spa: make read/write queues configurable

We are finding that as customers get larger and faster machines
(hundreds of cores, large NVMe-backed pools) they keep hitting
relatively low performance ceilings. Our profiling work almost always
finds that they're running into bottlenecks on the SPA IO taskqs.
Unfortunately there's often little we can advise at that point, because
there's very few ways to change behaviour without patching.

This commit adds two load-time parameters `zio_taskq_read` and
`zio_taskq_write` that can configure the READ and WRITE IO taskqs
directly.

This achieves two goals: it gives operators (and those that support
them) a way to tune things without requiring a custom build of OpenZFS,
which is often not possible, and it lets us easily try different config
variations in a variety of environments to inform the development of
better defaults for these kind of systems.

Because tuning the IO taskqs really requires a fairly deep understanding
of how IO in ZFS works, and generally isn't needed without a pretty
serious workload and an ability to identify bottlenecks, only minimal
documentation is provided. Its expected that anyone using this is going
to have the source code there as well.

Signed-off-by: Rob Norris <[email protected]>
Sponsored-by: Klara, Inc.
Sponsored-by: Wasabi Technology, Inc.

Author: robn

man/man4/zfs.4

@@ -2280,6 +2280,16 @@ If
 .Sy 0 ,
 generate a system-dependent value close to 6 threads per taskq.
 .
+.It Sy zio_taskq_read Ns = Ns Sy fixed,1,8 null scale null Pq charp
+Set the queue and thread configuration for the IO read queues.
+This is an advanced debugging parameter.
+Don't change this unless you understand what it does.
+.
+.It Sy zio_taskq_write Ns = Ns Sy batch fixed,1,5 scale fixed,1,5 Pq charp
+Set the queue and thread configuration for the IO write queues.
+This is an advanced debugging parameter.
+Don't change this unless you understand what it does.
+.
 .It Sy zvol_inhibit_dev Ns = Ns Sy 0 Ns | Ns 1 Pq uint
 Do not create zvol device nodes.
 This may slightly improve startup time on

module/zfs/spa.c

@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static const char *const zio_taskq_types[ZIO_TASKQ_TYPES] = {
  * and interrupt) and then to reserve threads for ZIO_PRIORITY_NOW I/Os that
  * need to be handled with minimum delay.
  */
-static const zio_taskq_info_t zio_taskqs[ZIO_TYPES][ZIO_TASKQ_TYPES] = {
+static zio_taskq_info_t zio_taskqs[ZIO_TYPES][ZIO_TASKQ_TYPES] = {
 	/* ISSUE	ISSUE_HIGH	INTR		INTR_HIGH */
 	{ ZTI_ONE,	ZTI_NULL,	ZTI_ONE,	ZTI_NULL }, /* NULL */
 	{ ZTI_N(8),	ZTI_NULL,	ZTI_SCALE,	ZTI_NULL }, /* READ */
@@ -1164,6 +1164,292 @@ spa_taskqs_fini(spa_t *spa, zio_type_t t, zio_taskq_type_t q)
 	tqs->stqs_taskq = NULL;
 }
 
+#ifdef _KERNEL
+/*
+ * The READ and WRITE rows of zio_taskqs are configurable at module load time
+ * by setting zio_taskq_read or zio_taskq_write.
+ *
+ * Example (the defaults for READ and WRITE)
+ *   zio_taskq_read='fixed,1,8 null scale null'
+ *   zio_taskq_write='batch fixed,1,5 scale fixed,1,5'
+ *
+ * Each sets the entire row at a time.
+ *
+ * 'fixed' is parameterised: fixed,Q,T where Q is number of taskqs, T is number
+ * of threads per taskq.
+ *
+ * 'null' can only be set on the high-priority queues (queue selection for
+ * high-priority queues will fall back to the regular queue if the high-pri
+ * is NULL.
+ */
+static const char *const modes[ZTI_NMODES] = {
+	"fixed", "batch", "scale", "null"
+};
+
+/* Parse the incoming config string. Modifies cfg */
+static int
+spa_taskq_param_set(zio_type_t t, char *cfg)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+
+	zio_taskq_info_t row[ZIO_TASKQ_TYPES] = {{0}};
+
+	char *next = cfg, *tok, *c;
+
+	/*
+	 * Parse out each element from the string and fill `row`. The entire
+	 * row has to be set at once, so any errors are flagged by just
+	 * breaking out of this loop early.
+	 */
+	uint_t q;
+	for (q = 0; q < ZIO_TASKQ_TYPES; q++) {
+		/* `next` is the start of the config */
+		if (next == NULL)
+			break;
+
+		/* Eat up leading space */
+		while (isspace(*next))
+			next++;
+		if (*next == '\0')
+			break;
+
+		/* Mode ends at space or end of string */
+		tok = next;
+		next = strchr(tok, ' ');
+		if (next != NULL) *next++ = '\0';
+
+		/* Parameters start after a comma */
+		c = strchr(tok, ',');
+		if (c != NULL) *c++ = '\0';
+
+		/* Match mode string */
+		uint_t mode;
+		for (mode = 0; mode < ZTI_NMODES; mode++)
+			if (strcmp(tok, modes[mode]) == 0)
+				break;
+		if (mode == ZTI_NMODES)
+			break;
+
+		/* Invalid canary */
+		row[q].zti_mode = ZTI_NMODES;
+
+		/* Per-mode setup */
+		switch (mode) {
+
+		/*
+		 * FIXED is parameterised: number of queues, and number of
+		 * threads per queue.
+		 */
+		case ZTI_MODE_FIXED: {
+			/* No parameters? */
+			if (c == NULL || *c == '\0')
+				break;
+
+			/* Find next parameter */
+			tok = c;
+			c = strchr(tok, ',');
+			if (c == NULL)
+				break;
+
+			/* Take digits and convert */
+			unsigned long long nq;
+			if (!(isdigit(*tok)))
+				break;
+			err = ddi_strtoull(tok, &tok, 10, &nq);
+			/* Must succeed and also end at the next param sep */
+			if (err != 0 || tok != c)
+				break;
+
+			/* Move past the comma */
+			tok++;
+			/* Need another number */
+			if (!(isdigit(*tok)))
+				break;
+			/* Remember start to make sure we moved */
+			c = tok;
+
+			/* Take digits */
+			unsigned long long ntpq;
+			err = ddi_strtoull(tok, &tok, 10, &ntpq);
+			/* Must succeed, and moved forward */
+			if (err != 0 || tok == c || *tok != '\0')
+				break;
+
+			/*
+			 * sanity; zero queues/threads make no sense, and
+			 * 16K is almost certainly more than anyone will ever
+			 * need and avoids silly numbers like UINT32_MAX
+			 */
+			if (nq == 0 || nq >= 16384 ||
+			    ntpq == 0 || ntpq >= 16384)
+				break;
+
+			const zio_taskq_info_t zti = ZTI_P(ntpq, nq);
+			row[q] = zti;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		case ZTI_MODE_BATCH: {
+			const zio_taskq_info_t zti = ZTI_BATCH;
+			row[q] = zti;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		case ZTI_MODE_SCALE: {
+			const zio_taskq_info_t zti = ZTI_SCALE;
+			row[q] = zti;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		case ZTI_MODE_NULL: {
+			/*
+			 * Can only null the high-priority queues; the general-
+			 * purpose ones have to exist.
+			 */
+			if (q != ZIO_TASKQ_ISSUE_HIGH &&
+			    q != ZIO_TASKQ_INTERRUPT_HIGH)
+				break;
+
+			const zio_taskq_info_t zti = ZTI_NULL;
+			row[q] = zti;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		default:
+			break;
+		}
+
+		/* Ensure we set a mode */
+		if (row[q].zti_mode == ZTI_NMODES)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	/* Didn't get a full row, fail */
+	if (q < ZIO_TASKQ_TYPES)
+		return (SET_ERROR(EINVAL));
+
+	/* Eat trailing space */
+	if (next != NULL)
+		while (isspace(*next))
+			next++;
+
+	/* If there's anything left over then fail */
+	if (next != NULL && *next != '\0')
+		return (SET_ERROR(EINVAL));
+
+	/* Success! Copy it into the real config */
+	for (q = 0; q < ZIO_TASKQ_TYPES; q++)
+		zio_taskqs[t][q] = row[q];
+
+	return (0);
+}
+
+static int
+spa_taskq_param_get(zio_type_t t, char *buf)
+{
+	int pos = 0;
+
+	/* Build paramater string from live config */
+	const char *sep = "";
+	for (uint_t q = 0; q < ZIO_TASKQ_TYPES; q++) {
+		const zio_taskq_info_t *zti = &zio_taskqs[t][q];
+		if (zti->zti_mode == ZTI_MODE_FIXED)
+			pos += sprintf(&buf[pos], "%s%s,%u,%u", sep,
+			    modes[zti->zti_mode], zti->zti_count,
+			    zti->zti_value);
+		else
+			pos += sprintf(&buf[pos], "%s%s", sep,
+			    modes[zti->zti_mode]);
+		sep = " ";
+	}
+
+	buf[pos++] = '\n';
+	buf[pos] = '\0';
+
+	return (pos);
+}
+
+#ifdef __linux__
+static int
+spa_taskq_read_param_set(const char *val, zfs_kernel_param_t *kp)
+{
+	char *cfg = kmem_strdup(val);
+	int err = spa_taskq_param_set(ZIO_TYPE_READ, cfg);
+	kmem_free(cfg, strlen(val)+1);
+	return (-err);
+}
+static int
+spa_taskq_read_param_get(char *buf, zfs_kernel_param_t *kp)
+{
+	return (spa_taskq_param_get(ZIO_TYPE_READ, buf));
+}
+
+static int
+spa_taskq_write_param_set(const char *val, zfs_kernel_param_t *kp)
+{
+	char *cfg = kmem_strdup(val);
+	int err = spa_taskq_param_set(ZIO_TYPE_WRITE, cfg);
+	kmem_free(cfg, strlen(val)+1);
+	return (-err);
+}
+static int
+spa_taskq_write_param_get(char *buf, zfs_kernel_param_t *kp)
+{
+	return (spa_taskq_param_get(ZIO_TYPE_WRITE, buf));
+}
+#else
+#include <sys/sbuf.h>
+
+/*
+ * On FreeBSD load-time parameters can be set up before malloc() is available,
+ * so we have to do all the parsing work on the stack.
+ */
+#define	SPA_TASKQ_PARAM_MAX	(128)
+
+static int
+spa_taskq_read_param(ZFS_MODULE_PARAM_ARGS)
+{
+	char buf[SPA_TASKQ_PARAM_MAX];
+	int err = 0;
+
+	if (req->newptr == NULL) {
+		int len = spa_taskq_param_get(ZIO_TYPE_READ, buf);
+		struct sbuf *s = sbuf_new_for_sysctl(NULL, NULL, len+1, req);
+		sbuf_cpy(s, buf);
+		err = sbuf_finish(s);
+		sbuf_delete(s);
+		return (err);
+	}
+
+	err = sysctl_handle_string(oidp, buf, sizeof (buf), req);
+	if (err)
+		return (err);
+	return (spa_taskq_param_set(ZIO_TYPE_READ, buf));
+}
+
+static int
+spa_taskq_write_param(ZFS_MODULE_PARAM_ARGS)
+{
+	char buf[SPA_TASKQ_PARAM_MAX];
+	int err = 0;
+
+	if (req->newptr == NULL) {
+		int len = spa_taskq_param_get(ZIO_TYPE_WRITE, buf);
+		struct sbuf *s = sbuf_new_for_sysctl(NULL, NULL, len+1, req);
+		sbuf_cpy(s, buf);
+		err = sbuf_finish(s);
+		sbuf_delete(s);
+		return (err);
+	}
+
+	err = sysctl_handle_string(oidp, buf, sizeof (buf), req);
+	if (err)
+		return (err);
+	return (spa_taskq_param_set(ZIO_TYPE_WRITE, buf));
+}
+#endif
+#endif /* _KERNEL */
+
 /*
  * Dispatch a task to the appropriate taskq for the ZFS I/O type and priority.
  * Note that a type may have multiple discrete taskqs to avoid lock contention
@@ -10210,4 +10496,13 @@ ZFS_MODULE_PARAM(zfs_livelist_condense, zfs_livelist_condense_, new_alloc, INT,
 	ZMOD_RW,
 	"Whether extra ALLOC blkptrs were added to a livelist entry while it "
 	"was being condensed");
+
+#ifdef _KERNEL
+ZFS_MODULE_VIRTUAL_PARAM_CALL(zfs_zio, zio_, taskq_read,
+	spa_taskq_read_param_set, spa_taskq_read_param_get, ZMOD_RD,
+	"Configure IO queues for read IO");
+ZFS_MODULE_VIRTUAL_PARAM_CALL(zfs_zio, zio_, taskq_write,
+	spa_taskq_write_param_set, spa_taskq_write_param_get, ZMOD_RD,
+	"Configure IO queues for write IO");
+#endif
 /* END CSTYLED */