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Old 07-27-2011, 01:05 PM   #1
kvm1983
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Programming with kernel aio


I have written a program to test kernel aio functions (io_prep_pwrite, io_submit, io_getevents, etc. Note that this is not posix aio).

The test program creates a 2D array and then writes it to file using kernel aio functions. The way kernel aio works is that we first initialize some data structures, prepare them for writing (io_prep_pwrite), submit them (io_submit), wait for the i/o events to return (io_getevents) and finally call a callback function to ensure the writes are completed.

I am facing an issue at the callback function, which reports that something went wrong with the writes. It says that the events returned successfully, but 0 bytes were written. Also, the file written is of incorrect size. Below is the complete program.

Code:
/* 
 * File:   myaiocp.c
 * Author: kmehta
 *
 * Created on July 11, 2011, 12:50 PM
 *
 *
 * Testing kernel aio. 
 * Program creates a 2D matrix and writes it multiple times to create a file of desired size. 
 * Writes are performed using kernel aio functions (io_prep_pwrite, io_submit, etc.)
 */
#define _GNU_SOURCE
#define _XOPEN_SOURCE 600

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <getopt.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/uio.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <omp.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <libaio.h>

char ** buf;
long seg_size;
int seg_rows;
double total_size;
char * filename;
static int wait_count = 0;

void io_task();
void cleanup();
void allocate_2D_matrix(int[]);
int file_open(char *);
void wr_done(io_context_t ctx, struct iocb* iocb, long res, long res2);

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    total_size  = 1048576;      //1MB
    seg_size    = 1024;         //1kB
    seg_rows    = 1024;
    filename    = "/tmp/aio.out";

    int dims[] = {seg_rows, seg_size};
    allocate_2D_matrix(dims);   //Creates 2D matrix
    
    io_task();
    cleanup();

    return 0;
}

/*
 * Create a 2D matrix
 */
void allocate_2D_matrix(int dims[2]) {
    int i;
    char *data;

    //create the matrix
    data = (char *) calloc(1, dims[0] * dims[1] * sizeof (char));
    if (data == NULL) {
        printf("\nCould not allocate memory for matrix.\n");
        exit(1);
    }

    buf = (char **) malloc(dims[0] * sizeof (char *));
    if (buf == NULL) {
        printf("\nCould not allocate memory for matrix.\n");
        exit(1);
    }

    for (i = 0; i < dims[0]; i++) {
        buf[i] = &(data[i * dims[1]]);
    }
}

static void io_error(const char *func, int rc)
{
    if (rc == -ENOSYS)
        fprintf(stderr, "AIO not in this kernel\n");
    else if (rc < 0)
        fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", func, strerror(-rc));
    else
        fprintf(stderr, "%s: error %d\n", func, rc);

    exit(1);
}

/*
 * Callback function
 */
static void work_done(io_context_t ctx, struct iocb *iocb, long res, long res2)
{

    if (res2 != 0) {
        io_error("aio write", res2);
      }

      if (res != iocb->u.c.nbytes) {
            fprintf(stderr, "write missed bytes expect %lu got %ld\n",
                  iocb->u.c.nbytes, res2);
            exit(1);
      }
      wait_count --;
      printf("%d ", wait_count);
}

/*
 * Wait routine. Get events and call the callback function work_done()
 */
int io_wait_run(io_context_t ctx, long iter)
{
      struct io_event events[iter];
      struct io_event *ep;
      int ret, n;

      /*
       * get up to aio_maxio events at a time.
       */
      ret = n = io_getevents(ctx, iter, iter, events, NULL);
      printf("got %d events\n", n);
      /*
       * Call the callback functions for each event.
       */
      for (ep = events ; n-- > 0 ; ep++) {
            io_callback_t cb = (io_callback_t)ep->data ; struct iocb *iocb = ep->obj ; cb(ctx, iocb, ep->res, ep->res2);
      }
      return ret;
}

void io_task() {
    long offset = 0;
    int bufIndex = 0;

    //Open file
    int fd = file_open(filename);

    //Initialize structures
    long i; 
    long iter = total_size / seg_size;  //No. of iterations to reach desired file size (total_size)
    io_context_t myctx;
    if(0 != io_queue_init(iter, &myctx))
    {
        perror("Could not initialize io queue");
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    }
    struct iocb * ioq[iter];

    //loop through iter times to reach desired file size
    for (i = 0; i < iter; i++) {
        struct iocb *io = (struct iocb*) malloc(sizeof (struct iocb));
        io_prep_pwrite(io, fd, buf[bufIndex], seg_size, offset);
        io_set_callback(io, work_done);
        ioq[i] = io;

        offset += seg_size;
        bufIndex ++;
        if (bufIndex > seg_rows - 1)    //If entire matrix written, start again from index 0
            bufIndex = 0;
    }

    printf("done preparing. Now submitting..\n");
    if(iter != io_submit(myctx, iter, ioq))
    {
        perror("Failure on submit");
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    }

    printf("now awaiting completion..\n");
    wait_count = iter;
    int res;

    while (wait_count) {
        res = io_wait_run(myctx, iter);
        if (res < 0)
            io_error("io_wait_run", res);
    }

    close(fd);
}

void cleanup() {
    free(buf[0]);
    free(buf);
}

int file_open(char *filename) {
    int fd;
    if (-1 == (fd = open(filename, O_DIRECT | O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, 0666))) {
        printf("\nError opening file. \n");
        exit(-1);
    }

    return fd;
}
Thanks in advance.

Last edited by kvm1983; 07-27-2011 at 02:37 PM.
 
Old 07-27-2011, 01:53 PM   #2
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Q: Is work_done() getting invoked?

Suggestions:
1. Put "printf's" in work_done(); print all relevant status variables each time it's called
2. Explicitly call aio_error(), "printf" the status of your I/O at key points
3. Post back the results

PS:
Great tutorial, if you're not already familiar with it:

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/li...brary/l-async/

Last edited by paulsm4; 07-27-2011 at 01:54 PM.
 
Old 07-27-2011, 02:37 PM   #3
kvm1983
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Yes wr_done is getting called. In fact, the statement

Code:
if (res != iocb->u.c.nbytes) {
            fprintf(stderr, "write missed bytes expect %lu got %ld\n",
                  iocb->u.c.nbytes, res2);
            exit(1);
      }
triggers the error.

The link that you have posted talks about posix aio and not kernel aio. I should have differentiated in my original post, but I am not talking about posix aio functions.
 
  


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