[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] block/rbd: add preallocation support

Stefano Garzarella posted 1 patch 4 years, 9 months ago
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Maintainers: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>, Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>, Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>, Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>, Jason Dillaman <dillaman@redhat.com>
block/rbd.c          | 202 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
qapi/block-core.json |   5 +-
2 files changed, 192 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] block/rbd: add preallocation support
Posted by Stefano Garzarella 4 years, 9 months ago
This patch adds the support of preallocation (off/full) for the RBD
block driver.
If rbd_writesame() is available and supports zeroed buffers, we use
it to quickly fill the image when full preallocation is required.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
---
v3:
 - rebased on master
 - filled with zeroed buffer [Max]
 - used rbd_writesame() only when we can disable the discard of zeroed
   buffers
 - added 'since: 4.2' in qapi/block-core.json [Max]
 - used buffer as large as the "stripe unit"
---
 block/rbd.c          | 202 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 qapi/block-core.json |   5 +-
 2 files changed, 192 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/rbd.c b/block/rbd.c
index 59757b3120..d923a5a26c 100644
--- a/block/rbd.c
+++ b/block/rbd.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 #define OBJ_MAX_SIZE (1UL << OBJ_DEFAULT_OBJ_ORDER)
 
 #define RBD_MAX_SNAPS 100
+#define RBD_DEFAULT_CONCURRENT_OPS 10
 
 /* The LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_IOVEC is defined in librbd.h */
 #ifdef LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_IOVEC
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ typedef struct BDRVRBDState {
     char *image_name;
     char *snap;
     uint64_t image_size;
+    bool ws_zero_supported; /* rbd_writesame() supports zeroed buffers */
 } BDRVRBDState;
 
 static int qemu_rbd_connect(rados_t *cluster, rados_ioctx_t *io_ctx,
@@ -333,6 +335,155 @@ static void qemu_rbd_memset(RADOSCB *rcb, int64_t offs)
     }
 }
 
+static int qemu_rbd_get_max_concurrent_ops(rados_t cluster)
+{
+    char buf[16];
+    int ret, max_concurrent_ops;
+
+    ret = rados_conf_get(cluster, "rbd_concurrent_management_ops", buf,
+                         sizeof(buf));
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        return RBD_DEFAULT_CONCURRENT_OPS;
+    }
+
+    ret = qemu_strtoi(buf, NULL, 10, &max_concurrent_ops);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        return RBD_DEFAULT_CONCURRENT_OPS;
+    }
+
+    return max_concurrent_ops;
+}
+
+static int qemu_rbd_do_truncate(rados_t cluster, rbd_image_t image,
+                                int64_t offset, PreallocMode prealloc,
+                                bool ws_zero_supported, Error **errp)
+{
+    uint64_t current_length;
+    char *buf = NULL;
+    int ret;
+
+    ret = rbd_get_size(image, &current_length);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to get file length");
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    if (current_length > offset && prealloc != PREALLOC_MODE_OFF) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Cannot use preallocation for shrinking files");
+        ret = -ENOTSUP;
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    switch (prealloc) {
+    case PREALLOC_MODE_FULL: {
+        uint64_t buf_size, current_offset = current_length;
+        ssize_t bytes;
+
+        ret = rbd_get_stripe_unit(image, &buf_size);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to get stripe unit");
+            goto out;
+        }
+
+        ret = rbd_resize(image, offset);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to resize file");
+            goto out;
+        }
+
+        buf = g_malloc0(buf_size);
+
+#ifdef LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_WRITESAME
+        if (ws_zero_supported) {
+            uint64_t writesame_max_size;
+            int max_concurrent_ops;
+
+            max_concurrent_ops = qemu_rbd_get_max_concurrent_ops(cluster);
+            /*
+             * We limit the rbd_writesame() size to avoid to spawn more then
+             * 'rbd_concurrent_management_ops' concurrent operations.
+             */
+            writesame_max_size = MIN(buf_size * max_concurrent_ops, INT_MAX);
+
+            while (offset - current_offset > buf_size) {
+                bytes = MIN(offset - current_offset, writesame_max_size);
+                /*
+                 * rbd_writesame() supports only request where the size of the
+                 * operation is multiple of buffer size.
+                 */
+                bytes -= bytes % buf_size;
+
+                bytes = rbd_writesame(image, current_offset, bytes, buf,
+                                      buf_size, 0);
+                if (bytes < 0) {
+                    ret = bytes;
+                    error_setg_errno(errp, -ret,
+                                     "Failed to write for preallocation");
+                    goto out;
+                }
+
+                current_offset += bytes;
+            }
+        }
+#endif /* LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_WRITESAME */
+
+        while (current_offset < offset) {
+            bytes = rbd_write(image, current_offset,
+                              MIN(offset - current_offset, buf_size), buf);
+            if (bytes < 0) {
+                ret = bytes;
+                error_setg_errno(errp, -ret,
+                                 "Failed to write for preallocation");
+                goto out;
+            }
+
+            current_offset += bytes;
+        }
+
+        ret = rbd_flush(image);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to flush the file");
+            goto out;
+        }
+
+        break;
+    }
+    case PREALLOC_MODE_OFF:
+        ret = rbd_resize(image, offset);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to resize file");
+            goto out;
+        }
+        break;
+    default:
+        error_setg(errp, "Unsupported preallocation mode: %s",
+                   PreallocMode_str(prealloc));
+        ret = -ENOTSUP;
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    ret = 0;
+
+out:
+    g_free(buf);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static bool qemu_rbd_writesame_zero_supported(rados_t *cluster)
+{
+    int ret = 1;
+
+#ifdef LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_WRITESAME
+    /*
+     * When "rbd_discard_on_zeroed_write_same" is not available, rbd_writesame()
+     * can discard requests with zeroed buffer.
+     */
+    ret = rados_conf_set(*cluster, "rbd_discard_on_zeroed_write_same", "false");
+#endif
+
+    return ret == 0;
+}
+
 static QemuOptsList runtime_opts = {
     .name = "rbd",
     .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(runtime_opts.head),
@@ -378,6 +529,7 @@ static int qemu_rbd_do_create(BlockdevCreateOptions *options,
     BlockdevCreateOptionsRbd *opts = &options->u.rbd;
     rados_t cluster;
     rados_ioctx_t io_ctx;
+    rbd_image_t image;
     int obj_order = 0;
     int ret;
 
@@ -406,13 +558,23 @@ static int qemu_rbd_do_create(BlockdevCreateOptions *options,
         return ret;
     }
 
-    ret = rbd_create(io_ctx, opts->location->image, opts->size, &obj_order);
+    ret = rbd_create(io_ctx, opts->location->image, 0, &obj_order);
     if (ret < 0) {
         error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "error rbd create");
         goto out;
     }
 
-    ret = 0;
+    ret = rbd_open(io_ctx, opts->location->image, &image, NULL);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "error rbd open");
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    ret = qemu_rbd_do_truncate(cluster, image, opts->size, opts->preallocation,
+                               qemu_rbd_writesame_zero_supported(&cluster),
+                               errp);
+
+    rbd_close(image);
 out:
     rados_ioctx_destroy(io_ctx);
     rados_shutdown(cluster);
@@ -433,6 +595,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn qemu_rbd_co_create_opts(const char *filename,
     BlockdevOptionsRbd *loc;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
     const char *keypairs, *password_secret;
+    char *prealloc;
     QDict *options = NULL;
     int ret = 0;
 
@@ -451,6 +614,16 @@ static int coroutine_fn qemu_rbd_co_create_opts(const char *filename,
                                                    BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE, 0);
     rbd_opts->has_cluster_size = (rbd_opts->cluster_size != 0);
 
+    prealloc = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC);
+    rbd_opts->preallocation = qapi_enum_parse(&PreallocMode_lookup, prealloc,
+                                              PREALLOC_MODE_OFF, &local_err);
+    g_free(prealloc);
+    if (local_err) {
+        ret = -EINVAL;
+        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+        goto exit;
+    }
+
     options = qdict_new();
     qemu_rbd_parse_filename(filename, options, &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
@@ -770,6 +943,7 @@ static int qemu_rbd_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
 
     s->snap = g_strdup(opts->snapshot);
     s->image_name = g_strdup(opts->image);
+    s->ws_zero_supported = qemu_rbd_writesame_zero_supported(&s->cluster);
 
     /* rbd_open is always r/w */
     r = rbd_open(s->io_ctx, s->image_name, &s->image, s->snap);
@@ -1089,21 +1263,16 @@ static int coroutine_fn qemu_rbd_co_truncate(BlockDriverState *bs,
                                              PreallocMode prealloc,
                                              Error **errp)
 {
-    int r;
-
-    if (prealloc != PREALLOC_MODE_OFF) {
-        error_setg(errp, "Unsupported preallocation mode '%s'",
-                   PreallocMode_str(prealloc));
-        return -ENOTSUP;
-    }
+    BDRVRBDState *s = bs->opaque;
+    int ret;
 
-    r = qemu_rbd_resize(bs, offset);
-    if (r < 0) {
-        error_setg_errno(errp, -r, "Failed to resize file");
-        return r;
+    ret = qemu_rbd_do_truncate(s->cluster, s->image, offset, prealloc,
+                               s->ws_zero_supported, errp);
+    if (ret == 0) {
+        s->image_size = offset;
     }
 
-    return 0;
+    return ret;
 }
 
 static int qemu_rbd_snap_create(BlockDriverState *bs,
@@ -1256,6 +1425,11 @@ static QemuOptsList qemu_rbd_create_opts = {
             .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
             .help = "RBD object size"
         },
+        {
+            .name = BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC,
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "Preallocation mode (allowed values: off, full)"
+        },
         {
             .name = "password-secret",
             .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
index 0d43d4f37c..ff55171f8d 100644
--- a/qapi/block-core.json
+++ b/qapi/block-core.json
@@ -4346,13 +4346,16 @@
 #                   point to a snapshot.
 # @size             Size of the virtual disk in bytes
 # @cluster-size     RBD object size
+# @preallocation    Preallocation mode for the new image (since: 4.2)
+#                   (default: off; allowed values: off, full)
 #
 # Since: 2.12
 ##
 { 'struct': 'BlockdevCreateOptionsRbd',
   'data': { 'location':         'BlockdevOptionsRbd',
             'size':             'size',
-            '*cluster-size' :   'size' } }
+            '*cluster-size' :   'size',
+            '*preallocation':   'PreallocMode' } }
 
 ##
 # @BlockdevVmdkSubformat:
-- 
2.20.1


Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] [PATCH v3] block/rbd: add preallocation support
Posted by Maxim Levitsky 4 years, 9 months ago
On Tue, 2019-07-23 at 09:13 +0200, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
> This patch adds the support of preallocation (off/full) for the RBD
> block driver.
> If rbd_writesame() is available and supports zeroed buffers, we use
> it to quickly fill the image when full preallocation is required.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
> ---
> v3:
>  - rebased on master
>  - filled with zeroed buffer [Max]
>  - used rbd_writesame() only when we can disable the discard of zeroed
>    buffers
>  - added 'since: 4.2' in qapi/block-core.json [Max]
>  - used buffer as large as the "stripe unit"
> ---
>  block/rbd.c          | 202 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  qapi/block-core.json |   5 +-
>  2 files changed, 192 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/block/rbd.c b/block/rbd.c
> index 59757b3120..d923a5a26c 100644
> --- a/block/rbd.c
> +++ b/block/rbd.c
> @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
>  #define OBJ_MAX_SIZE (1UL << OBJ_DEFAULT_OBJ_ORDER)
>  
>  #define RBD_MAX_SNAPS 100
> +#define RBD_DEFAULT_CONCURRENT_OPS 10
>  
>  /* The LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_IOVEC is defined in librbd.h */
>  #ifdef LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_IOVEC
> @@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ typedef struct BDRVRBDState {
>      char *image_name;
>      char *snap;
>      uint64_t image_size;
> +    bool ws_zero_supported; /* rbd_writesame() supports zeroed buffers */
>  } BDRVRBDState;
>  
>  static int qemu_rbd_connect(rados_t *cluster, rados_ioctx_t *io_ctx,
> @@ -333,6 +335,155 @@ static void qemu_rbd_memset(RADOSCB *rcb, int64_t offs)
>      }
>  }
>  
> +static int qemu_rbd_get_max_concurrent_ops(rados_t cluster)
> +{
> +    char buf[16];
> +    int ret, max_concurrent_ops;
> +
> +    ret = rados_conf_get(cluster, "rbd_concurrent_management_ops", buf,
> +                         sizeof(buf));
> +    if (ret < 0) {
> +        return RBD_DEFAULT_CONCURRENT_OPS;
> +    }
> +
> +    ret = qemu_strtoi(buf, NULL, 10, &max_concurrent_ops);
> +    if (ret < 0) {
> +        return RBD_DEFAULT_CONCURRENT_OPS;
> +    }
> +
> +    return max_concurrent_ops;
> +}
> +
> +static int qemu_rbd_do_truncate(rados_t cluster, rbd_image_t image,
> +                                int64_t offset, PreallocMode prealloc,
> +                                bool ws_zero_supported, Error **errp)
> +{
> +    uint64_t current_length;
> +    char *buf = NULL;
> +    int ret;
> +
> +    ret = rbd_get_size(image, &current_length);
> +    if (ret < 0) {
> +        error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to get file length");
> +        goto out;
> +    }
> +
> +    if (current_length > offset && prealloc != PREALLOC_MODE_OFF) {
> +        error_setg(errp, "Cannot use preallocation for shrinking files");
> +        ret = -ENOTSUP;
> +        goto out;
> +    }
> +
> +    switch (prealloc) {
> +    case PREALLOC_MODE_FULL: {
> +        uint64_t buf_size, current_offset = current_length;
> +        ssize_t bytes;
> +
> +        ret = rbd_get_stripe_unit(image, &buf_size);
> +        if (ret < 0) {
> +            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to get stripe unit");
> +            goto out;
> +        }
> +
> +        ret = rbd_resize(image, offset);
> +        if (ret < 0) {
> +            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to resize file");
> +            goto out;
> +        }
> +
> +        buf = g_malloc0(buf_size);
> +
> +#ifdef LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_WRITESAME
> +        if (ws_zero_supported) {
> +            uint64_t writesame_max_size;
> +            int max_concurrent_ops;
> +
> +            max_concurrent_ops = qemu_rbd_get_max_concurrent_ops(cluster);
> +            /*
> +             * We limit the rbd_writesame() size to avoid to spawn more then
> +             * 'rbd_concurrent_management_ops' concurrent operations.
> +             */
> +            writesame_max_size = MIN(buf_size * max_concurrent_ops, INT_MAX);
> +
> +            while (offset - current_offset > buf_size) {
> +                bytes = MIN(offset - current_offset, writesame_max_size);
> +                /*
> +                 * rbd_writesame() supports only request where the size of the
> +                 * operation is multiple of buffer size.
> +                 */
> +                bytes -= bytes % buf_size;
> +
> +                bytes = rbd_writesame(image, current_offset, bytes, buf,
> +                                      buf_size, 0);
> +                if (bytes < 0) {
> +                    ret = bytes;
> +                    error_setg_errno(errp, -ret,
> +                                     "Failed to write for preallocation");
> +                    goto out;
> +                }
> +
> +                current_offset += bytes;
> +            }
> +        }
> +#endif /* LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_WRITESAME */
> +
> +        while (current_offset < offset) {
> +            bytes = rbd_write(image, current_offset,
> +                              MIN(offset - current_offset, buf_size), buf);
> +            if (bytes < 0) {
> +                ret = bytes;
> +                error_setg_errno(errp, -ret,
> +                                 "Failed to write for preallocation");
> +                goto out;
> +            }
> +
> +            current_offset += bytes;
> +        }
> +
> +        ret = rbd_flush(image);
> +        if (ret < 0) {
> +            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to flush the file");
> +            goto out;
> +        }
> +
> +        break;
> +    }
> +    case PREALLOC_MODE_OFF:
> +        ret = rbd_resize(image, offset);
> +        if (ret < 0) {
> +            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to resize file");
> +            goto out;
> +        }
> +        break;
> +    default:
> +        error_setg(errp, "Unsupported preallocation mode: %s",
> +                   PreallocMode_str(prealloc));
> +        ret = -ENOTSUP;
> +        goto out;
> +    }
> +
> +    ret = 0;
> +
> +out:
> +    g_free(buf);
> +    return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static bool qemu_rbd_writesame_zero_supported(rados_t *cluster)
> +{
> +    int ret = 1;
> +
> +#ifdef LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_WRITESAME
> +    /*
> +     * When "rbd_discard_on_zeroed_write_same" is not available, rbd_writesame()
> +     * can discard requests with zeroed buffer.
> +     */
> +    ret = rados_conf_set(*cluster, "rbd_discard_on_zeroed_write_same", "false");
> +#endif
> +
> +    return ret == 0;
> +}
> +
>  static QemuOptsList runtime_opts = {
>      .name = "rbd",
>      .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(runtime_opts.head),
> @@ -378,6 +529,7 @@ static int qemu_rbd_do_create(BlockdevCreateOptions *options,
>      BlockdevCreateOptionsRbd *opts = &options->u.rbd;
>      rados_t cluster;
>      rados_ioctx_t io_ctx;
> +    rbd_image_t image;
>      int obj_order = 0;
>      int ret;
>  
> @@ -406,13 +558,23 @@ static int qemu_rbd_do_create(BlockdevCreateOptions *options,
>          return ret;
>      }
>  
> -    ret = rbd_create(io_ctx, opts->location->image, opts->size, &obj_order);
> +    ret = rbd_create(io_ctx, opts->location->image, 0, &obj_order);
>      if (ret < 0) {
>          error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "error rbd create");
>          goto out;
>      }
>  
> -    ret = 0;
> +    ret = rbd_open(io_ctx, opts->location->image, &image, NULL);
> +    if (ret < 0) {
> +        error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "error rbd open");
> +        goto out;
> +    }
> +
> +    ret = qemu_rbd_do_truncate(cluster, image, opts->size, opts->preallocation,
> +                               qemu_rbd_writesame_zero_supported(&cluster),
> +                               errp);
> +
> +    rbd_close(image);
>  out:
>      rados_ioctx_destroy(io_ctx);
>      rados_shutdown(cluster);
> @@ -433,6 +595,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn qemu_rbd_co_create_opts(const char *filename,
>      BlockdevOptionsRbd *loc;
>      Error *local_err = NULL;
>      const char *keypairs, *password_secret;
> +    char *prealloc;
>      QDict *options = NULL;
>      int ret = 0;
>  
> @@ -451,6 +614,16 @@ static int coroutine_fn qemu_rbd_co_create_opts(const char *filename,
>                                                     BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE, 0);
>      rbd_opts->has_cluster_size = (rbd_opts->cluster_size != 0);
>  
> +    prealloc = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC);
> +    rbd_opts->preallocation = qapi_enum_parse(&PreallocMode_lookup, prealloc,
> +                                              PREALLOC_MODE_OFF, &local_err);
> +    g_free(prealloc);
> +    if (local_err) {
> +        ret = -EINVAL;
> +        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
> +        goto exit;
> +    }
> +
>      options = qdict_new();
>      qemu_rbd_parse_filename(filename, options, &local_err);
>      if (local_err) {
> @@ -770,6 +943,7 @@ static int qemu_rbd_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
>  
>      s->snap = g_strdup(opts->snapshot);
>      s->image_name = g_strdup(opts->image);
> +    s->ws_zero_supported = qemu_rbd_writesame_zero_supported(&s->cluster);
>  
>      /* rbd_open is always r/w */
>      r = rbd_open(s->io_ctx, s->image_name, &s->image, s->snap);
> @@ -1089,21 +1263,16 @@ static int coroutine_fn qemu_rbd_co_truncate(BlockDriverState *bs,
>                                               PreallocMode prealloc,
>                                               Error **errp)
>  {
> -    int r;
> -
> -    if (prealloc != PREALLOC_MODE_OFF) {
> -        error_setg(errp, "Unsupported preallocation mode '%s'",
> -                   PreallocMode_str(prealloc));
> -        return -ENOTSUP;
> -    }
> +    BDRVRBDState *s = bs->opaque;
> +    int ret;
>  
> -    r = qemu_rbd_resize(bs, offset);
> -    if (r < 0) {
> -        error_setg_errno(errp, -r, "Failed to resize file");
> -        return r;
> +    ret = qemu_rbd_do_truncate(s->cluster, s->image, offset, prealloc,
> +                               s->ws_zero_supported, errp);
> +    if (ret == 0) {
> +        s->image_size = offset;
>      }
>  
> -    return 0;
> +    return ret;
>  }
>  
>  static int qemu_rbd_snap_create(BlockDriverState *bs,
> @@ -1256,6 +1425,11 @@ static QemuOptsList qemu_rbd_create_opts = {
>              .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
>              .help = "RBD object size"
>          },
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
> +            .help = "Preallocation mode (allowed values: off, full)"
> +        },
>          {
>              .name = "password-secret",
>              .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
> diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
> index 0d43d4f37c..ff55171f8d 100644
> --- a/qapi/block-core.json
> +++ b/qapi/block-core.json
> @@ -4346,13 +4346,16 @@
>  #                   point to a snapshot.
>  # @size             Size of the virtual disk in bytes
>  # @cluster-size     RBD object size
> +# @preallocation    Preallocation mode for the new image (since: 4.2)
> +#                   (default: off; allowed values: off, full)
>  #
>  # Since: 2.12
>  ##
>  { 'struct': 'BlockdevCreateOptionsRbd',
>    'data': { 'location':         'BlockdevOptionsRbd',
>              'size':             'size',
> -            '*cluster-size' :   'size' } }
> +            '*cluster-size' :   'size',
> +            '*preallocation':   'PreallocMode' } }
>  
>  ##
>  # @BlockdevVmdkSubformat:

I think I don't see anything obviously wrong, but note that I don't know ceph yet,
thus I might have missed something.

So:
Reviewed-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>

Best regards,
	Maxim Levitsky



Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] block/rbd: add preallocation support
Posted by Jason Dillaman 4 years, 9 months ago
On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 3:13 AM Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> This patch adds the support of preallocation (off/full) for the RBD
> block driver.
> If rbd_writesame() is available and supports zeroed buffers, we use
> it to quickly fill the image when full preallocation is required.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
> ---
> v3:
>  - rebased on master
>  - filled with zeroed buffer [Max]
>  - used rbd_writesame() only when we can disable the discard of zeroed
>    buffers
>  - added 'since: 4.2' in qapi/block-core.json [Max]
>  - used buffer as large as the "stripe unit"
> ---
>  block/rbd.c          | 202 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  qapi/block-core.json |   5 +-
>  2 files changed, 192 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/block/rbd.c b/block/rbd.c
> index 59757b3120..d923a5a26c 100644
> --- a/block/rbd.c
> +++ b/block/rbd.c
> @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
>  #define OBJ_MAX_SIZE (1UL << OBJ_DEFAULT_OBJ_ORDER)
>
>  #define RBD_MAX_SNAPS 100
> +#define RBD_DEFAULT_CONCURRENT_OPS 10
>
>  /* The LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_IOVEC is defined in librbd.h */
>  #ifdef LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_IOVEC
> @@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ typedef struct BDRVRBDState {
>      char *image_name;
>      char *snap;
>      uint64_t image_size;
> +    bool ws_zero_supported; /* rbd_writesame() supports zeroed buffers */
>  } BDRVRBDState;
>
>  static int qemu_rbd_connect(rados_t *cluster, rados_ioctx_t *io_ctx,
> @@ -333,6 +335,155 @@ static void qemu_rbd_memset(RADOSCB *rcb, int64_t offs)
>      }
>  }
>
> +static int qemu_rbd_get_max_concurrent_ops(rados_t cluster)
> +{
> +    char buf[16];
> +    int ret, max_concurrent_ops;
> +
> +    ret = rados_conf_get(cluster, "rbd_concurrent_management_ops", buf,
> +                         sizeof(buf));
> +    if (ret < 0) {
> +        return RBD_DEFAULT_CONCURRENT_OPS;
> +    }
> +
> +    ret = qemu_strtoi(buf, NULL, 10, &max_concurrent_ops);
> +    if (ret < 0) {
> +        return RBD_DEFAULT_CONCURRENT_OPS;
> +    }
> +
> +    return max_concurrent_ops;
> +}
> +
> +static int qemu_rbd_do_truncate(rados_t cluster, rbd_image_t image,
> +                                int64_t offset, PreallocMode prealloc,
> +                                bool ws_zero_supported, Error **errp)
> +{
> +    uint64_t current_length;
> +    char *buf = NULL;
> +    int ret;
> +
> +    ret = rbd_get_size(image, &current_length);
> +    if (ret < 0) {
> +        error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to get file length");
> +        goto out;
> +    }
> +
> +    if (current_length > offset && prealloc != PREALLOC_MODE_OFF) {
> +        error_setg(errp, "Cannot use preallocation for shrinking files");
> +        ret = -ENOTSUP;
> +        goto out;
> +    }
> +
> +    switch (prealloc) {
> +    case PREALLOC_MODE_FULL: {
> +        uint64_t buf_size, current_offset = current_length;
> +        ssize_t bytes;
> +
> +        ret = rbd_get_stripe_unit(image, &buf_size);
> +        if (ret < 0) {
> +            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to get stripe unit");
> +            goto out;
> +        }
> +
> +        ret = rbd_resize(image, offset);
> +        if (ret < 0) {
> +            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to resize file");
> +            goto out;
> +        }
> +
> +        buf = g_malloc0(buf_size);
> +
> +#ifdef LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_WRITESAME
> +        if (ws_zero_supported) {
> +            uint64_t writesame_max_size;
> +            int max_concurrent_ops;
> +
> +            max_concurrent_ops = qemu_rbd_get_max_concurrent_ops(cluster);
> +            /*
> +             * We limit the rbd_writesame() size to avoid to spawn more then
> +             * 'rbd_concurrent_management_ops' concurrent operations.
> +             */
> +            writesame_max_size = MIN(buf_size * max_concurrent_ops, INT_MAX);

In the most efficient world, the 'buf_size' would be some small, fixed
power of 2 value (like 512 bytes) since there isn't much need to send
extra zeroes. You would then want to writesame the full stripe period
(if possible), where a stripe period is the data block object size
(defaults to 4MiB and is availble via 'rbd_stat') * the stripe count.
In this case, the stripe count becomes the number of in-flight IOs.
Therefore, you could substitute its value w/ the max_concurrent_ops to
ensure you are issuing exactly max_concurrent_ops IOs per
rbd_writesame call.

> +
> +            while (offset - current_offset > buf_size) {
> +                bytes = MIN(offset - current_offset, writesame_max_size);
> +                /*
> +                 * rbd_writesame() supports only request where the size of the
> +                 * operation is multiple of buffer size.
> +                 */
> +                bytes -= bytes % buf_size;
> +
> +                bytes = rbd_writesame(image, current_offset, bytes, buf,
> +                                      buf_size, 0);

If the RBD in-memory cache is enabled during this operation, the
writesame will effectively just be turned into a write. Therefore,
when pre-allocating, you will want to disable the cache.

> +                if (bytes < 0) {
> +                    ret = bytes;
> +                    error_setg_errno(errp, -ret,
> +                                     "Failed to write for preallocation");
> +                    goto out;
> +                }
> +
> +                current_offset += bytes;
> +            }
> +        }
> +#endif /* LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_WRITESAME */
> +
> +        while (current_offset < offset) {
> +            bytes = rbd_write(image, current_offset,
> +                              MIN(offset - current_offset, buf_size), buf);
> +            if (bytes < 0) {
> +                ret = bytes;
> +                error_setg_errno(errp, -ret,
> +                                 "Failed to write for preallocation");
> +                goto out;
> +            }
> +
> +            current_offset += bytes;
> +        }
> +
> +        ret = rbd_flush(image);
> +        if (ret < 0) {
> +            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to flush the file");
> +            goto out;
> +        }
> +
> +        break;
> +    }
> +    case PREALLOC_MODE_OFF:
> +        ret = rbd_resize(image, offset);

I'm not familiar enough w/ the QEMU block code, but why would the
PREALLOC_MODE_FULL case not need to resize the image?

> +        if (ret < 0) {
> +            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to resize file");
> +            goto out;
> +        }
> +        break;
> +    default:
> +        error_setg(errp, "Unsupported preallocation mode: %s",
> +                   PreallocMode_str(prealloc));
> +        ret = -ENOTSUP;
> +        goto out;
> +    }
> +
> +    ret = 0;
> +
> +out:
> +    g_free(buf);
> +    return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static bool qemu_rbd_writesame_zero_supported(rados_t *cluster)
> +{
> +    int ret = 1;
> +
> +#ifdef LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_WRITESAME
> +    /*
> +     * When "rbd_discard_on_zeroed_write_same" is not available, rbd_writesame()
> +     * can discard requests with zeroed buffer.
> +     */
> +    ret = rados_conf_set(*cluster, "rbd_discard_on_zeroed_write_same", "false");
> +#endif
> +
> +    return ret == 0;
> +}
> +
>  static QemuOptsList runtime_opts = {
>      .name = "rbd",
>      .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(runtime_opts.head),
> @@ -378,6 +529,7 @@ static int qemu_rbd_do_create(BlockdevCreateOptions *options,
>      BlockdevCreateOptionsRbd *opts = &options->u.rbd;
>      rados_t cluster;
>      rados_ioctx_t io_ctx;
> +    rbd_image_t image;
>      int obj_order = 0;
>      int ret;
>
> @@ -406,13 +558,23 @@ static int qemu_rbd_do_create(BlockdevCreateOptions *options,
>          return ret;
>      }
>
> -    ret = rbd_create(io_ctx, opts->location->image, opts->size, &obj_order);
> +    ret = rbd_create(io_ctx, opts->location->image, 0, &obj_order);
>      if (ret < 0) {
>          error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "error rbd create");
>          goto out;
>      }
>
> -    ret = 0;
> +    ret = rbd_open(io_ctx, opts->location->image, &image, NULL);
> +    if (ret < 0) {
> +        error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "error rbd open");
> +        goto out;
> +    }
> +
> +    ret = qemu_rbd_do_truncate(cluster, image, opts->size, opts->preallocation,
> +                               qemu_rbd_writesame_zero_supported(&cluster),
> +                               errp);
> +
> +    rbd_close(image);
>  out:
>      rados_ioctx_destroy(io_ctx);
>      rados_shutdown(cluster);
> @@ -433,6 +595,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn qemu_rbd_co_create_opts(const char *filename,
>      BlockdevOptionsRbd *loc;
>      Error *local_err = NULL;
>      const char *keypairs, *password_secret;
> +    char *prealloc;
>      QDict *options = NULL;
>      int ret = 0;
>
> @@ -451,6 +614,16 @@ static int coroutine_fn qemu_rbd_co_create_opts(const char *filename,
>                                                     BLOCK_OPT_CLUSTER_SIZE, 0);
>      rbd_opts->has_cluster_size = (rbd_opts->cluster_size != 0);
>
> +    prealloc = qemu_opt_get_del(opts, BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC);
> +    rbd_opts->preallocation = qapi_enum_parse(&PreallocMode_lookup, prealloc,
> +                                              PREALLOC_MODE_OFF, &local_err);
> +    g_free(prealloc);
> +    if (local_err) {
> +        ret = -EINVAL;
> +        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
> +        goto exit;
> +    }
> +
>      options = qdict_new();
>      qemu_rbd_parse_filename(filename, options, &local_err);
>      if (local_err) {
> @@ -770,6 +943,7 @@ static int qemu_rbd_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
>
>      s->snap = g_strdup(opts->snapshot);
>      s->image_name = g_strdup(opts->image);
> +    s->ws_zero_supported = qemu_rbd_writesame_zero_supported(&s->cluster);
>
>      /* rbd_open is always r/w */
>      r = rbd_open(s->io_ctx, s->image_name, &s->image, s->snap);
> @@ -1089,21 +1263,16 @@ static int coroutine_fn qemu_rbd_co_truncate(BlockDriverState *bs,
>                                               PreallocMode prealloc,
>                                               Error **errp)
>  {
> -    int r;
> -
> -    if (prealloc != PREALLOC_MODE_OFF) {
> -        error_setg(errp, "Unsupported preallocation mode '%s'",
> -                   PreallocMode_str(prealloc));
> -        return -ENOTSUP;
> -    }
> +    BDRVRBDState *s = bs->opaque;
> +    int ret;
>
> -    r = qemu_rbd_resize(bs, offset);
> -    if (r < 0) {
> -        error_setg_errno(errp, -r, "Failed to resize file");
> -        return r;
> +    ret = qemu_rbd_do_truncate(s->cluster, s->image, offset, prealloc,
> +                               s->ws_zero_supported, errp);
> +    if (ret == 0) {
> +        s->image_size = offset;
>      }
>
> -    return 0;
> +    return ret;
>  }
>
>  static int qemu_rbd_snap_create(BlockDriverState *bs,
> @@ -1256,6 +1425,11 @@ static QemuOptsList qemu_rbd_create_opts = {
>              .type = QEMU_OPT_SIZE,
>              .help = "RBD object size"
>          },
> +        {
> +            .name = BLOCK_OPT_PREALLOC,
> +            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
> +            .help = "Preallocation mode (allowed values: off, full)"
> +        },
>          {
>              .name = "password-secret",
>              .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
> diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
> index 0d43d4f37c..ff55171f8d 100644
> --- a/qapi/block-core.json
> +++ b/qapi/block-core.json
> @@ -4346,13 +4346,16 @@
>  #                   point to a snapshot.
>  # @size             Size of the virtual disk in bytes
>  # @cluster-size     RBD object size
> +# @preallocation    Preallocation mode for the new image (since: 4.2)
> +#                   (default: off; allowed values: off, full)
>  #
>  # Since: 2.12
>  ##
>  { 'struct': 'BlockdevCreateOptionsRbd',
>    'data': { 'location':         'BlockdevOptionsRbd',
>              'size':             'size',
> -            '*cluster-size' :   'size' } }
> +            '*cluster-size' :   'size',
> +            '*preallocation':   'PreallocMode' } }
>
>  ##
>  # @BlockdevVmdkSubformat:
> --
> 2.20.1
>


-- 
Jason

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] block/rbd: add preallocation support
Posted by Stefano Garzarella 4 years, 9 months ago
On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 01:48:42PM -0400, Jason Dillaman wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 3:13 AM Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > This patch adds the support of preallocation (off/full) for the RBD
> > block driver.
> > If rbd_writesame() is available and supports zeroed buffers, we use
> > it to quickly fill the image when full preallocation is required.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
> > ---
> > v3:
> >  - rebased on master
> >  - filled with zeroed buffer [Max]
> >  - used rbd_writesame() only when we can disable the discard of zeroed
> >    buffers
> >  - added 'since: 4.2' in qapi/block-core.json [Max]
> >  - used buffer as large as the "stripe unit"
> > ---
> >  block/rbd.c          | 202 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> >  qapi/block-core.json |   5 +-
> >  2 files changed, 192 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/block/rbd.c b/block/rbd.c
> > index 59757b3120..d923a5a26c 100644
> > --- a/block/rbd.c
> > +++ b/block/rbd.c
> > @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
> >  #define OBJ_MAX_SIZE (1UL << OBJ_DEFAULT_OBJ_ORDER)
> >
> >  #define RBD_MAX_SNAPS 100
> > +#define RBD_DEFAULT_CONCURRENT_OPS 10
> >
> >  /* The LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_IOVEC is defined in librbd.h */
> >  #ifdef LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_IOVEC
> > @@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ typedef struct BDRVRBDState {
> >      char *image_name;
> >      char *snap;
> >      uint64_t image_size;
> > +    bool ws_zero_supported; /* rbd_writesame() supports zeroed buffers */
> >  } BDRVRBDState;
> >
> >  static int qemu_rbd_connect(rados_t *cluster, rados_ioctx_t *io_ctx,
> > @@ -333,6 +335,155 @@ static void qemu_rbd_memset(RADOSCB *rcb, int64_t offs)
> >      }
> >  }
> >
> > +static int qemu_rbd_get_max_concurrent_ops(rados_t cluster)
> > +{
> > +    char buf[16];
> > +    int ret, max_concurrent_ops;
> > +
> > +    ret = rados_conf_get(cluster, "rbd_concurrent_management_ops", buf,
> > +                         sizeof(buf));
> > +    if (ret < 0) {
> > +        return RBD_DEFAULT_CONCURRENT_OPS;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    ret = qemu_strtoi(buf, NULL, 10, &max_concurrent_ops);
> > +    if (ret < 0) {
> > +        return RBD_DEFAULT_CONCURRENT_OPS;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    return max_concurrent_ops;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int qemu_rbd_do_truncate(rados_t cluster, rbd_image_t image,
> > +                                int64_t offset, PreallocMode prealloc,
> > +                                bool ws_zero_supported, Error **errp)
> > +{
> > +    uint64_t current_length;
> > +    char *buf = NULL;
> > +    int ret;
> > +
> > +    ret = rbd_get_size(image, &current_length);
> > +    if (ret < 0) {
> > +        error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to get file length");
> > +        goto out;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    if (current_length > offset && prealloc != PREALLOC_MODE_OFF) {
> > +        error_setg(errp, "Cannot use preallocation for shrinking files");
> > +        ret = -ENOTSUP;
> > +        goto out;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    switch (prealloc) {
> > +    case PREALLOC_MODE_FULL: {
> > +        uint64_t buf_size, current_offset = current_length;
> > +        ssize_t bytes;
> > +
> > +        ret = rbd_get_stripe_unit(image, &buf_size);
> > +        if (ret < 0) {
> > +            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to get stripe unit");
> > +            goto out;
> > +        }
> > +
> > +        ret = rbd_resize(image, offset);
> > +        if (ret < 0) {
> > +            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to resize file");
> > +            goto out;
> > +        }
> > +
> > +        buf = g_malloc0(buf_size);
> > +
> > +#ifdef LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_WRITESAME
> > +        if (ws_zero_supported) {
> > +            uint64_t writesame_max_size;
> > +            int max_concurrent_ops;
> > +
> > +            max_concurrent_ops = qemu_rbd_get_max_concurrent_ops(cluster);
> > +            /*
> > +             * We limit the rbd_writesame() size to avoid to spawn more then
> > +             * 'rbd_concurrent_management_ops' concurrent operations.
> > +             */
> > +            writesame_max_size = MIN(buf_size * max_concurrent_ops, INT_MAX);
> 
> In the most efficient world, the 'buf_size' would be some small, fixed
> power of 2 value (like 512 bytes) since there isn't much need to send
> extra zeroes. You would then want to writesame the full stripe period
> (if possible), where a stripe period is the data block object size
> (defaults to 4MiB and is availble via 'rbd_stat') * the stripe count.
> In this case, the stripe count becomes the number of in-flight IOs.
> Therefore, you could substitute its value w/ the max_concurrent_ops to
> ensure you are issuing exactly max_concurrent_ops IOs per
> rbd_writesame call.
> 

Initially, I had a fixed buffer size to 4 KiB, but I noted that, when
we didn't use writesame, the rbd_write() was very slow, so I used the
stripe unit as a buffer size.

Do you think is better to have a small buffer (512 byte) when we use
writesame or a 'stripe unit' buffer when we can't use it?


> > +
> > +            while (offset - current_offset > buf_size) {
> > +                bytes = MIN(offset - current_offset, writesame_max_size);
> > +                /*
> > +                 * rbd_writesame() supports only request where the size of the
> > +                 * operation is multiple of buffer size.
> > +                 */
> > +                bytes -= bytes % buf_size;
> > +
> > +                bytes = rbd_writesame(image, current_offset, bytes, buf,
> > +                                      buf_size, 0);
> 
> If the RBD in-memory cache is enabled during this operation, the
> writesame will effectively just be turned into a write. Therefore,
> when pre-allocating, you will want to disable the cache.
> 

During the creation, when preallocation is often used, we disable the cache:

static int qemu_rbd_do_create(BlockdevCreateOptions *options,
                              const char *keypairs, const char *password_secret,
                              Error **errp)
{
    ...

    ret = qemu_rbd_connect(&cluster, &io_ctx, opts->location, false, keypairs,
                                                              ^^ cache param
    ...
}


Do you think I should disable it in any case during the preallocation?



> > +                if (bytes < 0) {
> > +                    ret = bytes;
> > +                    error_setg_errno(errp, -ret,
> > +                                     "Failed to write for preallocation");
> > +                    goto out;
> > +                }
> > +
> > +                current_offset += bytes;
> > +            }
> > +        }
> > +#endif /* LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_WRITESAME */
> > +
> > +        while (current_offset < offset) {
> > +            bytes = rbd_write(image, current_offset,
> > +                              MIN(offset - current_offset, buf_size), buf);
> > +            if (bytes < 0) {
> > +                ret = bytes;
> > +                error_setg_errno(errp, -ret,
> > +                                 "Failed to write for preallocation");
> > +                goto out;
> > +            }
> > +
> > +            current_offset += bytes;
> > +        }
> > +
> > +        ret = rbd_flush(image);
> > +        if (ret < 0) {
> > +            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to flush the file");
> > +            goto out;
> > +        }
> > +
> > +        break;
> > +    }
> > +    case PREALLOC_MODE_OFF:
> > +        ret = rbd_resize(image, offset);
> 
> I'm not familiar enough w/ the QEMU block code, but why would the
> PREALLOC_MODE_FULL case not need to resize the image?

PREALLOC_MODE_FULL need too, I did it just before the g_malloc0() in
this patch :-)

Thanks,
Stefano

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] block/rbd: add preallocation support
Posted by Jason Dillaman 4 years, 9 months ago
On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 4:13 AM Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 01:48:42PM -0400, Jason Dillaman wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 3:13 AM Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > This patch adds the support of preallocation (off/full) for the RBD
> > > block driver.
> > > If rbd_writesame() is available and supports zeroed buffers, we use
> > > it to quickly fill the image when full preallocation is required.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
> > > ---
> > > v3:
> > >  - rebased on master
> > >  - filled with zeroed buffer [Max]
> > >  - used rbd_writesame() only when we can disable the discard of zeroed
> > >    buffers
> > >  - added 'since: 4.2' in qapi/block-core.json [Max]
> > >  - used buffer as large as the "stripe unit"
> > > ---
> > >  block/rbd.c          | 202 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> > >  qapi/block-core.json |   5 +-
> > >  2 files changed, 192 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/block/rbd.c b/block/rbd.c
> > > index 59757b3120..d923a5a26c 100644
> > > --- a/block/rbd.c
> > > +++ b/block/rbd.c
> > > @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
> > >  #define OBJ_MAX_SIZE (1UL << OBJ_DEFAULT_OBJ_ORDER)
> > >
> > >  #define RBD_MAX_SNAPS 100
> > > +#define RBD_DEFAULT_CONCURRENT_OPS 10
> > >
> > >  /* The LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_IOVEC is defined in librbd.h */
> > >  #ifdef LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_IOVEC
> > > @@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ typedef struct BDRVRBDState {
> > >      char *image_name;
> > >      char *snap;
> > >      uint64_t image_size;
> > > +    bool ws_zero_supported; /* rbd_writesame() supports zeroed buffers */
> > >  } BDRVRBDState;
> > >
> > >  static int qemu_rbd_connect(rados_t *cluster, rados_ioctx_t *io_ctx,
> > > @@ -333,6 +335,155 @@ static void qemu_rbd_memset(RADOSCB *rcb, int64_t offs)
> > >      }
> > >  }
> > >
> > > +static int qemu_rbd_get_max_concurrent_ops(rados_t cluster)
> > > +{
> > > +    char buf[16];
> > > +    int ret, max_concurrent_ops;
> > > +
> > > +    ret = rados_conf_get(cluster, "rbd_concurrent_management_ops", buf,
> > > +                         sizeof(buf));
> > > +    if (ret < 0) {
> > > +        return RBD_DEFAULT_CONCURRENT_OPS;
> > > +    }
> > > +
> > > +    ret = qemu_strtoi(buf, NULL, 10, &max_concurrent_ops);
> > > +    if (ret < 0) {
> > > +        return RBD_DEFAULT_CONCURRENT_OPS;
> > > +    }
> > > +
> > > +    return max_concurrent_ops;
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +static int qemu_rbd_do_truncate(rados_t cluster, rbd_image_t image,
> > > +                                int64_t offset, PreallocMode prealloc,
> > > +                                bool ws_zero_supported, Error **errp)
> > > +{
> > > +    uint64_t current_length;
> > > +    char *buf = NULL;
> > > +    int ret;
> > > +
> > > +    ret = rbd_get_size(image, &current_length);
> > > +    if (ret < 0) {
> > > +        error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to get file length");
> > > +        goto out;
> > > +    }
> > > +
> > > +    if (current_length > offset && prealloc != PREALLOC_MODE_OFF) {
> > > +        error_setg(errp, "Cannot use preallocation for shrinking files");
> > > +        ret = -ENOTSUP;
> > > +        goto out;
> > > +    }
> > > +
> > > +    switch (prealloc) {
> > > +    case PREALLOC_MODE_FULL: {
> > > +        uint64_t buf_size, current_offset = current_length;
> > > +        ssize_t bytes;
> > > +
> > > +        ret = rbd_get_stripe_unit(image, &buf_size);
> > > +        if (ret < 0) {
> > > +            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to get stripe unit");
> > > +            goto out;
> > > +        }
> > > +
> > > +        ret = rbd_resize(image, offset);
> > > +        if (ret < 0) {
> > > +            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to resize file");
> > > +            goto out;
> > > +        }
> > > +
> > > +        buf = g_malloc0(buf_size);
> > > +
> > > +#ifdef LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_WRITESAME
> > > +        if (ws_zero_supported) {
> > > +            uint64_t writesame_max_size;
> > > +            int max_concurrent_ops;
> > > +
> > > +            max_concurrent_ops = qemu_rbd_get_max_concurrent_ops(cluster);
> > > +            /*
> > > +             * We limit the rbd_writesame() size to avoid to spawn more then
> > > +             * 'rbd_concurrent_management_ops' concurrent operations.
> > > +             */
> > > +            writesame_max_size = MIN(buf_size * max_concurrent_ops, INT_MAX);
> >
> > In the most efficient world, the 'buf_size' would be some small, fixed
> > power of 2 value (like 512 bytes) since there isn't much need to send
> > extra zeroes. You would then want to writesame the full stripe period
> > (if possible), where a stripe period is the data block object size
> > (defaults to 4MiB and is availble via 'rbd_stat') * the stripe count.
> > In this case, the stripe count becomes the number of in-flight IOs.
> > Therefore, you could substitute its value w/ the max_concurrent_ops to
> > ensure you are issuing exactly max_concurrent_ops IOs per
> > rbd_writesame call.
> >
>
> Initially, I had a fixed buffer size to 4 KiB, but I noted that, when
> we didn't use writesame, the rbd_write() was very slow, so I used the
> stripe unit as a buffer size.
>
> Do you think is better to have a small buffer (512 byte) when we use
> writesame or a 'stripe unit' buffer when we can't use it?

I'd use a small buffer for rbd_writesame and then just reallocate the
buffer to a larger size for "rbd_write". It would be most efficient to
allocate a "object size * max concurrent ops" -sized buffer (up to
some reasonable maximum) for the standard rbd_write. Just make sure
your "rbd_writes" offsets / length is aligned to the stripe period for
the most efficient IO (i.e. the initial write might be smaller than
the stripe period if the starting offset is unaligned).

> > > +
> > > +            while (offset - current_offset > buf_size) {
> > > +                bytes = MIN(offset - current_offset, writesame_max_size);
> > > +                /*
> > > +                 * rbd_writesame() supports only request where the size of the
> > > +                 * operation is multiple of buffer size.
> > > +                 */
> > > +                bytes -= bytes % buf_size;
> > > +
> > > +                bytes = rbd_writesame(image, current_offset, bytes, buf,
> > > +                                      buf_size, 0);
> >
> > If the RBD in-memory cache is enabled during this operation, the
> > writesame will effectively just be turned into a write. Therefore,
> > when pre-allocating, you will want to disable the cache.
> >
>
> During the creation, when preallocation is often used, we disable the cache:
>
> static int qemu_rbd_do_create(BlockdevCreateOptions *options,
>                               const char *keypairs, const char *password_secret,
>                               Error **errp)
> {
>     ...
>
>     ret = qemu_rbd_connect(&cluster, &io_ctx, opts->location, false, keypairs,
>                                                               ^^ cache param
>     ...
> }
>
>
> Do you think I should disable it in any case during the preallocation?

Assuming you can grow an image w/ full preallocation, I would
definitely want to ensure that the cache is disabled since otherwise
you would just be performing regular (non-offloaded) writes.

>
>
> > > +                if (bytes < 0) {
> > > +                    ret = bytes;
> > > +                    error_setg_errno(errp, -ret,
> > > +                                     "Failed to write for preallocation");
> > > +                    goto out;
> > > +                }
> > > +
> > > +                current_offset += bytes;
> > > +            }
> > > +        }
> > > +#endif /* LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_WRITESAME */
> > > +
> > > +        while (current_offset < offset) {
> > > +            bytes = rbd_write(image, current_offset,
> > > +                              MIN(offset - current_offset, buf_size), buf);
> > > +            if (bytes < 0) {
> > > +                ret = bytes;
> > > +                error_setg_errno(errp, -ret,
> > > +                                 "Failed to write for preallocation");
> > > +                goto out;
> > > +            }
> > > +
> > > +            current_offset += bytes;
> > > +        }
> > > +
> > > +        ret = rbd_flush(image);
> > > +        if (ret < 0) {
> > > +            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to flush the file");
> > > +            goto out;
> > > +        }
> > > +
> > > +        break;
> > > +    }
> > > +    case PREALLOC_MODE_OFF:
> > > +        ret = rbd_resize(image, offset);
> >
> > I'm not familiar enough w/ the QEMU block code, but why would the
> > PREALLOC_MODE_FULL case not need to resize the image?
>
> PREALLOC_MODE_FULL need too, I did it just before the g_malloc0() in
> this patch :-)

Sorry I missed it. Would it make more sense to just do it before the
switch statement so that you don't duplicate the code and resulting
error handling? I guess just validate that the prealloc mode is
supported before issuing the resize.

> Thanks,
> Stefano



-- 
Jason

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] block/rbd: add preallocation support
Posted by Stefano Garzarella 4 years, 9 months ago
On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 09:30:30AM -0400, Jason Dillaman wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 4:13 AM Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 01:48:42PM -0400, Jason Dillaman wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 3:13 AM Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > This patch adds the support of preallocation (off/full) for the RBD
> > > > block driver.
> > > > If rbd_writesame() is available and supports zeroed buffers, we use
> > > > it to quickly fill the image when full preallocation is required.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
> > > > ---
> > > > v3:
> > > >  - rebased on master
> > > >  - filled with zeroed buffer [Max]
> > > >  - used rbd_writesame() only when we can disable the discard of zeroed
> > > >    buffers
> > > >  - added 'since: 4.2' in qapi/block-core.json [Max]
> > > >  - used buffer as large as the "stripe unit"
> > > > ---
> > > >  block/rbd.c          | 202 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> > > >  qapi/block-core.json |   5 +-
> > > >  2 files changed, 192 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/block/rbd.c b/block/rbd.c
> > > > index 59757b3120..d923a5a26c 100644
> > > > --- a/block/rbd.c
> > > > +++ b/block/rbd.c
> > > > @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
> > > >  #define OBJ_MAX_SIZE (1UL << OBJ_DEFAULT_OBJ_ORDER)
> > > >
> > > >  #define RBD_MAX_SNAPS 100
> > > > +#define RBD_DEFAULT_CONCURRENT_OPS 10
> > > >
> > > >  /* The LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_IOVEC is defined in librbd.h */
> > > >  #ifdef LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_IOVEC
> > > > @@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ typedef struct BDRVRBDState {
> > > >      char *image_name;
> > > >      char *snap;
> > > >      uint64_t image_size;
> > > > +    bool ws_zero_supported; /* rbd_writesame() supports zeroed buffers */
> > > >  } BDRVRBDState;
> > > >
> > > >  static int qemu_rbd_connect(rados_t *cluster, rados_ioctx_t *io_ctx,
> > > > @@ -333,6 +335,155 @@ static void qemu_rbd_memset(RADOSCB *rcb, int64_t offs)
> > > >      }
> > > >  }
> > > >
> > > > +static int qemu_rbd_get_max_concurrent_ops(rados_t cluster)
> > > > +{
> > > > +    char buf[16];
> > > > +    int ret, max_concurrent_ops;
> > > > +
> > > > +    ret = rados_conf_get(cluster, "rbd_concurrent_management_ops", buf,
> > > > +                         sizeof(buf));
> > > > +    if (ret < 0) {
> > > > +        return RBD_DEFAULT_CONCURRENT_OPS;
> > > > +    }
> > > > +
> > > > +    ret = qemu_strtoi(buf, NULL, 10, &max_concurrent_ops);
> > > > +    if (ret < 0) {
> > > > +        return RBD_DEFAULT_CONCURRENT_OPS;
> > > > +    }
> > > > +
> > > > +    return max_concurrent_ops;
> > > > +}
> > > > +
> > > > +static int qemu_rbd_do_truncate(rados_t cluster, rbd_image_t image,
> > > > +                                int64_t offset, PreallocMode prealloc,
> > > > +                                bool ws_zero_supported, Error **errp)
> > > > +{
> > > > +    uint64_t current_length;
> > > > +    char *buf = NULL;
> > > > +    int ret;
> > > > +
> > > > +    ret = rbd_get_size(image, &current_length);
> > > > +    if (ret < 0) {
> > > > +        error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to get file length");
> > > > +        goto out;
> > > > +    }
> > > > +
> > > > +    if (current_length > offset && prealloc != PREALLOC_MODE_OFF) {
> > > > +        error_setg(errp, "Cannot use preallocation for shrinking files");
> > > > +        ret = -ENOTSUP;
> > > > +        goto out;
> > > > +    }
> > > > +
> > > > +    switch (prealloc) {
> > > > +    case PREALLOC_MODE_FULL: {
> > > > +        uint64_t buf_size, current_offset = current_length;
> > > > +        ssize_t bytes;
> > > > +
> > > > +        ret = rbd_get_stripe_unit(image, &buf_size);
> > > > +        if (ret < 0) {
> > > > +            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to get stripe unit");
> > > > +            goto out;
> > > > +        }
> > > > +
> > > > +        ret = rbd_resize(image, offset);
> > > > +        if (ret < 0) {
> > > > +            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to resize file");
> > > > +            goto out;
> > > > +        }
> > > > +
> > > > +        buf = g_malloc0(buf_size);
> > > > +
> > > > +#ifdef LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_WRITESAME
> > > > +        if (ws_zero_supported) {
> > > > +            uint64_t writesame_max_size;
> > > > +            int max_concurrent_ops;
> > > > +
> > > > +            max_concurrent_ops = qemu_rbd_get_max_concurrent_ops(cluster);
> > > > +            /*
> > > > +             * We limit the rbd_writesame() size to avoid to spawn more then
> > > > +             * 'rbd_concurrent_management_ops' concurrent operations.
> > > > +             */
> > > > +            writesame_max_size = MIN(buf_size * max_concurrent_ops, INT_MAX);
> > >
> > > In the most efficient world, the 'buf_size' would be some small, fixed
> > > power of 2 value (like 512 bytes) since there isn't much need to send
> > > extra zeroes. You would then want to writesame the full stripe period
> > > (if possible), where a stripe period is the data block object size
> > > (defaults to 4MiB and is availble via 'rbd_stat') * the stripe count.
> > > In this case, the stripe count becomes the number of in-flight IOs.
> > > Therefore, you could substitute its value w/ the max_concurrent_ops to
> > > ensure you are issuing exactly max_concurrent_ops IOs per
> > > rbd_writesame call.
> > >
> >
> > Initially, I had a fixed buffer size to 4 KiB, but I noted that, when
> > we didn't use writesame, the rbd_write() was very slow, so I used the
> > stripe unit as a buffer size.
> >
> > Do you think is better to have a small buffer (512 byte) when we use
> > writesame or a 'stripe unit' buffer when we can't use it?
> 
> I'd use a small buffer for rbd_writesame and then just reallocate the

My idea was to allocate a small buffer for rbd_writesame and use the
same to write the remaining bytes that should be a few.
If the buffer was not allocated (so we didn't use the rbd_writesame),
I'll allocate the big one:

        if (ws_zero_supported) {
            buf_size = 512;
            buf = g_malloc0(buf_size);
            ...
        }

        if (!buf) {
            buf_size = object_size * max_concurrent_ops;
            buf = g_malloc0(buf_size);
        }

        while (current_offset < offset) {
            bytes = rbd_write(...)
            ...
        }

> buffer to a larger size for "rbd_write". It would be most efficient to
> allocate a "object size * max concurrent ops" -sized buffer (up to

Why "object size * max concurrent ops" and not
"stripe_unit * max concurrent ops"?
IIUC stripe_unit can be smaller than object size.

> some reasonable maximum) for the standard rbd_write. Just make sure
> your "rbd_writes" offsets / length is aligned to the stripe period for
> the most efficient IO (i.e. the initial write might be smaller than
> the stripe period if the starting offset is unaligned).
> 

Okay, I'll do the first small write to align the next writes to the
stripe period (obj size * stripe_count).

> > > > +
> > > > +            while (offset - current_offset > buf_size) {
> > > > +                bytes = MIN(offset - current_offset, writesame_max_size);
> > > > +                /*
> > > > +                 * rbd_writesame() supports only request where the size of the
> > > > +                 * operation is multiple of buffer size.
> > > > +                 */
> > > > +                bytes -= bytes % buf_size;
> > > > +
> > > > +                bytes = rbd_writesame(image, current_offset, bytes, buf,
> > > > +                                      buf_size, 0);
> > >
> > > If the RBD in-memory cache is enabled during this operation, the
> > > writesame will effectively just be turned into a write. Therefore,
> > > when pre-allocating, you will want to disable the cache.
> > >
> >
> > During the creation, when preallocation is often used, we disable the cache:
> >
> > static int qemu_rbd_do_create(BlockdevCreateOptions *options,
> >                               const char *keypairs, const char *password_secret,
> >                               Error **errp)
> > {
> >     ...
> >
> >     ret = qemu_rbd_connect(&cluster, &io_ctx, opts->location, false, keypairs,
> >                                                               ^^ cache param
> >     ...
> > }
> >
> >
> > Do you think I should disable it in any case during the preallocation?
> 
> Assuming you can grow an image w/ full preallocation, I would
> definitely want to ensure that the cache is disabled since otherwise
> you would just be performing regular (non-offloaded) writes.
> 

Yes, make sense, I'll disable the cache.

> >
> >
> > > > +                if (bytes < 0) {
> > > > +                    ret = bytes;
> > > > +                    error_setg_errno(errp, -ret,
> > > > +                                     "Failed to write for preallocation");
> > > > +                    goto out;
> > > > +                }
> > > > +
> > > > +                current_offset += bytes;
> > > > +            }
> > > > +        }
> > > > +#endif /* LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_WRITESAME */
> > > > +
> > > > +        while (current_offset < offset) {
> > > > +            bytes = rbd_write(image, current_offset,
> > > > +                              MIN(offset - current_offset, buf_size), buf);
> > > > +            if (bytes < 0) {
> > > > +                ret = bytes;
> > > > +                error_setg_errno(errp, -ret,
> > > > +                                 "Failed to write for preallocation");
> > > > +                goto out;
> > > > +            }
> > > > +
> > > > +            current_offset += bytes;
> > > > +        }
> > > > +
> > > > +        ret = rbd_flush(image);
> > > > +        if (ret < 0) {
> > > > +            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to flush the file");
> > > > +            goto out;
> > > > +        }
> > > > +
> > > > +        break;
> > > > +    }
> > > > +    case PREALLOC_MODE_OFF:
> > > > +        ret = rbd_resize(image, offset);
> > >
> > > I'm not familiar enough w/ the QEMU block code, but why would the
> > > PREALLOC_MODE_FULL case not need to resize the image?
> >
> > PREALLOC_MODE_FULL need too, I did it just before the g_malloc0() in
> > this patch :-)
> 
> Sorry I missed it. Would it make more sense to just do it before the
> switch statement so that you don't duplicate the code and resulting
> error handling? I guess just validate that the prealloc mode is
> supported before issuing the resize.
> 

Sure, it's more robust in this way.

Thanks,
Stefano

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] block/rbd: add preallocation support
Posted by Jason Dillaman 4 years, 9 months ago
On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 4:48 AM Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 09:30:30AM -0400, Jason Dillaman wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 4:13 AM Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 01:48:42PM -0400, Jason Dillaman wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 3:13 AM Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > This patch adds the support of preallocation (off/full) for the RBD
> > > > > block driver.
> > > > > If rbd_writesame() is available and supports zeroed buffers, we use
> > > > > it to quickly fill the image when full preallocation is required.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
> > > > > ---
> > > > > v3:
> > > > >  - rebased on master
> > > > >  - filled with zeroed buffer [Max]
> > > > >  - used rbd_writesame() only when we can disable the discard of zeroed
> > > > >    buffers
> > > > >  - added 'since: 4.2' in qapi/block-core.json [Max]
> > > > >  - used buffer as large as the "stripe unit"
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  block/rbd.c          | 202 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> > > > >  qapi/block-core.json |   5 +-
> > > > >  2 files changed, 192 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/block/rbd.c b/block/rbd.c
> > > > > index 59757b3120..d923a5a26c 100644
> > > > > --- a/block/rbd.c
> > > > > +++ b/block/rbd.c
> > > > > @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
> > > > >  #define OBJ_MAX_SIZE (1UL << OBJ_DEFAULT_OBJ_ORDER)
> > > > >
> > > > >  #define RBD_MAX_SNAPS 100
> > > > > +#define RBD_DEFAULT_CONCURRENT_OPS 10
> > > > >
> > > > >  /* The LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_IOVEC is defined in librbd.h */
> > > > >  #ifdef LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_IOVEC
> > > > > @@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ typedef struct BDRVRBDState {
> > > > >      char *image_name;
> > > > >      char *snap;
> > > > >      uint64_t image_size;
> > > > > +    bool ws_zero_supported; /* rbd_writesame() supports zeroed buffers */
> > > > >  } BDRVRBDState;
> > > > >
> > > > >  static int qemu_rbd_connect(rados_t *cluster, rados_ioctx_t *io_ctx,
> > > > > @@ -333,6 +335,155 @@ static void qemu_rbd_memset(RADOSCB *rcb, int64_t offs)
> > > > >      }
> > > > >  }
> > > > >
> > > > > +static int qemu_rbd_get_max_concurrent_ops(rados_t cluster)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > +    char buf[16];
> > > > > +    int ret, max_concurrent_ops;
> > > > > +
> > > > > +    ret = rados_conf_get(cluster, "rbd_concurrent_management_ops", buf,
> > > > > +                         sizeof(buf));
> > > > > +    if (ret < 0) {
> > > > > +        return RBD_DEFAULT_CONCURRENT_OPS;
> > > > > +    }
> > > > > +
> > > > > +    ret = qemu_strtoi(buf, NULL, 10, &max_concurrent_ops);
> > > > > +    if (ret < 0) {
> > > > > +        return RBD_DEFAULT_CONCURRENT_OPS;
> > > > > +    }
> > > > > +
> > > > > +    return max_concurrent_ops;
> > > > > +}
> > > > > +
> > > > > +static int qemu_rbd_do_truncate(rados_t cluster, rbd_image_t image,
> > > > > +                                int64_t offset, PreallocMode prealloc,
> > > > > +                                bool ws_zero_supported, Error **errp)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > +    uint64_t current_length;
> > > > > +    char *buf = NULL;
> > > > > +    int ret;
> > > > > +
> > > > > +    ret = rbd_get_size(image, &current_length);
> > > > > +    if (ret < 0) {
> > > > > +        error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to get file length");
> > > > > +        goto out;
> > > > > +    }
> > > > > +
> > > > > +    if (current_length > offset && prealloc != PREALLOC_MODE_OFF) {
> > > > > +        error_setg(errp, "Cannot use preallocation for shrinking files");
> > > > > +        ret = -ENOTSUP;
> > > > > +        goto out;
> > > > > +    }
> > > > > +
> > > > > +    switch (prealloc) {
> > > > > +    case PREALLOC_MODE_FULL: {
> > > > > +        uint64_t buf_size, current_offset = current_length;
> > > > > +        ssize_t bytes;
> > > > > +
> > > > > +        ret = rbd_get_stripe_unit(image, &buf_size);
> > > > > +        if (ret < 0) {
> > > > > +            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to get stripe unit");
> > > > > +            goto out;
> > > > > +        }
> > > > > +
> > > > > +        ret = rbd_resize(image, offset);
> > > > > +        if (ret < 0) {
> > > > > +            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to resize file");
> > > > > +            goto out;
> > > > > +        }
> > > > > +
> > > > > +        buf = g_malloc0(buf_size);
> > > > > +
> > > > > +#ifdef LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_WRITESAME
> > > > > +        if (ws_zero_supported) {
> > > > > +            uint64_t writesame_max_size;
> > > > > +            int max_concurrent_ops;
> > > > > +
> > > > > +            max_concurrent_ops = qemu_rbd_get_max_concurrent_ops(cluster);
> > > > > +            /*
> > > > > +             * We limit the rbd_writesame() size to avoid to spawn more then
> > > > > +             * 'rbd_concurrent_management_ops' concurrent operations.
> > > > > +             */
> > > > > +            writesame_max_size = MIN(buf_size * max_concurrent_ops, INT_MAX);
> > > >
> > > > In the most efficient world, the 'buf_size' would be some small, fixed
> > > > power of 2 value (like 512 bytes) since there isn't much need to send
> > > > extra zeroes. You would then want to writesame the full stripe period
> > > > (if possible), where a stripe period is the data block object size
> > > > (defaults to 4MiB and is availble via 'rbd_stat') * the stripe count.
> > > > In this case, the stripe count becomes the number of in-flight IOs.
> > > > Therefore, you could substitute its value w/ the max_concurrent_ops to
> > > > ensure you are issuing exactly max_concurrent_ops IOs per
> > > > rbd_writesame call.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Initially, I had a fixed buffer size to 4 KiB, but I noted that, when
> > > we didn't use writesame, the rbd_write() was very slow, so I used the
> > > stripe unit as a buffer size.
> > >
> > > Do you think is better to have a small buffer (512 byte) when we use
> > > writesame or a 'stripe unit' buffer when we can't use it?
> >
> > I'd use a small buffer for rbd_writesame and then just reallocate the
>
> My idea was to allocate a small buffer for rbd_writesame and use the
> same to write the remaining bytes that should be a few.
> If the buffer was not allocated (so we didn't use the rbd_writesame),
> I'll allocate the big one:
>
>         if (ws_zero_supported) {
>             buf_size = 512;
>             buf = g_malloc0(buf_size);
>             ...
>         }
>
>         if (!buf) {
>             buf_size = object_size * max_concurrent_ops;
>             buf = g_malloc0(buf_size);
>         }
>
>         while (current_offset < offset) {
>             bytes = rbd_write(...)
>             ...
>         }
>
> > buffer to a larger size for "rbd_write". It would be most efficient to
> > allocate a "object size * max concurrent ops" -sized buffer (up to
>
> Why "object size * max concurrent ops" and not
> "stripe_unit * max concurrent ops"?
> IIUC stripe_unit can be smaller than object size.

Correct, stripe unit *must* be smaller than the object size (and both
are powers of two). However, it's more efficient to send fewer larger
writes to a backing object than sending more small writes --
especially in the case of writesame where you don't have the network
overhead of transferring a large zeroed buffer. Replacing the full
backing object is even more efficient since it will just need to
perform a single backing disk allocation that will be continuous
instead of fragmented.

> > some reasonable maximum) for the standard rbd_write. Just make sure
> > your "rbd_writes" offsets / length is aligned to the stripe period for
> > the most efficient IO (i.e. the initial write might be smaller than
> > the stripe period if the starting offset is unaligned).
> >
>
> Okay, I'll do the first small write to align the next writes to the
> stripe period (obj size * stripe_count).
>
> > > > > +
> > > > > +            while (offset - current_offset > buf_size) {
> > > > > +                bytes = MIN(offset - current_offset, writesame_max_size);
> > > > > +                /*
> > > > > +                 * rbd_writesame() supports only request where the size of the
> > > > > +                 * operation is multiple of buffer size.
> > > > > +                 */
> > > > > +                bytes -= bytes % buf_size;
> > > > > +
> > > > > +                bytes = rbd_writesame(image, current_offset, bytes, buf,
> > > > > +                                      buf_size, 0);
> > > >
> > > > If the RBD in-memory cache is enabled during this operation, the
> > > > writesame will effectively just be turned into a write. Therefore,
> > > > when pre-allocating, you will want to disable the cache.
> > > >
> > >
> > > During the creation, when preallocation is often used, we disable the cache:
> > >
> > > static int qemu_rbd_do_create(BlockdevCreateOptions *options,
> > >                               const char *keypairs, const char *password_secret,
> > >                               Error **errp)
> > > {
> > >     ...
> > >
> > >     ret = qemu_rbd_connect(&cluster, &io_ctx, opts->location, false, keypairs,
> > >                                                               ^^ cache param
> > >     ...
> > > }
> > >
> > >
> > > Do you think I should disable it in any case during the preallocation?
> >
> > Assuming you can grow an image w/ full preallocation, I would
> > definitely want to ensure that the cache is disabled since otherwise
> > you would just be performing regular (non-offloaded) writes.
> >
>
> Yes, make sense, I'll disable the cache.
>
> > >
> > >
> > > > > +                if (bytes < 0) {
> > > > > +                    ret = bytes;
> > > > > +                    error_setg_errno(errp, -ret,
> > > > > +                                     "Failed to write for preallocation");
> > > > > +                    goto out;
> > > > > +                }
> > > > > +
> > > > > +                current_offset += bytes;
> > > > > +            }
> > > > > +        }
> > > > > +#endif /* LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_WRITESAME */
> > > > > +
> > > > > +        while (current_offset < offset) {
> > > > > +            bytes = rbd_write(image, current_offset,
> > > > > +                              MIN(offset - current_offset, buf_size), buf);
> > > > > +            if (bytes < 0) {
> > > > > +                ret = bytes;
> > > > > +                error_setg_errno(errp, -ret,
> > > > > +                                 "Failed to write for preallocation");
> > > > > +                goto out;
> > > > > +            }
> > > > > +
> > > > > +            current_offset += bytes;
> > > > > +        }
> > > > > +
> > > > > +        ret = rbd_flush(image);
> > > > > +        if (ret < 0) {
> > > > > +            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to flush the file");
> > > > > +            goto out;
> > > > > +        }
> > > > > +
> > > > > +        break;
> > > > > +    }
> > > > > +    case PREALLOC_MODE_OFF:
> > > > > +        ret = rbd_resize(image, offset);
> > > >
> > > > I'm not familiar enough w/ the QEMU block code, but why would the
> > > > PREALLOC_MODE_FULL case not need to resize the image?
> > >
> > > PREALLOC_MODE_FULL need too, I did it just before the g_malloc0() in
> > > this patch :-)
> >
> > Sorry I missed it. Would it make more sense to just do it before the
> > switch statement so that you don't duplicate the code and resulting
> > error handling? I guess just validate that the prealloc mode is
> > supported before issuing the resize.
> >
>
> Sure, it's more robust in this way.
>
> Thanks,
> Stefano



-- 
Jason

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] block/rbd: add preallocation support
Posted by Stefano Garzarella 4 years, 9 months ago
On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 08:46:56AM -0400, Jason Dillaman wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 4:48 AM Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 09:30:30AM -0400, Jason Dillaman wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 4:13 AM Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 01:48:42PM -0400, Jason Dillaman wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 3:13 AM Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This patch adds the support of preallocation (off/full) for the RBD
> > > > > > block driver.
> > > > > > If rbd_writesame() is available and supports zeroed buffers, we use
> > > > > > it to quickly fill the image when full preallocation is required.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
> > > > > > ---
> > > > > > v3:
> > > > > >  - rebased on master
> > > > > >  - filled with zeroed buffer [Max]
> > > > > >  - used rbd_writesame() only when we can disable the discard of zeroed
> > > > > >    buffers
> > > > > >  - added 'since: 4.2' in qapi/block-core.json [Max]
> > > > > >  - used buffer as large as the "stripe unit"
> > > > > > ---
> > > > > >  block/rbd.c          | 202 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> > > > > >  qapi/block-core.json |   5 +-
> > > > > >  2 files changed, 192 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > diff --git a/block/rbd.c b/block/rbd.c
> > > > > > index 59757b3120..d923a5a26c 100644
> > > > > > --- a/block/rbd.c
> > > > > > +++ b/block/rbd.c
> > > > > > @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
> > > > > >  #define OBJ_MAX_SIZE (1UL << OBJ_DEFAULT_OBJ_ORDER)
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  #define RBD_MAX_SNAPS 100
> > > > > > +#define RBD_DEFAULT_CONCURRENT_OPS 10
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  /* The LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_IOVEC is defined in librbd.h */
> > > > > >  #ifdef LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_IOVEC
> > > > > > @@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ typedef struct BDRVRBDState {
> > > > > >      char *image_name;
> > > > > >      char *snap;
> > > > > >      uint64_t image_size;
> > > > > > +    bool ws_zero_supported; /* rbd_writesame() supports zeroed buffers */
> > > > > >  } BDRVRBDState;
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  static int qemu_rbd_connect(rados_t *cluster, rados_ioctx_t *io_ctx,
> > > > > > @@ -333,6 +335,155 @@ static void qemu_rbd_memset(RADOSCB *rcb, int64_t offs)
> > > > > >      }
> > > > > >  }
> > > > > >
> > > > > > +static int qemu_rbd_get_max_concurrent_ops(rados_t cluster)
> > > > > > +{
> > > > > > +    char buf[16];
> > > > > > +    int ret, max_concurrent_ops;
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +    ret = rados_conf_get(cluster, "rbd_concurrent_management_ops", buf,
> > > > > > +                         sizeof(buf));
> > > > > > +    if (ret < 0) {
> > > > > > +        return RBD_DEFAULT_CONCURRENT_OPS;
> > > > > > +    }
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +    ret = qemu_strtoi(buf, NULL, 10, &max_concurrent_ops);
> > > > > > +    if (ret < 0) {
> > > > > > +        return RBD_DEFAULT_CONCURRENT_OPS;
> > > > > > +    }
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +    return max_concurrent_ops;
> > > > > > +}
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +static int qemu_rbd_do_truncate(rados_t cluster, rbd_image_t image,
> > > > > > +                                int64_t offset, PreallocMode prealloc,
> > > > > > +                                bool ws_zero_supported, Error **errp)
> > > > > > +{
> > > > > > +    uint64_t current_length;
> > > > > > +    char *buf = NULL;
> > > > > > +    int ret;
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +    ret = rbd_get_size(image, &current_length);
> > > > > > +    if (ret < 0) {
> > > > > > +        error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to get file length");
> > > > > > +        goto out;
> > > > > > +    }
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +    if (current_length > offset && prealloc != PREALLOC_MODE_OFF) {
> > > > > > +        error_setg(errp, "Cannot use preallocation for shrinking files");
> > > > > > +        ret = -ENOTSUP;
> > > > > > +        goto out;
> > > > > > +    }
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +    switch (prealloc) {
> > > > > > +    case PREALLOC_MODE_FULL: {
> > > > > > +        uint64_t buf_size, current_offset = current_length;
> > > > > > +        ssize_t bytes;
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +        ret = rbd_get_stripe_unit(image, &buf_size);
> > > > > > +        if (ret < 0) {
> > > > > > +            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to get stripe unit");
> > > > > > +            goto out;
> > > > > > +        }
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +        ret = rbd_resize(image, offset);
> > > > > > +        if (ret < 0) {
> > > > > > +            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to resize file");
> > > > > > +            goto out;
> > > > > > +        }
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +        buf = g_malloc0(buf_size);
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +#ifdef LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_WRITESAME
> > > > > > +        if (ws_zero_supported) {
> > > > > > +            uint64_t writesame_max_size;
> > > > > > +            int max_concurrent_ops;
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +            max_concurrent_ops = qemu_rbd_get_max_concurrent_ops(cluster);
> > > > > > +            /*
> > > > > > +             * We limit the rbd_writesame() size to avoid to spawn more then
> > > > > > +             * 'rbd_concurrent_management_ops' concurrent operations.
> > > > > > +             */
> > > > > > +            writesame_max_size = MIN(buf_size * max_concurrent_ops, INT_MAX);
> > > > >
> > > > > In the most efficient world, the 'buf_size' would be some small, fixed
> > > > > power of 2 value (like 512 bytes) since there isn't much need to send
> > > > > extra zeroes. You would then want to writesame the full stripe period
> > > > > (if possible), where a stripe period is the data block object size
> > > > > (defaults to 4MiB and is availble via 'rbd_stat') * the stripe count.
> > > > > In this case, the stripe count becomes the number of in-flight IOs.
> > > > > Therefore, you could substitute its value w/ the max_concurrent_ops to
> > > > > ensure you are issuing exactly max_concurrent_ops IOs per
> > > > > rbd_writesame call.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Initially, I had a fixed buffer size to 4 KiB, but I noted that, when
> > > > we didn't use writesame, the rbd_write() was very slow, so I used the
> > > > stripe unit as a buffer size.
> > > >
> > > > Do you think is better to have a small buffer (512 byte) when we use
> > > > writesame or a 'stripe unit' buffer when we can't use it?
> > >
> > > I'd use a small buffer for rbd_writesame and then just reallocate the
> >
> > My idea was to allocate a small buffer for rbd_writesame and use the
> > same to write the remaining bytes that should be a few.
> > If the buffer was not allocated (so we didn't use the rbd_writesame),
> > I'll allocate the big one:
> >
> >         if (ws_zero_supported) {
> >             buf_size = 512;
> >             buf = g_malloc0(buf_size);
> >             ...
> >         }
> >
> >         if (!buf) {
> >             buf_size = object_size * max_concurrent_ops;
> >             buf = g_malloc0(buf_size);
> >         }
> >
> >         while (current_offset < offset) {
> >             bytes = rbd_write(...)
> >             ...
> >         }
> >
> > > buffer to a larger size for "rbd_write". It would be most efficient to
> > > allocate a "object size * max concurrent ops" -sized buffer (up to
> >
> > Why "object size * max concurrent ops" and not
> > "stripe_unit * max concurrent ops"?
> > IIUC stripe_unit can be smaller than object size.
> 
> Correct, stripe unit *must* be smaller than the object size (and both
> are powers of two). However, it's more efficient to send fewer larger
> writes to a backing object than sending more small writes --
> especially in the case of writesame where you don't have the network
> overhead of transferring a large zeroed buffer. Replacing the full
> backing object is even more efficient since it will just need to
> perform a single backing disk allocation that will be continuous
> instead of fragmented.
> 

Okay, so IIUC I should do the following:
- if we can use rbd_writesame
    ~ allocates a buffer of 512 bytes
    ~ writes "object size * max concurrent ops" bytes per call
- if we use rbd_write
    ~ allocates a buffer of "object size * max concurrent ops" bytes
    ~ writes the entire buffer per call (aligning to the stripe unit)

Is that correct?

Thanks,
Stefano

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3] block/rbd: add preallocation support
Posted by Jason Dillaman 4 years, 9 months ago
On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 5:40 AM Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 08:46:56AM -0400, Jason Dillaman wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 4:48 AM Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 09:30:30AM -0400, Jason Dillaman wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 4:13 AM Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 01:48:42PM -0400, Jason Dillaman wrote:
> > > > > > On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 3:13 AM Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > This patch adds the support of preallocation (off/full) for the RBD
> > > > > > > block driver.
> > > > > > > If rbd_writesame() is available and supports zeroed buffers, we use
> > > > > > > it to quickly fill the image when full preallocation is required.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
> > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > > v3:
> > > > > > >  - rebased on master
> > > > > > >  - filled with zeroed buffer [Max]
> > > > > > >  - used rbd_writesame() only when we can disable the discard of zeroed
> > > > > > >    buffers
> > > > > > >  - added 'since: 4.2' in qapi/block-core.json [Max]
> > > > > > >  - used buffer as large as the "stripe unit"
> > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > >  block/rbd.c          | 202 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> > > > > > >  qapi/block-core.json |   5 +-
> > > > > > >  2 files changed, 192 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > diff --git a/block/rbd.c b/block/rbd.c
> > > > > > > index 59757b3120..d923a5a26c 100644
> > > > > > > --- a/block/rbd.c
> > > > > > > +++ b/block/rbd.c
> > > > > > > @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
> > > > > > >  #define OBJ_MAX_SIZE (1UL << OBJ_DEFAULT_OBJ_ORDER)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  #define RBD_MAX_SNAPS 100
> > > > > > > +#define RBD_DEFAULT_CONCURRENT_OPS 10
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  /* The LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_IOVEC is defined in librbd.h */
> > > > > > >  #ifdef LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_IOVEC
> > > > > > > @@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ typedef struct BDRVRBDState {
> > > > > > >      char *image_name;
> > > > > > >      char *snap;
> > > > > > >      uint64_t image_size;
> > > > > > > +    bool ws_zero_supported; /* rbd_writesame() supports zeroed buffers */
> > > > > > >  } BDRVRBDState;
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  static int qemu_rbd_connect(rados_t *cluster, rados_ioctx_t *io_ctx,
> > > > > > > @@ -333,6 +335,155 @@ static void qemu_rbd_memset(RADOSCB *rcb, int64_t offs)
> > > > > > >      }
> > > > > > >  }
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > +static int qemu_rbd_get_max_concurrent_ops(rados_t cluster)
> > > > > > > +{
> > > > > > > +    char buf[16];
> > > > > > > +    int ret, max_concurrent_ops;
> > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > +    ret = rados_conf_get(cluster, "rbd_concurrent_management_ops", buf,
> > > > > > > +                         sizeof(buf));
> > > > > > > +    if (ret < 0) {
> > > > > > > +        return RBD_DEFAULT_CONCURRENT_OPS;
> > > > > > > +    }
> > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > +    ret = qemu_strtoi(buf, NULL, 10, &max_concurrent_ops);
> > > > > > > +    if (ret < 0) {
> > > > > > > +        return RBD_DEFAULT_CONCURRENT_OPS;
> > > > > > > +    }
> > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > +    return max_concurrent_ops;
> > > > > > > +}
> > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > +static int qemu_rbd_do_truncate(rados_t cluster, rbd_image_t image,
> > > > > > > +                                int64_t offset, PreallocMode prealloc,
> > > > > > > +                                bool ws_zero_supported, Error **errp)
> > > > > > > +{
> > > > > > > +    uint64_t current_length;
> > > > > > > +    char *buf = NULL;
> > > > > > > +    int ret;
> > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > +    ret = rbd_get_size(image, &current_length);
> > > > > > > +    if (ret < 0) {
> > > > > > > +        error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to get file length");
> > > > > > > +        goto out;
> > > > > > > +    }
> > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > +    if (current_length > offset && prealloc != PREALLOC_MODE_OFF) {
> > > > > > > +        error_setg(errp, "Cannot use preallocation for shrinking files");
> > > > > > > +        ret = -ENOTSUP;
> > > > > > > +        goto out;
> > > > > > > +    }
> > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > +    switch (prealloc) {
> > > > > > > +    case PREALLOC_MODE_FULL: {
> > > > > > > +        uint64_t buf_size, current_offset = current_length;
> > > > > > > +        ssize_t bytes;
> > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > +        ret = rbd_get_stripe_unit(image, &buf_size);
> > > > > > > +        if (ret < 0) {
> > > > > > > +            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to get stripe unit");
> > > > > > > +            goto out;
> > > > > > > +        }
> > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > +        ret = rbd_resize(image, offset);
> > > > > > > +        if (ret < 0) {
> > > > > > > +            error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to resize file");
> > > > > > > +            goto out;
> > > > > > > +        }
> > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > +        buf = g_malloc0(buf_size);
> > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > +#ifdef LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_WRITESAME
> > > > > > > +        if (ws_zero_supported) {
> > > > > > > +            uint64_t writesame_max_size;
> > > > > > > +            int max_concurrent_ops;
> > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > +            max_concurrent_ops = qemu_rbd_get_max_concurrent_ops(cluster);
> > > > > > > +            /*
> > > > > > > +             * We limit the rbd_writesame() size to avoid to spawn more then
> > > > > > > +             * 'rbd_concurrent_management_ops' concurrent operations.
> > > > > > > +             */
> > > > > > > +            writesame_max_size = MIN(buf_size * max_concurrent_ops, INT_MAX);
> > > > > >
> > > > > > In the most efficient world, the 'buf_size' would be some small, fixed
> > > > > > power of 2 value (like 512 bytes) since there isn't much need to send
> > > > > > extra zeroes. You would then want to writesame the full stripe period
> > > > > > (if possible), where a stripe period is the data block object size
> > > > > > (defaults to 4MiB and is availble via 'rbd_stat') * the stripe count.
> > > > > > In this case, the stripe count becomes the number of in-flight IOs.
> > > > > > Therefore, you could substitute its value w/ the max_concurrent_ops to
> > > > > > ensure you are issuing exactly max_concurrent_ops IOs per
> > > > > > rbd_writesame call.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Initially, I had a fixed buffer size to 4 KiB, but I noted that, when
> > > > > we didn't use writesame, the rbd_write() was very slow, so I used the
> > > > > stripe unit as a buffer size.
> > > > >
> > > > > Do you think is better to have a small buffer (512 byte) when we use
> > > > > writesame or a 'stripe unit' buffer when we can't use it?
> > > >
> > > > I'd use a small buffer for rbd_writesame and then just reallocate the
> > >
> > > My idea was to allocate a small buffer for rbd_writesame and use the
> > > same to write the remaining bytes that should be a few.
> > > If the buffer was not allocated (so we didn't use the rbd_writesame),
> > > I'll allocate the big one:
> > >
> > >         if (ws_zero_supported) {
> > >             buf_size = 512;
> > >             buf = g_malloc0(buf_size);
> > >             ...
> > >         }
> > >
> > >         if (!buf) {
> > >             buf_size = object_size * max_concurrent_ops;
> > >             buf = g_malloc0(buf_size);
> > >         }
> > >
> > >         while (current_offset < offset) {
> > >             bytes = rbd_write(...)
> > >             ...
> > >         }
> > >
> > > > buffer to a larger size for "rbd_write". It would be most efficient to
> > > > allocate a "object size * max concurrent ops" -sized buffer (up to
> > >
> > > Why "object size * max concurrent ops" and not
> > > "stripe_unit * max concurrent ops"?
> > > IIUC stripe_unit can be smaller than object size.
> >
> > Correct, stripe unit *must* be smaller than the object size (and both
> > are powers of two). However, it's more efficient to send fewer larger
> > writes to a backing object than sending more small writes --
> > especially in the case of writesame where you don't have the network
> > overhead of transferring a large zeroed buffer. Replacing the full
> > backing object is even more efficient since it will just need to
> > perform a single backing disk allocation that will be continuous
> > instead of fragmented.
> >
>
> Okay, so IIUC I should do the following:
> - if we can use rbd_writesame
>     ~ allocates a buffer of 512 bytes
>     ~ writes "object size * max concurrent ops" bytes per call
> - if we use rbd_write
>     ~ allocates a buffer of "object size * max concurrent ops" bytes
>     ~ writes the entire buffer per call (aligning to the stripe unit)
>
> Is that correct?

Yes, that is correct.


> Thanks,
> Stefano


-- 
Jason