[ofa-general] [PATCH 5/7 V3] osm: QoS - adding QoS policy options

Hal Rosenstock hal.rosenstock at gmail.com
Wed Aug 29 16:12:27 PDT 2007


On 8/29/07, Sasha Khapyorsky <sashak at voltaire.com> wrote:
> On 17:48 Wed 29 Aug     , Hal Rosenstock wrote:
> > >
> > > OK, there are three ways we want this thing to work:
> > > 1. QoS is off
> > > 2. The old QoS is on but w/o policy file
> > > 3. The old QoS is on, plus reading policy file
> > >
> > > The first option is clear: if a user doesn't turns QoS on (-Q), QoS is off as before.
> > >
> > > Second and third options: if QoS is on, OpenSM looks for policy file in the default
> > > location or in other location that was provided by user. If the file is not found,
> > > QoS works as before.
> >
> > This sounds OK to me and is my first preference.
> >
> > > Do we want to add additional option for "enhanced" QoS?
> > > If so, we will have three QoS-ralated command line options:
> > >  - option for turning the QoS on (currently -Q)
> > >  - option to turn the new QoS on (some new letter - must get
> > >    one quick before they all run out... :)
> > >  - option for policy file location if differs from default (currently -Y)
> >
> > This seems like the least preferable to me. Also, would need to deal
> > with both on which seems to mean use new QoS.
> >
> > > Alternatively, we can turn -Q option into levels:
> > >  -Q 0: QoS is off (default)
> > >  -Q 1: old QoS is on
> > >  -Q 2: old QoS plus reading policy file
> >
> > This one also seems OK to me (second preference).
> >
> > Anyone else with an opinion on this ? Sasha ?
>
> I like -Q and -Y as Yevgeny proposed.

So is that the first option ?

Actually, I think I like the third option best now that I think more
on this. It seems a little odd to me to rely on the policy file not
being present to determine which QoS to run. Seems a little cleaner
this way to me.

-- Hal

>
> Sasha
>
> > Also, what about --enable-qos-policy build option for those who don't
> > want to include this in their build ?
> >
> > -- Hal
> >
> > >
> > > -- Yevgeny
> > >
> > > >>>>  *      accum_log_file
> > > >>>>  *              If TRUE (default) - the log file will be accumulated.
> > > >>>>  *              If FALSE - the log file will be erased before starting current opensm run.
> > > >>>> @@ -551,6 +560,7 @@ typedef struct _osm_subn {
> > > >>>>        ib_net64_t sm_port_guid;
> > > >>>>        uint8_t sm_state;
> > > >>>>        osm_subn_opt_t opt;
> > > >>>> +       struct _osm_qos_policy_t *p_qos_policy;
> > > >>>>        uint16_t max_unicast_lid_ho;
> > > >>>>        uint16_t max_multicast_lid_ho;
> > > >>>>        uint8_t min_ca_mtu;
> > > >>>> @@ -619,6 +629,9 @@ typedef struct _osm_subn {
> > > >>>>  *      opt
> > > >>>>  *              Subnet options structure contains site specific configuration.
> > > >>>>  *
> > > >>>> +*      p_qos_policy
> > > >>>> +*              Subnet QoS policy structure.
> > > >>>> +*
> > > >>>>  *      max_unicast_lid_ho
> > > >>>>  *              The minimal max unicast lid reported by all switches
> > > >>>>  *
> > > >>>> diff --git a/opensm/opensm/main.c b/opensm/opensm/main.c
> > > >>>> index e2541d8..599c4dc 100644
> > > >>>> --- a/opensm/opensm/main.c
> > > >>>> +++ b/opensm/opensm/main.c
> > > >>>> @@ -269,6 +269,10 @@ void show_usage(void)
> > > >>>>               "          The default name is \'"
> > > >>>>               OSM_DEFAULT_PARTITION_CONFIG_FILE "\'.\n\n");
> > > >>>>        printf("-Q\n" "--qos\n" "          This option enables QoS setup.\n\n");
> > > >>>> +       printf("-Y\n"
> > > >>>> +              "--qos_policy_file\n"
> > > >>>> +              "          This option defines the optional QoS policy file.\n"
> > > >>>> +              "          The default name is \'" OSM_DEFAULT_QOS_POLICY_FILE "\'.\n\n");
> > > >>>>        printf("-N\n"
> > > >>>>               "--no_part_enforce\n"
> > > >>>>               "          This option disables partition enforcement on switch external ports.\n\n");
> > > >>>> @@ -580,7 +584,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> > > >>>>        char *ignore_guids_file_name = NULL;
> > > >>>>        uint32_t val;
> > > >>>>        const char *const short_option =
> > > >>>> -           "i:f:ed:g:l:L:s:t:a:u:R:zM:U:S:P:NBIQvVhorcyxp:n:q:k:C:";
> > > >>>> +           "i:f:ed:g:l:L:s:t:a:u:R:zM:U:S:P:Y:NBIQvVhorcyxp:n:q:k:C:";
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>        /*
> > > >>>>           In the array below, the 2nd parameter specifies the number
> > > >>>> @@ -604,6 +608,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> > > >>>>                {"Pconfig", 1, NULL, 'P'},
> > > >>>>                {"no_part_enforce", 0, NULL, 'N'},
> > > >>>>                {"qos", 0, NULL, 'Q'},
> > > >>>> +               {"qos_policy_file", 1, NULL, 'Y'},
> > > >>>>                {"maxsmps", 1, NULL, 'n'},
> > > >>>>                {"console", 1, NULL, 'q'},
> > > >>>>                {"V", 0, NULL, 'V'},
> > > >>>> @@ -823,6 +828,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> > > >>>>                        opt.no_qos = FALSE;
> > > >>>>                        break;
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> +               case 'Y':
> > > >>>> +                       opt.qos_policy_file = optarg;
> > > >>>> +                       printf(" QoS policy file \'%s\'\n", optarg);
> > > >>>> +                       break;
> > > >>>> +
> > > >>> There should also be an update to the OpenSM man page for this.
> > > >> That and a text file with description of policy file syntax
> > > >
> > > > Good. Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > -- Hal
> > > >
> > > >> -- Yevgeny
> > > >>
> > > >>> -- Hal
> > > >>>
> > > >>>>                case 'y':
> > > >>>>                        opt.exit_on_fatal = FALSE;
> > > >>>>                        printf(" Staying on fatal initialization errors\n");
> > > >>>> diff --git a/opensm/opensm/osm_subnet.c b/opensm/opensm/osm_subnet.c
> > > >>>> index 818d73f..4162522 100644
> > > >>>> --- a/opensm/opensm/osm_subnet.c
> > > >>>> +++ b/opensm/opensm/osm_subnet.c
> > > >>>> @@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ void osm_subn_set_default_opt(IN osm_subn_opt_t * const p_opt)
> > > >>>>        p_opt->partition_config_file = OSM_DEFAULT_PARTITION_CONFIG_FILE;
> > > >>>>        p_opt->no_partition_enforcement = FALSE;
> > > >>>>        p_opt->no_qos = TRUE;
> > > >>>> +       p_opt->qos_policy_file = OSM_DEFAULT_QOS_POLICY_FILE;
> > > >>>>        p_opt->accum_log_file = TRUE;
> > > >>>>        p_opt->port_profile_switch_nodes = FALSE;
> > > >>>>        p_opt->pfn_ui_pre_lid_assign = NULL;
> > > >>>> @@ -1178,6 +1179,9 @@ ib_api_status_t osm_subn_parse_conf_file(IN osm_subn_opt_t * const p_opts)
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>                opts_unpack_boolean("no_qos", p_key, p_val, &p_opts->no_qos);
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> +               opts_unpack_charp("qos_policy_file",
> > > >>>> +                                   p_key, p_val, &p_opts->qos_policy_file);
> > > >>>> +
> > > >>>>                opts_unpack_boolean("accum_log_file",
> > > >>>>                                    p_key, p_val, &p_opts->accum_log_file);
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> @@ -1541,7 +1545,11 @@ ib_api_status_t osm_subn_write_conf_file(IN osm_subn_opt_t * const p_opts)
> > > >>>>        fprintf(opts_file,
> > > >>>>                "#\n# QoS OPTIONS\n#\n"
> > > >>>>                "# Disable QoS setup\n"
> > > >>>> -               "no_qos %s\n\n", p_opts->no_qos ? "TRUE" : "FALSE");
> > > >>>> +               "no_qos %s\n\n"
> > > >>>> +               "# QoS policy file to be used\n"
> > > >>>> +               "qos_policy_file %s\n\n",
> > > >>>> +               p_opts->no_qos ? "TRUE" : "FALSE",
> > > >>>> +               p_opts->qos_policy_file);
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>        subn_dump_qos_options(opts_file,
> > > >>>>                              "QoS default options", "qos",
> > > >>>> --
> > > >>>> 1.5.1.4
> > > >>>>
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