[LU-15546] Shared Directory File Creates regression seen in 2.15 when comparing to 2.12.6

• Type: Bug
• Resolution: Fixed
• Priority: Critical
• Fix Version/s: Lustre 2.15.0
• Affects Version/s: Lustre 2.15.0
• Severity: 3
• Assignee: Etienne Aujames
• Reporter: Petros Koutoupis

Description

When testing mdtest 2.15 (2.14.57) and comparing to 2.12.6, I see a large 25% regression with Shared Directory File Creates. Perf traces (attached) show a lot of extra ldlm overhead.

#!/bin/bash

NODES=21
PPN=16
PROCS=$(( $NODES * $PPN ))
MDT_COUNT=1
PAUSED=120

srun -N $NODES --ntasks-per-node $PPN ~bloewe/benchmarks/ior-3.3.0-CentOS-8.2/install/bin/mdtest -v -i 5 -p $PAUSED -C -E -T -r -n $(( $MDT_COUNT * 1048576 / $PROCS )) -d /mnt/kjlmo2/pkoutoupis/mdt0/test.`date +"%Y%m%d.%H%M%S"` 2>&1 |& tee f_mdt0_0k_ost_shared.out

srun -N $NODES --ntasks-per-node $PPN ~bloewe/benchmarks/ior-3.3.0-CentOS-8.2/install/bin/mdtest -v -i 5 -p $PAUSED -C -w 32768 -E -e 32768 -T -r -n $(( $MDT_COUNT * 1048576 / $PROCS )) -d /mnt/kjlmo2/pkoutoupis/mdt0/test.`date +"%Y%m%d.%H%M%S"` 2>&1 |& tee f_mdt0_32k_ost_shared.out

Issue Links

• is related to: LU-15692 performance regressions for files in stripe directory
• is related to: LU-15720 imbalanced file creation in 'crush' striped directory
• is related to: LU-10262 Lock contention when doing creates for the same name