File s390-tools-sles15sp2-Format-devices-in-parallel.patch of Package s390-tools.19914
From a61154fd93122f5a0f2b74f21c3ac29eb437f150 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2017 09:39:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] dasdfmt: Format devices in parallel
Allow dasdfmt to run in parallel when several devices are specified.
Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.com>
---
dasdfmt/dasdfmt.8 | 16 ++++++++++++++--
dasdfmt/dasdfmt.c | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
dasdfmt/dasdfmt.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/dasdfmt/dasdfmt.8 b/dasdfmt/dasdfmt.8
index e7fc501..07c674b 100644
--- a/dasdfmt/dasdfmt.8
+++ b/dasdfmt/dasdfmt.8
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
dasdfmt \- formatting of DASD (ECKD) disk drives.
.SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBdasdfmt\fR [-h] [-t] [-v] [-y] [-p] [-P] [-m \fIstep\fR]
+\fBdasdfmt\fR [-h] [-t] [-v] [-y] [-p] [-Q] [-P] [-m \fIstep\fR]
.br
[-r \fIcylinder\fR] [-b \fIblksize\fR] [-l \fIvolser\fR] [-d \fIlayout\fR]
.br
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Do not use this option if you are using a 3270 console,
running in background or redirecting the output to a file.
.TP
-\fB-P\fR or \fB--percentage\fR
+\fB-Q\fR or \fB--percentage\fR
Print one line for each formatted cylinder showing the number of the
cylinder and percentage of formatting process.
Intended to be used by higher level interfaces.
@@ -159,6 +159,18 @@ Specify blocksize to be used. \fIblksize\fR must be a positive integer
and always be a power of two. The recommended blocksize is 4096 bytes.
.TP
+\fB-P\fR \fInumdisks\fR or \fB--max_parallel\fR=\fInumdisks\fR
+Specify the number of disks to be formatted in parallel.
+\fInumdisks\fR specifies the number of formatting processed,
+independent on the overall number of disks to be formatted.
+The maximum value for \fInumdisks\fR is 512. Default is 1.
+.br
+Using this option can decrease overall processing time when formatting
+several disks. Please note that the I/O throughput will dramatically
+increase when using this option. Use with care.
+.br
+
+.TP
\fB-l\fR \fIvolser\fR or \fB--label\fR=\fIvolser\fR
Specify the volume serial number or volume identifier to be written
to disk after formatting. If no label is specified, a sensible default
--- s390-tools-2.15.1/dasdfmt/dasdfmt.c 2020-12-04 23:22:51.418265761 +0100
+++ s390-tools-2.15.1/dasdfmt/dasdfmt.c 2020-12-04 23:29:26.165601000 +0100
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <sys/utsname.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
#include "lib/dasd_base.h"
#include "lib/dasd_sys.h"
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@
int mode_specified;
int ese;
int no_discard;
+ int procnum;
} g = {
.dasd_info = { 0 },
};
@@ -105,6 +107,11 @@
.desc = "Perform complete format check on device",
.flags = UTIL_OPT_FLAG_NOSHORT,
},
+ {
+ .option = { "max_parallel", required_argument, NULL, 'P' },
+ .desc = "Format devices in parallel",
+ .flags = UTIL_OPT_FLAG_NOLONG,
+ },
UTIL_OPT_SECTION("FORMAT OPTIONS"),
{
.option = { "blocksize", required_argument, NULL, 'b' },
@@ -162,7 +170,7 @@
.desc = "Show a progressbar",
},
{
- .option = { "percentage", no_argument, NULL, 'P' },
+ .option = { "percentage", no_argument, NULL, 'Q' },
.desc = "Show progress in percent",
},
UTIL_OPT_SECTION("MISC"),
@@ -311,7 +318,7 @@
}
if (g.print_hashmarks && (cyl / g.hashstep - hashcount) != 0) {
- printf("#");
+ printf("%d|", g.procnum);
fflush(stdout);
hashcount++;
}
@@ -1560,7 +1568,11 @@
char *reqsize_param_str = NULL;
char *hashstep_str = NULL;
- int rc, numdev = 0, i;
+ int rc, numdev = 0, numproc = 0, status;
+ int max_parallel =1 ;
+ int running = 0;
+ int chpid;
+ int tmp;
/* Establish a handler for interrupt signals. */
signal(SIGTERM, program_interrupt_signal);
@@ -1623,7 +1635,7 @@
g.print_hashmarks = 1;
}
break;
- case 'P':
+ case 'Q':
if (!(g.print_hashmarks || g.print_progressbar))
g.print_percentage = 1;
break;
@@ -1682,6 +1694,9 @@
case OPT_NODISCARD:
g.no_discard = 1;
break;
+ case 'P':
+ max_parallel = atoi(optarg);
+ break;
case OPT_CHECK:
g.check = 1;
break;
@@ -1733,15 +1748,35 @@
if (numdev > 1 && g.labelspec)
error("Specifying a volser to be written doesn't make sense when formatting multiple DASD volumes.");
- for (i = 0; i < numdev; i++)
- {
- strncpy(g.dev_path, g.dev_path_array[i], strlen(g.dev_path_array[i])+1);
- strncpy(g.dev_node, g.dev_node_array[i], strlen(g.dev_node_array[i])+1);
- process_dasd(&vlabel, format_params);
+ for (numproc = 0; numproc < numdev; numproc++) {
+ chpid = fork();
+ if (chpid == -1 )
+ ERRMSG_EXIT(EXIT_FAILURE,
+ "%s: Unable to create child process: %s\n",
+ prog_name, strerror(errno));
+ if (!chpid) {
+ g.procnum = numproc;
+ strncpy(g.dev_path, g.dev_path_array[numproc], strlen(g.dev_path_array[numproc])+1);
+ strncpy(g.dev_node, g.dev_node_array[numproc], strlen(g.dev_node_array[numproc])+1);
+ process_dasd(&vlabel, format_params);
+
+ free(g.dev_path);
+ free(g.dev_node);
+ exit(0);
+ } else {
+ running++;
+ if (running >= max_parallel) {
+ if (wait(&tmp) > 0 && WEXITSTATUS(tmp))
+ rc = WEXITSTATUS(tmp);
+ running--;
+ }
+ }
}
- free(g.dev_path);
- free(g.dev_node);
+ /* wait until all formatting children have finished */
+ while(wait(&status) > 0)
+ if (WEXITSTATUS(status))
+ rc = WEXITSTATUS(status);
- return 0;
+ return rc;
}
