btl/vader: change the way fast boxes are used

There were multiple paths that could lead to a fast box
allocation. One of them made little sense (in-place send) so it has
been removed to allow a rework of the fast-box send function. This
should fix a number of issues with hanging/crashing when using the
vader btl.

References #4260

Signed-off-by: Nathan Hjelm <hjelmn@lanl.gov>

opal/mca/btl/vader/btl_vader_fbox.h

@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ typedef union mca_btl_vader_fbox_hdr_t {
          * in multiple instructions. To ensure that seq is never loaded before tag
          * and the tag is never read before seq put them in the same 32-bits of the
          * header. */
+        /** message size */
+        uint32_t  size;
         /** message tag */
         uint16_t  tag;
         /** sequence number */
         uint16_t  seq;
-        /** message size */
-        uint32_t  size;
     } data;
     uint64_t ival;
 } mca_btl_vader_fbox_hdr_t;
@@ -52,20 +52,24 @@ static inline void mca_btl_vader_fbox_set_header (mca_btl_vader_fbox_hdr_t *hdr,
 {
     mca_btl_vader_fbox_hdr_t tmp = {.data = {.tag = tag, .seq = seq, .size = size}};
     hdr->ival = tmp.ival;
+    opal_atomic_wmb ();
 }
 
 /* attempt to reserve a contiguous segment from the remote ep */
-static inline unsigned char *mca_btl_vader_reserve_fbox (mca_btl_base_endpoint_t *ep, size_t size)
+static inline bool mca_btl_vader_fbox_sendi (mca_btl_base_endpoint_t *ep, unsigned char tag,
+                                             void * restrict header, const size_t header_size,
+                                             void * restrict payload, const size_t payload_size)
 {
     const unsigned int fbox_size = mca_btl_vader_component.fbox_size;
+    size_t size = header_size + payload_size;
     unsigned int start, end, buffer_free;
     size_t data_size = size;
-    unsigned char *dst;
+    unsigned char *dst, *data;
     bool hbs, hbm;
 
     /* don't try to use the per-peer buffer for messages that will fill up more than 25% of the buffer */
     if (OPAL_UNLIKELY(NULL == ep->fbox_out.buffer || size > (fbox_size >> 2))) {
-        return NULL;
+        return false;
     }
 
     OPAL_THREAD_LOCK(&ep->lock);
@@ -119,15 +123,23 @@ static inline unsigned char *mca_btl_vader_reserve_fbox (mca_btl_base_endpoint_t
             ep->fbox_out.end = (hbs << 31) | end;
             opal_atomic_wmb ();
             OPAL_THREAD_UNLOCK(&ep->lock);
-            return NULL;
+            return false;
         }
     }
 
     BTL_VERBOSE(("writing fragment of size %u to offset %u {start: 0x%x, end: 0x%x (hbs: %d)} of peer's buffer. free = %u",
                  (unsigned int) size, end, start, end, hbs, buffer_free));
 
+    data = dst + sizeof (mca_btl_vader_fbox_hdr_t);
+
+    memcpy (data, header, header_size);
+    if (payload) {
+        /* inline sends are typically just pml headers (due to MCA_BTL_FLAGS_SEND_INPLACE) */
+        memcpy (data + header_size, payload, payload_size);
+    }
+
     /* write out part of the header now. the tag will be written when the data is available */
-    mca_btl_vader_fbox_set_header (MCA_BTL_VADER_FBOX_HDR(dst), 0, ep->fbox_out.seq++, data_size);
+    mca_btl_vader_fbox_set_header (MCA_BTL_VADER_FBOX_HDR(dst), tag, ep->fbox_out.seq++, data_size);
 
     end += size;
 
@@ -145,40 +157,6 @@ static inline unsigned char *mca_btl_vader_reserve_fbox (mca_btl_base_endpoint_t
     opal_atomic_wmb ();
     OPAL_THREAD_UNLOCK(&ep->lock);
 
-    return dst + sizeof (mca_btl_vader_fbox_hdr_t);
-}
-
-static inline void mca_btl_vader_fbox_send (unsigned char * restrict fbox, unsigned char tag)
-{
-    /* ensure data writes have completed before we mark the data as available */
-    opal_atomic_wmb ();
-
-    /* the header proceeds the fbox buffer */
-    MCA_BTL_VADER_FBOX_HDR ((intptr_t) fbox)[-1].data.tag = tag;
-}
-
-static inline bool mca_btl_vader_fbox_sendi (mca_btl_base_endpoint_t *ep, unsigned char tag,
-                                             void * restrict header, const size_t header_size,
-                                             void * restrict payload, const size_t payload_size)
-{
-    const size_t total_size = header_size + payload_size;
-    unsigned char * restrict fbox;
-
-    fbox = mca_btl_vader_reserve_fbox(ep, total_size);
-    if (OPAL_UNLIKELY(NULL == fbox)) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    memcpy (fbox, header, header_size);
-    if (payload) {
-        /* inline sends are typically just pml headers (due to MCA_BTL_FLAGS_SEND_INPLACE) */
-        memcpy (fbox + header_size, payload, payload_size);
-    }
-
-    /* mark the fbox as sent */
-    mca_btl_vader_fbox_send (fbox, tag);
-
-    /* send complete */
     return true;
 }
 

opal/mca/btl/vader/btl_vader_frag.c

@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ static inline void mca_btl_vader_frag_constructor (mca_btl_vader_frag_t *frag)
 
     frag->base.des_segments      = frag->segments;
     frag->base.des_segment_count = 1;
-    frag->fbox = NULL;
 }
 
 int mca_btl_vader_frag_init (opal_free_list_item_t *item, void *ctx)

opal/mca/btl/vader/btl_vader_frag.h

@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ struct mca_btl_vader_frag_t {
     mca_btl_base_segment_t segments[2];
     /** endpoint this fragment is active on */
     struct mca_btl_base_endpoint_t *endpoint;
-    /** fast box in use (or NULL) */
-    unsigned char * restrict fbox;
     /** fragment header (in the shared memory region) */
     mca_btl_vader_hdr_t *hdr;
     /** free list this fragment was allocated within */
@@ -95,7 +93,6 @@ static inline void mca_btl_vader_frag_return (mca_btl_vader_frag_t *frag)
 
     frag->segments[0].seg_addr.pval = (char *)(frag->hdr + 1);
     frag->base.des_segment_count = 1;
-    frag->fbox = NULL;
 
     opal_free_list_return (frag->my_list, (opal_free_list_item_t *)frag);
 }

opal/mca/btl/vader/btl_vader_module.c

@@ -440,7 +440,6 @@ static struct mca_btl_base_descriptor_t *vader_prepare_src (struct mca_btl_base_
 {
     const size_t total_size = reserve + *size;
     mca_btl_vader_frag_t *frag;
-    unsigned char *fbox;
     void *data_ptr;
     int rc;
 
@@ -506,19 +505,6 @@ static struct mca_btl_base_descriptor_t *vader_prepare_src (struct mca_btl_base_
             frag->base.des_segment_count = 2;
         } else {
 #endif
-
-            /* inline send */
-            if (OPAL_LIKELY(MCA_BTL_DES_FLAGS_BTL_OWNERSHIP & flags)) {
-                /* try to reserve a fast box for this transfer only if the
-                 * fragment does not belong to the caller */
-                fbox = mca_btl_vader_reserve_fbox (endpoint, total_size);
-                if (OPAL_LIKELY(fbox)) {
-                    frag->segments[0].seg_addr.pval = fbox;
-                }
-
-                frag->fbox = fbox;
-            }
-
             /* NTH: the covertor adds some latency so we bypass it here */
             memcpy ((void *)((uintptr_t)frag->segments[0].seg_addr.pval + reserve), data_ptr, *size);
             frag->segments[0].seg_len = total_size;

opal/mca/btl/vader/btl_vader_send.c

@@ -42,13 +42,6 @@ int mca_btl_vader_send (struct mca_btl_base_module_t *btl,
     mca_btl_vader_frag_t *frag = (mca_btl_vader_frag_t *) descriptor;
     const size_t total_size = frag->segments[0].seg_len;
 
-    if (OPAL_LIKELY(frag->fbox)) {
-        mca_btl_vader_fbox_send (frag->fbox, tag);
-        mca_btl_vader_frag_complete (frag);
-
-        return 1;
-    }
-
     /* in order to work around a long standing ob1 bug (see #3845) we have to always
      * make the callback. once this is fixed in ob1 we can restore the code below. */
     frag->base.des_flags |= MCA_BTL_DES_SEND_ALWAYS_CALLBACK;