READ/WRITE PATH DETERMINING METHOD AND APPARATUS

• US 20180018135A1
• Filed: 07/28/2017
• Published: 01/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Shen, Canquan
• Granted Patent: US 10,642,539 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 12/10 Address translation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 12/109 for multiple virtual address spaces, e.g. segmentation G06F12/1036 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0604 Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/061 Improving I/O performance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0635 by changing the path, e.g. traffic rerouting, path reconfiguration
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0664 at device level, e.g. emulation of a storage device or system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0673 Single storage device

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a read/write path determining method and apparatus. The method is used by a physical host. The method includes: obtaining, by the host, a first read/write request of the virtual machine, where the first read/write request includes a first virtual address, searching for the first virtual address in an address translation information set, and determining to process the first read/write request by using the block device or the virtual block device according to the address translation information set and the first virtual address. According to the method and apparatus, an appropriate read/write path is determined according to a read/write request and an address translation information set, so that both storage performance and a storage function can be considered.

Claims

1. A read/write path determining method for use by a physical host comprising a hardware layer, a host running on the hardware layer, and a virtual machine running on the host, wherein the host comprises a block device and a virtual block device, and the method comprises:

obtaining, by the host, a first read/write request of the virtual machine, wherein the first read/write request comprises a first virtual address;

searching for the first virtual address in an address translation information set comprising a correspondence between a virtual address and information about a physical block device, wherein the information about the physical block device comprises a read/write identifier; and

if the address translation information set comprises the first virtual address, and the first read/write request is a read request, processing the first read/write request by using a block device corresponding to the first virtual address;

or

if the address translation information set comprises the first virtual address, the first read/write request is a write request, and a first read/write identifier corresponding to the first virtual address indicates readable and writable, processing the first read/write request by using the block device;

or

if the address translation information set comprises the first virtual address, the first read/write request is a write request, and a first read/write identifier corresponding to the first virtual address indicates read-only, processing the first read/write request by using the virtual block device;

or

if the address translation information set does not comprise the first virtual address, processing the first read/write request by using the virtual block device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the information about the physical block device further comprises a physical block device identifier and a physical address; and

processing the first read/write request by using a block device corresponding to the first virtual address comprises;

translating the first read/write request into a block device read/write request, wherein the block device read/write request comprises a first physical address and a first physical block device identifier that are corresponding to the first virtual address, and

processing the block device read/write request by using the block device corresponding to the first virtual address.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein if the address translation information set comprises the first virtual address, the first read/write request is a write request, and the first read/write identifier corresponding to the first virtual address indicates read-only, the method further comprises:

deleting an initial record corresponding to the first virtual address from the address translation information set.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein if the address translation information set does not comprise the first virtual address, the method further comprises:

obtaining, according to the first read/write request, a first physical address, a first physical block device identifier, and a first read/write identifier that are corresponding to the first virtual address; and

adding, into the address translation information set, a correspondence between the obtained first virtual address and each of the obtained first physical address, the obtained first physical block device identifier, and the obtained first read/write identifier.

5. The method according to claim 3, further comprising:

obtaining, according to the first read/write request, a first physical address, a first physical block device identifier, and a first read/write identifier that are corresponding to the first virtual address; and

adding, into the address translation information set, a correspondence between the obtained first virtual address and each of the obtained first physical address, the obtained first physical block device identifier, and the obtained first read/write identifier.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether to enable an advanced storage service; and

wherein searching for the first virtual address in an address translation information set comprises;

searching for the first virtual address in the address translation information set if the advanced storage service is not enabled.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein determining whether to enable an advanced storage service comprises:

obtaining a path switching instruction, wherein the path switching instruction is used to instruct whether to enable the advanced storage service; and

determining, according to the path switching instruction, whether to enable the advanced storage service.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the information about the physical block device further comprises the physical address and the physical block device identifier; and

if the address translation information set comprises the first virtual address, the method further comprises;

obtaining the first physical address and the first physical block device identifier that are corresponding to the first virtual address,

determining, according to a format of a virtual disk corresponding to the first virtual address, the first read/write identifier corresponding to the first virtual address, and

creating the address translation information set, wherein the address translation information set comprises the correspondence between the first virtual address and each of the first physical address, the first physical block device identifier, and the first read/write identifier.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein determining, according to a format of a virtual disk corresponding to the first virtual address, the first read/write identifier corresponding to the first virtual address comprises:

if the first virtual address is corresponding to a thick-provisioned virtual disk or a thin-provisioned virtual disk, determining that the first read/write identifier indicates readable and writable;

if the first virtual address is corresponding to a differential mirror virtual disk, and the first virtual address is corresponding to a child image file, determining that the first read/write identifier indicates readable and writable;

or

if the first virtual address is corresponding to a differential mirror virtual disk, and the first virtual address is corresponding to a parent image file, determining that the first read/write identifier indicates read-only.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining, by the host, a first read/write request of the virtual machine comprises:

obtaining a second read/write request of the virtual machine from an input output IO ring shared by a storage frontend and a storage backend, wherein the second read/write request comprises a second virtual address; and

splitting the first read/write request off from the second read/write request, wherein the first virtual address is a partial virtual address in the second virtual address.

22. A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of claim 1.

11. A read/write path determining apparatus for use in a physical host having a virtual machine configured to run on the physical host, the apparatus comprising:

a storage backend module, configured to;

obtain a first read/write request of the virtual machine, wherein the first read/write request comprises a first virtual address, and

search for the first virtual address in an address translation information set comprising a correspondence between a virtual address and information about a physical block device, wherein the information about the physical block device comprises a read/write identifier;

a block device, configured to process the first read/write request;

if the address translation information set comprises the first virtual address, and the first read/write request is a read request, or

if the address translation information set comprises the first virtual address, the first read/write request is a write request, and a first read/write identifier corresponding to the first virtual address indicates readable and writable; and

a virtual block device, configured to process the first read/write request;

if the address translation information set comprises the first virtual address, the first read/write request is a write request, and a first read/write identifier corresponding to the first virtual address indicates read-only, or

if the address translation information set does not comprise the first virtual address.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein:

the information about the physical block device further comprises a physical block device identifier and a physical address;

the storage backend module is further configured to;

translate the first read/write request into a block device read/write request, wherein the block device read/write request comprises a first physical address and a first physical block device identifier that are corresponding to the first virtual address; and

the block device is configured to process the block device read/write request.

13. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the storage backend module is further configured to:

if the address translation information set comprises the first virtual address, the first read/write request is a write request, and the first read/write identifier corresponding to the first virtual address indicates read-only, delete an initial record corresponding to the first virtual address from the address translation information set.

14. The apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising:

a first obtaining module, configured to;

if the address translation information set does not comprise the first virtual address, obtain, according to the first read/write request, a first physical address, a first physical block device identifier, and a first read/write identifier that are corresponding to the first virtual address; and

wherein the storage backend module is configured to add, into the address translation information set, a correspondence between the first virtual address and each of the first physical address, the first physical block device identifier, and the first read/write identifier that are obtained by the first obtaining module.

15. The apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising:

a first obtaining module, configured to obtain, according to the first read/write request, a first physical address, a first physical block device identifier, and a first read/write identifier that are corresponding to the first virtual address; and

wherein the storage backend module is further configured to add, into the address translation information set, a correspondence between the first virtual address and each of the first physical address, the first physical block device identifier, and the first read/write identifier that are obtained by the first obtaining module.

16. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the storage backend module is configured to:

determine whether to enable an advanced storage service; and

search for the first virtual address in the address translation information set if the advanced storage service is not enabled.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16, further comprising:

a second obtaining module, configured to obtain a path switching instruction, wherein the path switching instruction is used to instruct whether to enable the advanced storage service; and

wherein the storage backend module is further configured to determine, according to the path switching instruction, whether to enable the advanced storage service.

18. The apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising:

a third obtaining module, configured to;

if the address translation information set comprises the first virtual address, obtain the first physical address and the first physical block device identifier that are corresponding to the first virtual address, and

determine, according to a format of a virtual disk corresponding to the first virtual address, the first read/write identifier corresponding to the first virtual address; and

wherein the storage backend module is further configured to create the address translation information set, wherein the address translation information set comprises the correspondence between the first virtual address and each of the first physical address, the first physical block device identifier, and the first read/write identifier.

19. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the third obtaining module is configured to:

if the first virtual address is corresponding to a thick-provisioned virtual disk or a thin-provisioned virtual disk, determine that the first read/write identifier indicates readable and writable;

if the first virtual address is corresponding to a differential mirror virtual disk, and the first virtual address is corresponding to a child image file, determine that the first read/write identifier indicates readable and writable;

or

if the first virtual address is corresponding to a differential mirror virtual disk, and the first virtual address is corresponding to a parent image file, determine that the first read/write identifier indicates read-only.

20. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the storage backend module is configured to:

obtain a second read/write request of the virtual machine from an input output (IO) ring shared by a storage frontend and a storage backend, wherein the second read/write request comprises a second virtual address; and

split the first read/write request off from the second read/write request, wherein the first virtual address is a partial virtual address in the second virtual address.

21. A physical host, comprising:

a hardware layer;

a host running on the hardware layer and a virtual machine running on the host, and the host comprises the read/write path determining apparatus according to claim 11.