Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/3] qapi: add block size histogram interface

[Eric Blake]

On 6/20/19 3:54 AM, zhenwei pi wrote:
> Set/Clear block size histograms through new command
> x-block-size-histogram-set and show new statistics in
> query-blockstats results.
> 

I'm guessing this is modeled after the existing
block-latency-histogram-set command?

> Signed-off-by: zhenwei pi <address@hidden>
> ---
>  block/qapi.c         |  24 ++++++++++++
>  blockdev.c           |  56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  qapi/block-core.json | 105 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  3 files changed, 184 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

> +++ b/qapi/block-core.json
> @@ -633,6 +633,100 @@
>             '*boundaries-flush': ['uint64'] } }
>  
>  ##
> +# @BlockSizeHistogramInfo:
> +#
> +# Block size histogram.
> +#
> +# @boundaries: list of interval boundary values in nanoseconds, all greater
> +#              than zero and in ascending order.
> +#              For example, the list [8193, 32769, 131073] produces the
> +#              following histogram intervals:
> +#              [0, 8193), [8193, 32769), [32769, 131073), [131073, +inf).
> +#
> +# @bins: list of io request counts corresponding to histogram intervals.
> +#        len(@bins) = len(@boundaries) + 1
> +#        For the example above, @bins may be something like [6, 3, 7, 9],
> +#        and corresponding histogram looks like:
> +#
> +# Since: 4.0

You've missed 4.0; the next release is 4.1.

> +##
> +{ 'struct': 'BlockSizeHistogramInfo',
> +  'data': {'boundaries': ['uint64'], 'bins': ['uint64'] } }

This is identical to struct BlockLatencyHistogramInfo; can we instead
rename the type (which does not affect API) and share it between both
implementations, instead of duplicating it?

> +
> +##
> +# @x-block-size-histogram-set:

Does this need to be experimental from the get-go? Or can it be stable
by dropping 'x-' since it matches the fact that
block-latency-histogram-set is stable?

> +#
> +# Manage read, write and flush size histograms for the device.
> +#
> +# If only @id parameter is specified, remove all present size histograms
> +# for the device. Otherwise, add/reset some of (or all) size histograms.
> +#
> +# @id: The name or QOM path of the guest device.
> +#
> +# @boundaries: list of interval boundary values (see description in
> +#              BlockSizeHistogramInfo definition). If specified, all
> +#              size histograms are removed, and empty ones created for all
> +#              io types with intervals corresponding to @boundaries (except 
> for
> +#              io types, for which specific boundaries are set through the
> +#              following parameters).
> +#
> +# @boundaries-read: list of interval boundary values for read size
> +#                   histogram. If specified, old read size histogram is
> +#                   removed, and empty one created with intervals
> +#                   corresponding to @boundaries-read. The parameter has 
> higher
> +#                   priority then @boundaries.
> +#
> +# @boundaries-write: list of interval boundary values for write size
> +#                    histogram.
> +#
> +# @boundaries-flush: list of interval boundary values for flush size
> +#                    histogram.
> +#
> +# Returns: error if device is not found or any boundary arrays are invalid.
> +#
> +# Since: 4.0

4.1

> +#
> +# Example: set new histograms for all io types with intervals
> +# [0, 8193), [8193, 32769), [32769, 131073), [131073, +inf):
> +#
> +# -> { "execute": "x-block-size-histogram-set",
> +#      "arguments": { "id": "drive0",
> +#                     "boundaries": [8193, 32769, 131073] } }
> +# <- { "return": {} }
> +#
> +# Example: set new histogram only for write, other histograms will remain
> +# not changed (or not created):
> +#
> +# -> { "execute": "x-block-size-histogram-set",
> +#      "arguments": { "id": "drive0",
> +#                     "boundaries-write": [8193, 32769, 131073] } }
> +# <- { "return": {} }
> +#
> +# Example: set new histograms with the following intervals:
> +#   read, flush: [0, 8193), [8193, 32769), [32769, 131073), [131073, +inf)
> +#   write: [0, 4097), [4097, 8193), [8193, 32769), [32769, +inf)
> +#
> +# -> { "execute": "x-block-size-histogram-set",
> +#      "arguments": { "id": "drive0",
> +#                     "boundaries": [8193, 32769, 131073],
> +#                     "boundaries-write": [4097, 8193, 32769] } }
> +# <- { "return": {} }
> +#
> +# Example: remove all size histograms:
> +#
> +# -> { "execute": "x-block-size-histogram-set",
> +#      "arguments": { "id": "drive0" } }
> +# <- { "return": {} }
> +##
> +{ 'command': 'x-block-size-histogram-set',
> +  'data': {'id': 'str',
> +           '*boundaries': ['uint64'],
> +           '*boundaries-read': ['uint64'],
> +           '*boundaries-write': ['uint64'],
> +           '*boundaries-flush': ['uint64'] } }

Again, this copies heavily from block-latency-histogram-set.  But
changing the command name is not API compatible.  Should we have a
single new command 'block-histogram-set' which takes an enum choosing
between 'latency' and 'size', and start the deprecation clock on
'block-latency-histogram-set'?
 (and defaulting to 'latency' for back-compat

> +
> +
> +##
>  # @BlockInfo:
>  #
>  # Block device information.  This structure describes a virtual device and
> @@ -918,6 +1012,12 @@
>  #
>  # @flush_latency_histogram: @BlockLatencyHistogramInfo. (Since 4.0)
>  #
> +# @x_rd_size_histogram: @BlockSizeHistogramInfo. (Since 4.0)
> +#
> +# @x_wr_size_histogram: @BlockSizeHistogramInfo. (Since 4.0)
> +#
> +# @x_flush_size_histogram: @BlockSizeHistogramInfo. (Since 4.0)

since 4.1 on all of these additions.

> +#
>  # Since: 0.14.0
>  ##
>  { 'struct': 'BlockDeviceStats',
> @@ -933,7 +1033,10 @@
>             'timed_stats': ['BlockDeviceTimedStats'],
>             '*rd_latency_histogram': 'BlockLatencyHistogramInfo',
>             '*wr_latency_histogram': 'BlockLatencyHistogramInfo',
> -           '*flush_latency_histogram': 'BlockLatencyHistogramInfo' } }
> +           '*flush_latency_histogram': 'BlockLatencyHistogramInfo',
> +           '*x_rd_size_histogram': 'BlockSizeHistogramInfo',
> +           '*x_wr_size_histogram': 'BlockSizeHistogramInfo',
> +           '*x_flush_size_histogram': 'BlockSizeHistogramInfo' } }
>  
>  ##
>  # @BlockStats:
> 

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Eric Blake, Principal Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc.           +1-919-301-3226
Virtualization:  qemu.org | libvirt.org

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