[PATCH v4] Improve the performance of --num-threads -d 31

Minfei Huang mhuang at redhat.com
Wed Mar 16 02:30:19 PDT 2016


> On Mar 16, 2016, at 16:59, Zhou, Wenjian/周文剑 <zhouwj-fnst at cn.fujitsu.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Minfei,
> 
> Thanks a lot for your information!
> 
> According to your description and strace log,
> it seems there is something wrong in initial_for_parallel().
> 
> I reviewed the relevant code, but haven't got any idea.
> And I have one more question.
> Does it happen every time with the same command?

Yes. it always fail with option —num-threads 64.

Thanks
Minfei

> 
> -- 
> Thanks
> Zhou
> 
> On 03/16/2016 04:32 PM, Minfei Huang wrote:
>> 
>>> On Mar 16, 2016, at 16:26, Zhou, Wenjian/周文剑 <zhouwj-fnst at cn.fujitsu.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 03/16/2016 04:04 PM, Minfei Huang wrote:
>>>> On 03/16/16 at 09:55am, "Zhou, Wenjian/周文剑" wrote:
>>>>> Hi Minfei,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have some questions.
>>>>> 
>>>>> If the value of num-threads is 8,
>>>>> 1. How much is the free memory before running makedumpfile failed?
>>>> 
>>>> Hmm, this machine is reserved by other, I have no access to take a look
>>>> about reserved memory. All of the configuration are set by default.
>>>> Maybe it's about 420M.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> I don't mean the reserved memory.
>>> I mean the free memory.
>> 
>> Sorry, there is no record about such info.
>> 
>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 2. How much is the free memory before running makedumpfile success?
>>>> 
>>>> I don't memtion this during testing it.
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> And the following result is very strange if all cache has been dropped.
>>>>> makedumpfile --num-threads 30 -d 31
>>>>>     real    0m0.006s
>>>>>     user    0m0.002s
>>>>>     sys 0m0.004s
>>>> 
>>>> For this case, makedumpfile fails to dump vmcore with option
>>>> --num-threads 30.
>>>> 
>>>> I suspect the following output from strace.
>>>> 
>>>>>> 1313 mmap(NULL, 18446744048584388608, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = -1 ENOMEM (Cannot allocate memory)
>>>>>> 1314 mmap(NULL, 18446744048584523776, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = -1 ENOMEM (Cannot allocate memory)
>>>>>> 1315 mmap(NULL, 134217728, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS|MAP_NORESERVE, -1, 0) = 0x7f5927bb2000
>>> 
>>> I see.
>>> 
>>> Is there any error messages?
>>> Such as "out of memory”?
>> 
>> the allocated memory is too large 18446744048584388608?
>> 
>>> 
>>> How about it without the patch?
>> 
>> It works well without this patch from my test.
>> 
>>> 
>>> Will it occur if double the reserved memory?
>> 
>> No. I just tested all of the test cases.
>> 
>>> 
>>> BTW, can it be reproduced in other machines?
>> 
>> No, I have only one with such large memory.
>> 
>>> I haven't get such result in my machine yet.
>>> 
>>> In my machine, the number of free memory will not always the same
>>> after executing makedumpfile each time.
>>> So if there is not enough memory, makedumpfile will fail sometimes.
>>> But I'm not sure whether they are the same issue.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Thanks
>>> Zhou
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Minfei
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Zhou
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 03/15/2016 05:33 PM, Minfei Huang wrote:
>>>>>> On 03/15/16 at 03:12pm, "Zhou, Wenjian/周文剑" wrote:
>>>>>>> Hello Minfei,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I guess the result is affected by the caches.
>>>>>>> How about executing the following command before running makedumpfile each time?
>>>>>>> # echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi, Zhou.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Seem there is a bug during dumping vmcore with option num-threads.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 1307 open("/proc/meminfo", O_RDONLY)         = 4
>>>>>> 1308 fstat(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
>>>>>> 1309 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f59322d3000
>>>>>> 1310 read(4, "MemTotal:         385452 kB\nMemF"..., 1024) = 1024
>>>>>> 1311 close(4)                                = 0
>>>>>> 1312 munmap(0x7f59322d3000, 4096)            = 0
>>>>>> 1313 mmap(NULL, 18446744048584388608, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = -1 ENOMEM (Cannot allocate memory)
>>>>>> 1314 mmap(NULL, 18446744048584523776, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = -1 ENOMEM (Cannot allocate memory)
>>>>>> 1315 mmap(NULL, 134217728, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS|MAP_NORESERVE, -1, 0) = 0x7f5927bb2000
>>>>>> 1316 munmap(0x7f5927bb2000, 4513792)         = 0
>>>>>> 1317 munmap(0x7f592c000000, 62595072)        = 0
>>>>>> 1318 mprotect(0x7f5928000000, 135168, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE) = 0
>>>>>> 1319 mmap(NULL, 18446744048584388608, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = -1 ENOMEM (Cannot allocate memory)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> Minfei
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>> Zhou
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 03/15/2016 02:34 PM, Minfei Huang wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi, Zhou.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I have applied this patch base on 1.5.9. There are several testcases I
>>>>>>>> have tested.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> - makedumpfile --num-threads 64 -d 31
>>>>>>>>     real    0m0.010s
>>>>>>>>     user    0m0.002s
>>>>>>>>     sys 0m0.009s
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> - makedumpfile --num-threads 31 -d 31
>>>>>>>>     real    2m40.915s
>>>>>>>>     user    10m50.900s
>>>>>>>>     sys 23m9.664s
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> makedumpfile --num-threads 30 -d 31
>>>>>>>>     real    0m0.006s
>>>>>>>>     user    0m0.002s
>>>>>>>>     sys 0m0.004s
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> makedumpfile --num-threads 32 -d 31
>>>>>>>>     real    0m0.007s
>>>>>>>>     user    0m0.002s
>>>>>>>>     sys 0m0.005s
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> - makedumpfile --num-threads 8 -d 31
>>>>>>>>     real    2m32.692s
>>>>>>>>     user    7m4.630s
>>>>>>>>     sys 2m0.369s
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> - makedumpfile --num-threads 1 -d 31
>>>>>>>>     real    4m42.423s
>>>>>>>>     user    7m27.153s
>>>>>>>>     sys 0m22.490s
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> - makedumpfile.orig -d 31
>>>>>>>>     real    4m1.297s
>>>>>>>>     user    3m39.696s
>>>>>>>>     sys 0m15.200s
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> This patch has a huge increment to the filter performance under 31. But
>>>>>>>> it is not stable, since makedumpfile fails to dump vmcore intermittently.
>>>>>>>> You can find the above test result, makedumpfile fails to dump vmcore
>>>>>>>> with option --num-threads 64, also it may occur with option
>>>>>>>> --number-threads 8.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>> Minfei
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 03/09/16 at 08:27am, Zhou Wenjian wrote:
>>>>>>>>> v4:
>>>>>>>>>         1. fix a bug caused by the logic
>>>>>>>>> v3:
>>>>>>>>>         1. remove some unused variables
>>>>>>>>>         2. fix a bug caused by the wrong logic
>>>>>>>>>         3. fix a bug caused by optimising
>>>>>>>>>         4. improve more performance by using Minoru Usui's code
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> multi-threads implementation will introduce extra cost when handling
>>>>>>>>> each page. The origin implementation will also do the extra work for
>>>>>>>>> filtered pages. So there is a big performance degradation in
>>>>>>>>> --num-threads -d 31.
>>>>>>>>> The new implementation won't do the extra work for filtered pages any
>>>>>>>>> more. So the performance of -d 31 is close to that of serial processing.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> The new implementation is just like the following:
>>>>>>>>>         * The basic idea is producer producing page and consumer writing page.
>>>>>>>>>         * Each producer have a page_flag_buf list which is used for storing
>>>>>>>>>           page's description.
>>>>>>>>>         * The size of page_flag_buf is little so it won't take too much memory.
>>>>>>>>>         * And all producers will share a page_data_buf array which is
>>>>>>>>>           used for storing page's compressed data.
>>>>>>>>>         * The main thread is the consumer. It will find the next pfn and write
>>>>>>>>>           it into file.
>>>>>>>>>         * The next pfn is smallest pfn in all page_flag_buf.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Minoru Usui <min-usui at ti.jp.nec.com>
>>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Zhou Wenjian <zhouwj-fnst at cn.fujitsu.com>
>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>  makedumpfile.c | 298 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
>>>>>>>>>  makedumpfile.h |  35 ++++---
>>>>>>>>>  2 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 131 deletions(-)
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/makedumpfile.c b/makedumpfile.c
>>>>>>>>> index fa0b779..2b0864a 100644
>>>>>>>>> --- a/makedumpfile.c
>>>>>>>>> +++ b/makedumpfile.c
>>>>>>>>> @@ -3483,7 +3483,8 @@ initial_for_parallel()
>>>>>>>>>  	unsigned long page_data_buf_size;
>>>>>>>>>  	unsigned long limit_size;
>>>>>>>>>  	int page_data_num;
>>>>>>>>> -	int i;
>>>>>>>>> +	struct page_flag *current;
>>>>>>>>> +	int i, j;
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>  	len_buf_out = calculate_len_buf_out(info->page_size);
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> @@ -3560,10 +3561,16 @@ initial_for_parallel()
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>  	limit_size = (get_free_memory_size()
>>>>>>>>>  		      - MAP_REGION * info->num_threads) * 0.6;
>>>>>>>>> +	if (limit_size < 0) {
>>>>>>>>> +		MSG("Free memory is not enough for multi-threads\n");
>>>>>>>>> +		return FALSE;
>>>>>>>>> +	}
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>  	page_data_num = limit_size / page_data_buf_size;
>>>>>>>>> +	info->num_buffers = 3 * info->num_threads;
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> -	info->num_buffers = MIN(NUM_BUFFERS, page_data_num);
>>>>>>>>> +	info->num_buffers = MAX(info->num_buffers, NUM_BUFFERS);
>>>>>>>>> +	info->num_buffers = MIN(info->num_buffers, page_data_num);
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>  	DEBUG_MSG("Number of struct page_data for produce/consume: %d\n",
>>>>>>>>>  			info->num_buffers);
>>>>>>>>> @@ -3588,6 +3595,36 @@ initial_for_parallel()
>>>>>>>>>  	}
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>  	/*
>>>>>>>>> +	 * initial page_flag for each thread
>>>>>>>>> +	 */
>>>>>>>>> +	if ((info->page_flag_buf = malloc(sizeof(void *) * info->num_threads))
>>>>>>>>> +	    == NULL) {
>>>>>>>>> +		MSG("Can't allocate memory for page_flag_buf. %s\n",
>>>>>>>>> +				strerror(errno));
>>>>>>>>> +		return FALSE;
>>>>>>>>> +	}
>>>>>>>>> +	memset(info->page_flag_buf, 0, sizeof(void *) * info->num_threads);
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +	for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
>>>>>>>>> +		if ((info->page_flag_buf[i] = calloc(1, sizeof(struct page_flag))) == NULL) {
>>>>>>>>> +			MSG("Can't allocate memory for page_flag. %s\n",
>>>>>>>>> +				strerror(errno));
>>>>>>>>> +			return FALSE;
>>>>>>>>> +		}
>>>>>>>>> +		current = info->page_flag_buf[i];
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +		for (j = 1; j < NUM_BUFFERS; j++) {
>>>>>>>>> +			if ((current->next = calloc(1, sizeof(struct page_flag))) == NULL) {
>>>>>>>>> +				MSG("Can't allocate memory for page_flag. %s\n",
>>>>>>>>> +					strerror(errno));
>>>>>>>>> +				return FALSE;
>>>>>>>>> +			}
>>>>>>>>> +			current = current->next;
>>>>>>>>> +		}
>>>>>>>>> +		current->next = info->page_flag_buf[i];
>>>>>>>>> +	}
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +	/*
>>>>>>>>>  	 * initial fd_memory for threads
>>>>>>>>>  	 */
>>>>>>>>>  	for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
>>>>>>>>> @@ -3612,7 +3649,8 @@ initial_for_parallel()
>>>>>>>>>  void
>>>>>>>>>  free_for_parallel()
>>>>>>>>>  {
>>>>>>>>> -	int i;
>>>>>>>>> +	int i, j;
>>>>>>>>> +	struct page_flag *current;
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>  	if (info->threads != NULL) {
>>>>>>>>>  		for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
>>>>>>>>> @@ -3655,6 +3693,19 @@ free_for_parallel()
>>>>>>>>>  		free(info->page_data_buf);
>>>>>>>>>  	}
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> +	if (info->page_flag_buf != NULL) {
>>>>>>>>> +		for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
>>>>>>>>> +			for (j = 0; j < NUM_BUFFERS; j++) {
>>>>>>>>> +				if (info->page_flag_buf[i] != NULL) {
>>>>>>>>> +					current = info->page_flag_buf[i];
>>>>>>>>> +					info->page_flag_buf[i] = current->next;
>>>>>>>>> +					free(current);
>>>>>>>>> +				}
>>>>>>>>> +			}
>>>>>>>>> +		}
>>>>>>>>> +		free(info->page_flag_buf);
>>>>>>>>> +	}
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>>  	if (info->parallel_info == NULL)
>>>>>>>>>  		return;
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> @@ -7075,11 +7126,11 @@ void *
>>>>>>>>>  kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
>>>>>>>>>  	void *retval = PTHREAD_FAIL;
>>>>>>>>>  	struct thread_args *kdump_thread_args = (struct thread_args *)arg;
>>>>>>>>> -	struct page_data *page_data_buf = kdump_thread_args->page_data_buf;
>>>>>>>>> +	volatile struct page_data *page_data_buf = kdump_thread_args->page_data_buf;
>>>>>>>>> +	volatile struct page_flag *page_flag_buf = kdump_thread_args->page_flag_buf;
>>>>>>>>>  	struct cycle *cycle = kdump_thread_args->cycle;
>>>>>>>>> -	int page_data_num = kdump_thread_args->page_data_num;
>>>>>>>>> -	mdf_pfn_t pfn;
>>>>>>>>> -	int index;
>>>>>>>>> +	mdf_pfn_t pfn = cycle->start_pfn;
>>>>>>>>> +	int index = kdump_thread_args->thread_num;
>>>>>>>>>  	int buf_ready;
>>>>>>>>>  	int dumpable;
>>>>>>>>>  	int fd_memory = 0;
>>>>>>>>> @@ -7125,47 +7176,48 @@ kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
>>>>>>>>>  						kdump_thread_args->thread_num);
>>>>>>>>>  	}
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> -	while (1) {
>>>>>>>>> -		/* get next pfn */
>>>>>>>>> -		pthread_mutex_lock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
>>>>>>>>> -		pfn = info->current_pfn;
>>>>>>>>> -		info->current_pfn++;
>>>>>>>>> -		pthread_mutex_unlock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
>>>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>>> -		if (pfn >= kdump_thread_args->end_pfn)
>>>>>>>>> -			break;
>>>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>>> -		index = -1;
>>>>>>>>> +	/*
>>>>>>>>> +	 * filtered page won't take anything
>>>>>>>>> +	 * unfiltered zero page will only take a page_flag_buf
>>>>>>>>> +	 * unfiltered non-zero page will take a page_flag_buf and a page_data_buf
>>>>>>>>> +	 */
>>>>>>>>> +	while (pfn < cycle->end_pfn) {
>>>>>>>>>  		buf_ready = FALSE;
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> +		pthread_mutex_lock(&info->page_data_mutex);
>>>>>>>>> +		while (page_data_buf[index].used != FALSE) {
>>>>>>>>> +			index = (index + 1) % info->num_buffers;
>>>>>>>>> +		}
>>>>>>>>> +		page_data_buf[index].used = TRUE;
>>>>>>>>> +		pthread_mutex_unlock(&info->page_data_mutex);
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>>  		while (buf_ready == FALSE) {
>>>>>>>>>  			pthread_testcancel();
>>>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>>> -			index = pfn % page_data_num;
>>>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>>> -			if (pfn - info->consumed_pfn > info->num_buffers)
>>>>>>>>> +			if (page_flag_buf->ready == FLAG_READY)
>>>>>>>>>  				continue;
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> -			if (page_data_buf[index].ready != 0)
>>>>>>>>> -				continue;
>>>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>>> -			pthread_mutex_lock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex);
>>>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>>> -			if (page_data_buf[index].ready != 0)
>>>>>>>>> -				goto unlock;
>>>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>>> -			buf_ready = TRUE;
>>>>>>>>> +			/* get next dumpable pfn */
>>>>>>>>> +			pthread_mutex_lock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
>>>>>>>>> +			for (pfn = info->current_pfn; pfn < cycle->end_pfn; pfn++) {
>>>>>>>>> +				dumpable = is_dumpable(
>>>>>>>>> +					info->fd_bitmap ? &bitmap_parallel : info->bitmap2,
>>>>>>>>> +					pfn,
>>>>>>>>> +					cycle);
>>>>>>>>> +				if (dumpable)
>>>>>>>>> +					break;
>>>>>>>>> +			}
>>>>>>>>> +			info->current_pfn = pfn + 1;
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> -			page_data_buf[index].pfn = pfn;
>>>>>>>>> -			page_data_buf[index].ready = 1;
>>>>>>>>> +			page_flag_buf->pfn = pfn;
>>>>>>>>> +			page_flag_buf->ready = FLAG_FILLING;
>>>>>>>>> +			pthread_mutex_unlock(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
>>>>>>>>> +			sem_post(&info->page_flag_buf_sem);
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> -			dumpable = is_dumpable(
>>>>>>>>> -				info->fd_bitmap ? &bitmap_parallel : info->bitmap2,
>>>>>>>>> -				pfn,
>>>>>>>>> -				cycle);
>>>>>>>>> -			page_data_buf[index].dumpable = dumpable;
>>>>>>>>> -			if (!dumpable)
>>>>>>>>> -				goto unlock;
>>>>>>>>> +			if (pfn >= cycle->end_pfn) {
>>>>>>>>> +				info->current_pfn = cycle->end_pfn;
>>>>>>>>> +				page_data_buf[index].used = FALSE;
>>>>>>>>> +				break;
>>>>>>>>> +			}
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>  			if (!read_pfn_parallel(fd_memory, pfn, buf,
>>>>>>>>>  					       &bitmap_memory_parallel,
>>>>>>>>> @@ -7178,11 +7230,11 @@ kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>  			if ((info->dump_level & DL_EXCLUDE_ZERO)
>>>>>>>>>  			    && is_zero_page(buf, info->page_size)) {
>>>>>>>>> -				page_data_buf[index].zero = TRUE;
>>>>>>>>> -				goto unlock;
>>>>>>>>> +				page_flag_buf->zero = TRUE;
>>>>>>>>> +				goto next;
>>>>>>>>>  			}
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> -			page_data_buf[index].zero = FALSE;
>>>>>>>>> +			page_flag_buf->zero = FALSE;
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>  			/*
>>>>>>>>>  			 * Compress the page data.
>>>>>>>>> @@ -7210,6 +7262,7 @@ kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
>>>>>>>>>  				page_data_buf[index].flags =
>>>>>>>>>  							DUMP_DH_COMPRESSED_LZO;
>>>>>>>>>  				page_data_buf[index].size  = size_out;
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>>  				memcpy(page_data_buf[index].buf, buf_out, size_out);
>>>>>>>>>  #endif
>>>>>>>>>  #ifdef USESNAPPY
>>>>>>>>> @@ -7232,12 +7285,14 @@ kdump_thread_function_cyclic(void *arg) {
>>>>>>>>>  				page_data_buf[index].size  = info->page_size;
>>>>>>>>>  				memcpy(page_data_buf[index].buf, buf, info->page_size);
>>>>>>>>>  			}
>>>>>>>>> -unlock:
>>>>>>>>> -			pthread_mutex_unlock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex);
>>>>>>>>> +			page_flag_buf->index = index;
>>>>>>>>> +			buf_ready = TRUE;
>>>>>>>>> +next:
>>>>>>>>> +			page_flag_buf->ready = FLAG_READY;
>>>>>>>>> +			page_flag_buf = page_flag_buf->next;
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>  		}
>>>>>>>>>  	}
>>>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>>>  	retval = NULL;
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>  fail:
>>>>>>>>> @@ -7265,14 +7320,15 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
>>>>>>>>>  	struct page_desc pd;
>>>>>>>>>  	struct timeval tv_start;
>>>>>>>>>  	struct timeval last, new;
>>>>>>>>> -	unsigned long long consuming_pfn;
>>>>>>>>>  	pthread_t **threads = NULL;
>>>>>>>>>  	struct thread_args *kdump_thread_args = NULL;
>>>>>>>>>  	void *thread_result;
>>>>>>>>> -	int page_data_num;
>>>>>>>>> +	int page_buf_num;
>>>>>>>>>  	struct page_data *page_data_buf = NULL;
>>>>>>>>>  	int i;
>>>>>>>>>  	int index;
>>>>>>>>> +	int end_count, consuming, check_count;
>>>>>>>>> +	mdf_pfn_t current_pfn, temp_pfn;
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>  	if (info->flag_elf_dumpfile)
>>>>>>>>>  		return FALSE;
>>>>>>>>> @@ -7284,13 +7340,6 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
>>>>>>>>>  		goto out;
>>>>>>>>>  	}
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> -	res = pthread_mutex_init(&info->consumed_pfn_mutex, NULL);
>>>>>>>>> -	if (res != 0) {
>>>>>>>>> -		ERRMSG("Can't initialize consumed_pfn_mutex. %s\n",
>>>>>>>>> -				strerror(res));
>>>>>>>>> -		goto out;
>>>>>>>>> -	}
>>>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>>>  	res = pthread_mutex_init(&info->filter_mutex, NULL);
>>>>>>>>>  	if (res != 0) {
>>>>>>>>>  		ERRMSG("Can't initialize filter_mutex. %s\n", strerror(res));
>>>>>>>>> @@ -7314,36 +7363,23 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
>>>>>>>>>  	end_pfn   = cycle->end_pfn;
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>  	info->current_pfn = start_pfn;
>>>>>>>>> -	info->consumed_pfn = start_pfn - 1;
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>  	threads = info->threads;
>>>>>>>>>  	kdump_thread_args = info->kdump_thread_args;
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> -	page_data_num = info->num_buffers;
>>>>>>>>> +	page_buf_num = info->num_buffers;
>>>>>>>>>  	page_data_buf = info->page_data_buf;
>>>>>>>>> +	pthread_mutex_init(&info->page_data_mutex, NULL);
>>>>>>>>> +	sem_init(&info->page_flag_buf_sem, 0, 0);
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> -	for (i = 0; i < page_data_num; i++) {
>>>>>>>>> -		/*
>>>>>>>>> -		 * producer will use pfn in page_data_buf to decide the
>>>>>>>>> -		 * consumed pfn
>>>>>>>>> -		 */
>>>>>>>>> -		page_data_buf[i].pfn = start_pfn - 1;
>>>>>>>>> -		page_data_buf[i].ready = 0;
>>>>>>>>> -		res = pthread_mutex_init(&page_data_buf[i].mutex, NULL);
>>>>>>>>> -		if (res != 0) {
>>>>>>>>> -			ERRMSG("Can't initialize mutex of page_data_buf. %s\n",
>>>>>>>>> -					strerror(res));
>>>>>>>>> -			goto out;
>>>>>>>>> -		}
>>>>>>>>> -	}
>>>>>>>>> +	for (i = 0; i < page_buf_num; i++)
>>>>>>>>> +		page_data_buf[i].used = FALSE;
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>  	for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
>>>>>>>>>  		kdump_thread_args[i].thread_num = i;
>>>>>>>>>  		kdump_thread_args[i].len_buf_out = len_buf_out;
>>>>>>>>> -		kdump_thread_args[i].start_pfn = start_pfn;
>>>>>>>>> -		kdump_thread_args[i].end_pfn = end_pfn;
>>>>>>>>> -		kdump_thread_args[i].page_data_num = page_data_num;
>>>>>>>>>  		kdump_thread_args[i].page_data_buf = page_data_buf;
>>>>>>>>> +		kdump_thread_args[i].page_flag_buf = info->page_flag_buf[i];
>>>>>>>>>  		kdump_thread_args[i].cycle = cycle;
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>  		res = pthread_create(threads[i], NULL,
>>>>>>>>> @@ -7356,55 +7392,88 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
>>>>>>>>>  		}
>>>>>>>>>  	}
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> -	consuming_pfn = start_pfn;
>>>>>>>>> -	index = -1;
>>>>>>>>> +	end_count = 0;
>>>>>>>>> +	while (1) {
>>>>>>>>> +		consuming = 0;
>>>>>>>>> +		check_count = 0;
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> -	gettimeofday(&last, NULL);
>>>>>>>>> +		/*
>>>>>>>>> +		 * The basic idea is producer producing page and consumer writing page.
>>>>>>>>> +		 * Each producer have a page_flag_buf list which is used for storing page's description.
>>>>>>>>> +		 * The size of page_flag_buf is little so it won't take too much memory.
>>>>>>>>> +		 * And all producers will share a page_data_buf array which is used for storing page's compressed data.
>>>>>>>>> +		 * The main thread is the consumer. It will find the next pfn and write it into file.
>>>>>>>>> +		 * The next pfn is smallest pfn in all page_flag_buf.
>>>>>>>>> +		 */
>>>>>>>>> +		sem_wait(&info->page_flag_buf_sem);
>>>>>>>>> +		gettimeofday(&last, NULL);
>>>>>>>>> +		while (1) {
>>>>>>>>> +			current_pfn = end_pfn;
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> -	while (consuming_pfn < end_pfn) {
>>>>>>>>> -		index = consuming_pfn % page_data_num;
>>>>>>>>> +			/*
>>>>>>>>> +			 * page_flag_buf is in circular linked list.
>>>>>>>>> +			 * The array info->page_flag_buf[] records the current page_flag_buf in each thread's
>>>>>>>>> +			 * page_flag_buf list.
>>>>>>>>> +			 * consuming is used for recording in which thread the pfn is the smallest.
>>>>>>>>> +			 * current_pfn is used for recording the value of pfn when checking the pfn.
>>>>>>>>> +			 */
>>>>>>>>> +			for (i = 0; i < info->num_threads; i++) {
>>>>>>>>> +				if (info->page_flag_buf[i]->ready == FLAG_UNUSED)
>>>>>>>>> +					continue;
>>>>>>>>> +				temp_pfn = info->page_flag_buf[i]->pfn;
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> -		gettimeofday(&new, NULL);
>>>>>>>>> -		if (new.tv_sec - last.tv_sec > WAIT_TIME) {
>>>>>>>>> -			ERRMSG("Can't get data of pfn %llx.\n", consuming_pfn);
>>>>>>>>> -			goto out;
>>>>>>>>> -		}
>>>>>>>>> +				/*
>>>>>>>>> +				 * count how many threads have reached the end.
>>>>>>>>> +				 */
>>>>>>>>> +				if (temp_pfn >= end_pfn) {
>>>>>>>>> +					info->page_flag_buf[i]->ready = FLAG_UNUSED;
>>>>>>>>> +					end_count++;
>>>>>>>>> +					continue;
>>>>>>>>> +				}
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> -		/*
>>>>>>>>> -		 * check pfn first without mutex locked to reduce the time
>>>>>>>>> -		 * trying to lock the mutex
>>>>>>>>> -		 */
>>>>>>>>> -		if (page_data_buf[index].pfn != consuming_pfn)
>>>>>>>>> -			continue;
>>>>>>>>> +				if (current_pfn < temp_pfn)
>>>>>>>>> +					continue;
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> -		if (pthread_mutex_trylock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex) != 0)
>>>>>>>>> -			continue;
>>>>>>>>> +				check_count++;
>>>>>>>>> +				consuming = i;
>>>>>>>>> +				current_pfn = temp_pfn;
>>>>>>>>> +			}
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> -		/* check whether the found one is ready to be consumed */
>>>>>>>>> -		if (page_data_buf[index].pfn != consuming_pfn ||
>>>>>>>>> -		    page_data_buf[index].ready != 1) {
>>>>>>>>> -			goto unlock;
>>>>>>>>> +			/*
>>>>>>>>> +			 * If all the threads have reached the end, we will finish writing.
>>>>>>>>> +			 */
>>>>>>>>> +			if (end_count >= info->num_threads)
>>>>>>>>> +				goto finish;
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +			/*
>>>>>>>>> +			 * If the page_flag_buf is not ready, the pfn recorded may be changed.
>>>>>>>>> +			 * So we should recheck.
>>>>>>>>> +			 */
>>>>>>>>> +			if (info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->ready != FLAG_READY) {
>>>>>>>>> +				gettimeofday(&new, NULL);
>>>>>>>>> +				if (new.tv_sec - last.tv_sec > WAIT_TIME) {
>>>>>>>>> +					ERRMSG("Can't get data of pfn.\n");
>>>>>>>>> +					goto out;
>>>>>>>>> +				}
>>>>>>>>> +				continue;
>>>>>>>>> +			}
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +			if (current_pfn == info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->pfn)
>>>>>>>>> +				break;
>>>>>>>>>  		}
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>  		if ((num_dumped % per) == 0)
>>>>>>>>>  			print_progress(PROGRESS_COPY, num_dumped, info->num_dumpable);
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> -		/* next pfn is found, refresh last here */
>>>>>>>>> -		last = new;
>>>>>>>>> -		consuming_pfn++;
>>>>>>>>> -		info->consumed_pfn++;
>>>>>>>>> -		page_data_buf[index].ready = 0;
>>>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>>> -		if (page_data_buf[index].dumpable == FALSE)
>>>>>>>>> -			goto unlock;
>>>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>>>  		num_dumped++;
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> -		if (page_data_buf[index].zero == TRUE) {
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>> +		if (info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->zero == TRUE) {
>>>>>>>>>  			if (!write_cache(cd_header, pd_zero, sizeof(page_desc_t)))
>>>>>>>>>  				goto out;
>>>>>>>>>  			pfn_zero++;
>>>>>>>>>  		} else {
>>>>>>>>> +			index = info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->index;
>>>>>>>>>  			pd.flags      = page_data_buf[index].flags;
>>>>>>>>>  			pd.size       = page_data_buf[index].size;
>>>>>>>>>  			pd.page_flags = 0;
>>>>>>>>> @@ -7420,12 +7489,12 @@ write_kdump_pages_parallel_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header,
>>>>>>>>>  			 */
>>>>>>>>>  			if (!write_cache(cd_page, page_data_buf[index].buf, pd.size))
>>>>>>>>>  				goto out;
>>>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>>> +			page_data_buf[index].used = FALSE;
>>>>>>>>>  		}
>>>>>>>>> -unlock:
>>>>>>>>> -		pthread_mutex_unlock(&page_data_buf[index].mutex);
>>>>>>>>> +		info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->ready = FLAG_UNUSED;
>>>>>>>>> +		info->page_flag_buf[consuming] = info->page_flag_buf[consuming]->next;
>>>>>>>>>  	}
>>>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>>> +finish:
>>>>>>>>>  	ret = TRUE;
>>>>>>>>>  	/*
>>>>>>>>>  	 * print [100 %]
>>>>>>>>> @@ -7463,15 +7532,9 @@ out:
>>>>>>>>>  		}
>>>>>>>>>  	}
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> -	if (page_data_buf != NULL) {
>>>>>>>>> -		for (i = 0; i < page_data_num; i++) {
>>>>>>>>> -			pthread_mutex_destroy(&page_data_buf[i].mutex);
>>>>>>>>> -		}
>>>>>>>>> -	}
>>>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>>> +	sem_destroy(&info->page_flag_buf_sem);
>>>>>>>>>  	pthread_rwlock_destroy(&info->usemmap_rwlock);
>>>>>>>>>  	pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->filter_mutex);
>>>>>>>>> -	pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->consumed_pfn_mutex);
>>>>>>>>>  	pthread_mutex_destroy(&info->current_pfn_mutex);
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>  	return ret;
>>>>>>>>> @@ -7564,6 +7627,7 @@ write_kdump_pages_cyclic(struct cache_data *cd_header, struct cache_data *cd_pag
>>>>>>>>>  		num_dumped++;
>>>>>>>>>  		if (!read_pfn(pfn, buf))
>>>>>>>>>  			goto out;
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>>  		filter_data_buffer(buf, pfn_to_paddr(pfn), info->page_size);
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>  		/*
>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/makedumpfile.h b/makedumpfile.h
>>>>>>>>> index e0b5bbf..4b315c0 100644
>>>>>>>>> --- a/makedumpfile.h
>>>>>>>>> +++ b/makedumpfile.h
>>>>>>>>> @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
>>>>>>>>>  #include "print_info.h"
>>>>>>>>>  #include "sadump_mod.h"
>>>>>>>>>  #include <pthread.h>
>>>>>>>>> +#include <semaphore.h>
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>  /*
>>>>>>>>>   * Result of command
>>>>>>>>> @@ -977,7 +978,7 @@ typedef unsigned long long int ulonglong;
>>>>>>>>>  #define PAGE_DATA_NUM	(50)
>>>>>>>>>  #define WAIT_TIME	(60 * 10)
>>>>>>>>>  #define PTHREAD_FAIL	((void *)-2)
>>>>>>>>> -#define NUM_BUFFERS	(50)
>>>>>>>>> +#define NUM_BUFFERS	(20)
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>  struct mmap_cache {
>>>>>>>>>  	char	*mmap_buf;
>>>>>>>>> @@ -985,28 +986,33 @@ struct mmap_cache {
>>>>>>>>>  	off_t   mmap_end_offset;
>>>>>>>>>  };
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> +enum {
>>>>>>>>> +	FLAG_UNUSED,
>>>>>>>>> +	FLAG_READY,
>>>>>>>>> +	FLAG_FILLING
>>>>>>>>> +};
>>>>>>>>> +struct page_flag {
>>>>>>>>> +	mdf_pfn_t pfn;
>>>>>>>>> +	char zero;
>>>>>>>>> +	char ready;
>>>>>>>>> +	short index;
>>>>>>>>> +	struct page_flag *next;
>>>>>>>>> +};
>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>>  struct page_data
>>>>>>>>>  {
>>>>>>>>> -	mdf_pfn_t pfn;
>>>>>>>>> -	int dumpable;
>>>>>>>>> -	int zero;
>>>>>>>>> -	unsigned int flags;
>>>>>>>>>  	long size;
>>>>>>>>>  	unsigned char *buf;
>>>>>>>>> -	pthread_mutex_t mutex;
>>>>>>>>> -	/*
>>>>>>>>> -	 * whether the page_data is ready to be consumed
>>>>>>>>> -	 */
>>>>>>>>> -	int ready;
>>>>>>>>> +	int flags;
>>>>>>>>> +	int used;
>>>>>>>>>  };
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>  struct thread_args {
>>>>>>>>>  	int thread_num;
>>>>>>>>>  	unsigned long len_buf_out;
>>>>>>>>> -	mdf_pfn_t start_pfn, end_pfn;
>>>>>>>>> -	int page_data_num;
>>>>>>>>>  	struct cycle *cycle;
>>>>>>>>>  	struct page_data *page_data_buf;
>>>>>>>>> +	struct page_flag *page_flag_buf;
>>>>>>>>>  };
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>  /*
>>>>>>>>> @@ -1295,11 +1301,12 @@ struct DumpInfo {
>>>>>>>>>  	pthread_t **threads;
>>>>>>>>>  	struct thread_args *kdump_thread_args;
>>>>>>>>>  	struct page_data *page_data_buf;
>>>>>>>>> +	struct page_flag **page_flag_buf;
>>>>>>>>> +	sem_t page_flag_buf_sem;
>>>>>>>>>  	pthread_rwlock_t usemmap_rwlock;
>>>>>>>>>  	mdf_pfn_t current_pfn;
>>>>>>>>>  	pthread_mutex_t current_pfn_mutex;
>>>>>>>>> -	mdf_pfn_t consumed_pfn;
>>>>>>>>> -	pthread_mutex_t consumed_pfn_mutex;
>>>>>>>>> +	pthread_mutex_t page_data_mutex;
>>>>>>>>>  	pthread_mutex_t filter_mutex;
>>>>>>>>>  };
>>>>>>>>>  extern struct DumpInfo		*info;
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> 1.8.3.1
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
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