Public bug reported:
Performing io intensive tasks on virtualized Windows causes the system
to visually stutter. I can often reproduce the problem by running fio on
windows:
fio --randrepeat=1 --ioengine=windowsaio --direct=1 --gtod_reduce=1
--name=test --filename=\\.\PhysicalDrive0 --bs=4k --iodepth=128
--size=4G --readwrite=randread
While the fio command is running, moving the mouse pointer will be be
laggy. The stuttering does not appear with iodepth <= 32 . The
stuttering also manifests while playing games, the music and video
pauses for a fraction of second in a playable but disturbing way.
Here are my system specs:
Host OS: archlinux
Guest OS: Windows 10 Enterprise
qemu version: qemu-git 8:v4.1.0.r1378.g98b2e3c9ab-1 (from AUR, compiled with
-march=native)
CPU: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8-Core Processor
Huge Pages: vm.nr_hugepages=4128
Disk: nvme type=raw, io=threads bus=virtio
GPU (passthrough): Radeon RX 570
Here are some fio test results on my windows guest:
[size=512M,iodepth=1 -> min=30k,avg=31k,stddev=508]
[size=2G,iodepth=8 -> min=203k,avg=207k,stddev=2.3k]
[size=2G,iodepth=16 -> min=320k,avg=330k,stddev=4.3k]
[size=4G,iodepth=32 -> min=300k,avg=310k,stddev=4.8k]
[size=4G,iodepth=64 -> min=278k,avg=366k,stddev=68.6k] -> STUTTER
[size=4G,iodepth=64 -> min=358k,avg=428k,stddev=52.6k] -> STUTTER
[size=4G,iodepth=128 -> min=92k,avg=217k,stddev=185k] -> STUTTER
[size=4G,iodepth=128 -> min=241k,avg=257k,stddev=14k] -> same config as above,
but no stuttering
The min and avg values are the bandwidth values reported in KB/s by fio.
You can see that, when the stuttering occurs, the stardard deviation is
high and the minimum bandwidth is way below the average.
Additional note: the bandwidth reported with `fio` on my linux host is
about 2x the one reported in the guest:
sudo fio --randrepeat=1 --ioengine=libaio --direct=1 --gtod_reduce=1
--name=test --filename=/dev/nvme0n1 --bs=4k --iodepth=64 --size=512M
--readwrite=randread
read: IOPS=279k, BW=1092MiB/s (1145MB/s)(512MiB/469msec)
** Affects: qemu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Description changed:
Performing io intensive tasks on virtualized Windows causes the system
to visually stutter. I can often reproduce the problem by running fio on
windows:
fio --randrepeat=1 --ioengine=windowsaio --direct=1 --gtod_reduce=1
--name=test --filename=\\.\PhysicalDrive0 --bs=4k --iodepth=128
--size=4G --readwrite=randread
While the fio command is running, moving the mouse pointer will be be
laggy. The stuttering does not appear with iodepth <= 32 . The
stuttering also manifests while playing games, the music and video
pauses for a fraction of second in a playable but disturbing way.
Here are my system specs:
Host OS: archlinux
Guest OS: Windows 10 Enterprise
qemu version: qemu-git 8:v4.1.0.r1378.g98b2e3c9ab-1 (from AUR, compiled with
-march=native)
CPU: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8-Core Processor
Huge Pages: vm.nr_hugepages=4128
Disk: nvme type=raw, io=threads bus=virtio
GPU (passthrough): Radeon RX 570
Here are some fio test results on my windows guest:
[size=512M,iodepth=1 -> min=30k,avg=31k,stddev=508]
[size=2G,iodepth=8 -> min=203k,avg=207k,stddev=2.3k]
[size=2G,iodepth=16 -> min=320k,avg=330k,stddev=4.3k]
[size=4G,iodepth=32 -> min=300k,avg=310k,stddev=4.8k]
[size=4G,iodepth=64 -> min=278k,avg=366k,stddev=68.6k] -> STUTTER
[size=4G,iodepth=64 -> min=358k,avg=428k,stddev=52.6k] -> STUTTER
[size=4G,iodepth=128 -> min=92k,avg=217k,stddev=185k] -> STUTTER
[size=4G,iodepth=128 -> min=241k,avg=257k,stddev=14k] -> same config as
above, but no stuttering
The min and avg values are the bandwidth values reported in KB/s by fio.
You can see that, when the stuttering occurs, the stardard deviation is
high and the minimum bandwidth is way below the average.
+
+ Additional note: the bandwidth reported with `fio` on my linux host is
+ about 2x the one reported in the guest:
+
+ sudo fio --randrepeat=1 --ioengine=libaio --direct=1 --gtod_reduce=1
+ --name=test --filename=/dev/nvme0n1 --bs=4k --iodepth=64 --size=512M
+ --readwrite=randread
+
+ read: IOPS=279k, BW=1092MiB/s (1145MB/s)(512MiB/469msec)
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Title:
Guest stuttering under high disk IO (virtio)
Status in QEMU:
New
Bug description:
Performing io intensive tasks on virtualized Windows causes the system
to visually stutter. I can often reproduce the problem by running fio
on windows:
fio --randrepeat=1 --ioengine=windowsaio --direct=1 --gtod_reduce=1
--name=test --filename=\\.\PhysicalDrive0 --bs=4k --iodepth=128
--size=4G --readwrite=randread
While the fio command is running, moving the mouse pointer will be be
laggy. The stuttering does not appear with iodepth <= 32 . The
stuttering also manifests while playing games, the music and video
pauses for a fraction of second in a playable but disturbing way.
Here are my system specs:
Host OS: archlinux
Guest OS: Windows 10 Enterprise
qemu version: qemu-git 8:v4.1.0.r1378.g98b2e3c9ab-1 (from AUR, compiled with
-march=native)
CPU: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8-Core Processor
Huge Pages: vm.nr_hugepages=4128
Disk: nvme type=raw, io=threads bus=virtio
GPU (passthrough): Radeon RX 570
Here are some fio test results on my windows guest:
[size=512M,iodepth=1 -> min=30k,avg=31k,stddev=508]
[size=2G,iodepth=8 -> min=203k,avg=207k,stddev=2.3k]
[size=2G,iodepth=16 -> min=320k,avg=330k,stddev=4.3k]
[size=4G,iodepth=32 -> min=300k,avg=310k,stddev=4.8k]
[size=4G,iodepth=64 -> min=278k,avg=366k,stddev=68.6k] -> STUTTER
[size=4G,iodepth=64 -> min=358k,avg=428k,stddev=52.6k] -> STUTTER
[size=4G,iodepth=128 -> min=92k,avg=217k,stddev=185k] -> STUTTER
[size=4G,iodepth=128 -> min=241k,avg=257k,stddev=14k] -> same config as
above, but no stuttering
The min and avg values are the bandwidth values reported in KB/s by
fio. You can see that, when the stuttering occurs, the stardard
deviation is high and the minimum bandwidth is way below the average.
Additional note: the bandwidth reported with `fio` on my linux host is
about 2x the one reported in the guest:
sudo fio --randrepeat=1 --ioengine=libaio --direct=1 --gtod_reduce=1
--name=test --filename=/dev/nvme0n1 --bs=4k --iodepth=64 --size=512M
--readwrite=randread
read: IOPS=279k, BW=1092MiB/s (1145MB/s)(512MiB/469msec)
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