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Message-ID: <20071106192611.GS1767@kernel.dk>
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 20:26:11 +0100
From: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Nick <gentuu@...il.com>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cfq: fix IOPRIO_CLASS_IDLE delays
On Tue, Nov 06 2007, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> After the fresh boot:
>
> ionice -c3 -p $$
> echo cfq >> /sys/block/XXX/queue/scheduler
> dd if=/dev/XXX of=/dev/null bs=512 count=1
>
> Now dd hangs in D state and the queue is completely stalled for approximately
> INITIAL_JIFFIES + CFQ_IDLE_GRACE jiffies. This is because cfq_init_queue()
> forgets to initialize cfq_data->last_end_request.
Another good catch, thanks Oleg!
> (I guess this patch is not complete, overflow is still possible)
Hmm, where would it overflow?
--
Jens Axboe
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