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Prakash Surya 1ce23dcaff OpenZFS 8585 - improve batching done in zil_commit()
Authored by: Prakash Surya <prakash.surya@delphix.com>
Reviewed by: Brad Lewis <brad.lewis@delphix.com>
Reviewed by: Matt Ahrens <mahrens@delphix.com>
Reviewed by: George Wilson <george.wilson@delphix.com>
Reviewed-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
Approved by: Dan McDonald <danmcd@joyent.com>
Ported-by: Prakash Surya <prakash.surya@delphix.com>

Problem
=======

The current implementation of zil_commit() can introduce significant
latency, beyond what is inherent due to the latency of the underlying
storage. The additional latency comes from two main problems:

 1. When there's outstanding ZIL blocks being written (i.e. there's
    already a "writer thread" in progress), then any new calls to
    zil_commit() will block waiting for the currently oustanding ZIL
    blocks to complete. The blocks written for each "writer thread" is
    coined a "batch", and there can only ever be a single "batch" being
    written at a time. When a batch is being written, any new ZIL
    transactions will have to wait for the next batch to be written,
    which won't occur until the current batch finishes.

    As a result, the underlying storage may not be used as efficiently
    as possible. While "new" threads enter zil_commit() and are blocked
    waiting for the next batch, it's possible that the underlying
    storage isn't fully utilized by the current batch of ZIL blocks. In
    that case, it'd be better to allow these new threads to generate
    (and issue) a new ZIL block, such that it could be serviced by the
    underlying storage concurrently with the other ZIL blocks that are
    being serviced.

 2. Any call to zil_commit() must wait for all ZIL blocks in its "batch"
    to complete, prior to zil_commit() returning. The size of any given
    batch is proportional to the number of ZIL transaction in the queue
    at the time that the batch starts processing the queue; which
    doesn't occur until the previous batch completes. Thus, if there's a
    lot of transactions in the queue, the batch could be composed of
    many ZIL blocks, and each call to zil_commit() will have to wait for
    all of these writes to complete (even if the thread calling
    zil_commit() only cared about one of the transactions in the batch).

To further complicate the situation, these two issues result in the
following side effect:

 3. If a given batch takes longer to complete than normal, this results
    in larger batch sizes, which then take longer to complete and
    further drive up the latency of zil_commit(). This can occur for a
    number of reasons, including (but not limited to): transient changes
    in the workload, and storage latency irregularites.

Solution
========

The solution attempted by this change has the following goals:

 1. no on-disk changes; maintain current on-disk format.
 2. modify the "batch size" to be equal to the "ZIL block size".
 3. allow new batches to be generated and issued to disk, while there's
    already batches being serviced by the disk.
 4. allow zil_commit() to wait for as few ZIL blocks as possible.
 5. use as few ZIL blocks as possible, for the same amount of ZIL
    transactions, without introducing significant latency to any
    individual ZIL transaction. i.e. use fewer, but larger, ZIL blocks.

In theory, with these goals met, the new allgorithm will allow the
following improvements:

 1. new ZIL blocks can be generated and issued, while there's already
    oustanding ZIL blocks being serviced by the storage.
 2. the latency of zil_commit() should be proportional to the underlying
    storage latency, rather than the incoming synchronous workload.

Porting Notes
=============

Due to the changes made in commit 119a394ab0, the lifetime of an itx
structure differs than in OpenZFS. Specifically, the itx structure is
kept around until the data associated with the itx is considered to be
safe on disk; this is so that the itx's callback can be called after the
data is committed to stable storage. Since OpenZFS doesn't have this itx
callback mechanism, it's able to destroy the itx structure immediately
after the itx is committed to an lwb (before the lwb is written to
disk).

To support this difference, and to ensure the itx's callbacks can still
be called after the itx's data is on disk, a few changes had to be made:

  * A list of itxs was added to the lwb structure. This list contains
    all of the itxs that have been committed to the lwb, such that the
    callbacks for these itxs can be called from zil_lwb_flush_vdevs_done(),
    after the data for the itxs is committed to disk.

  * A list of itxs was added on the stack of the zil_process_commit_list()
    function; the "nolwb_itxs" list. In some circumstances, an itx may
    not be committed to an lwb (e.g. if allocating the "next" ZIL block
    on disk fails), so this list is used to keep track of which itxs
    fall into this state, such that their callbacks can be called after
    the ZIL's writer pipeline is "stalled".

  * The logic to actually call the itx's callback was moved into the
    zil_itx_destroy() function. Since all consumers of zil_itx_destroy()
    were effectively performing the same logic (i.e. if callback is
    non-null, call the callback), it seemed like useful code cleanup to
    consolidate this logic into a single function.

Additionally, the existing Linux tracepoint infrastructure dealing with
the ZIL's probes and structures had to be updated to reflect these code
changes. Specifically:

  * The "zil__cw1" and "zil__cw2" probes were removed, so they had to be
    removed from "trace_zil.h" as well.

  * Some of the zilog structure's fields were removed, which affected
    the tracepoint definitions of the structure.

  * New tracepoints had to be added for the following 3 new probes:
      * zil__process__commit__itx
      * zil__process__normal__itx
      * zil__commit__io__error

OpenZFS-issue: https://www.illumos.org/issues/8585
OpenZFS-commit: https://github.com/openzfs/openzfs/commit/5d95a3a
Closes #6566
2017-12-05 09:39:16 -08:00
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abd.c Update for cppcheck v1.80 2017-11-18 14:08:00 -08:00
arc.c Fix ARC pointer overrun 2017-11-17 15:11:39 -08:00
blkptr.c Undo c89 workarounds to match with upstream 2017-11-04 13:25:13 -07:00
bplist.c Change KM_PUSHPAGE -> KM_SLEEP 2015-01-16 14:41:26 -08:00
bpobj.c Undo c89 workarounds to match with upstream 2017-11-04 13:25:13 -07:00
bptree.c Native Encryption for ZFS on Linux 2017-08-14 10:36:48 -07:00
bqueue.c Call cv_signal() with mutex held 2017-06-26 14:36:49 -07:00
dbuf_stats.c Improved dnode allocation and dmu_hold_impl() 2017-09-05 16:15:04 -07:00
dbuf.c Sequential scrub and resilvers 2017-11-15 17:27:01 -08:00
ddt_zap.c Change KM_PUSHPAGE -> KM_SLEEP 2015-01-16 14:41:26 -08:00
ddt.c Sequential scrub and resilvers 2017-11-15 17:27:01 -08:00
dmu_diff.c OpenZFS 6950 - ARC should cache compressed data 2016-09-13 09:58:33 -07:00
dmu_object.c Improved dnode allocation and dmu_hold_impl() 2017-09-05 16:15:04 -07:00
dmu_objset.c Long hold the dataset during upgrade 2017-11-10 13:37:10 -08:00
dmu_send.c Undo c89 workarounds to match with upstream 2017-11-04 13:25:13 -07:00
dmu_traverse.c Sequential scrub and resilvers 2017-11-15 17:27:01 -08:00
dmu_tx.c Undo c89 workarounds to match with upstream 2017-11-04 13:25:13 -07:00
dmu_zfetch.c Undo c89 workarounds to match with upstream 2017-11-04 13:25:13 -07:00
dmu.c OpenZFS 8585 - improve batching done in zil_commit() 2017-12-05 09:39:16 -08:00
dnode_sync.c Undo c89 workarounds to match with upstream 2017-11-04 13:25:13 -07:00
dnode.c Undo c89 workarounds to match with upstream 2017-11-04 13:25:13 -07:00
dsl_bookmark.c Undo c89 workarounds to match with upstream 2017-11-04 13:25:13 -07:00
dsl_crypt.c Fix encryption root hierarchy issue 2017-11-08 15:25:30 -08:00
dsl_dataset.c Undo c89 workarounds to match with upstream 2017-11-04 13:25:13 -07:00
dsl_deadlist.c OpenZFS 5428 - provide fts(), reallocarray(), and strtonum() 2017-07-08 20:35:35 -07:00
dsl_deleg.c Performance optimization of AVL tree comparator functions 2016-08-31 14:35:34 -07:00
dsl_destroy.c Undo c89 workarounds to match with upstream 2017-11-04 13:25:13 -07:00
dsl_dir.c Native Encryption for ZFS on Linux 2017-08-14 10:36:48 -07:00
dsl_pool.c Sequential scrub and resilvers 2017-11-15 17:27:01 -08:00
dsl_prop.c Native Encryption for ZFS on Linux 2017-08-14 10:36:48 -07:00
dsl_scan.c Sequential scrub and resilvers 2017-11-15 17:27:01 -08:00
dsl_synctask.c Illumos 4951 - ZFS administrative commands should use reserved space 2015-05-04 09:41:10 -07:00
dsl_userhold.c Undo c89 workarounds to match with upstream 2017-11-04 13:25:13 -07:00
edonr_zfs.c DLPX-44812 integrate EP-220 large memory scalability 2016-11-29 14:34:27 -08:00
fm.c Linux 4.14 compat: CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT 2017-11-28 17:33:48 -06:00
gzip.c GZIP compression offloading with QAT accelerator 2017-03-22 17:58:47 -07:00
hkdf.c Encryption patch follow-up 2017-10-11 16:54:48 -04:00
lz4.c Fix LZ4_uncompress_unknownOutputSize caused panic 2017-05-19 13:45:46 -07:00
lzjb.c Change KM_PUSHPAGE -> KM_SLEEP 2015-01-16 14:41:26 -08:00
Makefile.in Encryption patch follow-up 2017-10-11 16:54:48 -04:00
metaslab.c Sequential scrub and resilvers 2017-11-15 17:27:01 -08:00
mmp.c Reimplement vdev_random_leaf and rename it 2017-09-22 14:29:26 -07:00
multilist.c Undo c89 workarounds to match with upstream 2017-11-04 13:25:13 -07:00
pathname.c Add pn_alloc()/pn_free() functions 2016-04-21 09:49:25 -07:00
policy.c codebase style improvements for OpenZFS 6459 port 2017-01-22 13:25:40 -08:00
qat_compress.c Bug fix in qat_compress.c when compressed size is < 4KB 2017-11-07 14:51:30 -08:00
qat_compress.h GZIP compression offloading with QAT accelerator 2017-03-22 17:58:47 -07:00
range_tree.c Sequential scrub and resilvers 2017-11-15 17:27:01 -08:00
refcount.c Linux 4.11 compat: avoid refcount_t name conflict 2017-02-28 16:10:18 -08:00
rrwlock.c Fix spelling 2017-01-03 11:31:18 -06:00
sa.c Fix coverity defects: CID 147474 2017-10-10 16:41:47 -07:00
sha256.c DLPX-44812 integrate EP-220 large memory scalability 2016-11-29 14:34:27 -08:00
skein_zfs.c DLPX-44812 integrate EP-220 large memory scalability 2016-11-29 14:34:27 -08:00
spa_boot.c Add linux kernel module support 2010-08-31 13:41:58 -07:00
spa_config.c Undo c89 workarounds to match with upstream 2017-11-04 13:25:13 -07:00
spa_errlog.c Native Encryption for ZFS on Linux 2017-08-14 10:36:48 -07:00
spa_history.c Emit history events for 'zpool create' 2017-10-23 09:45:59 -07:00
spa_misc.c Unbreak the scan status ABI 2017-11-30 09:40:13 -08:00
spa_stats.c Update the default for zfs_txg_history 2017-09-29 15:58:52 -07:00
spa.c Sequential scrub and resilvers 2017-11-15 17:27:01 -08:00
space_map.c Undo c89 workarounds to match with upstream 2017-11-04 13:25:13 -07:00
space_reftree.c OpenZFS 6328 - Fix cstyle errors in zfs codebase 2017-01-12 09:42:11 -08:00
trace.c OpenZFS 6531 - Provide mechanism to artificially limit disk performance 2016-05-26 10:11:51 -07:00
txg.c OpenZFS 8585 - improve batching done in zil_commit() 2017-12-05 09:39:16 -08:00
uberblock.c Multi-modifier protection (MMP) 2017-07-13 13:54:00 -04:00
unique.c Performance optimization of AVL tree comparator functions 2016-08-31 14:35:34 -07:00
vdev_cache.c Undo c89 workarounds to match with upstream 2017-11-04 13:25:13 -07:00
vdev_disk.c Fix printk() calls missing log level 2017-09-25 10:38:27 -07:00
vdev_file.c Skip spurious resilver IO on raidz vdev 2017-05-12 17:28:03 -07:00
vdev_label.c Undo c89 workarounds to match with upstream 2017-11-04 13:25:13 -07:00
vdev_mirror.c Linux 4.14 compat: CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT 2017-11-28 17:33:48 -06:00
vdev_missing.c Skip spurious resilver IO on raidz vdev 2017-05-12 17:28:03 -07:00
vdev_queue.c Sequential scrub and resilvers 2017-11-15 17:27:01 -08:00
vdev_raidz_math_aarch64_neon_common.h ABD raidz NEON support 2016-11-29 14:34:33 -08:00
vdev_raidz_math_aarch64_neon.c codebase style improvements for OpenZFS 6459 port 2017-01-22 13:25:40 -08:00
vdev_raidz_math_aarch64_neonx2.c ABD raidz NEON support 2016-11-29 14:34:33 -08:00
vdev_raidz_math_avx2.c ABD raidz avx512f support 2016-11-29 14:34:33 -08:00
vdev_raidz_math_avx512bw.c ABD: Adapt avx512bw raidz assembly 2016-12-15 17:31:33 -08:00
vdev_raidz_math_avx512f.c Use cstyle -cpP in make cstyle check 2016-12-12 10:46:26 -08:00
vdev_raidz_math_impl.h codebase style improvements for OpenZFS 6459 port 2017-01-22 13:25:40 -08:00
vdev_raidz_math_scalar.c ABD Vectorized raidz 2016-11-29 14:34:33 -08:00
vdev_raidz_math_sse2.c ABD raidz avx512f support 2016-11-29 14:34:33 -08:00
vdev_raidz_math_ssse3.c codebase style improvements for OpenZFS 6459 port 2017-01-22 13:25:40 -08:00
vdev_raidz_math.c codebase style improvements for OpenZFS 6459 port 2017-01-22 13:25:40 -08:00
vdev_raidz.c Linux 4.14 compat: CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT 2017-11-28 17:33:48 -06:00
vdev_root.c Undo c89 workarounds to match with upstream 2017-11-04 13:25:13 -07:00
vdev.c Sequential scrub and resilvers 2017-11-15 17:27:01 -08:00
zap_leaf.c Use SET_ERROR for constant non-zero return codes 2017-08-02 21:16:12 -07:00
zap_micro.c Undo c89 workarounds to match with upstream 2017-11-04 13:25:13 -07:00
zap.c Sequential scrub and resilvers 2017-11-15 17:27:01 -08:00
zfeature.c Undo c89 workarounds to match with upstream 2017-11-04 13:25:13 -07:00
zfs_acl.c Linux 4.14 compat: CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_RANDSTRUCT 2017-11-28 17:33:48 -06:00
zfs_byteswap.c Add linux kernel module support 2010-08-31 13:41:58 -07:00
zfs_ctldir.c Use SET_ERROR for constant non-zero return codes 2017-08-02 21:16:12 -07:00
zfs_debug.c Add line info and SET_ERROR() to ZFS debug log 2017-07-25 23:09:48 -07:00
zfs_dir.c Fix NFS sticky bit permission denied error 2017-12-04 11:55:57 -08:00
zfs_fm.c Undo c89 workarounds to match with upstream 2017-11-04 13:25:13 -07:00
zfs_fuid.c Rename zfs_sb_t -> zfsvfs_t 2017-03-10 09:51:33 -08:00
zfs_ioctl.c Long hold the dataset during upgrade 2017-11-10 13:37:10 -08:00
zfs_log.c OpenZFS 7578 - Fix/improve some aspects of ZIL writing 2017-06-09 09:15:37 -07:00
zfs_onexit.c zfsdev_getminor() should check for invalid file handles 2015-06-22 17:02:13 -07:00
zfs_ratelimit.c Add libtpool (thread pools) 2017-08-09 15:31:08 -07:00
zfs_replay.c OpenZFS 8081 - Compiler warnings in zdb 2017-10-27 12:46:35 -07:00
zfs_rlock.c Fix spelling 2017-01-03 11:31:18 -06:00
zfs_sa.c Modifying XATTRs doesnt change the ctime 2017-09-13 12:20:07 -07:00
zfs_vfsops.c Fix 'zfs get {user|group}objused@' functionality 2017-11-29 11:59:22 -08:00
zfs_vnops.c OpenZFS 8585 - improve batching done in zil_commit() 2017-12-05 09:39:16 -08:00
zfs_znode.c misc: fix meaningless values 2017-09-19 12:19:08 -07:00
zil.c OpenZFS 8585 - improve batching done in zil_commit() 2017-12-05 09:39:16 -08:00
zio_checksum.c Undo c89 workarounds to match with upstream 2017-11-04 13:25:13 -07:00
zio_compress.c Undo c89 workarounds to match with upstream 2017-11-04 13:25:13 -07:00
zio_crypt.c Fix for #6714 2017-10-11 16:59:42 -04:00
zio_inject.c Undo c89 workarounds to match with upstream 2017-11-04 13:25:13 -07:00
zio.c OpenZFS 8585 - improve batching done in zil_commit() 2017-12-05 09:39:16 -08:00
zle.c Update core ZFS code from build 121 to build 141. 2010-05-28 13:45:14 -07:00
zpl_ctldir.c Linux 4.12 compat: CURRENT_TIME removed 2017-05-10 09:30:48 -07:00
zpl_export.c Use cstyle -cpP in make cstyle check 2016-12-12 10:46:26 -08:00
zpl_file.c misc: fix meaningless values 2017-09-19 12:19:08 -07:00
zpl_inode.c Linux 4.12 compat: CURRENT_TIME removed 2017-05-10 09:30:48 -07:00
zpl_super.c Restructure mount option handling 2017-03-10 09:51:41 -08:00
zpl_xattr.c Update for cppcheck v1.80 2017-11-18 14:08:00 -08:00
zrlock.c Undo c89 workarounds to match with upstream 2017-11-04 13:25:13 -07:00
zvol.c OpenZFS 8585 - improve batching done in zil_commit() 2017-12-05 09:39:16 -08:00