mirror_zfs/man/man1/raidz_test.1
Gvozden Neskovic ab9f4b0b82 SIMD implementation of vdev_raidz generate and reconstruct routines
This is a new implementation of RAIDZ1/2/3 routines using x86_64
scalar, SSE, and AVX2 instruction sets. Included are 3 parity
generation routines (P, PQ, and PQR) and 7 reconstruction routines,
for all RAIDZ level. On module load, a quick benchmark of supported
routines will select the fastest for each operation and they will
be used at runtime. Original implementation is still present and
can be selected via module parameter.

Patch contains:
- specialized gen/rec routines for all RAIDZ levels,
- new scalar raidz implementation (unrolled),
- two x86_64 SIMD implementations (SSE and AVX2 instructions sets),
- fastest routines selected on module load (benchmark).
- cmd/raidz_test - verify and benchmark all implementations
- added raidz_test to the ZFS Test Suite

New zfs module parameters:
- zfs_vdev_raidz_impl (str): selects the implementation to use. On
  module load, the parameter will only accept first 3 options, and
  the other implementations can be set once module is finished
  loading. Possible values for this option are:
    "fastest" - use the fastest math available
    "original" - use the original raidz code
    "scalar" - new scalar impl
    "sse" - new SSE impl if available
    "avx2" - new AVX2 impl if available

See contents of `/sys/module/zfs/parameters/zfs_vdev_raidz_impl` to
get the list of supported values. If an implementation is not supported
on the system, it will not be shown. Currently selected option is
enclosed in `[]`.

Signed-off-by: Gvozden Neskovic <neskovic@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
Closes #4328
2016-06-21 09:27:26 -07:00

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.TH raidz_test 1 "2016" "ZFS on Linux" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
\fBraidz_test\fR \- raidz implementation verification and bencmarking tool
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.BI "raidz_test <options>"
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
This manual page documents briefly the \fBraidz_test\fR command.
.LP
Purpose of this tool is to run all supported raidz implementation and verify
results of all methods. Tool also contains a parameter sweep option where all
parameters affecting RAIDZ block are verified (like ashift size, data offset,
data size, etc...).
The tool also supports a benchmarking mode using -B option.
.SH OPTION
.HP
.BI "\-h" ""
.IP
Print a help summary.
.HP
.BI "\-a" " ashift (default: 9)"
.IP
Ashift value.
.HP
.BI "\-o" " zio_off_shift" " (default: 0)"
.IP
Zio offset for raidz block. Offset value is 1 << (zio_off_shift)
.HP
.BI "\-d" " raidz_data_disks" " (default: 8)"
.IP
Number of raidz data disks to use. Additional disks for parity will be used
during testing.
.HP
.BI "\-s" " zio_size_shift" " (default: 19)"
.IP
Size of data for raidz block. Size is 1 << (zio_size_shift).
.HP
.BI "\-S(weep)"
.IP
Sweep parameter space while verifying the raidz implementations. This option
will exhaust all most of valid values for -a -o -d -s options. Runtime using
this option will be long.
.HP
.BI "\-t(imeout)"
.IP
Wall time for sweep test in seconds. The actual runtime could be longer.
.HP
.BI "\-B(enchmark)"
.IP
This options starts the benchmark mode. All implementations are benchmarked
using increasing per disk data size. Results are given as throughput per disk,
measured in MiB/s.
.HP
.BI "\-v(erbose)"
.IP
Increase verbosity.
.HP
.BI "\-T(est the test)"
.IP
Debugging option. When this option is specified tool is supposed to fail
all tests. This is to check if tests would properly verify bit-exactness.
.HP
.BI "\-D(ebug)"
.IP
Debugging option. Specify to attach gdb when SIGSEGV or SIGABRT are received.
.HP
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR "ztest (1)"
.SH "AUTHORS"
vdev_raidz, created for ZFS on Linux by Gvozden Nešković <neskovic@gmail.com>