blk-mq: implement hybrid poll mode for sync O_DIRECT

This patch enables a hybrid polling mode. Instead of polling after IO
submission, we can induce an artificial delay, and then poll after that.
For example, if the IO is presumed to complete in 8 usecs from now, we
can sleep for 4 usecs, wake up, and then do our polling. This still puts
a sleep/wakeup cycle in the IO path, but instead of the wakeup happening
after the IO has completed, it'll happen before. With this hybrid
scheme, we can achieve big latency reductions while still using the same
(or less) amount of CPU.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
Tested-By: Stephen Bates <sbates@raithlin.com>
Reviewed-By: Stephen Bates <sbates@raithlin.com>

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index 415e764807d03..dcdfcaa126539 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -350,6 +350,28 @@ queue_rq_affinity_store(struct request_queue *q, const char *page, size_t count)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static ssize_t queue_poll_delay_show(struct request_queue *q, char *page)
+{
+	return queue_var_show(q->poll_nsec / 1000, page);
+}
+
+static ssize_t queue_poll_delay_store(struct request_queue *q, const char *page,
+				size_t count)
+{
+	unsigned long poll_usec;
+	ssize_t ret;
+
+	if (!q->mq_ops || !q->mq_ops->poll)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ret = queue_var_store(&poll_usec, page, count);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	q->poll_nsec = poll_usec * 1000;
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static ssize_t queue_poll_show(struct request_queue *q, char *page)
 {
 	return queue_var_show(test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_POLL, &q->queue_flags), page);
@@ -602,6 +624,12 @@ static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_poll_entry = {
 	.store = queue_poll_store,
 };
 
+static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_poll_delay_entry = {
+	.attr = {.name = "io_poll_delay", .mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR },
+	.show = queue_poll_delay_show,
+	.store = queue_poll_delay_store,
+};
+
 static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_wc_entry = {
 	.attr = {.name = "write_cache", .mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR },
 	.show = queue_wc_show,
@@ -655,6 +683,7 @@ static struct attribute *default_attrs[] = {
 	&queue_dax_entry.attr,
 	&queue_stats_entry.attr,
 	&queue_wb_lat_entry.attr,
+	&queue_poll_delay_entry.attr,
 	NULL,
 };