linux-kernel - Re: QUEUE_FLAG_NO_SG

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Date:	Thu, 26 Nov 2015 17:21:25 +0800
From:	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>
To:	Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
	"linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <Linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: QUEUE_FLAG_NO_SG_MERGE and non-block-mq

On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> while investigating the crash in scsi_lib.c I found a rather curious
> behaviour for QUEUE_FLAG_NO_SG_MERGE.
>
> While the flag is evaluated in blk_recalc_rq_segments and
> blk_recount_segments (resulting in nr_phys_segments being
> computed based on that flag) it is completely ignored
> during blk_rq_map_sg() or the actual merging itself.

Yes, I guess Jens introduced the flag for decreasing CPU
consumption when comuputing segments, but it is still
ignored by blk_rq_map_sg(), but it may not be used
by some drivers.

After bio splitting is introduced, the flag is also ignored
when computing segments.

>
> This typically shouldn't be an issue, seeing that with
> QUEUE_FLAG_NO_SG_MERGE nr_phys_segments will always be
> larger than the actual segment count.
>
> However, it still makes me wonder:
> What is the point of having a QUEUE_FLAG_NO_SG_MERGE
> which doesn't work as advertised?
> Or, to be precise, which only works for blk-mq?
> Should we make it work for non-block-mq, too?

Thanks bio splitting, this flag has little effect on performance now,
so I think it can be removed if Jens has no objection.

Thanks,

>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hannes
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