[PATCH 1/2] [v2] blk-mq: fix plugging in blk_sq_make_request

* [PATCH 1/2] [v2] blk-mq: fix plugging in blk_sq_make_request
@ 2015-04-06 19:14 Jeff Moyer
  2015-04-06 19:14 ` [PATCH 2/2] blk-plug: don't flush nested plug lists Jeff Moyer
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 36+ messages in thread
From: Jeff Moyer @ 2015-04-06 19:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: axboe, linux-kernel

The following appears in blk_sq_make_request:

	/*
	 * If we have multiple hardware queues, just go directly to
	 * one of those for sync IO.
	 */

We clearly don't have multiple hardware queues, here!  This comment was
introduced with this commit 07068d5b8e (blk-mq: split make request
handler for multi and single queue):

    We want slightly different behavior from them:

    - On single queue devices, we currently use the per-process plug
      for deferred IO and for merging.

    - On multi queue devices, we don't use the per-process plug, but
      we want to go straight to hardware for SYNC IO.

The old code had this:

        use_plug = !is_flush_fua && ((q->nr_hw_queues == 1) || !is_sync);

and that was converted to:

	use_plug = !is_flush_fua && !is_sync;

which is not equivalent.  For the single queue case, that second half of
the && expression is always true.  So, what I think was actually inteded
follows (and this more closely matches what is done in blk_queue_bio).

Signed-off-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>

Changelog
v1->v2: removed the accidental addition of merging for flush/fua requests
---
 block/blk-mq.c | 36 ++++++++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index b7b8933..cca5097 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1306,16 +1306,11 @@ static void blk_sq_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	const int is_sync = rw_is_sync(bio->bi_rw);
 	const int is_flush_fua = bio->bi_rw & (REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA);
-	unsigned int use_plug, request_count = 0;
+	struct blk_plug *plug;
+	unsigned int request_count = 0;
 	struct blk_map_ctx data;
 	struct request *rq;
 
-	/*
-	 * If we have multiple hardware queues, just go directly to
-	 * one of those for sync IO.
-	 */
-	use_plug = !is_flush_fua && !is_sync;
-
 	blk_queue_bounce(q, &bio);
 
 	if (bio_integrity_enabled(bio) && bio_integrity_prep(bio)) {
@@ -1323,7 +1318,7 @@ static void blk_sq_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (use_plug && !blk_queue_nomerges(q) &&
+	if (likely(!is_flush_fua) && !blk_queue_nomerges(q) &&
 	    blk_attempt_plug_merge(q, bio, &request_count))
 		return;
 
@@ -1342,21 +1337,18 @@ static void blk_sq_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	 * utilize that to temporarily store requests until the task is
 	 * either done or scheduled away.
 	 */
-	if (use_plug) {
-		struct blk_plug *plug = current->plug;
-
-		if (plug) {
-			blk_mq_bio_to_request(rq, bio);
-			if (list_empty(&plug->mq_list))
-				trace_block_plug(q);
-			else if (request_count >= BLK_MAX_REQUEST_COUNT) {
-				blk_flush_plug_list(plug, false);
-				trace_block_plug(q);
-			}
-			list_add_tail(&rq->queuelist, &plug->mq_list);
-			blk_mq_put_ctx(data.ctx);
-			return;
+	plug = current->plug;
+	if (plug) {
+		blk_mq_bio_to_request(rq, bio);
+		if (list_empty(&plug->mq_list))
+			trace_block_plug(q);
+		else if (request_count >= BLK_MAX_REQUEST_COUNT) {
+			blk_flush_plug_list(plug, false);
+			trace_block_plug(q);
 		}
+		list_add_tail(&rq->queuelist, &plug->mq_list);
+		blk_mq_put_ctx(data.ctx);
+		return;
 	}
 
 	if (!blk_mq_merge_queue_io(data.hctx, data.ctx, rq, bio)) {
-- 
1.8.3.1


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