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Note however that there is * considerable interaction between this value and the other fields in this * structure. * * Similarly, the open_trace_file, close_trace_file, and trace_file_name * fields do not appear in H5C1_auto_size_ctl_t, as most trace file * issues are handled at the H5AC level. The one exception is storage of * the pointer to the trace file, which is handled by H5C. * * The structure is in H5ACpublic.h as we may wish to allow different * configuration options for metadata and raw data caches. * * The fields of the structure are discussed individually below: * * version: Integer field containing the version number of this version * of the H5AC1_cache_config_t structure. Any instance of * H5AC1_cache_config_t passed to the cache must have a known * version number, or an error will be flagged. * * rpt_fcn_enabled: Boolean field used to enable and disable the default * reporting function. This function is invoked every time the * automatic cache resize code is run, and reports on its activities. * * This is a debugging function, and should normally be turned off. * * open_trace_file: Boolean field indicating whether the trace_file_name * field should be used to open a trace file for the cache. * * The trace file is a debuging feature that allow the capture of * top level metadata cache requests for purposes of debugging and/or * optimization. This field should normally be set to FALSE, as * trace file collection imposes considerable overhead. * * This field should only be set to TRUE when the trace_file_name * contains the full path of the desired trace file, and either * there is no open trace file on the cache, or the close_trace_file * field is also TRUE. * * close_trace_file: Boolean field indicating whether the current trace * file (if any) should be closed. * * See the above comments on the open_trace_file field. This field * should be set to FALSE unless there is an open trace file on the * cache that you wish to close. * * trace_file_name: Full path of the trace file to be opened if the * open_trace_file field is TRUE. * * In the parallel case, an ascii representation of the mpi rank of * the process will be appended to the file name to yield a unique * trace file name for each process. * * The length of the path must not exceed H5AC1__MAX_TRACE_FILE_NAME_LEN * characters. * * evictions_enabled: Boolean field used to either report the current * evictions enabled status of the cache, or to set the cache's * evictions enabled status. * * In general, the metadata cache should always be allowed to * evict entries. However, in some cases it is advantageous to * disable evictions briefly, and thereby postpone metadata * writes. However, this must be done with care, as the cache * can grow quickly. If you do this, re-enable evictions as * soon as possible and monitor cache size. * * At present, evictions can only be disabled if automatic * cache resizing is also disabled (that is, ( incr_mode == * H5C1_incr__off ) && ( decr_mode == H5C1_decr__off )). There * is no logical reason why this should be so, but it simplifies * implementation and testing, and I can't think of any reason * why it would be desireable. If you can think of one, I'll * revisit the issue. * * set_initial_size: Boolean flag indicating whether the size of the * initial size of the cache is to be set to the value given in * the initial_size field. If set_initial_size is FALSE, the * initial_size field is ignored. * * initial_size: If enabled, this field contain the size the cache is * to be set to upon receipt of this structure. Needless to say, * initial_size must lie in the closed interval [min_size, max_size]. * * min_clean_fraction: double in the range 0 to 1 indicating the fraction * of the cache that is to be kept clean. This field is only used * in parallel mode. Typical values are 0.1 to 0.5. * * max_size: Maximum size to which the cache can be adjusted. The * supplied value must fall in the closed interval * [MIN_MAX_CACHE_SIZE, MAX_MAX_CACHE_SIZE]. Also, max_size must * be greater than or equal to min_size. * * min_size: Minimum size to which the cache can be adjusted. The * supplied value must fall in the closed interval * [H5C1__MIN_MAX_CACHE_SIZE, H5C1__MAX_MAX_CACHE_SIZE]. Also, min_size * must be less than or equal to max_size. * * epoch_length: Number of accesses on the cache over which to collect * hit rate stats before running the automatic cache resize code, * if it is enabled. * * At the end of an epoch, we discard prior hit rate data and start * collecting afresh. The epoch_length must lie in the closed * interval [H5C1__MIN_AR_EPOCH_LENGTH, H5C1__MAX_AR_EPOCH_LENGTH]. * * * Cache size increase control fields: * * incr_mode: Instance of the H5C1_cache_incr_mode enumerated type whose * value indicates how we determine whether the cache size should be * increased. At present there are two possible values: * * H5C1_incr__off: Don't attempt to increase the size of the cache * automatically. * * When this increment mode is selected, the remaining fields * in the cache size increase section ar ignored. * * H5C1_incr__threshold: Attempt to increase the size of the cache * whenever the average hit rate over the last epoch drops * below the value supplied in the lower_hr_threshold * field. * * Note that this attempt will fail if the cache is already * at its maximum size, or if the cache is not already using * all available space. * * Note that you must set decr_mode to H5C1_incr__off if you * disable metadata cache entry evictions. * * lower_hr_threshold: Lower hit rate threshold. If the increment mode * (incr_mode) is H5C1_incr__threshold and the hit rate drops below the * value supplied in this field in an epoch, increment the cache size by * size_increment. Note that cache size may not be incremented above * max_size, and that the increment may be further restricted by the * max_increment field if it is enabled. * * When enabled, this field must contain a value in the range [0.0, 1.0]. * Depending on the incr_mode selected, it may also have to be less than * upper_hr_threshold. * * increment: Double containing the multiplier used to derive the new * cache size from the old if a cache size increment is triggered. * The increment must be greater than 1.0, and should not exceed 2.0. * * The new cache size is obtained my multiplying the current max cache * size by the increment, and then clamping to max_size and to stay * within the max_increment as necessary. * * apply_max_increment: Boolean flag indicating whether the max_increment * field should be used to limit the maximum cache size increment. * * max_increment: If enabled by the apply_max_increment field described * above, this field contains the maximum number of bytes by which the * cache size can be increased in a single re-size. * * flash_incr_mode: Instance of the H5C1_cache_flash_incr_mode enumerated * type whose value indicates whether and by which algorithm we should * make flash increases in the size of the cache to accomodate insertion * of large entries and large increases in the size of a single entry. * * The addition of the flash increment mode was occasioned by performance * problems that appear when a local heap is increased to a size in excess * of the current cache size. While the existing re-size code dealt with * this eventually, performance was very bad for the remainder of the * epoch. * * At present, there are two possible values for the flash_incr_mode: * * H5C1_flash_incr__off: Don't perform flash increases in the size of * the cache. * * H5C1_flash_incr__add_space: Let x be either the size of a newly * newly inserted entry, or the number of bytes by which the * size of an existing entry has been increased. * * If * x > flash_threshold * current max cache size, * * increase the current maximum cache size by x * flash_multiple * less any free space in the cache, and star a new epoch. For * now at least, pay no attention to the maximum increment. * * In both of the above cases, the flash increment pays no attention to * the maximum increment (at least in this first incarnation), but DOES * stay within max_size. * * With a little thought, it should be obvious that the above flash * cache size increase algorithm is not sufficient for all circumstances -- * for example, suppose the user round robins through * (1/flash_threshold) +1 groups, adding one data set to each on each * pass. Then all will increase in size at about the same time, requiring * the max cache size to at least double to maintain acceptable * performance, however the above flash increment algorithm will not be * triggered. * * Hopefully, the add space algorithms detailed above will be sufficient * for the performance problems encountered to date. However, we should * expect to revisit the issue. * * flash_multiple: Double containing the multiple described above in the * H5C1_flash_incr__add_space section of the discussion of the * flash_incr_mode section. This field is ignored unless flash_incr_mode * is H5C1_flash_incr__add_space. * * flash_threshold: Double containing the factor by which current max cache size * is multiplied to obtain the size threshold for the add_space flash * increment algorithm. The field is ignored unless flash_incr_mode is * H5C1_flash_incr__add_space. * * * * Cache size decrease control fields: * * decr_mode: Instance of the H5C1_cache_decr_mode enumerated type whose * value indicates how we determine whether the cache size should be * decreased. At present there are four possibilities. * * H5C1_decr__off: Don't attempt to decrease the size of the cache * automatically. * * When this increment mode is selected, the remaining fields * in the cache size decrease section are ignored. * * H5C1_decr__threshold: Attempt to decrease the size of the cache * whenever the average hit rate over the last epoch rises * above the value supplied in the upper_hr_threshold * field. * * H5C1_decr__age_out: At the end of each epoch, search the cache for * entries that have not been accessed for at least the number * of epochs specified in the epochs_before_eviction field, and * evict these entries. Conceptually, the maximum cache size * is then decreased to match the new actual cache size. However, * this reduction may be modified by the min_size, the * max_decrement, and/or the empty_reserve. * * H5C1_decr__age_out_with_threshold: Same as age_out, but we only * attempt to reduce the cache size when the hit rate observed * over the last epoch exceeds the value provided in the * upper_hr_threshold field. * * Note that you must set decr_mode to H5C1_decr__off if you * disable metadata cache entry evictions. * * upper_hr_threshold: Upper hit rate threshold. The use of this field * varies according to the current decr_mode: * * H5C1_decr__off or H5C1_decr__age_out: The value of this field is * ignored. * * H5C1_decr__threshold: If the hit rate exceeds this threshold in any * epoch, attempt to decrement the cache size by size_decrement. * * Note that cache size may not be decremented below min_size. * * Note also that if the upper_threshold is 1.0, the cache size * will never be reduced. * * H5C1_decr__age_out_with_threshold: If the hit rate exceeds this * threshold in any epoch, attempt to reduce the cache size * by evicting entries that have not been accessed for more * than the specified number of epochs. * * decrement: This field is only used when the decr_mode is * H5C1_decr__threshold. * * The field is a double containing the multiplier used to derive the * new cache size from the old if a cache size decrement is triggered. * The decrement must be in the range 0.0 (in which case the cache will * try to contract to its minimum size) to 1.0 (in which case the * cache will never shrink). * * apply_max_decrement: Boolean flag used to determine whether decrements * in cache size are to be limited by the max_decrement field. * * max_decrement: Maximum number of bytes by which the cache size can be * decreased in a single re-size. Note that decrements may also be * restricted by the min_size of the cache, and (in age out modes) by * the empty_reserve field. * * epochs_before_eviction: Integer field used in H5C1_decr__age_out and * H5C1_decr__age_out_with_threshold decrement modes. * * This field contains the number of epochs an entry must remain * unaccessed before it is evicted in an attempt to reduce the * cache size. If applicable, this field must lie in the range * [1, H5C1__MAX_EPOCH_MARKERS]. * * apply_empty_reserve: Boolean field controlling whether the empty_reserve * field is to be used in computing the new cache size when the * decr_mode is H5C1_decr__age_out or H5C1_decr__age_out_with_threshold. * * empty_reserve: To avoid a constant racheting down of cache size by small * amounts in the H5C1_decr__age_out and H5C1_decr__age_out_with_threshold * modes, this field allows one to require that any cache size * reductions leave the specified fraction of unused space in the cache. * * The value of this field must be in the range [0.0, 1.0]. I would * expect typical values to be in the range of 0.01 to 0.1. * * * Parallel Configuration Fields: * * In PHDF5, all operations that modify metadata must be executed collectively. * We used to think that this was enough to ensure consistency across the * metadata caches, but since we allow processes to read metadata individually, * the order of dirty entries in the LRU list can vary across processes, * which can result in inconsistencies between the caches. * * To prevent this, only the metadata cache on process 0 is allowed to write * to file, and then only after synchronizing with the other caches. After * it writes entries to file, it sends the base addresses of the now clean * entries to the other caches, so they can mark these entries clean as well. * * The different caches know when to synchronize caches by counting the * number of bytes of dirty metadata created by the collective operations * modifying metadata. Whenever this count exceeds a user specified * threshold (see below), process 0 flushes down to its minimum clean size, * and then sends the list of newly cleaned entries to the other caches. * * dirty_bytes_threshold: Threshold of dirty byte creation used to * synchronize updates between caches. (See above for outline and * motivation.) * * This value MUST be consistant across all processes accessing the * file. This field is ignored unless HDF5 has been compiled for * parallel. * ****************************************************************************/ #define H5AC1__CURR_CACHE_CONFIG_VERSION 1 typedef struct H5AC1_cache_config_t { /* general configuration fields: */ int version; hbool_t rpt_fcn_enabled; hbool_t open_trace_file; hbool_t close_trace_file; char trace_file_name[H5AC1__MAX_TRACE_FILE_NAME_LEN + 1]; hbool_t evictions_enabled; hbool_t set_initial_size; size_t initial_size; double min_clean_fraction; size_t max_size; size_t min_size; long int epoch_length; /* size increase control fields: */ enum H5C1_cache_incr_mode incr_mode; double lower_hr_threshold; double increment; hbool_t apply_max_increment; size_t max_increment; enum H5C1_cache_flash_incr_mode flash_incr_mode; double flash_multiple; double flash_threshold; /* size decrease control fields: */ enum H5C1_cache_decr_mode decr_mode; double upper_hr_threshold; double decrement; hbool_t apply_max_decrement; size_t max_decrement; int epochs_before_eviction; hbool_t apply_empty_reserve; double empty_reserve; /* parallel configuration fields: */ int dirty_bytes_threshold; } H5AC1_cache_config_t; #ifdef __cplusplus } #endif #endif