iothread: add aio-max-batch parameter

The `aio-max-batch` parameter will be propagated to AIO engines
and it will be used to control the maximum number of queued requests.

When there are in queue a number of requests equal to `aio-max-batch`,
the engine invokes the system call to forward the requests to the kernel.

This parameter allows us to control the maximum batch size to reduce
the latency that requests might accumulate while queued in the AIO
engine queue.

If `aio-max-batch` is equal to 0 (default value), the AIO engine will
use its default maximum batch size value.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
Message-id: 20210721094211.69853-3-sgarzare@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/util/aio-posix.c b/util/aio-posix.c
index 30f5354b1e..2b86777e91 100644
--- a/util/aio-posix.c
+++ b/util/aio-posix.c
@@ -716,3 +716,15 @@ void aio_context_set_poll_params(AioContext *ctx, int64_t max_ns,
 
     aio_notify(ctx);
 }
+
+void aio_context_set_aio_params(AioContext *ctx, int64_t max_batch,
+                                Error **errp)
+{
+    /*
+     * No thread synchronization here, it doesn't matter if an incorrect value
+     * is used once.
+     */
+    ctx->aio_max_batch = max_batch;
+
+    aio_notify(ctx);
+}