[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 1/8] migration: do not wait for free thread

[guangrong . xiao]

From: Xiao Guangrong <address@hidden>

Instead of putting the main thread to sleep state to wait for
free compression thread, we can directly post it out as normal
page that reduces the latency and uses CPUs more efficiently

A parameter, compress-wait-thread, is introduced, it can be
enabled if the user really wants the old behavior

Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <address@hidden>
---
 hmp.c                 |  8 ++++++++
 migration/migration.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 migration/migration.h |  1 +
 migration/ram.c       | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 qapi/migration.json   | 23 ++++++++++++++++++-----
 5 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hmp.c b/hmp.c
index 2aafb50e8e..47d36e3ccf 100644
--- a/hmp.c
+++ b/hmp.c
@@ -327,6 +327,10 @@ void hmp_info_migrate_parameters(Monitor *mon, const QDict 
*qdict)
         monitor_printf(mon, "%s: %u\n",
             MigrationParameter_str(MIGRATION_PARAMETER_COMPRESS_THREADS),
             params->compress_threads);
+        assert(params->has_compress_wait_thread);
+        monitor_printf(mon, "%s: %s\n",
+            MigrationParameter_str(MIGRATION_PARAMETER_COMPRESS_WAIT_THREAD),
+            params->compress_wait_thread ? "on" : "off");
         assert(params->has_decompress_threads);
         monitor_printf(mon, "%s: %u\n",
             MigrationParameter_str(MIGRATION_PARAMETER_DECOMPRESS_THREADS),
@@ -1623,6 +1627,10 @@ void hmp_migrate_set_parameter(Monitor *mon, const QDict 
*qdict)
         p->has_compress_threads = true;
         visit_type_int(v, param, &p->compress_threads, &err);
         break;
+    case MIGRATION_PARAMETER_COMPRESS_WAIT_THREAD:
+        p->has_compress_wait_thread = true;
+        visit_type_bool(v, param, &p->compress_wait_thread, &err);
+        break;
     case MIGRATION_PARAMETER_DECOMPRESS_THREADS:
         p->has_decompress_threads = true;
         visit_type_int(v, param, &p->decompress_threads, &err);
diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index 8d56d56930..0af75465b3 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -671,6 +671,8 @@ MigrationParameters *qmp_query_migrate_parameters(Error 
**errp)
     params->compress_level = s->parameters.compress_level;
     params->has_compress_threads = true;
     params->compress_threads = s->parameters.compress_threads;
+    params->has_compress_wait_thread = true;
+    params->compress_wait_thread = s->parameters.compress_wait_thread;
     params->has_decompress_threads = true;
     params->decompress_threads = s->parameters.decompress_threads;
     params->has_cpu_throttle_initial = true;
@@ -1061,6 +1063,10 @@ static void 
migrate_params_test_apply(MigrateSetParameters *params,
         dest->compress_threads = params->compress_threads;
     }
 
+    if (params->has_compress_wait_thread) {
+        dest->compress_wait_thread = params->compress_wait_thread;
+    }
+
     if (params->has_decompress_threads) {
         dest->decompress_threads = params->decompress_threads;
     }
@@ -1126,6 +1132,10 @@ static void migrate_params_apply(MigrateSetParameters 
*params, Error **errp)
         s->parameters.compress_threads = params->compress_threads;
     }
 
+    if (params->has_compress_wait_thread) {
+        s->parameters.compress_wait_thread = params->compress_wait_thread;
+    }
+
     if (params->has_decompress_threads) {
         s->parameters.decompress_threads = params->decompress_threads;
     }
@@ -1852,6 +1862,15 @@ int migrate_compress_threads(void)
     return s->parameters.compress_threads;
 }
 
+int migrate_compress_wait_thread(void)
+{
+    MigrationState *s;
+
+    s = migrate_get_current();
+
+    return s->parameters.compress_wait_thread;
+}
+
 int migrate_decompress_threads(void)
 {
     MigrationState *s;
@@ -3113,6 +3132,8 @@ static Property migration_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT8("x-compress-threads", MigrationState,
                       parameters.compress_threads,
                       DEFAULT_MIGRATE_COMPRESS_THREAD_COUNT),
+    DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("x-compress-wait-thread", MigrationState,
+                      parameters.compress_wait_thread, false),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT8("x-decompress-threads", MigrationState,
                       parameters.decompress_threads,
                       DEFAULT_MIGRATE_DECOMPRESS_THREAD_COUNT),
diff --git a/migration/migration.h b/migration/migration.h
index 64a7b33735..a46b9e6c8d 100644
--- a/migration/migration.h
+++ b/migration/migration.h
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ bool migrate_use_return_path(void);
 bool migrate_use_compression(void);
 int migrate_compress_level(void);
 int migrate_compress_threads(void);
+int migrate_compress_wait_thread(void);
 int migrate_decompress_threads(void);
 bool migrate_use_events(void);
 bool migrate_postcopy_blocktime(void);
diff --git a/migration/ram.c b/migration/ram.c
index 52dd678092..0ad234c692 100644
--- a/migration/ram.c
+++ b/migration/ram.c
@@ -1889,30 +1889,34 @@ static int compress_page_with_multi_thread(RAMState 
*rs, RAMBlock *block,
                                            ram_addr_t offset)
 {
     int idx, thread_count, bytes_xmit = -1, pages = -1;
+    bool wait = migrate_compress_wait_thread();
 
     thread_count = migrate_compress_threads();
     qemu_mutex_lock(&comp_done_lock);
-    while (true) {
-        for (idx = 0; idx < thread_count; idx++) {
-            if (comp_param[idx].done) {
-                comp_param[idx].done = false;
-                bytes_xmit = qemu_put_qemu_file(rs->f, comp_param[idx].file);
-                qemu_mutex_lock(&comp_param[idx].mutex);
-                set_compress_params(&comp_param[idx], block, offset);
-                qemu_cond_signal(&comp_param[idx].cond);
-                qemu_mutex_unlock(&comp_param[idx].mutex);
-                pages = 1;
-                ram_counters.normal++;
-                ram_counters.transferred += bytes_xmit;
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-        if (pages > 0) {
+retry:
+    for (idx = 0; idx < thread_count; idx++) {
+        if (comp_param[idx].done) {
+            comp_param[idx].done = false;
+            bytes_xmit = qemu_put_qemu_file(rs->f, comp_param[idx].file);
+            qemu_mutex_lock(&comp_param[idx].mutex);
+            set_compress_params(&comp_param[idx], block, offset);
+            qemu_cond_signal(&comp_param[idx].cond);
+            qemu_mutex_unlock(&comp_param[idx].mutex);
+            pages = 1;
+            ram_counters.normal++;
+            ram_counters.transferred += bytes_xmit;
             break;
-        } else {
-            qemu_cond_wait(&comp_done_cond, &comp_done_lock);
         }
     }
+
+    /*
+     * if there is no thread is free to compress the data and the user
+     * really expects the slowdown, wait it.
+     */
+    if (pages < 0 && wait) {
+        qemu_cond_wait(&comp_done_cond, &comp_done_lock);
+        goto retry;
+    }
     qemu_mutex_unlock(&comp_done_lock);
 
     return pages;
@@ -2226,7 +2230,10 @@ static int ram_save_target_page(RAMState *rs, 
PageSearchStatus *pss,
      * CPU resource.
      */
     if (block == rs->last_sent_block && save_page_use_compression(rs)) {
-        return compress_page_with_multi_thread(rs, block, offset);
+        res = compress_page_with_multi_thread(rs, block, offset);
+        if (res > 0) {
+            return res;
+        }
     } else if (migrate_use_multifd()) {
         return ram_save_multifd_page(rs, block, offset);
     }
diff --git a/qapi/migration.json b/qapi/migration.json
index 186e8a7303..b4f394844b 100644
--- a/qapi/migration.json
+++ b/qapi/migration.json
@@ -462,6 +462,11 @@
 # @compress-threads: Set compression thread count to be used in live migration,
 #          the compression thread count is an integer between 1 and 255.
 #
+# @compress-wait-thread: Wait if no thread is free to compress the memory page
+#          if it's enabled, otherwise, the page will be posted out immediately
+#          in the main thread without compression. It's off on default.
+#          (Since: 3.0)
+#
 # @decompress-threads: Set decompression thread count to be used in live
 #          migration, the decompression thread count is an integer between 1
 #          and 255. Usually, decompression is at least 4 times as fast as
@@ -526,11 +531,11 @@
 # Since: 2.4
 ##
 { 'enum': 'MigrationParameter',
-  'data': ['compress-level', 'compress-threads', 'decompress-threads',
-           'cpu-throttle-initial', 'cpu-throttle-increment',
-           'tls-creds', 'tls-hostname', 'max-bandwidth',
-           'downtime-limit', 'x-checkpoint-delay', 'block-incremental',
-           'x-multifd-channels', 'x-multifd-page-count',
+  'data': ['compress-level', 'compress-threads', 'compress-wait-thread',
+           'decompress-threads', 'cpu-throttle-initial',
+           'cpu-throttle-increment', 'tls-creds', 'tls-hostname',
+           'max-bandwidth', 'downtime-limit', 'x-checkpoint-delay',
+           'block-incremental', 'x-multifd-channels', 'x-multifd-page-count',
            'xbzrle-cache-size', 'max-postcopy-bandwidth' ] }
 
 ##
@@ -540,6 +545,9 @@
 #
 # @compress-threads: compression thread count
 #
+# @compress-wait-thread: Wait if no thread is free to compress the memory page
+#                        (Since: 3.0)
+#
 # @decompress-threads: decompression thread count
 #
 # @cpu-throttle-initial: Initial percentage of time guest cpus are
@@ -610,6 +618,7 @@
 { 'struct': 'MigrateSetParameters',
   'data': { '*compress-level': 'int',
             '*compress-threads': 'int',
+            '*compress-wait-thread': 'bool',
             '*decompress-threads': 'int',
             '*cpu-throttle-initial': 'int',
             '*cpu-throttle-increment': 'int',
@@ -649,6 +658,9 @@
 #
 # @compress-threads: compression thread count
 #
+# @compress-wait-thread: Wait if no thread is free to compress the memory page
+#                        (Since: 3.0)
+#
 # @decompress-threads: decompression thread count
 #
 # @cpu-throttle-initial: Initial percentage of time guest cpus are
@@ -714,6 +726,7 @@
 { 'struct': 'MigrationParameters',
   'data': { '*compress-level': 'uint8',
             '*compress-threads': 'uint8',
+            '*compress-wait-thread': 'bool',
             '*decompress-threads': 'uint8',
             '*cpu-throttle-initial': 'uint8',
             '*cpu-throttle-increment': 'uint8',
-- 
2.14.4