dm crypt: add 'submit_from_crypt_cpus' option
Make it possible to disable offloading writes by setting the optional 'submit_from_crypt_cpus' table argument. There are some situations where offloading write bios from the encryption threads to a single thread degrades performance significantly. The default is to offload write bios to the same thread because it benefits CFQ to have writes submitted using the same IO context. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
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@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Parameters: <cipher> <key> <iv_offset> <device path> \
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Otherwise #opt_params is the number of following arguments.
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Example of optional parameters section:
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2 allow_discards same_cpu_crypt
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3 allow_discards same_cpu_crypt submit_from_crypt_cpus
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allow_discards
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Block discard requests (a.k.a. TRIM) are passed through the crypt device.
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@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ same_cpu_crypt
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The default is to use an unbound workqueue so that encryption work
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is automatically balanced between available CPUs.
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submit_from_crypt_cpus
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Disable offloading writes to a separate thread after encryption.
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There are some situations where offloading write bios from the
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encryption threads to a single thread degrades performance
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significantly. The default is to offload write bios to the same
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thread because it benefits CFQ to have writes submitted using the
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same context.
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Example scripts
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===============
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LUKS (Linux Unified Key Setup) is now the preferred way to set up disk
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@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ struct iv_tcw_private {
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* Crypt: maps a linear range of a block device
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* and encrypts / decrypts at the same time.
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*/
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enum flags { DM_CRYPT_SUSPENDED, DM_CRYPT_KEY_VALID, DM_CRYPT_SAME_CPU };
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enum flags { DM_CRYPT_SUSPENDED, DM_CRYPT_KEY_VALID,
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DM_CRYPT_SAME_CPU, DM_CRYPT_NO_OFFLOAD };
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/*
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* The fields in here must be read only after initialization.
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@ -1239,6 +1240,11 @@ static void kcryptd_crypt_write_io_submit(struct dm_crypt_io *io, int async)
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clone->bi_iter.bi_sector = cc->start + io->sector;
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if (likely(!async) && test_bit(DM_CRYPT_NO_OFFLOAD, &cc->flags)) {
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generic_make_request(clone);
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return;
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}
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spin_lock_irqsave(&cc->write_thread_wait.lock, flags);
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list_add_tail(&io->list, &cc->write_thread_list);
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wake_up_locked(&cc->write_thread_wait);
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@ -1693,7 +1699,7 @@ static int crypt_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
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char dummy;
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static struct dm_arg _args[] = {
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{0, 2, "Invalid number of feature args"},
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{0, 3, "Invalid number of feature args"},
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};
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if (argc < 5) {
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@ -1802,6 +1808,9 @@ static int crypt_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
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else if (!strcasecmp(opt_string, "same_cpu_crypt"))
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set_bit(DM_CRYPT_SAME_CPU, &cc->flags);
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else if (!strcasecmp(opt_string, "submit_from_crypt_cpus"))
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set_bit(DM_CRYPT_NO_OFFLOAD, &cc->flags);
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else {
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ti->error = "Invalid feature arguments";
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goto bad;
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@ -1905,12 +1914,15 @@ static void crypt_status(struct dm_target *ti, status_type_t type,
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num_feature_args += !!ti->num_discard_bios;
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num_feature_args += test_bit(DM_CRYPT_SAME_CPU, &cc->flags);
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num_feature_args += test_bit(DM_CRYPT_NO_OFFLOAD, &cc->flags);
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if (num_feature_args) {
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DMEMIT(" %d", num_feature_args);
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if (ti->num_discard_bios)
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DMEMIT(" allow_discards");
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if (test_bit(DM_CRYPT_SAME_CPU, &cc->flags))
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DMEMIT(" same_cpu_crypt");
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if (test_bit(DM_CRYPT_NO_OFFLOAD, &cc->flags))
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DMEMIT(" submit_from_crypt_cpus");
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}
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break;
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