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Date:	Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:43:41 +0800
From:	Gui Jianfeng <guijianfeng@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>, Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] cfq: Optimization for close cooperating queue searching

It doesn't make any sense to try to find out a close cooperating 
queue if current cfqq is the only one in the group.

Signed-off-by: Gui Jianfeng <guijianfeng@...fujitsu.com>
---
 block/cfq-iosched.c |    6 ++++++
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index cfb0b2f..89b5dd9 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -1750,6 +1750,12 @@ static struct cfq_queue *cfq_close_cooperator(struct cfq_data *cfqd,
 		return NULL;
 
 	/*
+	 * Don't search priority tree if it's the only queue in the group.
+	 */
+	if (cur_cfqq->cfqg->nr_cfqq == 1)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/*
 	 * We should notice if some of the queues are cooperating, eg
 	 * working closely on the same area of the disk. In that case,
 	 * we can group them together and don't waste time idling.
-- 
1.5.4.rc3

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