storage/posix: implement batched fsync in a single thread

Because of the extra fsync()s issued by AFR transaction, they
could potentially "clog" all the io-threads denying unrelated
operations from making progress.

This patch assigns a dedicated thread to issues fsyncs, as
an experimental feature to understand performance characteristics
with the approach.

As a basis, incoming individual fsync requests are grouped into
batches, falling in the same @batch-fsync-delay-usec window of
time. These windows can extend in practice, as processing of
the previous batch can take longer than @batch-fsync-delay-usec
while new requests are getting batched.

The feature support three modes (similar to the -S modes of fs_mark)

- syncfs: In this mode one syncfs() is issued per batch, instead
  of N fsync()s (one per file.)

- syncfs-single-fsync: In this mode one syncfs() is issued per
  batch (which, on Linux, guarantees the completion of write-out
  of dirty pages in the filesystem up to that point) and one single
  fsync() to synchronize or flush the controller/drive cache. This
  corresponds to -S 2 of fsmark.

- syncfs-reverse-fsync: In this mode, one syncfs() is issued per
  batch, and all the open files in that batch are fsync()'ed in
  the reverse order of the queue. This corresponds to -S 4 of
  fsmark.

- reverse-fsync: In this mode, no syncfs() is issued and all the
  files in the batch are fsync()'ed in the reverse order. This
  corresponds to -S 3 of fsmark.

Change-Id: Ia1e170a810c780c8d80e02cf910accc4170c4cd4
BUG: 927146
Signed-off-by: Anand Avati <avati@redhat.com>
Reviewed-on: http://review.gluster.org/4746
Tested-by: Gluster Build System <jenkins@build.gluster.com>
Reviewed-by: Vijay Bellur <vbellur@redhat.com>

3 files changed, 270 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/xlators/storage/posix/src/posix-helpers.c b/xlators/storage/posix/src/posix-helpers.c
index a13e02078..0c0fdbabc 100644
--- a/xlators/storage/posix/src/posix-helpers.c
+++ b/xlators/storage/posix/src/posix-helpers.c
@@ -1177,3 +1177,143 @@ posix_spawn_health_check_thread (xlator_t *xl)
 unlock:
         UNLOCK (&priv->lock);
 }
+
+int
+posix_fsyncer_pick (xlator_t *this, struct list_head *head)
+{
+	struct posix_private *priv = NULL;
+	int count = 0;
+
+	priv = this->private;
+	pthread_mutex_lock (&priv->fsync_mutex);
+	{
+		while (list_empty (&priv->fsyncs))
+			pthread_cond_wait (&priv->fsync_cond,
+					   &priv->fsync_mutex);
+
+		count = priv->fsync_queue_count;
+		priv->fsync_queue_count = 0;
+		list_splice_init (&priv->fsyncs, head);
+	}
+	pthread_mutex_unlock (&priv->fsync_mutex);
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+
+void
+posix_fsyncer_process (xlator_t *this, call_stub_t *stub, gf_boolean_t do_fsync)
+{
+	struct posix_fd *pfd = NULL;
+	int ret = -1;
+	struct posix_private *priv = NULL;
+
+	priv = this->private;
+
+	ret = posix_fd_ctx_get (stub->args.fd, this, &pfd);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		gf_log (this->name, GF_LOG_ERROR,
+			"could not get fdctx for fd(%s)",
+			uuid_utoa (stub->args.fd->inode->gfid));
+		call_unwind_error (stub, -1, EINVAL);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (do_fsync) {
+#ifdef HAVE_FDATASYNC
+		if (stub->args.datasync)
+			ret = fdatasync (pfd->fd);
+		else
+#endif
+			ret = fsync (pfd->fd);
+	} else {
+		ret = 0;
+	}
+
+	if (ret) {
+		gf_log (this->name, GF_LOG_ERROR,
+			"could not fstat fd(%s)",
+			uuid_utoa (stub->args.fd->inode->gfid));
+		call_unwind_error (stub, -1, errno);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	call_unwind_error (stub, 0, 0);
+}
+
+
+static void
+posix_fsyncer_syncfs (xlator_t *this, struct list_head *head)
+{
+	call_stub_t *stub = NULL;
+	struct posix_fd *pfd = NULL;
+	int ret = -1;
+
+	stub = list_entry (head->prev, call_stub_t, list);
+	ret = posix_fd_ctx_get (stub->args.fd, this, &pfd);
+	if (ret)
+		return;
+
+#ifdef GF_LINUX_HOST_OS
+	/* syncfs() is not "declared" in RHEL's glibc even though
+	   the kernel has support.
+	*/
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+	syscall (SYS_syncfs, pfd->fd);
+#else
+	sync();
+#endif
+
+}
+
+
+void *
+posix_fsyncer (void *d)
+{
+	xlator_t *this = d;
+	struct posix_private *priv = NULL;
+	call_stub_t *stub = NULL;
+	call_stub_t *tmp = NULL;
+	struct list_head list;
+	int count = 0;
+	gf_boolean_t do_fsync = _gf_true;
+
+	priv = this->private;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD (&list);
+
+		count = posix_fsyncer_pick (this, &list);
+
+		usleep (priv->batch_fsync_delay_usec);
+
+		gf_log (this->name, GF_LOG_DEBUG,
+			"picked %d fsyncs", count);
+
+		switch (priv->batch_fsync_mode) {
+		case BATCH_NONE:
+		case BATCH_REVERSE_FSYNC:
+			break;
+		case BATCH_SYNCFS:
+		case BATCH_SYNCFS_SINGLE_FSYNC:
+		case BATCH_SYNCFS_REVERSE_FSYNC:
+			posix_fsyncer_syncfs (this, &list);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (priv->batch_fsync_mode == BATCH_SYNCFS)
+			do_fsync = _gf_false;
+		else
+			do_fsync = _gf_true;
+
+		list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse (stub, tmp, &list, list) {
+			list_del_init (&stub->list);
+
+			posix_fsyncer_process (this, stub, do_fsync);
+
+			if (priv->batch_fsync_mode == BATCH_SYNCFS_SINGLE_FSYNC)
+				do_fsync = _gf_false;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/xlators/storage/posix/src/posix.c b/xlators/storage/posix/src/posix.c
index fee2ce9d7..e917766b5 100644
--- a/xlators/storage/posix/src/posix.c
+++ b/xlators/storage/posix/src/posix.c
@@ -2417,6 +2417,33 @@ out:
 }
 
 
+int
+posix_batch_fsync (call_frame_t *frame, xlator_t *this,
+		     fd_t *fd, int datasync, dict_t *xdata)
+{
+	call_stub_t *stub = NULL;
+	struct posix_private *priv = NULL;
+
+	priv = this->private;
+
+	stub = fop_fsync_stub (frame, default_fsync, fd, datasync, xdata);
+	if (!stub) {
+		STACK_UNWIND_STRICT (fsync, frame, -1, ENOMEM, 0, 0, 0);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	pthread_mutex_lock (&priv->fsync_mutex);
+	{
+		list_add_tail (&stub->list, &priv->fsyncs);
+		priv->fsync_queue_count++;
+		pthread_cond_signal (&priv->fsync_cond);
+	}
+	pthread_mutex_unlock (&priv->fsync_mutex);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
 int32_t
 posix_fsync (call_frame_t *frame, xlator_t *this,
              fd_t *fd, int32_t datasync, dict_t *xdata)
@@ -2428,6 +2455,7 @@ posix_fsync (call_frame_t *frame, xlator_t *this,
         int               ret      = -1;
         struct iatt       preop = {0,};
         struct iatt       postop = {0,};
+        struct posix_private *priv = NULL;
 
         DECLARE_OLD_FS_ID_VAR;
 
@@ -2443,6 +2471,12 @@ posix_fsync (call_frame_t *frame, xlator_t *this,
         goto out;
 #endif
 
+	priv = this->private;
+	if (priv->batch_fsync_mode && xdata && dict_get (xdata, "batch-fsync")) {
+		posix_batch_fsync (frame, this, fd, datasync, xdata);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
         ret = posix_fd_ctx_get (fd, this, &pfd);
         if (ret < 0) {
                 op_errno = -ret;
@@ -4303,6 +4337,27 @@ posix_set_owner (xlator_t *this, uid_t uid, gid_t gid)
         return ret;
 }
 
+
+static int
+set_batch_fsync_mode (struct posix_private *priv, const char *str)
+{
+	if (strcmp (str, "none") == 0)
+		priv->batch_fsync_mode = BATCH_NONE;
+	else if (strcmp (str, "syncfs") == 0)
+		priv->batch_fsync_mode = BATCH_SYNCFS;
+	else if (strcmp (str, "syncfs-single-fsync") == 0)
+		priv->batch_fsync_mode = BATCH_SYNCFS_SINGLE_FSYNC;
+	else if (strcmp (str, "syncfs-reverse-fsync") == 0)
+		priv->batch_fsync_mode = BATCH_SYNCFS_REVERSE_FSYNC;
+	else if (strcmp (str, "reverse-fsync") == 0)
+		priv->batch_fsync_mode = BATCH_REVERSE_FSYNC;
+	else
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
 int
 reconfigure (xlator_t *this, dict_t *options)
 {
@@ -4310,6 +4365,7 @@ reconfigure (xlator_t *this, dict_t *options)
 	struct posix_private *priv = NULL;
         uid_t                 uid = -1;
         gid_t                 gid = -1;
+	char                 *batch_fsync_mode_str = NULL;
 
 	priv = this->private;
 
@@ -4317,6 +4373,18 @@ reconfigure (xlator_t *this, dict_t *options)
         GF_OPTION_RECONF ("brick-gid", gid, options, uint32, out);
         posix_set_owner (this, uid, gid);
 
+	GF_OPTION_RECONF ("batch-fsync-delay-usec", priv->batch_fsync_delay_usec,
+			  options, uint32, out);
+
+	GF_OPTION_RECONF ("batch-fsync-mode", batch_fsync_mode_str,
+			  options, str, out);
+
+	if (set_batch_fsync_mode (priv, batch_fsync_mode_str) != 0) {
+		gf_log (this->name, GF_LOG_ERROR, "Unknown mode string: %s",
+			batch_fsync_mode_str);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	GF_OPTION_RECONF ("linux-aio", priv->aio_configured,
 			  options, bool, out);
 
@@ -4368,6 +4436,7 @@ init (xlator_t *this)
         char                 *guuid         = NULL;
         uid_t                 uid           = -1;
         gid_t                 gid           = -1;
+	char                 *batch_fsync_mode_str;
 
         dir_data = dict_get (this->options, "directory");
 
@@ -4720,6 +4789,28 @@ init (xlator_t *this)
         INIT_LIST_HEAD (&_private->janitor_fds);
 
         posix_spawn_janitor_thread (this);
+
+	pthread_mutex_init (&_private->fsync_mutex, NULL);
+	pthread_cond_init (&_private->fsync_cond, NULL);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD (&_private->fsyncs);
+
+	ret = pthread_create (&_private->fsyncer, NULL, posix_fsyncer, this);
+	if (ret) {
+		gf_log (this->name, GF_LOG_ERROR, "fsyncer thread"
+			" creation failed (%s)", strerror (errno));
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	GF_OPTION_INIT ("batch-fsync-mode", batch_fsync_mode_str, str, out);
+
+	if (set_batch_fsync_mode (_private, batch_fsync_mode_str) != 0) {
+		gf_log (this->name, GF_LOG_ERROR, "Unknown mode string: %s",
+			batch_fsync_mode_str);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	GF_OPTION_INIT ("batch-fsync-delay-usec", _private->batch_fsync_delay_usec,
+			uint32, out);
 out:
         return ret;
 }
@@ -4849,5 +4940,25 @@ struct volume_options options[] = {
           .description = "Interval in seconds for a filesystem health check, "
                          "set to 0 to disable"
         },
+	{ .key = {"batch-fsync-mode"},
+	  .type = GF_OPTION_TYPE_STR,
+	  .default_value = "reverse-fsync",
+	  .description = "Possible values:\n"
+	  "\t- syncfs: Perform one syncfs() on behalf oa batch"
+	  "of fsyncs.\n"
+	  "\t- syncfs-single-fsync: Perform one syncfs() on behalf of a batch"
+	  " of fsyncs and one fsync() per batch.\n"
+	  "\t- syncfs-reverse-fsync: Preform one syncfs() on behalf of a batch"
+	  " of fsyncs and fsync() each file in the batch in reverse order.\n"
+	  " in reverse order.\n"
+	  "\t- reverse-fsync: Perform fsync() of each file in the batch in"
+	  " reverse order."
+	},
+	{ .key = {"batch-fsync-delay-usec"},
+	  .type = GF_OPTION_TYPE_INT,
+	  .default_value = "1000000",
+	  .description = "Num of usecs to wait for aggregating fsync"
+	  " requests",
+	},
         { .key  = {NULL} }
 };
diff --git a/xlators/storage/posix/src/posix.h b/xlators/storage/posix/src/posix.h
index 22340370e..c834b29d9 100644
--- a/xlators/storage/posix/src/posix.h
+++ b/xlators/storage/posix/src/posix.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include "timer.h"
 #include "posix-mem-types.h"
 #include "posix-handle.h"
+#include "call-stub.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBAIO
 #include <libaio.h>
@@ -128,6 +129,22 @@ struct posix_private {
         /* node-uuid in pathinfo xattr */
         gf_boolean_t  node_uuid_pathinfo;
 
+	pthread_t         fsyncer;
+	struct list_head  fsyncs;
+	pthread_mutex_t   fsync_mutex;
+	pthread_cond_t    fsync_cond;
+	int               fsync_queue_count;
+
+	enum {
+		BATCH_NONE = 0,
+		BATCH_SYNCFS,
+		BATCH_SYNCFS_SINGLE_FSYNC,
+		BATCH_REVERSE_FSYNC,
+		BATCH_SYNCFS_REVERSE_FSYNC
+	}               batch_fsync_mode;
+
+	uint32_t        batch_fsync_delay_usec;
+
         /* seconds to sleep between health checks */
         uint32_t        health_check_interval;
         pthread_t       health_check;
@@ -184,4 +201,6 @@ void
 __posix_fd_set_odirect (fd_t *fd, struct posix_fd *pfd, int opflags,
 			off_t offset, size_t size);
 void posix_spawn_health_check_thread (xlator_t *this);
+
+void *posix_fsyncer (void *);
 #endif /* _POSIX_H */