xref: /qemu/iothread.c (revision 138ca49a)
1 /*
2  * Event loop thread
3  *
4  * Copyright Red Hat Inc., 2013
5  *
6  * Authors:
7  *  Stefan Hajnoczi   <stefanha@redhat.com>
8  *
9  * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
10  * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
11  *
12  */
13 
14 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
15 #include "qom/object.h"
16 #include "qom/object_interfaces.h"
17 #include "qemu/module.h"
18 #include "block/aio.h"
19 #include "block/block.h"
20 #include "sysemu/iothread.h"
21 #include "qapi/error.h"
22 #include "qapi/qapi-commands-misc.h"
23 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
24 #include "qemu/rcu.h"
25 #include "qemu/main-loop.h"
26 
27 typedef ObjectClass IOThreadClass;
28 
29 DECLARE_CLASS_CHECKERS(IOThreadClass, IOTHREAD,
30                        TYPE_IOTHREAD)
31 
32 #ifdef CONFIG_POSIX
33 /* Benchmark results from 2016 on NVMe SSD drives show max polling times around
34  * 16-32 microseconds yield IOPS improvements for both iodepth=1 and iodepth=32
35  * workloads.
36  */
37 #define IOTHREAD_POLL_MAX_NS_DEFAULT 32768ULL
38 #else
39 #define IOTHREAD_POLL_MAX_NS_DEFAULT 0ULL
40 #endif
41 
42 static __thread IOThread *my_iothread;
43 
44 AioContext *qemu_get_current_aio_context(void)
45 {
46     return my_iothread ? my_iothread->ctx : qemu_get_aio_context();
47 }
48 
49 static void *iothread_run(void *opaque)
50 {
51     IOThread *iothread = opaque;
52 
53     rcu_register_thread();
54     /*
55      * g_main_context_push_thread_default() must be called before anything
56      * in this new thread uses glib.
57      */
58     g_main_context_push_thread_default(iothread->worker_context);
59     my_iothread = iothread;
60     iothread->thread_id = qemu_get_thread_id();
61     qemu_sem_post(&iothread->init_done_sem);
62 
63     while (iothread->running) {
64         /*
65          * Note: from functional-wise the g_main_loop_run() below can
66          * already cover the aio_poll() events, but we can't run the
67          * main loop unconditionally because explicit aio_poll() here
68          * is faster than g_main_loop_run() when we do not need the
69          * gcontext at all (e.g., pure block layer iothreads).  In
70          * other words, when we want to run the gcontext with the
71          * iothread we need to pay some performance for functionality.
72          */
73         aio_poll(iothread->ctx, true);
74 
75         /*
76          * We must check the running state again in case it was
77          * changed in previous aio_poll()
78          */
79         if (iothread->running && qatomic_read(&iothread->run_gcontext)) {
80             g_main_loop_run(iothread->main_loop);
81         }
82     }
83 
84     g_main_context_pop_thread_default(iothread->worker_context);
85     rcu_unregister_thread();
86     return NULL;
87 }
88 
89 /* Runs in iothread_run() thread */
90 static void iothread_stop_bh(void *opaque)
91 {
92     IOThread *iothread = opaque;
93 
94     iothread->running = false; /* stop iothread_run() */
95 
96     if (iothread->main_loop) {
97         g_main_loop_quit(iothread->main_loop);
98     }
99 }
100 
101 void iothread_stop(IOThread *iothread)
102 {
103     if (!iothread->ctx || iothread->stopping) {
104         return;
105     }
106     iothread->stopping = true;
107     aio_bh_schedule_oneshot(iothread->ctx, iothread_stop_bh, iothread);
108     qemu_thread_join(&iothread->thread);
109 }
110 
111 static void iothread_instance_init(Object *obj)
112 {
113     IOThread *iothread = IOTHREAD(obj);
114 
115     iothread->poll_max_ns = IOTHREAD_POLL_MAX_NS_DEFAULT;
116     iothread->thread_id = -1;
117     qemu_sem_init(&iothread->init_done_sem, 0);
118     /* By default, we don't run gcontext */
119     qatomic_set(&iothread->run_gcontext, 0);
120 }
121 
122 static void iothread_instance_finalize(Object *obj)
123 {
124     IOThread *iothread = IOTHREAD(obj);
125 
126     iothread_stop(iothread);
127 
128     /*
129      * Before glib2 2.33.10, there is a glib2 bug that GSource context
130      * pointer may not be cleared even if the context has already been
131      * destroyed (while it should).  Here let's free the AIO context
132      * earlier to bypass that glib bug.
133      *
134      * We can remove this comment after the minimum supported glib2
135      * version boosts to 2.33.10.  Before that, let's free the
136      * GSources first before destroying any GMainContext.
137      */
138     if (iothread->ctx) {
139         aio_context_unref(iothread->ctx);
140         iothread->ctx = NULL;
141     }
142     if (iothread->worker_context) {
143         g_main_context_unref(iothread->worker_context);
144         iothread->worker_context = NULL;
145         g_main_loop_unref(iothread->main_loop);
146         iothread->main_loop = NULL;
147     }
148     qemu_sem_destroy(&iothread->init_done_sem);
149 }
150 
151 static void iothread_init_gcontext(IOThread *iothread)
152 {
153     GSource *source;
154 
155     iothread->worker_context = g_main_context_new();
156     source = aio_get_g_source(iothread_get_aio_context(iothread));
157     g_source_attach(source, iothread->worker_context);
158     g_source_unref(source);
159     iothread->main_loop = g_main_loop_new(iothread->worker_context, TRUE);
160 }
161 
162 static void iothread_complete(UserCreatable *obj, Error **errp)
163 {
164     Error *local_error = NULL;
165     IOThread *iothread = IOTHREAD(obj);
166     char *thread_name;
167 
168     iothread->stopping = false;
169     iothread->running = true;
170     iothread->ctx = aio_context_new(errp);
171     if (!iothread->ctx) {
172         return;
173     }
174 
175     /*
176      * Init one GMainContext for the iothread unconditionally, even if
177      * it's not used
178      */
179     iothread_init_gcontext(iothread);
180 
181     aio_context_set_poll_params(iothread->ctx,
182                                 iothread->poll_max_ns,
183                                 iothread->poll_grow,
184                                 iothread->poll_shrink,
185                                 &local_error);
186     if (local_error) {
187         error_propagate(errp, local_error);
188         aio_context_unref(iothread->ctx);
189         iothread->ctx = NULL;
190         return;
191     }
192 
193     /* This assumes we are called from a thread with useful CPU affinity for us
194      * to inherit.
195      */
196     thread_name = g_strdup_printf("IO %s",
197                         object_get_canonical_path_component(OBJECT(obj)));
198     qemu_thread_create(&iothread->thread, thread_name, iothread_run,
199                        iothread, QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
200     g_free(thread_name);
201 
202     /* Wait for initialization to complete */
203     while (iothread->thread_id == -1) {
204         qemu_sem_wait(&iothread->init_done_sem);
205     }
206 }
207 
208 typedef struct {
209     const char *name;
210     ptrdiff_t offset; /* field's byte offset in IOThread struct */
211 } PollParamInfo;
212 
213 static PollParamInfo poll_max_ns_info = {
214     "poll-max-ns", offsetof(IOThread, poll_max_ns),
215 };
216 static PollParamInfo poll_grow_info = {
217     "poll-grow", offsetof(IOThread, poll_grow),
218 };
219 static PollParamInfo poll_shrink_info = {
220     "poll-shrink", offsetof(IOThread, poll_shrink),
221 };
222 
223 static void iothread_get_poll_param(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
224         const char *name, void *opaque, Error **errp)
225 {
226     IOThread *iothread = IOTHREAD(obj);
227     PollParamInfo *info = opaque;
228     int64_t *field = (void *)iothread + info->offset;
229 
230     visit_type_int64(v, name, field, errp);
231 }
232 
233 static void iothread_set_poll_param(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
234         const char *name, void *opaque, Error **errp)
235 {
236     IOThread *iothread = IOTHREAD(obj);
237     PollParamInfo *info = opaque;
238     int64_t *field = (void *)iothread + info->offset;
239     int64_t value;
240 
241     if (!visit_type_int64(v, name, &value, errp)) {
242         return;
243     }
244 
245     if (value < 0) {
246         error_setg(errp, "%s value must be in range [0, %" PRId64 "]",
247                    info->name, INT64_MAX);
248         return;
249     }
250 
251     *field = value;
252 
253     if (iothread->ctx) {
254         aio_context_set_poll_params(iothread->ctx,
255                                     iothread->poll_max_ns,
256                                     iothread->poll_grow,
257                                     iothread->poll_shrink,
258                                     errp);
259     }
260 }
261 
262 static void iothread_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *class_data)
263 {
264     UserCreatableClass *ucc = USER_CREATABLE_CLASS(klass);
265     ucc->complete = iothread_complete;
266 
267     object_class_property_add(klass, "poll-max-ns", "int",
268                               iothread_get_poll_param,
269                               iothread_set_poll_param,
270                               NULL, &poll_max_ns_info);
271     object_class_property_add(klass, "poll-grow", "int",
272                               iothread_get_poll_param,
273                               iothread_set_poll_param,
274                               NULL, &poll_grow_info);
275     object_class_property_add(klass, "poll-shrink", "int",
276                               iothread_get_poll_param,
277                               iothread_set_poll_param,
278                               NULL, &poll_shrink_info);
279 }
280 
281 static const TypeInfo iothread_info = {
282     .name = TYPE_IOTHREAD,
283     .parent = TYPE_OBJECT,
284     .class_init = iothread_class_init,
285     .instance_size = sizeof(IOThread),
286     .instance_init = iothread_instance_init,
287     .instance_finalize = iothread_instance_finalize,
288     .interfaces = (InterfaceInfo[]) {
289         {TYPE_USER_CREATABLE},
290         {}
291     },
292 };
293 
294 static void iothread_register_types(void)
295 {
296     type_register_static(&iothread_info);
297 }
298 
299 type_init(iothread_register_types)
300 
301 char *iothread_get_id(IOThread *iothread)
302 {
303     return g_strdup(object_get_canonical_path_component(OBJECT(iothread)));
304 }
305 
306 AioContext *iothread_get_aio_context(IOThread *iothread)
307 {
308     return iothread->ctx;
309 }
310 
311 static int query_one_iothread(Object *object, void *opaque)
312 {
313     IOThreadInfoList ***prev = opaque;
314     IOThreadInfoList *elem;
315     IOThreadInfo *info;
316     IOThread *iothread;
317 
318     iothread = (IOThread *)object_dynamic_cast(object, TYPE_IOTHREAD);
319     if (!iothread) {
320         return 0;
321     }
322 
323     info = g_new0(IOThreadInfo, 1);
324     info->id = iothread_get_id(iothread);
325     info->thread_id = iothread->thread_id;
326     info->poll_max_ns = iothread->poll_max_ns;
327     info->poll_grow = iothread->poll_grow;
328     info->poll_shrink = iothread->poll_shrink;
329 
330     elem = g_new0(IOThreadInfoList, 1);
331     elem->value = info;
332     elem->next = NULL;
333 
334     **prev = elem;
335     *prev = &elem->next;
336     return 0;
337 }
338 
339 IOThreadInfoList *qmp_query_iothreads(Error **errp)
340 {
341     IOThreadInfoList *head = NULL;
342     IOThreadInfoList **prev = &head;
343     Object *container = object_get_objects_root();
344 
345     object_child_foreach(container, query_one_iothread, &prev);
346     return head;
347 }
348 
349 GMainContext *iothread_get_g_main_context(IOThread *iothread)
350 {
351     qatomic_set(&iothread->run_gcontext, 1);
352     aio_notify(iothread->ctx);
353     return iothread->worker_context;
354 }
355 
356 IOThread *iothread_create(const char *id, Error **errp)
357 {
358     Object *obj;
359 
360     obj = object_new_with_props(TYPE_IOTHREAD,
361                                 object_get_internal_root(),
362                                 id, errp, NULL);
363 
364     return IOTHREAD(obj);
365 }
366 
367 void iothread_destroy(IOThread *iothread)
368 {
369     object_unparent(OBJECT(iothread));
370 }
371 
372 /* Lookup IOThread by its id.  Only finds user-created objects, not internal
373  * iothread_create() objects. */
374 IOThread *iothread_by_id(const char *id)
375 {
376     return IOTHREAD(object_resolve_path_type(id, TYPE_IOTHREAD, NULL));
377 }
378