linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] trace bio queueing trial only when it occurs

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Date:	Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:02:38 +0800
From:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
CC:	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] trace bio queueing trial only when it occurs

Wu Fengguang wrote:
> Minchan,
> 
> I tend to agree with the change, but somehow confused by blkparse(1):
> 
>         Q -- queued   This notes *intent* to queue i/o at the given location.  No real requests exists yet.
> 
> Li Zefan has been working on blktrace and he can tell more.
> 

I work on ftrace-plugin blktrace and blk TRACE_EVENT, but don't know
much about the old blktrace history. ;)

I think the manpage says it's called before ->make_request_fn(), so
"No real requests exist yet".

Actually the trace was called just before make_request at first:
	2056a782f8e7e65fd4bfd027506b4ce1c5e9ccd4

And then 2 patches added some checks between them:
	5ddfe9691c91a244e8d1be597b6428fcefd58103
	51fd77bd9f512ab6cc9df0733ba1caaab89eb957

It seems to me it makes sense to have this patch.

> Thanks,
> Fengguang
> 
> On Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 08:34:16AM +0800, Minchan Kim wrote:
>> It got lost in LKML mail storm.
>> I resend this.
>> Wu, Could you review this patch, please?
>>
>> == CUT_HERE ==
>>
>> If BIO is discarded or cross over end of device,
>> BIO queueing trial doesn't occur.
>>
>> Let's trace it only when it happens.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>
>> ---
>>  block/blk-core.c |    4 ++--
>>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
>> index 5b59592..1a0cfd5 100644
>> --- a/block/blk-core.c
>> +++ b/block/blk-core.c
>> @@ -1463,8 +1463,6 @@ static inline void __generic_make_request(struct bio *bio)
>>  		if (old_sector != -1)
>>  			trace_block_remap(q, bio, old_dev, old_sector);
>>
>> -		trace_block_bio_queue(q, bio);
>> -
>>  		old_sector = bio->bi_sector;
>>  		old_dev = bio->bi_bdev->bd_dev;
>>
>> @@ -1477,6 +1475,8 @@ static inline void __generic_make_request(struct bio *bio)
>>  			goto end_io;
>>  		}
>>
>> +		trace_block_bio_queue(q, bio);
>> +
>>  		ret = q->make_request_fn(q, bio);
>>  	} while (ret);
>>
>> --
>> 1.6.4
>>
>>
>>
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