linux-kernel - Re: Perfromance drop on SCSI hard disk

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Date:	Mon, 16 May 2011 16:37:51 +0800
From:	"Alex,Shi" <alex.shi@...el.com>
To:	"Li, Shaohua" <shaohua.li@...el.com>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <jaxboe@...ionio.com>,
	"James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com" 
	<James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Perfromance drop on SCSI hard disk


> > what I mean is current sdev (other devices too) can still be added into
> > starved list, so only does async execute for current q isn't enough,
> > we'd better put whole __scsi_run_queue into workqueue. something like
> > below on top of yours, untested. Not sure if there are other recursive
> > cases.
> verified the regression can be fully fixed by your patch (with my
> suggested fix to avoid race). Can we put a formal patch upstream?

Yes, we tested Jens patch alone and plus Shaohua's patch too. Both of
them recovered SAS disk performance too. Now I am testing them on SSD
disk with kbuild and fio cases, In theory, they will both work. 

> 
> Thanks,
> Shaohua
> 


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