From patchwork Wed Feb 10 18:27:44 2021 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Vivek Goyal X-Patchwork-Id: 1439181 Return-Path: X-Original-To: incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org Delivered-To: patchwork-incoming@bilbo.ozlabs.org Authentication-Results: ozlabs.org; spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=nongnu.org (client-ip=209.51.188.17; helo=lists.gnu.org; envelope-from=qemu-devel-bounces+incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@nongnu.org; receiver=) Authentication-Results: ozlabs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=mimecast20190719 header.b=Ch7zWwo8; dkim-atps=neutral Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4DbSw76vkgz9sRf for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2021 05:29:25 +1100 (AEDT) Received: from localhost ([::1]:48820 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l9uEr-0008DH-CD for incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 13:29:21 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:39732) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l9uEC-0008Cq-2I for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 13:28:40 -0500 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([216.205.24.124]:21343) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l9uE6-0006k9-NI for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 13:28:39 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1612981710; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=ywXMJ57u7mxnJnv9y1hUBepiXSNrUv/iIWQOf22l3Y0=; b=Ch7zWwo8eDroCKJLxdh1hW+Fh5/YP8E1IdOf2s5vBq71BkXDpZbTVbHo71ZQBG4zNVe/w6 FinsXy5tNZDZIiH9bMHUrwNrBEiheyy/UmtbKRp2KT4BgUd7noeTk34wql/LZKu7Z2snjz ZFF+y5t0lztp/fQ9dd635J72PcJxJVo= Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-61-e7kGAz9APMuhAUK_PEJu5w-1; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 13:28:29 -0500 X-MC-Unique: e7kGAz9APMuhAUK_PEJu5w-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx06.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.16]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 724CDCE642 for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 18:28:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from horse.redhat.com (ovpn-113-163.rdu2.redhat.com [10.10.113.163]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCA5F5C6AB; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 18:28:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by horse.redhat.com (Postfix, from userid 10451) id 4493D223D98; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 13:28:21 -0500 (EST) From: Vivek Goyal To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, virtio-fs@redhat.com Subject: [PATCH 1/1] virtiofsd: Do not use a thread pool by default Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 13:27:44 -0500 Message-Id: <20210210182744.27324-2-vgoyal@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20210210182744.27324-1-vgoyal@redhat.com> References: <20210210182744.27324-1-vgoyal@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.16 Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=vgoyal@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Received-SPF: pass client-ip=216.205.24.124; envelope-from=vgoyal@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -33 X-Spam_score: -3.4 X-Spam_bar: --- X-Spam_report: (-3.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.568, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: stefanha@redhat.com, dgilbert@redhat.com, vgoyal@redhat.com Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" Currently we created a thread pool (With 64 max threads per pool) for each virtqueue. We hoped that this will provide us with better scalability and performance. But in practice, we are getting better numbers in most of the cases when we don't create a thread pool at all and a single thread per virtqueue receives the request and processes it. Hence, I am proposing that we switch to no thread pool by default (equivalent of --thread-pool-size=0). This will provide out of box better performance to most of the users. In fact other users have confirmed that not using a thread pool gives them better numbers. So why not use this as default. It can be changed when somebody can fix the issues with thread pool performance. Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal Reviewed-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert --- tools/virtiofsd/fuse_lowlevel.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/virtiofsd/fuse_lowlevel.c b/tools/virtiofsd/fuse_lowlevel.c index e94b71110b..fbdf62ee9b 100644 --- a/tools/virtiofsd/fuse_lowlevel.c +++ b/tools/virtiofsd/fuse_lowlevel.c @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ #include -#define THREAD_POOL_SIZE 64 +#define THREAD_POOL_SIZE 0 #define OFFSET_MAX 0x7fffffffffffffffLL