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Diffstat (limited to 'block/bfq-iosched.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | block/bfq-iosched.c | 64 |
1 files changed, 51 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c index 7044da0b1c52..49bde428f7f2 100644 --- a/block/bfq-iosched.c +++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c @@ -1075,8 +1075,18 @@ static void bfq_reset_burst_list(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq) hlist_for_each_entry_safe(item, n, &bfqd->burst_list, burst_list_node) hlist_del_init(&item->burst_list_node); - hlist_add_head(&bfqq->burst_list_node, &bfqd->burst_list); - bfqd->burst_size = 1; + + /* + * Start the creation of a new burst list only if there is no + * active queue. See comments on the conditional invocation of + * bfq_handle_burst(). + */ + if (bfq_tot_busy_queues(bfqd) == 0) { + hlist_add_head(&bfqq->burst_list_node, &bfqd->burst_list); + bfqd->burst_size = 1; + } else + bfqd->burst_size = 0; + bfqd->burst_parent_entity = bfqq->entity.parent; } @@ -1132,7 +1142,8 @@ static void bfq_add_to_burst(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq) * many parallel threads/processes. Examples are systemd during boot, * or git grep. To help these processes get their job done as soon as * possible, it is usually better to not grant either weight-raising - * or device idling to their queues. + * or device idling to their queues, unless these queues must be + * protected from the I/O flowing through other active queues. * * In this comment we describe, firstly, the reasons why this fact * holds, and, secondly, the next function, which implements the main @@ -1144,7 +1155,10 @@ static void bfq_add_to_burst(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq) * cumulatively served, the sooner the target job of these queues gets * completed. As a consequence, weight-raising any of these queues, * which also implies idling the device for it, is almost always - * counterproductive. In most cases it just lowers throughput. + * counterproductive, unless there are other active queues to isolate + * these new queues from. If there no other active queues, then + * weight-raising these new queues just lowers throughput in most + * cases. * * On the other hand, a burst of queue creations may be caused also by * the start of an application that does not consist of a lot of @@ -1178,14 +1192,16 @@ static void bfq_add_to_burst(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq) * are very rare. They typically occur if some service happens to * start doing I/O exactly when the interactive task starts. * - * Turning back to the next function, it implements all the steps - * needed to detect the occurrence of a large burst and to properly - * mark all the queues belonging to it (so that they can then be - * treated in a different way). This goal is achieved by maintaining a - * "burst list" that holds, temporarily, the queues that belong to the - * burst in progress. The list is then used to mark these queues as - * belonging to a large burst if the burst does become large. The main - * steps are the following. + * Turning back to the next function, it is invoked only if there are + * no active queues (apart from active queues that would belong to the + * same, possible burst bfqq would belong to), and it implements all + * the steps needed to detect the occurrence of a large burst and to + * properly mark all the queues belonging to it (so that they can then + * be treated in a different way). This goal is achieved by + * maintaining a "burst list" that holds, temporarily, the queues that + * belong to the burst in progress. The list is then used to mark + * these queues as belonging to a large burst if the burst does become + * large. The main steps are the following. * * . when the very first queue is created, the queue is inserted into the * list (as it could be the first queue in a possible burst) @@ -5695,7 +5711,29 @@ static struct bfq_queue *bfq_init_rq(struct request *rq) } } - if (unlikely(bfq_bfqq_just_created(bfqq))) + /* + * Consider bfqq as possibly belonging to a burst of newly + * created queues only if: + * 1) A burst is actually happening (bfqd->burst_size > 0) + * or + * 2) There is no other active queue. In fact, if, in + * contrast, there are active queues not belonging to the + * possible burst bfqq may belong to, then there is no gain + * in considering bfqq as belonging to a burst, and + * therefore in not weight-raising bfqq. See comments on + * bfq_handle_burst(). + * + * This filtering also helps eliminating false positives, + * occurring when bfqq does not belong to an actual large + * burst, but some background task (e.g., a service) happens + * to trigger the creation of new queues very close to when + * bfqq and its possible companion queues are created. See + * comments on bfq_handle_burst() for further details also on + * this issue. + */ + if (unlikely(bfq_bfqq_just_created(bfqq) && + (bfqd->burst_size > 0 || + bfq_tot_busy_queues(bfqd) == 0))) bfq_handle_burst(bfqd, bfqq); return bfqq; |