FUJITA Tomonori wrote:
> From: Benny Halevy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [PATCHSET 0/5] Peaceful co-existence of scsi_sgtable and Large 
> IO sg-chaining
> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:26:44 +0300
> 
>>> However, I'm perfectly happy to go with whatever the empirical evidence
>>> says is best .. and hopefully, now we don't have to pick this once and
>>> for all time ... we can alter it if whatever is chosen proves to be
>>> suboptimal.
>> I agree.  This isn't a catholic marriage :)
>> We'll run some performance experiments comparing the sgtable chaining
>> implementation vs. a scsi_data_buff implementation pointing
>> at a possibly chained sglist and let's see if we can measure
>> any difference.  We'll send results as soon as we have them.
> 
> I did some tests with your sgtable patchset and the approach to use
> separate buffer for sglists. As expected, there was no performance
> difference with small I/Os. I've not tried very large I/Os, which
> might give some difference.
> 
> The patchset to use separate buffer for sglists is available:
> 
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tomo/linux-2.6-bidi.git 
> simple-sgtable
> 
> 
> Can you clean up your patchset and upload somewhere?

Sorry sure. Here is scsi_sgtable complete work over linux-block:
http://www.bhalevy.com/open-osd/download/scsi_sgtable/linux-block
 
Here is just scsi_sgtable, no chaining, over scsi-misc + more
drivers:
http://www.bhalevy.com/open-osd/download/scsi_sgtable/scsi-misc

Next week I will try to mount lots of scsi_debug devices and
use large parallel IO to try and find a difference. I will
test Jens's sglist-arch tree against above sglist-arch+scsi_sgtable

I have lots of reservations about Tomo's last patches. For me
they are a regression. They use 3 allocations per command instead
of 2. They use an extra pointer and an extra global slab_pool. And
for what, for grouping some scsi_cmnd members in a substructure.
If we want to go the "pointing" way, keeping our extra scatterlist
and our base_2 count on most ARCHs. Than we can just use the 
scsi_data_buff embedded inside scsi_cmnd. 

The second scsi_data_buff for bidi can come either from an extra 
slab_pool like in Tomo's patch - bidi can pay - or in scsi.c at 
scsi_setup_command_freelist() the code can inspect Tomo's flag 
to the request_queue QUEUE_FLAG_BIDI and will than allocate a 
bigger scsi_cmnd in the free list.

I have coded that approach and it is very simple:
http://www.bhalevy.com/open-osd/download/scsi_data_buff

They are over Jens's sglist-arch branch
I have revised all scsi-ml places and it all compiles
But is totally untested.

I will add this branch to the above tests, but I suspect that
they are identical in every way to current code.

For review here is the main scsi_data_buff patch:
------
From: Boaz Harrosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:19:14 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] SCSI: scsi_data_buff

  In preparation for bidi we abstract all IO members of scsi_cmnd
  that will need to duplicate into a substructure.
  - Group all IO members of scsi_cmnd into a scsi_data_buff
    structure.
  - Adjust accessors to new members.
  - scsi_{alloc,free}_sgtable receive a scsi_data_buff instead of
    scsi_cmnd. And work on it. (Supporting chaining like before)
  - Adjust scsi_init_io() and  scsi_release_buffers() for above
    change.
  - Fix other parts of scsi_lib to members migration. Use accessors
    where appropriate.

 Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
 drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c  |   68 +++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
 include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h |   34 +++++++++++-----------
 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index d62b184..2b8a865 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -714,16 +714,14 @@ static unsigned scsi_sgtable_index(unsigned nents)
        return -1;
 }
 
-struct scatterlist *scsi_alloc_sgtable(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+struct scatterlist *scsi_alloc_sgtable(struct scsi_data_buff *sdb, gfp_t 
gfp_mask)
 {
        struct scsi_host_sg_pool *sgp;
        struct scatterlist *sgl, *prev, *ret;
        unsigned int index;
        int this, left;
 
-       BUG_ON(!cmd->use_sg);
-
-       left = cmd->use_sg;
+       left = sdb->sg_count;
        ret = prev = NULL;
        do {
                this = left;
@@ -747,7 +745,7 @@ struct scatterlist *scsi_alloc_sgtable(struct scsi_cmnd 
*cmd, gfp_t gfp_mask)
                 * first loop through, set initial index and return value
                 */
                if (!ret) {
-                       cmd->sg_pool = index;
+                       sdb->sg_pool = index;
                        ret = sgl;
                }
 
@@ -769,10 +767,10 @@ struct scatterlist *scsi_alloc_sgtable(struct scsi_cmnd 
*cmd, gfp_t gfp_mask)
        } while (left);
 
        /*
-        * ->use_sg may get modified after dma mapping has potentially
+        * sdb->sg_count may get modified after blk_rq_map_sg() potentially
         * shrunk the number of segments, so keep a copy of it for free.
         */
-       cmd->__use_sg = cmd->use_sg;
+       sdb->sgs_allocated = sdb->sg_count;
        return ret;
 enomem:
        if (ret) {
@@ -797,21 +795,21 @@ enomem:
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_alloc_sgtable);
 
-void scsi_free_sgtable(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
+void scsi_free_sgtable(struct scsi_data_buff *sdb)
 {
-       struct scatterlist *sgl = cmd->request_buffer;
+       struct scatterlist *sgl = sdb->sglist;
        struct scsi_host_sg_pool *sgp;
 
        /*
         * if this is the biggest size sglist, check if we have
         * chained parts we need to free
         */
-       if (cmd->__use_sg > SCSI_MAX_SG_SEGMENTS) {
+       if (sdb->sgs_allocated > SCSI_MAX_SG_SEGMENTS) {
                unsigned short this, left;
                struct scatterlist *next;
                unsigned int index;
 
-               left = cmd->__use_sg - (SCSI_MAX_SG_SEGMENTS - 1);
+               left = sdb->sgs_allocated - (SCSI_MAX_SG_SEGMENTS - 1);
                next = sg_chain_ptr(&sgl[SCSI_MAX_SG_SEGMENTS - 1]);
                while (left && next) {
                        sgl = next;
@@ -833,7 +831,7 @@ void scsi_free_sgtable(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
                }
        }
 
-       mempool_free(cmd->request_buffer, scsi_sg_pools[cmd->sg_pool].pool);
+       mempool_free(sdb->sglist, scsi_sg_pools[sdb->sg_pool].pool);
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_free_sgtable);
@@ -857,16 +855,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_free_sgtable);
  */
 static void scsi_release_buffers(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 {
-       if (cmd->use_sg)
-               scsi_free_sgtable(cmd);
+       if (cmd->sdb.sglist)
+               scsi_free_sgtable(&cmd->sdb);
 
-       /*
-        * Zero these out.  They now point to freed memory, and it is
-        * dangerous to hang onto the pointers.
-        */
-       cmd->request_buffer = NULL;
-       cmd->request_bufflen = 0;
-       cmd->use_sg = 0;
+       memset(&cmd->sdb, 0, sizeof(cmd->sdb));
 }
 
 /*
@@ -900,7 +892,7 @@ static void scsi_release_buffers(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 void scsi_io_completion(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, unsigned int good_bytes)
 {
        int result = cmd->result;
-       int this_count = cmd->request_bufflen;
+       int this_count = scsi_bufflen(cmd);
        request_queue_t *q = cmd->device->request_queue;
        struct request *req = cmd->request;
        int clear_errors = 1;
@@ -908,8 +900,6 @@ void scsi_io_completion(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, unsigned int 
good_bytes)
        int sense_valid = 0;
        int sense_deferred = 0;
 
-       scsi_release_buffers(cmd);
-
        if (result) {
                sense_valid = scsi_command_normalize_sense(cmd, &sshdr);
                if (sense_valid)
@@ -932,9 +922,11 @@ void scsi_io_completion(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, unsigned 
int good_bytes)
                                req->sense_len = len;
                        }
                }
-               req->data_len = cmd->resid;
+               req->data_len = scsi_get_resid(cmd);
        }
 
+       scsi_release_buffers(cmd);
+
        /*
         * Next deal with any sectors which we were able to correctly
         * handle.
@@ -942,7 +934,6 @@ void scsi_io_completion(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, unsigned int 
good_bytes)
        SCSI_LOG_HLCOMPLETE(1, printk("%ld sectors total, "
                                      "%d bytes done.\n",
                                      req->nr_sectors, good_bytes));
-       SCSI_LOG_HLCOMPLETE(1, printk("use_sg is %d\n", cmd->use_sg));
 
        if (clear_errors)
                req->errors = 0;
@@ -1075,41 +1066,42 @@ static int scsi_init_io(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 {
        struct request     *req = cmd->request;
        int                count;
+       struct scsi_data_buff* sdb = &cmd->sdb;
 
        /*
         * We used to not use scatter-gather for single segment request,
         * but now we do (it makes highmem I/O easier to support without
         * kmapping pages)
         */
-       cmd->use_sg = req->nr_phys_segments;
+       sdb->sg_count = req->nr_phys_segments;
 
        /*
         * If sg table allocation fails, requeue request later.
         */
-       cmd->request_buffer = scsi_alloc_sgtable(cmd, GFP_ATOMIC);
-       if (unlikely(!cmd->request_buffer)) {
+       sdb->sglist = scsi_alloc_sgtable(sdb, GFP_ATOMIC);
+       if (unlikely(!sdb->sglist)) {
                scsi_unprep_request(req);
                return BLKPREP_DEFER;
        }
 
        req->buffer = NULL;
        if (blk_pc_request(req))
-               cmd->request_bufflen = req->data_len;
+               sdb->length = req->data_len;
        else
-               cmd->request_bufflen = req->nr_sectors << 9;
+               sdb->length = req->nr_sectors << 9;
 
        /* 
         * Next, walk the list, and fill in the addresses and sizes of
         * each segment.
         */
-       count = blk_rq_map_sg(req->q, req, cmd->request_buffer);
-       if (likely(count <= cmd->use_sg)) {
-               cmd->use_sg = count;
+       count = blk_rq_map_sg(req->q, req, sdb->sglist);
+       if (likely(count <= sdb->sg_count)) {
+               sdb->sg_count = count;
                return BLKPREP_OK;
        }
 
        printk(KERN_ERR "Incorrect number of segments after building list\n");
-       printk(KERN_ERR "counted %d, received %d\n", count, cmd->use_sg);
+       printk(KERN_ERR "counted %d, received %d\n", count, sdb->sg_count);
        printk(KERN_ERR "req nr_sec %lu, cur_nr_sec %u\n", req->nr_sectors,
                        req->current_nr_sectors);
 
@@ -1165,7 +1157,7 @@ static void scsi_blk_pc_done(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
         * successfully. Since this is a REQ_BLOCK_PC command the
         * caller should check the request's errors value
         */
-       scsi_io_completion(cmd, cmd->request_bufflen);
+       scsi_io_completion(cmd, scsi_bufflen(cmd));
 }
 
 static int scsi_setup_blk_pc_cmnd(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct request 
*req)
@@ -1194,9 +1186,7 @@ static int scsi_setup_blk_pc_cmnd(struct scsi_device 
*sdev, struct request *req)
                BUG_ON(req->data_len);
                BUG_ON(req->data);
 
-               cmd->request_bufflen = 0;
-               cmd->request_buffer = NULL;
-               cmd->use_sg = 0;
+               memset(&cmd->sdb, 0, sizeof(cmd->sdb));
                req->buffer = NULL;
        }
 
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h b/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h
index c7bfc60..89187dc 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ struct scatterlist;
 struct Scsi_Host;
 struct scsi_device;
 
+struct scsi_data_buff {
+       unsigned length;
+       int resid;
+       short sg_count;
+       short sgs_allocated;
+       short sg_pool;
+       struct scatterlist* sglist;
+};
 
 /* embedded in scsi_cmnd */
 struct scsi_pointer {
@@ -64,16 +72,10 @@ struct scsi_cmnd {
        /* These elements define the operation we are about to perform */
 #define MAX_COMMAND_SIZE       16
        unsigned char cmnd[MAX_COMMAND_SIZE];
-       unsigned request_bufflen;       /* Actual request size */
 
        struct timer_list eh_timeout;   /* Used to time out the command. */
-       void *request_buffer;           /* Actual requested buffer */
 
        /* These elements define the operation we ultimately want to perform */
-       unsigned short use_sg;  /* Number of pieces of scatter-gather */
-       unsigned short sg_pool; /* pool index of allocated sg array */
-       unsigned short __use_sg;
-
        unsigned underflow;     /* Return error if less than
                                   this amount is transferred */
 
@@ -83,10 +85,6 @@ struct scsi_cmnd {
                                   reconnects.   Probably == sector
                                   size */
 
-       int resid;              /* Number of bytes requested to be
-                                  transferred less actual number
-                                  transferred (0 if not supported) */
-
        struct request *request;        /* The command we are
                                           working on */
 
@@ -118,6 +116,8 @@ struct scsi_cmnd {
 
        unsigned char tag;      /* SCSI-II queued command tag */
        unsigned long pid;      /* Process ID, starts at 0. Unique per host. */
+
+       struct scsi_data_buff sdb;
 };
 
 extern struct scsi_cmnd *scsi_get_command(struct scsi_device *, gfp_t);
@@ -133,35 +133,35 @@ extern void *scsi_kmap_atomic_sg(struct scatterlist *sg, 
int sg_count,
                                 size_t *offset, size_t *len);
 extern void scsi_kunmap_atomic_sg(void *virt);
 
-extern struct scatterlist *scsi_alloc_sgtable(struct scsi_cmnd *, gfp_t);
-extern void scsi_free_sgtable(struct scsi_cmnd *);
+extern struct scatterlist *scsi_alloc_sgtable(struct scsi_data_buff *, gfp_t);
+extern void scsi_free_sgtable(struct scsi_data_buff *);
 
 extern int scsi_dma_map(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd);
 extern void scsi_dma_unmap(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd);
 
 static inline unsigned scsi_sg_count(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 {
-       return cmd->use_sg;
+       return cmd->sdb.sg_count;
 }
 
 static inline struct scatterlist *scsi_sglist(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 {
-       return ((struct scatterlist *)cmd->request_buffer);
+       return cmd->sdb.sglist;
 }
 
 static inline unsigned scsi_bufflen(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 {
-       return cmd->request_bufflen;
+       return cmd->sdb.length;
 }
 
 static inline void scsi_set_resid(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, int resid)
 {
-       cmd->resid = resid;
+       cmd->sdb.resid = resid;
 }
 
 static inline int scsi_get_resid(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 {
-       return cmd->resid;
+       return cmd->sdb.resid;
 }
 
 #define scsi_for_each_sg(cmd, sg, nseg, __i)                   \
-- 
1.5.2.2.249.g45fd

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