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From: green@linuxhacker.ru
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	devel@driverdev.osuosl.org,
	Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@intel.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Oleg Drokin <green@linuxhacker.ru>
Subject: [PATCH 09/20] staging/lustre/obdclass: move max_dirty_mb from sysctl to sysfs
Date: Mon,  6 Jul 2015 12:48:47 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1436201338-14263-10-git-send-email-green@linuxhacker.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1436201338-14263-1-git-send-email-green@linuxhacker.ru>

From: Oleg Drokin <green@linuxhacker.ru>

max_dirty_mb is now a parameter in /sys/fs/lustre/

Signed-off-by: Oleg Drokin <green@linuxhacker.ru>
---
 .../lustre/lustre/obdclass/linux/linux-sysctl.c    | 74 +++++++++-------------
 drivers/staging/lustre/sysfs-fs-lustre             | 12 ++++
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/linux/linux-sysctl.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/linux/linux-sysctl.c
index 3c8087b..bb55a07 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/linux/linux-sysctl.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/linux/linux-sysctl.c
@@ -100,48 +100,42 @@ static struct static_lustre_uintvalue_attr lustre_sattr_##name =	\
 
 LUSTRE_STATIC_UINT_ATTR(timeout, &obd_timeout);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
-static int proc_max_dirty_pages_in_mb(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
-			       void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+static ssize_t max_dirty_mb_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
+				 char *buf)
 {
-	int rc = 0;
+	return sprintf(buf, "%ul\n",
+			obd_max_dirty_pages / (1 << (20 - PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT)));
+}
+
+static ssize_t max_dirty_mb_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
+				  const char *buffer, size_t count)
+{
+	int rc;
+	unsigned long val;
+
+	rc = kstrtoul(buffer, 10, &val);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+
+	val *= 1 << (20 - PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT); /* convert to pages */
 
-	if (!table->data || !table->maxlen || !*lenp || (*ppos && !write)) {
-		*lenp = 0;
-		return 0;
+	if (val > ((totalram_pages / 10) * 9)) {
+		/* Somebody wants to assign too much memory to dirty pages */
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-	if (write) {
-		rc = lprocfs_write_frac_helper(buffer, *lenp,
-					       (unsigned int *)table->data,
-					       1 << (20 - PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT));
-		/* Don't allow them to let dirty pages exceed 90% of system
-		 * memory and set a hard minimum of 4MB. */
-		if (obd_max_dirty_pages > ((totalram_pages / 10) * 9)) {
-			CERROR("Refusing to set max dirty pages to %u, which is more than 90%% of available RAM; setting to %lu\n",
-			       obd_max_dirty_pages,
-			       ((totalram_pages / 10) * 9));
-			obd_max_dirty_pages = (totalram_pages / 10) * 9;
-		} else if (obd_max_dirty_pages < 4 << (20 - PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT)) {
-			obd_max_dirty_pages = 4 << (20 - PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT);
-		}
-	} else {
-		char buf[21];
-		int len;
-
-		len = lprocfs_read_frac_helper(buf, sizeof(buf),
-					       *(unsigned int *)table->data,
-					       1 << (20 - PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT));
-		if (len > *lenp)
-			len = *lenp;
-		buf[len] = '\0';
-		if (copy_to_user(buffer, buf, len))
-			return -EFAULT;
-		*lenp = len;
+
+	if (val < 4 << (20 - PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT)) {
+		/* Less than 4 Mb for dirty cache is also bad */
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-	*ppos += *lenp;
-	return rc;
+
+	obd_max_dirty_pages = val;
+
+	return count;
 }
+LUSTRE_RW_ATTR(max_dirty_mb);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 static struct ctl_table obd_table[] = {
 	{
 		.procname = "debug_peer_on_timeout",
@@ -165,13 +159,6 @@ static struct ctl_table obd_table[] = {
 		.proc_handler = &proc_dointvec
 	},
 	{
-		.procname = "max_dirty_mb",
-		.data     = &obd_max_dirty_pages,
-		.maxlen   = sizeof(int),
-		.mode     = 0644,
-		.proc_handler = &proc_max_dirty_pages_in_mb
-	},
-	{
 		.procname = "at_min",
 		.data     = &at_min,
 		.maxlen   = sizeof(int),
@@ -223,6 +210,7 @@ static struct ctl_table parent_table[] = {
 
 static struct attribute *lustre_attrs[] = {
 	&lustre_sattr_timeout.u.attr,
+	&lustre_attr_max_dirty_mb.attr,
 	NULL,
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/sysfs-fs-lustre b/drivers/staging/lustre/sysfs-fs-lustre
index 6dbad26..38d1adc 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/sysfs-fs-lustre
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/sysfs-fs-lustre
@@ -52,6 +52,18 @@ Description:
 		AT (adaptive timeouts).
 		Unit: seconds, default: 100
 
+What:		/sys/fs/lustre/max_dirty_mb
+Date:		June 2015
+Contact:	"Oleg Drokin" <oleg.drokin@intel.com>
+Description:
+		Controls total number of dirty cache (in megabytes) allowed
+		across all mounted lustre filesystems.
+		Since writeout of dirty pages in Lustre is somewhat expensive,
+		when you allow to many dirty pages, this might lead to
+		performance degradations as kernel tries to desperately
+		find some pages to free/writeout.
+		Default 1/2 RAM. Min value 4, max value 9/10 of RAM.
+
 What:		/sys/fs/lustre/llite/<fsname>-<uuid>/blocksize
 Date:		May 2015
 Contact:	"Oleg Drokin" <oleg.drokin@intel.com>
-- 
2.1.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-07-06 16:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-07-06 16:48 [PATCH 00/20] Lustre: final procfs bits removal green
2015-07-06 16:48 ` [PATCH 01/20] staging/lustre/lov: Move target sysfs symlink removal to object freeing green
2015-07-06 16:48 ` [PATCH 02/20] staging/lustre: make ldebugfs_remove recursive green
2015-07-06 16:48 ` [PATCH 03/20] staging/lustre/ldlm: In ldlm_pools_fini make sure there was init first green
2015-07-06 16:48 ` [PATCH 04/20] staging/lustre/obdclass: fix class_procfs_init error return value green
2015-07-06 16:48 ` [PATCH 05/20] staging/lustre: remove alloc_fail_rate sysctl green
2015-07-06 16:48 ` [PATCH 06/20] staging/lustre: Remove now obsolete memory tracking sysctls green
2015-07-06 16:48 ` [PATCH 07/20] staging/lustre: Remove unneeded ldlm_timeout control green
2015-07-06 16:48 ` [PATCH 08/20] staging/lustre/obdclass: move sysctl timeout to sysfs green
2015-07-06 16:48 ` green [this message]
2015-07-06 16:48 ` [PATCH 10/20] staging/lustre/obdclass: move debug controls " green
2015-07-06 16:48 ` [PATCH 11/20] staging/lustre/obdclass: Move AT controls from sysctl " green
2015-07-06 16:48 ` [PATCH 12/20] staging/lustre: Get rid of remaining /proc/sys/lustre plumbing green
2015-07-06 16:48 ` [PATCH 13/20] staging/lustre/libcfs: move /proc/sys/lnet to debugfs green
2015-07-06 16:48 ` [PATCH 14/20] staging/lustre/libcfs: Remove redundant lnet debugfs variables green
2015-07-06 16:48 ` [PATCH 15/20] staging/lustre/libcfs: get rid of debugfs/lnet/console_backoff green
2015-07-08  8:28   ` Dan Carpenter
2015-07-08  8:30     ` Dan Carpenter
2015-07-08 13:43     ` Oleg Drokin
2015-07-06 16:48 ` [PATCH 16/20] staging/lustre/libcfs: Remove redundant enums and sysctl moduleparams green
2015-07-06 16:48 ` [PATCH 17/20] staging/lustre/libcfs: Remove unneeded lnet watchdog_ratelimit sysctl green
2015-07-06 16:48 ` [PATCH 18/20] staging/lustre/libcfs: get rid of debugfs/lnet/debug_mb green
2015-07-08  8:45   ` Dan Carpenter
2015-07-14  2:43     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-14  2:45       ` Oleg Drokin
2015-07-14  3:04         ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-14  2:46   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-14  2:51     ` Oleg Drokin
2015-07-14  3:52       ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-14  2:49   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2015-07-14  2:52     ` Oleg Drokin
2015-07-06 16:48 ` [PATCH 19/20] staging/lustre/libcfs: get rid of debugfs/lnet/console_{min,max}_delay_centisecs green
2015-07-06 16:48 ` [PATCH 20/20] staging/lustre/libcfs: remove unused portal_enter_debugger variable green

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