[rds-devel] [PATCH future/20090207 2/3] RDS/IB+IW: Yet Another Stall (YAS :)

Steve Wise swise at opengridcomputing.com
Tue Feb 10 14:18:15 PST 2009


I did send it.

Its patch 2 of 3 in my original series sent just before I replied to this..


Andy Grover wrote:
> Thanks. Can you resend without the ">" starting each line?
>
> -- Andy
>
> Steve Wise wrote:
>   
>> This is the patch submitted earlier, but with the IB transport fix added.
>>
>>
>> Steve Wise wrote:
>>     
>>> Found another flow control stall.  I can reproduce it by running tkmivrpc
>>> on 3 nodes, 4 separate jobs of 4 senders and 4 receivers in each job
>>> (32 processes on each node).
>>>
>>> Intermittently, it will hit this stall between two of the three nodes:
>>>
>>> One node, the sender, looks like this:
>>> - pending RDS messages to send
>>> - transport send ring empty (due to no send credits)
>>> - 0 send credits
>>> - sq empty and no pending completions
>>> - no pending rq completions
>>>
>>> The other node, the receiver, looks like this:
>>> - No RDS messages to send
>>> - In the middle of a fragmented receive
>>> - No "IB_ACK_REQUESTED" flag set
>>> - lots of posted credits to advertise
>>> - sq empty and no pending completions
>>> - no pending rq completions
>>>
>>> So the connection is stalled until the receiver decides to send
>>> something.
>>>
>>> BTW: If you rds-ping from the receiver to the sender, it unstalls the
>>> sender because the rds-ping messages advertise credits and get things
>>> going again.
>>>
>>> Here's how the stall can happen:
>>>
>>> Time     Event
>>> -----------------
>>> t1    rds_iw_xmit() grabs send and posted credits, and the posted
>>>     count at this point is 0.
>>>
>>> t2    recv thread refills the recv ring, bumping up posted credits
>>>     and sets IB_ACK_REQUESTED
>>>
>>> t3    rds_iw_xmit() resets ACK_REQUESTED because it will piggy back
>>>     the ACK on outgoing data.
>>>
>>> t4    rds_iw_xmit posts send with 0 adv_credits from the original
>>>     grab done at t1
>>>
>>> t5    send completion doesn't do anything special.  Namely it doesn't
>>>     attempt to advertise credits
>>>
>>> At this point, we can stall the peer because no more credits are
>>> advertised to the peer unless more outgoing data is transmitted.
>>>
>>> The solution is to refetch the posted credits when the ack is going to
>>> be piggy backed at time t3.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Steve Wise <swise at opengridcomputing.com>
>>> ---
>>>
>>>  net/rds/ib.h      |    2 +-
>>>  net/rds/ib_recv.c |    2 +-
>>>  net/rds/ib_send.c |   20 +++++++++++++++++---
>>>  net/rds/iw.h      |    2 +-
>>>  net/rds/iw_recv.c |    2 +-
>>>  net/rds/iw_send.c |   20 +++++++++++++++++---
>>>  net/rds/rds.h     |    2 +-
>>>  7 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/net/rds/ib.h b/net/rds/ib.h
>>> index eff70f0..8edb99f 100644
>>> --- a/net/rds/ib.h
>>> +++ b/net/rds/ib.h
>>> @@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ int rds_ib_xmit_rdma(struct rds_connection *conn,
>>> struct rds_rdma_op *op);
>>>  void rds_ib_send_add_credits(struct rds_connection *conn, unsigned
>>> int credits);
>>>  void rds_ib_advertise_credits(struct rds_connection *conn, unsigned
>>> int posted);
>>>  int rds_ib_send_grab_credits(struct rds_ib_connection *ic, u32 wanted,
>>> -                 u32 *adv_credits);
>>> +                 u32 *adv_credits, int need_posted);
>>>  
>>>  /* ib_stats.c */
>>>  DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct rds_ib_statistics, rds_ib_stats);
>>> diff --git a/net/rds/ib_recv.c b/net/rds/ib_recv.c
>>> index 537b2bf..45b569d 100644
>>> --- a/net/rds/ib_recv.c
>>> +++ b/net/rds/ib_recv.c
>>> @@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ void rds_ib_attempt_ack(struct rds_ib_connection *ic)
>>>      }
>>>  
>>>      /* Can we get a send credit? */
>>> -    if (!rds_ib_send_grab_credits(ic, 1, &adv_credits)) {
>>> +    if (!rds_ib_send_grab_credits(ic, 1, &adv_credits, 0)) {
>>>          rds_ib_stats_inc(s_ib_tx_throttle);
>>>          clear_bit(IB_ACK_IN_FLIGHT, &ic->i_ack_flags);
>>>          return;
>>> diff --git a/net/rds/ib_send.c b/net/rds/ib_send.c
>>> index 3b41647..87f6616 100644
>>> --- a/net/rds/ib_send.c
>>> +++ b/net/rds/ib_send.c
>>> @@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ void rds_ib_send_cq_comp_handler(struct ib_cq *cq,
>>> void *context)
>>>   * and using atomic_cmpxchg when updating the two counters.
>>>   */
>>>  int rds_ib_send_grab_credits(struct rds_ib_connection *ic,
>>> -                 u32 wanted, u32 *adv_credits)
>>> +                 u32 wanted, u32 *adv_credits, int need_posted)
>>>  {
>>>      unsigned int avail, posted, got = 0, advertise;
>>>      long oldval, newval;
>>> @@ -345,7 +345,12 @@ try_again:
>>>      }
>>>      newval -= IB_SET_SEND_CREDITS(got);
>>>  
>>> -    if (got && posted) {
>>> +    /*
>>> +     * If need_posted is non-zero, then the caller wants
>>> +     * the posted regardless of whether any send credits are
>>> +     * available.
>>> +     */
>>> +    if (posted && (got || need_posted)) {
>>>          advertise = min_t(unsigned int, posted, RDS_MAX_ADV_CREDIT);
>>>          newval -= IB_SET_POST_CREDITS(advertise);
>>>      }
>>> @@ -467,6 +472,7 @@ int rds_ib_xmit(struct rds_connection *conn,
>>> struct rds_message *rm,
>>>      u32 i;
>>>      u32 work_alloc;
>>>      u32 credit_alloc;
>>> +    u32 posted;
>>>      u32 adv_credits = 0;
>>>      int send_flags = 0;
>>>      int sent;
>>> @@ -492,7 +498,8 @@ int rds_ib_xmit(struct rds_connection *conn,
>>> struct rds_message *rm,
>>>  
>>>      credit_alloc = work_alloc;
>>>      if (ic->i_flowctl) {
>>> -        credit_alloc = rds_ib_send_grab_credits(ic, work_alloc,
>>> &adv_credits);
>>> +        credit_alloc = rds_ib_send_grab_credits(ic, work_alloc,
>>> &posted, 0);
>>> +        adv_credits += posted;
>>>          if (credit_alloc < work_alloc) {
>>>              rds_ib_ring_unalloc(&ic->i_send_ring, work_alloc -
>>> credit_alloc);
>>>              work_alloc = credit_alloc;
>>> @@ -560,6 +567,13 @@ int rds_ib_xmit(struct rds_connection *conn,
>>> struct rds_message *rm,
>>>           * should call rds_ib_ring_alloc first. */
>>>          rm->m_inc.i_hdr.h_ack = cpu_to_be64(rds_ib_piggyb_ack(ic));
>>>          rds_message_make_checksum(&rm->m_inc.i_hdr);
>>> +
>>> +        /*
>>> +         * Update adv_credits since we reset the ACK_REQUIRED bit.
>>> +         */
>>> +        rds_ib_send_grab_credits(ic, 0, &posted, 1);
>>> +        adv_credits += posted;
>>> +        BUG_ON(adv_credits > 255);
>>>      } else if (ic->i_rm != rm)
>>>          BUG();
>>>  
>>> diff --git a/net/rds/iw.h b/net/rds/iw.h
>>> index 600d57f..8b7f01b 100644
>>> --- a/net/rds/iw.h
>>> +++ b/net/rds/iw.h
>>> @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ int rds_iw_xmit_rdma(struct rds_connection *conn,
>>> struct rds_rdma_op *op);
>>>  void rds_iw_send_add_credits(struct rds_connection *conn, unsigned
>>> int credits);
>>>  void rds_iw_advertise_credits(struct rds_connection *conn, unsigned
>>> int posted);
>>>  int rds_iw_send_grab_credits(struct rds_iw_connection *ic, u32 wanted,
>>> -                 u32 *adv_credits);
>>> +                 u32 *adv_credits, int need_posted);
>>>  
>>>  /* ib_stats.c */
>>>  DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct rds_iw_statistics, rds_iw_stats);
>>> diff --git a/net/rds/iw_recv.c b/net/rds/iw_recv.c
>>> index 385f239..05bccc5 100644
>>> --- a/net/rds/iw_recv.c
>>> +++ b/net/rds/iw_recv.c
>>> @@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ void rds_iw_attempt_ack(struct rds_iw_connection *ic)
>>>      }
>>>  
>>>      /* Can we get a send credit? */
>>> -    if (!rds_iw_send_grab_credits(ic, 1, &adv_credits)) {
>>> +    if (!rds_iw_send_grab_credits(ic, 1, &adv_credits, 0)) {
>>>          rds_iw_stats_inc(s_iw_tx_throttle);
>>>          clear_bit(IB_ACK_IN_FLIGHT, &ic->i_ack_flags);
>>>          return;
>>> diff --git a/net/rds/iw_send.c b/net/rds/iw_send.c
>>> index 104662e..7b642cb 100644
>>> --- a/net/rds/iw_send.c
>>> +++ b/net/rds/iw_send.c
>>> @@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ void rds_iw_send_cq_comp_handler(struct ib_cq *cq,
>>> void *context)
>>>   * and using atomic_cmpxchg when updating the two counters.
>>>   */
>>>  int rds_iw_send_grab_credits(struct rds_iw_connection *ic,
>>> -                 u32 wanted, u32 *adv_credits)
>>> +                 u32 wanted, u32 *adv_credits, int need_posted)
>>>  {
>>>      unsigned int avail, posted, got = 0, advertise;
>>>      long oldval, newval;
>>> @@ -385,7 +385,12 @@ try_again:
>>>      }
>>>      newval -= IB_SET_SEND_CREDITS(got);
>>>  
>>> -    if (got && posted) {
>>> +    /*
>>> +     * If need_posted is non-zero, then the caller wants
>>> +     * the posted regardless of whether any send credits are
>>> +     * available.
>>> +     */
>>> +    if (posted && (got || need_posted)) {
>>>          advertise = min_t(unsigned int, posted, RDS_MAX_ADV_CREDIT);
>>>          newval -= IB_SET_POST_CREDITS(advertise);
>>>      }
>>> @@ -507,6 +512,7 @@ int rds_iw_xmit(struct rds_connection *conn,
>>> struct rds_message *rm,
>>>      u32 i;
>>>      u32 work_alloc;
>>>      u32 credit_alloc;
>>> +    u32 posted;
>>>      u32 adv_credits = 0;
>>>      int send_flags = 0;
>>>      int sent;
>>> @@ -539,7 +545,8 @@ int rds_iw_xmit(struct rds_connection *conn,
>>> struct rds_message *rm,
>>>  
>>>      credit_alloc = work_alloc;
>>>      if (ic->i_flowctl) {
>>> -        credit_alloc = rds_iw_send_grab_credits(ic, work_alloc,
>>> &adv_credits);
>>> +        credit_alloc = rds_iw_send_grab_credits(ic, work_alloc,
>>> &posted, 0);
>>> +        adv_credits += posted;
>>>          if (credit_alloc < work_alloc) {
>>>              rds_iw_ring_unalloc(&ic->i_send_ring, work_alloc -
>>> credit_alloc);
>>>              work_alloc = credit_alloc;
>>> @@ -607,6 +614,13 @@ int rds_iw_xmit(struct rds_connection *conn,
>>> struct rds_message *rm,
>>>           * should call rds_iw_ring_alloc first. */
>>>          rm->m_inc.i_hdr.h_ack = cpu_to_be64(rds_iw_piggyb_ack(ic));
>>>          rds_message_make_checksum(&rm->m_inc.i_hdr);
>>> +   
>>> +        /*
>>> +         * Update adv_credits since we reset the ACK_REQUIRED bit.
>>> +         */
>>> +        rds_iw_send_grab_credits(ic, 0, &posted, 1);
>>> +        adv_credits += posted;
>>> +        BUG_ON(adv_credits > 255);
>>>      } else if (ic->i_rm != rm)
>>>          BUG();
>>>  
>>> diff --git a/net/rds/rds.h b/net/rds/rds.h
>>> index ea5b128..0a88b8e 100644
>>> --- a/net/rds/rds.h
>>> +++ b/net/rds/rds.h
>>> @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ struct rds_connection {
>>>  #define RDS_FLAG_CONG_BITMAP    0x01
>>>  #define RDS_FLAG_ACK_REQUIRED    0x02
>>>  #define RDS_FLAG_RETRANSMITTED    0x04
>>> -#define RDS_MAX_ADV_CREDIT    255
>>> +#define RDS_MAX_ADV_CREDIT    127
>>>  
>>>  /*
>>>   * Maximum space available for extension headers.
>>>
>>>
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