Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/1] util/thread-pool: add parameter to limit maximum threads in thread pool

[Stefan Hajnoczi]

On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 03:48:27PM +0800, FelixYao wrote:
> Hi all:
> 
> Max threads in thread pool is fixed at 64 before which is not
> propriate in some situations. For public cloud environment,
> there are lots of VMs in one host machine. We should limit the worker thread
> numbers for each machine alone based on its ability to prevent impacting
> each other. Although we can use iotune to limit bandwidth or IOPS of block
> device. That is not enough. Lots of worker threads still impact other VMs.
> I think the ability to limit maximum threads in thread pool is necessary.
> 
> What's your opinion about this patch? please review it.

I haven't seen any discussion so here are some thoughts:

It sounds like you are trying to control I/O resources so that guests do
not affect each other.  The threads are an implementation detail and not
the root of the problem.

For example, if you use -drive aio=native then reads and writes will not
use the thread pool and you will setting the thread pool size won't
solve the problem.

Have you tried QEMU's I/O throttling feature?  You can set bandwidth
(bps) and IOPS limits, including bursts if you wish to allow temporary
spikes.  The basic parameters are -drive bps=BYTES_PER_SECOND,iops=IOPS.
See the QEMU or libvirt documentation for details.

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