Bug 552250 – Windows virtio block driver performs poorly on small size requests. In addition, cpu usage on the quest side is very high while handling write requests.

Bug 552250 - Windows virtio block driver performs poorly on small size requests. In addition, cpu usage on the quest side is very high while handling write requests.

Summary:	Windows virtio block driver performs poorly on small size requests. In additi...

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	kvm (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	5.5
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Vadim Rozenfeld
QA Contact:	Virtualization Bugs
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Blocks:	Rhel5KvmTier2
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Reported:	2010-01-04 08:35 EST by Vadim Rozenfeld
Modified:	2013-01-09 17:09 EST (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	kvm-83-144.el5
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2011-01-17 13:41:58 EST
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performance testing results (83.50 KB, application/octet-stream) 2010-01-05 03:00 EST, Vadim Rozenfeld	no flags	Details
retest result. (392.68 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet) 2010-01-11 03:51 EST, lihuang	no flags	Details
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Description Vadim Rozenfeld 2010-01-04 08:35:24 EST

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Comment 2 Vadim Rozenfeld 2010-01-05 03:00:44 EST

Created attachment 381714 [details]
performance testing results

Comment 3 Dor Laor 2010-01-05 04:15:27 EST

Here is a private brew build for perf team to test:
https://brewweb.devel.redhat.com/getfile?taskID=2171566&name=kvm-83-143.el5.x86_64.rpm

Comment 10 lihuang 2010-01-11 03:51:46 EST

Created attachment 382938 [details]
retest result.

Atthched please find the result of *full* test.

finished run test on both kvm-83-140.el5 and kvm-83-144.el5.

test 100% random read and write.
test block size = 512b,1k,2k,4k,8k,16k,32k,64k
test queue depth = 1,2,4,8,16,32,64


the result shows we don't have an evident throughput improvement when write disk. --> Chart 3.5 and Chart 3.6. ( but at least no evident performance regression :) )

the read performance has some enhance ---> Chart 3.1 and Chart 3.3

and the CPU usage has a large improvement, especially on writing.  --> Chart 3.6 and Chart 3.8


+++++++++++++++++ Test env ++++++++++++++++++
DELL OPTIPLEX 760.
 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU    Q9400  @ 2.66GHz
 *4 cores
 8gb ram

kernel 2.6.18-182.el5
kvm    kvm-83-140.el5
       kvm-83-144.el5

Guest window 2008 R2.

CLI :  /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -m 2048 -smp 2 -drive file=/root/win2k8-r2-virtio.raw,if=virtio,boot=on,werror=stop -usb -usbdevice tablet -monitor stdio -vnc :1 -net nic,macaddr=00:21:9B:01:02:01,modle=virtio -net tap -rtc-td-hack -uuid c254380c-e301-4564-acf7-3679d4f509a8 -drive file=/root/test.raw,if=virtio -boot c

the virtual disk (test.raw) is on local disk.
raw format.

no other load on guest/host.
+++++++++++++++++ Test env ++++++++++++++++++

Comment 14 Dor Laor 2010-02-17 09:58:10 EST

In https://brewweb.devel.redhat.com/taskinfo?taskID=2264563 you can find new kvm-83-158.el5.x86_64.rpm  with an option to set the queue depth of the physical storage to.

So you should add -drive file=,...,x-queue-depth-suppress-notify=STORAGE_QUEUE_DEPTH

QE/Perf we need your help with it.
Without the flag you get the regular behaviour.

Comment 21 Vadim Rozenfeld 2010-06-30 13:09:35 EDT

x-queue-depth-suppress-notify patch was reverted. 
The problem wasn't solved, and the status is still "assigned".

Comment 35 RHEL Product and Program Management 2011-01-11 15:54:54 EST

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated in the
current release, Red Hat is unfortunately unable to address this
request at this time. Red Hat invites you to ask your support
representative to propose this request, if appropriate and relevant,
in the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Comment 36 RHEL Product and Program Management 2011-01-11 17:48:43 EST

This request was erroneously denied for the current release of
Red Hat Enterprise Linux.  The error has been fixed and this
request has been re-proposed for the current release.

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