linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block, bfq: postpone rq preparation to insert or merge

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Date:   Mon, 07 May 2018 04:43:12 +0200
From:   Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
To:     Paolo Valente <paolo.valente@...aro.org>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        linux-block <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, linus.walleij@...aro.org,
        bfq-iosched@...glegroups.com, oleksandr@...alenko.name
Subject: Re: [PATCH BUGFIX] block, bfq: postpone rq preparation to insert or
 merge

On Sun, 2018-05-06 at 09:42 +0200, Paolo Valente wrote:
> 
> I've attached a compressed patch (to avoid possible corruption from my
> mailer).  I'm little confident, but no pain, no gain, right?
> 
> If possible, apply this patch on top of the fix I proposed in this
> thread, just to eliminate possible further noise. Finally, the
> patch content follows.
> 
> Hoping for a stroke of luck,

FWIW, box didn't survive the first full build of the morning.

> Paolo
> 
> diff --git a/block/bfq-mq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-mq-iosched.c
> index 118f319af7c0..6662efe29b69 100644
> --- a/block/bfq-mq-iosched.c
> +++ b/block/bfq-mq-iosched.c

That doesn't exist in master, so I applied it like so.

---
 block/bfq-iosched.c |    4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

--- a/block/bfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c
@@ -554,8 +554,12 @@ static void bfq_limit_depth(unsigned int
        if (unlikely(bfqd->sb_shift != bt->sb.shift))
                bfq_update_depths(bfqd, bt);
 
+#if 0
        data->shallow_depth =
                bfqd->word_depths[!!bfqd->wr_busy_queues][op_is_sync(op)];
+#else
+       data->shallow_depth = 1;
+#endif
 
        bfq_log(bfqd, "[%s] wr_busy %d sync %d depth %u",
                        __func__, bfqd->wr_busy_queues, op_is_sync(op),