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1 /*
2 * libev linux aio fd activity backend
3 *
4 * Copyright (c) 2019 Marc Alexander Lehmann <libev@schmorp.de>
5 * All rights reserved.
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38 */
39
40 /*
41 * general notes about linux aio:
42 *
43 * a) at first, the linux aio IOCB_CMD_POLL functionality introduced in
44 * 4.18 looks too good to be true: both watchers and events can be
45 * batched, and events can even be handled in userspace using
46 * a ring buffer shared with the kernel. watchers can be canceled
47 * regardless of whether the fd has been closed. no problems with fork.
48 * ok, the ring buffer is 200% undocumented (there isn't even a
49 * header file), but otherwise, it's pure bliss!
50 * b) ok, watchers are one-shot, so you have to re-arm active ones
51 * on every iteration. so much for syscall-less event handling,
52 * but at least these re-arms can be batched, no big deal, right?
53 * c) well, linux as usual: the documentation lies to you: io_submit
54 * sometimes returns EINVAL because the kernel doesn't feel like
55 * handling your poll mask - ttys can be polled for POLLOUT,
56 * POLLOUT|POLLIN, but polling for POLLIN fails. just great,
57 * so we have to fall back to something else (hello, epoll),
58 * but at least the fallback can be slow, because these are
59 * exceptional cases, right?
60 * d) hmm, you have to tell the kernel the maximum number of watchers
61 * you want to queue when initialising the aio context. but of
62 * course the real limit is magically calculated in the kernel, and
63 * is often higher then we asked for. so we just have to destroy
64 * the aio context and re-create it a bit larger if we hit the limit.
65 * (starts to remind you of epoll? well, it's a bit more deterministic
66 * and less gambling, but still ugly as hell).
67 * e) that's when you find out you can also hit an arbitrary system-wide
68 * limit. or the kernel simply doesn't want to handle your watchers.
69 * what the fuck do we do then? you guessed it, in the middle
70 * of event handling we have to switch to 100% epoll polling. and
71 * that better is as fast as normal epoll polling, so you practically
72 * have to use the normal epoll backend with all its quirks.
73 * f) end result of this train wreck: it inherits all the disadvantages
74 * from epoll, while adding a number on its own. why even bother to use
75 * it? because if conditions are right and your fds are supported and you
76 * don't hit a limit, this backend is actually faster, doesn't gamble with
77 * your fds, batches watchers and events and doesn't require costly state
78 * recreates. well, until it does.
79 * g) all of this makes this backend use almost twice as much code as epoll.
80 * which in turn uses twice as much code as poll. and that#s not counting
81 * the fact that this backend also depends on the epoll backend, making
82 * it three times as much code as poll, or kqueue.
83 * h) bleah. why can't linux just do kqueue. sure kqueue is ugly, but by now
84 * it's clear that whatever linux comes up with is far, far, far worse.
85 */
86
87 #include <sys/time.h> /* actually linux/time.h, but we must assume they are compatible */
88 #include <poll.h>
89 #include <linux/aio_abi.h>
90
91 /*****************************************************************************/
92 /* syscall wrapdadoop - this section has the raw api/abi definitions */
93
94 #include <sys/syscall.h> /* no glibc wrappers */
95
96 /* aio_abi.h is not versioned in any way, so we cannot test for its existance */
97 #define IOCB_CMD_POLL 5
98
99 /* taken from linux/fs/aio.c. yup, that's a .c file.
100 * not only is this totally undocumented, not even the source code
101 * can tell you what the future semantics of compat_features and
102 * incompat_features are, or what header_length actually is for.
103 */
104 #define AIO_RING_MAGIC 0xa10a10a1
105 #define AIO_RING_INCOMPAT_FEATURES 0
106 struct aio_ring
107 {
108 unsigned id; /* kernel internal index number */
109 unsigned nr; /* number of io_events */
110 unsigned head; /* Written to by userland or by kernel. */
111 unsigned tail;
112
113 unsigned magic;
114 unsigned compat_features;
115 unsigned incompat_features;
116 unsigned header_length; /* size of aio_ring */
117
118 struct io_event io_events[0];
119 };
120
121 inline_size
122 int
123 evsys_io_setup (unsigned nr_events, aio_context_t *ctx_idp)
124 {
125 return syscall (SYS_io_setup, nr_events, ctx_idp);
126 }
127
128 inline_size
129 int
130 evsys_io_destroy (aio_context_t ctx_id)
131 {
132 return syscall (SYS_io_destroy, ctx_id);
133 }
134
135 inline_size
136 int
137 evsys_io_submit (aio_context_t ctx_id, long nr, struct iocb *cbp[])
138 {
139 return syscall (SYS_io_submit, ctx_id, nr, cbp);
140 }
141
142 inline_size
143 int
144 evsys_io_cancel (aio_context_t ctx_id, struct iocb *cbp, struct io_event *result)
145 {
146 return syscall (SYS_io_cancel, ctx_id, cbp, result);
147 }
148
149 inline_size
150 int
151 evsys_io_getevents (aio_context_t ctx_id, long min_nr, long nr, struct io_event *events, struct timespec *timeout)
152 {
153 return syscall (SYS_io_getevents, ctx_id, min_nr, nr, events, timeout);
154 }
155
156 /*****************************************************************************/
157 /* actual backed implementation */
158
159 ecb_cold
160 static int
161 linuxaio_nr_events (EV_P)
162 {
163 /* we start with 16 iocbs and incraese from there
164 * that's tiny, but the kernel has a rather low system-wide
165 * limit that can be reached quickly, so let's be parsimonious
166 * with this resource.
167 * Rest assured, the kernel generously rounds up small and big numbers
168 * in different ways (but doesn't seem to charge you for it).
169 * The 15 here is because the kernel usually has a power of two as aio-max-nr,
170 * and this helps to take advantage of that limit.
171 */
172
173 /* we try to fill 4kB pages exactly.
174 * the ring buffer header is 32 bytes, every io event is 32 bytes.
175 * the kernel takes the io requests number, doubles it, adds 2
176 * and adds the ring buffer.
177 * the way we use this is by starting low, and then roughly doubling the
178 * size each time we hit a limit.
179 */
180
181 int requests = 15 << linuxaio_iteration;
182 int one_page = (4096
183 / sizeof (struct io_event) ) / 2; /* how many fit into one page */
184 int first_page = ((4096 - sizeof (struct aio_ring))
185 / sizeof (struct io_event) - 2) / 2; /* how many fit into the first page */
186
187 /* if everything fits into one page, use count exactly */
188 if (requests > first_page)
189 /* otherwise, round down to full pages and add the first page */
190 requests = requests / one_page * one_page + first_page;
191
192 return requests;
193 }
194
195 /* we use out own wrapper structure in case we ever want to do something "clever" */
196 typedef struct aniocb
197 {
198 struct iocb io;
199 /*int inuse;*/
200 } *ANIOCBP;
201
202 inline_size
203 void
204 linuxaio_array_needsize_iocbp (ANIOCBP *base, int offset, int count)
205 {
206 while (count--)
207 {
208 /* TODO: quite the overhead to allocate every iocb separately, maybe use our own allocator? */
209 ANIOCBP iocb = (ANIOCBP)ev_malloc (sizeof (*iocb));
210
211 /* full zero initialise is probably not required at the moment, but
212 * this is not well documented, so we better do it.
213 */
214 memset (iocb, 0, sizeof (*iocb));
215
216 iocb->io.aio_lio_opcode = IOCB_CMD_POLL;
217 iocb->io.aio_data = offset;
218 iocb->io.aio_fildes = offset;
219
220 base [offset++] = iocb;
221 }
222 }
223
224 ecb_cold
225 static void
226 linuxaio_free_iocbp (EV_P)
227 {
228 while (linuxaio_iocbpmax--)
229 ev_free (linuxaio_iocbps [linuxaio_iocbpmax]);
230
231 linuxaio_iocbpmax = 0; /* next resize will completely reallocate the array, at some overhead */
232 }
233
234 static void
235 linuxaio_modify (EV_P_ int fd, int oev, int nev)
236 {
237 array_needsize (ANIOCBP, linuxaio_iocbps, linuxaio_iocbpmax, fd + 1, linuxaio_array_needsize_iocbp);
238 ANIOCBP iocb = linuxaio_iocbps [fd];
239
240 if (iocb->io.aio_reqprio < 0)
241 {
242 /* we handed this fd over to epoll, so undo this first */
243 /* we do it manually because the optimisations on epoll_modfy won't do us any good */
244 epoll_ctl (backend_fd, EPOLL_CTL_DEL, fd, 0);
245 iocb->io.aio_reqprio = 0;
246 }
247
248 if (iocb->io.aio_buf)
249 /* io_cancel always returns some error on relevant kernels, but works */
250 evsys_io_cancel (linuxaio_ctx, &iocb->io, (struct io_event *)0);
251
252 if (nev)
253 {
254 iocb->io.aio_buf =
255 (nev & EV_READ ? POLLIN : 0)
256 | (nev & EV_WRITE ? POLLOUT : 0);
257
258 /* queue iocb up for io_submit */
259 /* this assumes we only ever get one call per fd per loop iteration */
260 ++linuxaio_submitcnt;
261 array_needsize (struct iocb *, linuxaio_submits, linuxaio_submitmax, linuxaio_submitcnt, array_needsize_noinit);
262 linuxaio_submits [linuxaio_submitcnt - 1] = &iocb->io;
263 }
264 }
265
266 static void
267 linuxaio_epoll_cb (EV_P_ struct ev_io *w, int revents)
268 {
269 epoll_poll (EV_A_ 0);
270 }
271
272 static void
273 linuxaio_fd_rearm (EV_P_ int fd)
274 {
275 anfds [fd].events = 0;
276 linuxaio_iocbps [fd]->io.aio_buf = 0;
277 fd_change (EV_A_ fd, EV_ANFD_REIFY);
278 }
279
280 static void
281 linuxaio_parse_events (EV_P_ struct io_event *ev, int nr)
282 {
283 while (nr)
284 {
285 int fd = ev->data;
286 int res = ev->res;
287
288 assert (("libev: iocb fd must be in-bounds", fd >= 0 && fd < anfdmax));
289
290 /* feed events, we do not expect or handle POLLNVAL */
291 fd_event (
292 EV_A_
293 fd,
294 (res & (POLLOUT | POLLERR | POLLHUP) ? EV_WRITE : 0)
295 | (res & (POLLIN | POLLERR | POLLHUP) ? EV_READ : 0)
296 );
297
298 /* linux aio is oneshot: rearm fd. TODO: this does more work than needed */
299 linuxaio_fd_rearm (EV_A_ fd);
300
301 --nr;
302 ++ev;
303 }
304 }
305
306 /* get any events from ring buffer, return true if any were handled */
307 static int
308 linuxaio_get_events_from_ring (EV_P)
309 {
310 struct aio_ring *ring = (struct aio_ring *)linuxaio_ctx;
311
312 /* the kernel reads and writes both of these variables, */
313 /* as a C extension, we assume that volatile use here */
314 /* both makes reads atomic and once-only */
315 unsigned head = *(volatile unsigned *)&ring->head;
316 unsigned tail = *(volatile unsigned *)&ring->tail;
317
318 if (head == tail)
319 return 0;
320
321 /* bail out if the ring buffer doesn't match the expected layout */
322 if (expect_false (ring->magic != AIO_RING_MAGIC)
323 || ring->incompat_features != AIO_RING_INCOMPAT_FEATURES
324 || ring->header_length != sizeof (struct aio_ring)) /* TODO: or use it to find io_event[0]? */
325 return 0;
326
327 /* make sure the events up to tail are visible */
328 ECB_MEMORY_FENCE_ACQUIRE;
329
330 /* parse all available events, but only once, to avoid starvation */
331 if (tail > head) /* normal case around */
332 linuxaio_parse_events (EV_A_ ring->io_events + head, tail - head);
333 else /* wrapped around */
334 {
335 linuxaio_parse_events (EV_A_ ring->io_events + head, ring->nr - head);
336 linuxaio_parse_events (EV_A_ ring->io_events, tail);
337 }
338
339 ECB_MEMORY_FENCE_RELAXED;
340 /* as an extension to C, we hope that the volatile will make this atomic and once-only */
341 *(volatile unsigned *)&ring->head = tail;
342 /* make sure kernel can see our new head value - probably not required */
343 ECB_MEMORY_FENCE_RELEASE;
344
345 return 1;
346 }
347
348 /* read at least one event from kernel, or timeout */
349 inline_size
350 void
351 linuxaio_get_events (EV_P_ ev_tstamp timeout)
352 {
353 struct timespec ts;
354 struct io_event ioev[1];
355 int res;
356
357 if (linuxaio_get_events_from_ring (EV_A))
358 return;
359
360 /* no events, so wait for at least one, then poll ring buffer again */
361 /* this degrades to one event per loop iteration */
362 /* if the ring buffer changes layout, but so be it */
363
364 EV_RELEASE_CB;
365
366 ts.tv_sec = (long)timeout;
367 ts.tv_nsec = (long)((timeout - ts.tv_sec) * 1e9);
368
369 res = evsys_io_getevents (linuxaio_ctx, 1, sizeof (ioev) / sizeof (ioev [0]), ioev, &ts);
370
371 EV_ACQUIRE_CB;
372
373 if (res < 0)
374 if (errno == EINTR)
375 /* ignored */;
376 else
377 ev_syserr ("(libev) linuxaio io_getevents");
378 else if (res)
379 {
380 /* at least one event received, handle it and any remaining ones in the ring buffer */
381 linuxaio_parse_events (EV_A_ ioev, res);
382 linuxaio_get_events_from_ring (EV_A);
383 }
384 }
385
386 static int
387 linuxaio_io_setup (EV_P)
388 {
389 linuxaio_ctx = 0;
390 return evsys_io_setup (linuxaio_nr_events (EV_A), &linuxaio_ctx);
391 }
392
393 static void
394 linuxaio_poll (EV_P_ ev_tstamp timeout)
395 {
396 int submitted;
397
398 /* first phase: submit new iocbs */
399
400 /* io_submit might return less than the requested number of iocbs */
401 /* this is, afaics, only because of errors, but we go by the book and use a loop, */
402 /* which allows us to pinpoint the erroneous iocb */
403 for (submitted = 0; submitted < linuxaio_submitcnt; )
404 {
405 int res = evsys_io_submit (linuxaio_ctx, linuxaio_submitcnt - submitted, linuxaio_submits + submitted);
406
407 if (expect_false (res < 0))
408 if (errno == EINVAL)
409 {
410 /* This happens for unsupported fds, officially, but in my testing,
411 * also randomly happens for supported fds. We fall back to good old
412 * poll() here, under the assumption that this is a very rare case.
413 * See https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1047453/ to see
414 * discussion about such a case (ttys) where polling for POLLIN
415 * fails but POLLIN|POLLOUT works.
416 */
417 struct iocb *iocb = linuxaio_submits [submitted];
418 epoll_modify (EV_A_ iocb->aio_fildes, 0, anfds [iocb->aio_fildes].events);
419 iocb->aio_reqprio = -1; /* mark iocb as epoll */
420
421 res = 1; /* skip this iocb - another iocb, another chance */
422 }
423 else if (errno == EAGAIN)
424 {
425 /* This happens when the ring buffer is full, or some other shit we
426 * don't know and isn't documented. Most likely because we have too
427 * many requests and linux aio can't be assed to handle them.
428 * In this case, we try to allocate a larger ring buffer, freeing
429 * ours first. This might fail, in which case we have to fall back to 100%
430 * epoll.
431 * God, how I hate linux not getting its act together. Ever.
432 */
433 evsys_io_destroy (linuxaio_ctx);
434 linuxaio_submitcnt = 0;
435
436 /* rearm all fds with active iocbs */
437 {
438 int fd;
439 for (fd = 0; fd < linuxaio_iocbpmax; ++fd)
440 if (linuxaio_iocbps [fd]->io.aio_buf)
441 linuxaio_fd_rearm (EV_A_ fd);
442 }
443
444 ++linuxaio_iteration;
445 if (linuxaio_io_setup (EV_A) < 0)
446 {
447 /* to bad, we can't get a new aio context, go 100% epoll */
448 linuxaio_free_iocbp (EV_A);
449 ev_io_stop (EV_A_ &linuxaio_epoll_w);
450 ev_ref (EV_A);
451 linuxaio_ctx = 0;
452 backend_modify = epoll_modify;
453 backend_poll = epoll_poll;
454 }
455
456 timeout = 0;
457 /* it's easiest to handle this mess in another iteration */
458 return;
459 }
460 else if (errno == EBADF)
461 {
462 fd_kill (EV_A_ linuxaio_submits [submitted]->aio_fildes);
463
464 res = 1; /* skip this iocb */
465 }
466 else
467 ev_syserr ("(libev) linuxaio io_submit");
468
469 submitted += res;
470 }
471
472 linuxaio_submitcnt = 0;
473
474 /* second phase: fetch and parse events */
475
476 linuxaio_get_events (EV_A_ timeout);
477 }
478
479 inline_size
480 int
481 linuxaio_init (EV_P_ int flags)
482 {
483 /* would be great to have a nice test for IOCB_CMD_POLL instead */
484 /* also: test some semi-common fd types, such as files and ttys in recommended_backends */
485 /* 4.18 introduced IOCB_CMD_POLL, 4.19 made epoll work, and we need that */
486 if (ev_linux_version () < 0x041300)
487 return 0;
488
489 if (!epoll_init (EV_A_ 0))
490 return 0;
491
492 linuxaio_iteration = 0;
493
494 if (linuxaio_io_setup (EV_A) < 0)
495 {
496 epoll_destroy (EV_A);
497 return 0;
498 }
499
500 ev_io_init (EV_A_ &linuxaio_epoll_w, linuxaio_epoll_cb, backend_fd, EV_READ);
501 ev_set_priority (&linuxaio_epoll_w, EV_MAXPRI);
502 ev_io_start (EV_A_ &linuxaio_epoll_w);
503 ev_unref (EV_A); /* watcher should not keep loop alive */
504
505 backend_modify = linuxaio_modify;
506 backend_poll = linuxaio_poll;
507
508 linuxaio_iocbpmax = 0;
509 linuxaio_iocbps = 0;
510
511 linuxaio_submits = 0;
512 linuxaio_submitmax = 0;
513 linuxaio_submitcnt = 0;
514
515 return EVBACKEND_LINUXAIO;
516 }
517
518 inline_size
519 void
520 linuxaio_destroy (EV_P)
521 {
522 epoll_destroy (EV_A);
523 linuxaio_free_iocbp (EV_A);
524 evsys_io_destroy (linuxaio_ctx);
525 }
526
527 inline_size
528 void
529 linuxaio_fork (EV_P)
530 {
531 /* this frees all iocbs, which is very heavy-handed */
532 linuxaio_destroy (EV_A);
533 linuxaio_submitcnt = 0; /* all pointers were invalidated */
534
535 linuxaio_iteration = 0; /* we start over in the child */
536
537 while (linuxaio_io_setup (EV_A) < 0)
538 ev_syserr ("(libev) linuxaio io_setup");
539
540 epoll_fork (EV_A);
541
542 ev_io_stop (EV_A_ &linuxaio_epoll_w);
543 ev_io_set (EV_A_ &linuxaio_epoll_w, backend_fd, EV_READ);
544 ev_io_start (EV_A_ &linuxaio_epoll_w);
545
546 /* epoll_fork already did this. hopefully */
547 /*fd_rearm_all (EV_A);*/
548 }
549