Thread (10 messages) 10 messages, 2 authors, 2018-03-26

Re: [PATCH] block, bfq: keep peak_rate estimation within range 1..2^32-1

From: Paolo Valente <hidden>
Date: 2018-03-19 06:03:50
Also in: lkml

Il giorno 05 mar 2018, alle ore 04:48, Konstantin Khlebnikov =
[off-list ref] ha scritto:
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Rate should never overflow or become zero because it is used as =
divider.
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This patch accumulates it with saturation.
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Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <redacted>
---
block/bfq-iosched.c |    8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index aeca22d91101..a236c8d541b5 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -2546,7 +2546,8 @@ static void bfq_reset_rate_computation(struct =
bfq_data *bfqd,
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static void bfq_update_rate_reset(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct =
request *rq)
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{
-	u32 rate, weight, divisor;
+	u32 weight, divisor;
+	u64 rate;
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	/*
	 * For the convergence property to hold (see comments on
@@ -2634,9 +2635,10 @@ static void bfq_update_rate_reset(struct =
bfq_data *bfqd, struct request *rq)
	 */
	bfqd->peak_rate *=3D divisor-1;
	bfqd->peak_rate /=3D divisor;
-	rate /=3D divisor; /* smoothing constant alpha =3D 1/divisor */
+	do_div(rate, divisor);	/* smoothing constant alpha =3D =
1/divisor */
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-	bfqd->peak_rate +=3D rate;
+	/* rate should never overlow or become zero */
It is bfqd->peak_rate that is used as a divider, and bfqd->peak_rate =
doesn't risk to be zero even if the variable 'rate' is zero here.

So I guess the reason why you consider the possibility that =
bfqd->peak_rate becomes zero is because of an overflow when summing =
'rate'. But, according to my calculations, this should be impossible =
with devices with sensible speeds.

These are the reasons why I decided I could make it with a 32-bit =
variable, without any additional clamping. Did I make any mistake in my =
evaluation?

Anyway, even if I made some mistake about the maximum possible value of =
the device rate, and the latter may be too high for bfqd->peak_rate to =
contain it, then I guess the right solution would not be to clamp the =
actual rate to U32_MAX, but to move bfqd->peak_rate to 64 bits. Or am I =
missing something else?

Thanks,
Paolo

+	bfqd->peak_rate =3D clamp_t(u64, rate + bfqd->peak_rate, 1, =
U32_MAX);
	update_thr_responsiveness_params(bfqd);
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reset_computation:
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