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From:   Qu Wenruo <quwenruo.btrfs@gmx.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v1 0/6] Introducing `wq_cpu_set` mount option for
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On 2023/2/27 00:02, Ammar Faizi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This is an RFC patchset that introduces the `wq_cpu_set` mount option.
> This option lets the user specify a CPU set that the Btrfs workqueues
> will use.
> 
> Btrfs workqueues can slow sensitive user tasks down because they can use
> any online CPU to perform heavy workloads on an SMP system. Add a mount
> option to isolate the Btrfs workqueues to a set of CPUs. It is helpful
> to avoid sensitive user tasks being preempted by Btrfs heavy workqueues.

I'm not sure if pinning the wq is really the best way to your problem.

Yes, I understand you want to limit the CPU usage of btrfs workqueues, 
but have you tried "thread_pool=" mount option?

That mount option should limit the max amount of in-flight work items, 
thus at least limit the CPU usage.

For the wq CPU pinning part, I'm not sure if it's really needed, 
although it's known CPU pinning can affect some performance characteristics.

Thanks,
Qu

> 
> This option is similar to the taskset bitmask except that the comma
> separator is replaced with a dot. The reason for this is that the mount
> option parser uses commas to separate mount options.
> 
> Figure (the CPU usage when `wq_cpu_set` is used VS when it is not):
> https://gist.githubusercontent.com/ammarfaizi2/a10f8073e58d1712c1ed49af83ae4ad1/raw/a4f7cbc4eb163db792a669d570ff542495e8c704/wq_cpu_set.png
> 
> A simple stress testing:
> 
> 1. Open htop.
> 2. Open a new terminal.
> 3. Mount and perform a heavy workload on the mounted Btrfs filesystem.
> 
> ## Test without wq_cpu_set
> sudo mount -t btrfs -o rw,compress-force=zstd:15,commit=1500 /dev/sda2 hdd/a;
> cp -rf /path/folder_with_many_large_files/ hdd/a/test;
> sync; # See the CPU usage in htop.
> sudo umount hdd/a;
> 
> ## Test wq_cpu_set
> sudo mount -t btrfs -o rw,compress-force=zstd:15,commit=1500,wq_cpu_set=0.4.1.5 /dev/sda2 hdd/a;
> cp -rf /path/folder_with_many_large_files/ hdd/a/test;
> sync; # See the CPU usage in htop.
> sudo umount hdd/a;
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ammar Faizi <ammarfaizi2@gnuweeb.org>
> ---
> 
> Ammar Faizi (6):
>    workqueue: Add set_workqueue_cpumask() helper function
>    btrfs: Change `mount_opt` type in `struct btrfs_fs_info` to `u64`
>    btrfs: Create btrfs CPU set struct and helpers
>    btrfs: Add wq_cpu_set=%s mount option
>    btrfs: Adjust the default thread pool size when `wq_cpu_set` option is used
>    btrfs: Add `BTRFS_DEFAULT_MAX_THREAD_POOL_SIZE` macro
> 
>   fs/btrfs/async-thread.c   | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++
>   fs/btrfs/async-thread.h   |  3 ++
>   fs/btrfs/disk-io.c        |  6 ++-
>   fs/btrfs/fs.c             | 97 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   fs/btrfs/fs.h             | 12 ++++-
>   fs/btrfs/super.c          | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   include/linux/workqueue.h |  3 ++
>   kernel/workqueue.c        | 19 ++++++++
>   8 files changed, 271 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> base-commit: 2fcd07b7ccd5fd10b2120d298363e4e6c53ccf9c