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authorPaolo Valente <paolo.valente@linaro.org>2021-08-02 17:13:52 +0300
committerJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>2021-09-02 15:36:58 +0300
commit2d52c58b9c9bdae0ca3df6a1eab5745ab3f7d80b (patch)
tree2b7f1c47daa86d0fd4625ff14c4d2b0a3004d837 /block
parent55a51ea14094a1e7dd0d7f33237d246033dd39ab (diff)
downloadlinux-2d52c58b9c9bdae0ca3df6a1eab5745ab3f7d80b.tar.xz
block, bfq: honor already-setup queue merges
The function bfq_setup_merge prepares the merging between two bfq_queues, say bfqq and new_bfqq. To this goal, it assigns bfqq->new_bfqq = new_bfqq. Then, each time some I/O for bfqq arrives, the process that generated that I/O is disassociated from bfqq and associated with new_bfqq (merging is actually a redirection). In this respect, bfq_setup_merge increases new_bfqq->ref in advance, adding the number of processes that are expected to be associated with new_bfqq. Unfortunately, the stable-merging mechanism interferes with this setup. After bfqq->new_bfqq has been set by bfq_setup_merge, and before all the expected processes have been associated with bfqq->new_bfqq, bfqq may happen to be stably merged with a different queue than the current bfqq->new_bfqq. In this case, bfqq->new_bfqq gets changed. So, some of the processes that have been already accounted for in the ref counter of the previous new_bfqq will not be associated with that queue. This creates an unbalance, because those references will never be decremented. This commit fixes this issue by reestablishing the previous, natural behaviour: once bfqq->new_bfqq has been set, it will not be changed until all expected redirections have occurred. Signed-off-by: Davide Zini <davidezini2@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Valente <paolo.valente@linaro.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210802141352.74353-2-paolo.valente@linaro.org Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Diffstat (limited to 'block')
-rw-r--r--block/bfq-iosched.c16
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c
index 480e1a134859..dd13c2bbc29c 100644
--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -2662,6 +2662,15 @@ bfq_setup_merge(struct bfq_queue *bfqq, struct bfq_queue *new_bfqq)
* are likely to increase the throughput.
*/
bfqq->new_bfqq = new_bfqq;
+ /*
+ * The above assignment schedules the following redirections:
+ * each time some I/O for bfqq arrives, the process that
+ * generated that I/O is disassociated from bfqq and
+ * associated with new_bfqq. Here we increases new_bfqq->ref
+ * in advance, adding the number of processes that are
+ * expected to be associated with new_bfqq as they happen to
+ * issue I/O.
+ */
new_bfqq->ref += process_refs;
return new_bfqq;
}
@@ -2724,6 +2733,10 @@ bfq_setup_cooperator(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq,
{
struct bfq_queue *in_service_bfqq, *new_bfqq;
+ /* if a merge has already been setup, then proceed with that first */
+ if (bfqq->new_bfqq)
+ return bfqq->new_bfqq;
+
/*
* Check delayed stable merge for rotational or non-queueing
* devs. For this branch to be executed, bfqq must not be
@@ -2825,9 +2838,6 @@ bfq_setup_cooperator(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq,
if (bfq_too_late_for_merging(bfqq))
return NULL;
- if (bfqq->new_bfqq)
- return bfqq->new_bfqq;
-
if (!io_struct || unlikely(bfqq == &bfqd->oom_bfqq))
return NULL;