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[PATCH v5 0/5] virtio-pci: enable blk and scsi multi-queue by default
From: |
Stefan Hajnoczi |
Subject: |
[PATCH v5 0/5] virtio-pci: enable blk and scsi multi-queue by default |
Date: |
Mon, 6 Jul 2020 14:56:45 +0100 |
v4:
* Sorry for the long delay. I considered replacing this series with a simpler
approach. Real hardware ships with a fixed number of queues (e.g. 128). The
equivalent can be done in QEMU too. That way we don't need to magically size
num_queues. In the end I decided against this approach because the Linux
virtio_blk.ko and virtio_scsi.ko guest drivers unconditionally initialized
all available queues until recently (it was written with
num_queues=num_vcpus in mind). It doesn't make sense for a 1 CPU guest to
bring up 128 virtqueues (waste of resources and possibly weird performance
effects with blk-mq).
* Honor maximum number of MSI-X vectors and virtqueues [Daniel Berrange]
* Update commit descriptions to mention maximum MSI-X vector and virtqueue
caps [Raphael]
v3:
* Introduce virtio_pci_optimal_num_queues() helper to enforce VIRTIO_QUEUE_MAX
in one place
* Use VIRTIO_SCSI_VQ_NUM_FIXED constant in all cases [Cornelia]
* Update hw/core/machine.c compat properties for QEMU 5.0 [Michael]
v3:
* Add new performance results that demonstrate the scalability
* Mention that this is PCI-specific [Cornelia]
v2:
* Let the virtio-DEVICE-pci device select num-queues because the optimal
multi-queue configuration may differ between virtio-pci, virtio-mmio, and
virtio-ccw [Cornelia]
Enabling multi-queue on virtio-pci storage devices improves performance on SMP
guests because the completion interrupt is handled on the vCPU that submitted
the I/O request. This avoids IPIs inside the guest.
Note that performance is unchanged in these cases:
1. Uniprocessor guests. They don't have IPIs.
2. Application threads might be scheduled on the sole vCPU that handles
completion interrupts purely by chance. (This is one reason why benchmark
results can vary noticably between runs.)
3. Users may bind the application to the vCPU that handles completion
interrupts.
Set the number of queues to the number of vCPUs by default on virtio-blk and
virtio-scsi PCI devices. Older machine types continue to default to 1 queue
for live migration compatibility.
Random read performance:
IOPS
q=1 78k
q=32 104k +33%
Boot time:
Duration
q=1 51s
q=32 1m41s +98%
Guest configuration: 32 vCPUs, 101 virtio-blk-pci disks
Previously measured results on a 4 vCPU guest were also positive but showed a
smaller 1-4% performance improvement. They are no longer valid because
significant event loop optimizations have been merged.
Stefan Hajnoczi (5):
virtio-pci: add virtio_pci_optimal_num_queues() helper
virtio-scsi: introduce a constant for fixed virtqueues
virtio-scsi: default num_queues to -smp N
virtio-blk: default num_queues to -smp N
vhost-user-blk: default num_queues to -smp N
hw/virtio/virtio-pci.h | 9 +++++++++
include/hw/virtio/vhost-user-blk.h | 2 ++
include/hw/virtio/virtio-blk.h | 2 ++
include/hw/virtio/virtio-scsi.h | 5 +++++
hw/block/vhost-user-blk.c | 6 +++++-
hw/block/virtio-blk.c | 6 +++++-
hw/core/machine.c | 5 +++++
hw/scsi/vhost-scsi.c | 3 ++-
hw/scsi/vhost-user-scsi.c | 5 +++--
hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c | 13 ++++++++----
hw/virtio/vhost-scsi-pci.c | 9 +++++++--
hw/virtio/vhost-user-blk-pci.c | 4 ++++
hw/virtio/vhost-user-scsi-pci.c | 9 +++++++--
hw/virtio/virtio-blk-pci.c | 7 ++++++-
hw/virtio/virtio-pci.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
hw/virtio/virtio-scsi-pci.c | 9 +++++++--
16 files changed, 110 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
--
2.26.2
- [PATCH v5 0/5] virtio-pci: enable blk and scsi multi-queue by default,
Stefan Hajnoczi <=
[PATCH v5 1/5] virtio-pci: add virtio_pci_optimal_num_queues() helper, Stefan Hajnoczi, 2020/07/06
[PATCH v5 4/5] virtio-blk: default num_queues to -smp N, Stefan Hajnoczi, 2020/07/06