -07:00
committed by GitHub
parent 994de7e4b7
commit 85ec5cbae2
6 changed files with 35 additions and 11 deletions
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@@ -583,6 +583,7 @@ arc_stats_t arc_stats = {
{ "arc_sys_free", KSTAT_DATA_UINT64 },
{ "arc_raw_size", KSTAT_DATA_UINT64 },
{ "cached_only_in_progress", KSTAT_DATA_UINT64 },
{ "abd_chunk_waste_size", KSTAT_DATA_UINT64 },
};
#define ARCSTAT_MAX(stat, val) { \
@@ -685,6 +686,7 @@ aggsum_t astat_dnode_size;
aggsum_t astat_bonus_size;
aggsum_t astat_hdr_size;
aggsum_t astat_l2_hdr_size;
aggsum_t astat_abd_chunk_waste_size;
hrtime_t arc_growtime;
list_t arc_prune_list;
@@ -2611,9 +2613,18 @@ arc_space_consume(uint64_t space, arc_space_type_t type)
case ARC_SPACE_L2HDRS:
aggsum_add(&astat_l2_hdr_size, space);
break;
case ARC_SPACE_ABD_CHUNK_WASTE:
/*
* Note: this includes space wasted by all scatter ABD's, not
* just those allocated by the ARC. But the vast majority of
* scatter ABD's come from the ARC, because other users are
* very short-lived.
*/
aggsum_add(&astat_abd_chunk_waste_size, space);
break;
}
if (type != ARC_SPACE_DATA)
if (type != ARC_SPACE_DATA && type != ARC_SPACE_ABD_CHUNK_WASTE)
aggsum_add(&arc_meta_used, space);
aggsum_add(&arc_size, space);
@@ -2648,9 +2659,12 @@ arc_space_return(uint64_t space, arc_space_type_t type)
case ARC_SPACE_L2HDRS:
aggsum_add(&astat_l2_hdr_size, -space);
break;
case ARC_SPACE_ABD_CHUNK_WASTE:
aggsum_add(&astat_abd_chunk_waste_size, -space);
break;
}
if (type != ARC_SPACE_DATA) {
if (type != ARC_SPACE_DATA && type != ARC_SPACE_ABD_CHUNK_WASTE) {
ASSERT(aggsum_compare(&arc_meta_used, space) >= 0);
/*
* We use the upper bound here rather than the precise value
@@ -7090,6 +7104,8 @@ arc_kstat_update(kstat_t *ksp, int rw)
ARCSTAT(arcstat_dbuf_size) = aggsum_value(&astat_dbuf_size);
ARCSTAT(arcstat_dnode_size) = aggsum_value(&astat_dnode_size);
ARCSTAT(arcstat_bonus_size) = aggsum_value(&astat_bonus_size);
ARCSTAT(arcstat_abd_chunk_waste_size) =
aggsum_value(&astat_abd_chunk_waste_size);
as->arcstat_memory_all_bytes.value.ui64 =
arc_all_memory();
@@ -7329,6 +7345,7 @@ arc_state_init(void)
aggsum_init(&astat_bonus_size, 0);
aggsum_init(&astat_dnode_size, 0);
aggsum_init(&astat_dbuf_size, 0);
aggsum_init(&astat_abd_chunk_waste_size, 0);
arc_anon->arcs_state = ARC_STATE_ANON;
arc_mru->arcs_state = ARC_STATE_MRU;
@@ -7381,6 +7398,7 @@ arc_state_fini(void)
aggsum_fini(&astat_bonus_size);
aggsum_fini(&astat_dnode_size);
aggsum_fini(&astat_dbuf_size);
aggsum_fini(&astat_abd_chunk_waste_size);
}
uint64_t