[PATCH] nvme-multipath: introduce service-time iopolicy

[Guixin Liu]

The service-time policy can dispatch I/O to the path with the lowest
total amount of currently processed I/O, ensuring that new I/O can be
sent to less-loaded paths when some paths are overloaded, thereby
achieving lower latency.

Signed-off-by: Guixin Liu <kanie at linux.alibaba.com>
---
 drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h      |  3 ++
 2 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
index 6a15873055b9..8b99a93b83c7 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ static const char *nvme_iopolicy_names[] = {
 	[NVME_IOPOLICY_NUMA]	= "numa",
 	[NVME_IOPOLICY_RR]	= "round-robin",
 	[NVME_IOPOLICY_QD]      = "queue-depth",
+	[NVME_IOPOLICY_ST]	= "service-time",
 };
 
 static int iopolicy = NVME_IOPOLICY_NUMA;
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ static int nvme_set_iopolicy(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 		iopolicy = NVME_IOPOLICY_RR;
 	else if (!strncmp(val, "queue-depth", 11))
 		iopolicy = NVME_IOPOLICY_QD;
+	else if (!strncmp(val, "service-time", 12))
+		iopolicy = NVME_IOPOLICY_ST;
 	else
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@ static int nvme_get_iopolicy(char *buf, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 module_param_call(iopolicy, nvme_set_iopolicy, nvme_get_iopolicy,
 	&iopolicy, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(iopolicy,
-	"Default multipath I/O policy; 'numa' (default), 'round-robin' or 'queue-depth'");
+	"Default multipath I/O policy; 'numa' (default), 'round-robin', 'queue-depth' or 'service-time'");
 
 void nvme_mpath_default_iopolicy(struct nvme_subsystem *subsys)
 {
@@ -136,6 +139,11 @@ void nvme_mpath_start_request(struct request *rq)
 		nvme_req(rq)->flags |= NVME_MPATH_CNT_ACTIVE;
 	}
 
+	if (READ_ONCE(ns->head->subsys->iopolicy) == NVME_IOPOLICY_ST) {
+		atomic_add(blk_rq_bytes(rq), &ns->ctrl->inflight_size);
+		nvme_req(rq)->flags |= NVME_MPATH_CNT_IOSIZE;
+	}
+
 	if (!blk_queue_io_stat(disk->queue) || blk_rq_is_passthrough(rq))
 		return;
 
@@ -152,6 +160,9 @@ void nvme_mpath_end_request(struct request *rq)
 	if (nvme_req(rq)->flags & NVME_MPATH_CNT_ACTIVE)
 		atomic_dec_if_positive(&ns->ctrl->nr_active);
 
+	if (nvme_req(rq)->flags & NVME_MPATH_CNT_IOSIZE)
+		atomic_sub(blk_rq_bytes(rq), &ns->ctrl->inflight_size);
+
 	if (!(nvme_req(rq)->flags & NVME_MPATH_IO_STATS))
 		return;
 	bdev_end_io_acct(ns->head->disk->part0, req_op(rq),
@@ -405,9 +416,48 @@ static struct nvme_ns *nvme_numa_path(struct nvme_ns_head *head)
 	return ns;
 }
 
+static struct nvme_ns *nvme_service_time_path(struct nvme_ns_head *head)
+{
+	struct nvme_ns *opt = NULL, *nonopt = NULL, *ns;
+	unsigned int min_inflight_nonopt = UINT_MAX;
+	unsigned int min_inflight_opt = UINT_MAX;
+	unsigned int inflight;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(ns, &head->list, siblings) {
+		if (nvme_path_is_disabled(ns))
+			continue;
+
+		inflight = atomic_read(&ns->ctrl->inflight_size);
+
+		switch (ns->ana_state) {
+		case NVME_ANA_OPTIMIZED:
+			if (inflight < min_inflight_opt) {
+				min_inflight_opt = inflight;
+				opt = ns;
+			}
+			break;
+		case NVME_ANA_NONOPTIMIZED:
+			if (inflight < min_inflight_nonopt) {
+				min_inflight_nonopt = inflight;
+				nonopt = ns;
+			}
+			break;
+		default:
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (min_inflight_opt == 0)
+			return opt;
+	}
+
+	return opt ? opt : nonopt;
+}
+
 inline struct nvme_ns *nvme_find_path(struct nvme_ns_head *head)
 {
 	switch (READ_ONCE(head->subsys->iopolicy)) {
+	case NVME_IOPOLICY_ST:
+		return nvme_service_time_path(head);
 	case NVME_IOPOLICY_QD:
 		return nvme_queue_depth_path(head);
 	case NVME_IOPOLICY_RR:
@@ -1040,6 +1090,7 @@ int nvme_mpath_init_identify(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_id_ctrl *id)
 
 	/* initialize this in the identify path to cover controller resets */
 	atomic_set(&ctrl->nr_active, 0);
+	atomic_set(&ctrl->inflight_size, 0);
 
 	if (!ctrl->max_namespaces ||
 	    ctrl->max_namespaces > le32_to_cpu(id->nn)) {
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
index 093cb423f536..b7160c8b6847 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ enum {
 	NVME_REQ_USERCMD		= (1 << 1),
 	NVME_MPATH_IO_STATS		= (1 << 2),
 	NVME_MPATH_CNT_ACTIVE		= (1 << 3),
+	NVME_MPATH_CNT_IOSIZE		= (1 << 4),
 };
 
 static inline struct nvme_request *nvme_req(struct request *req)
@@ -367,6 +368,7 @@ struct nvme_ctrl {
 	struct timer_list anatt_timer;
 	struct work_struct ana_work;
 	atomic_t nr_active;
+	atomic_t inflight_size;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NVME_HOST_AUTH
@@ -416,6 +418,7 @@ enum nvme_iopolicy {
 	NVME_IOPOLICY_NUMA,
 	NVME_IOPOLICY_RR,
 	NVME_IOPOLICY_QD,
+	NVME_IOPOLICY_ST,
 };
 
 struct nvme_subsystem {
-- 
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