linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] block: simplify I/O stat accounting

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Message-ID: <20090422121638.GF4593@kernel.dk>
Date:	Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:16:38 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] block: simplify I/O stat accounting

On Tue, Apr 21 2009, Jerome Marchand wrote:
> 
> This simplifies I/O stat accounting switching code and separates it
> completely from I/O scheduler switch code.
> 
> Requests are accounted according to the state of their request queue
> at the time of the request allocation. There is no need anymore to
> flush the request queue when switching I/O accounting state.

Thanks Jerome, applied!

> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@...hat.com>
> ---
>  block/blk-core.c       |    6 ++++--
>  block/blk-merge.c      |    5 ++++-
>  block/blk-sysfs.c      |    4 ----
>  block/blk.h            |    7 +------
>  include/linux/blkdev.h |    3 +++
>  5 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
> index 07ab754..2998fe3 100644
> --- a/block/blk-core.c
> +++ b/block/blk-core.c
> @@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ static inline void blk_free_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
>  }
>  
>  static struct request *
> -blk_alloc_request(struct request_queue *q, int rw, int priv, gfp_t gfp_mask)
> +blk_alloc_request(struct request_queue *q, int flags, int priv, gfp_t gfp_mask)
>  {
>  	struct request *rq = mempool_alloc(q->rq.rq_pool, gfp_mask);
>  
> @@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ blk_alloc_request(struct request_queue *q, int rw, int priv, gfp_t gfp_mask)
>  
>  	blk_rq_init(q, rq);
>  
> -	rq->cmd_flags = rw | REQ_ALLOCED;
> +	rq->cmd_flags = flags | REQ_ALLOCED;
>  
>  	if (priv) {
>  		if (unlikely(elv_set_request(q, rq, gfp_mask))) {
> @@ -792,6 +792,8 @@ static struct request *get_request(struct request_queue *q, int rw_flags,
>  	if (priv)
>  		rl->elvpriv++;
>  
> +	if (blk_queue_io_stat(q))
> +		rw_flags |= REQ_IO_STAT;
>  	spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
>  
>  	rq = blk_alloc_request(q, rw_flags, priv, gfp_mask);
> diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
> index 63760ca..23d2a6f 100644
> --- a/block/blk-merge.c
> +++ b/block/blk-merge.c
> @@ -402,7 +402,10 @@ static int attempt_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req,
>  
>  	elv_merge_requests(q, req, next);
>  
> -	blk_account_io_merge(req);
> +	/*
> +	 * 'next' is going away, so update stats accordingly
> +	 */
> +	blk_account_io_merge(next);
>  
>  	req->ioprio = ioprio_best(req->ioprio, next->ioprio);
>  	if (blk_rq_cpu_valid(next))
> diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
> index cac4e9f..3ff9bba 100644
> --- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
> +++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
> @@ -209,14 +209,10 @@ static ssize_t queue_iostats_store(struct request_queue *q, const char *page,
>  	ssize_t ret = queue_var_store(&stats, page, count);
>  
>  	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
> -	elv_quiesce_start(q);
> -
>  	if (stats)
>  		queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_IO_STAT, q);
>  	else
>  		queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_IO_STAT, q);
> -
> -	elv_quiesce_end(q);
>  	spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
>  
>  	return ret;
> diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
> index 5dfc412..79c85f7 100644
> --- a/block/blk.h
> +++ b/block/blk.h
> @@ -114,12 +114,7 @@ static inline int blk_cpu_to_group(int cpu)
>  
>  static inline int blk_do_io_stat(struct request *rq)
>  {
> -	struct gendisk *disk = rq->rq_disk;
> -
> -	if (!disk || !disk->queue)
> -		return 0;
> -
> -	return blk_queue_io_stat(disk->queue) && (rq->cmd_flags & REQ_ELVPRIV);
> +	return rq->rq_disk && blk_rq_io_stat(rq);
>  }
>  
>  #endif
> diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
> index ba54c83..2755d5c 100644
> --- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
> +++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
> @@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ enum rq_flag_bits {
>  	__REQ_COPY_USER,	/* contains copies of user pages */
>  	__REQ_INTEGRITY,	/* integrity metadata has been remapped */
>  	__REQ_NOIDLE,		/* Don't anticipate more IO after this one */
> +	__REQ_IO_STAT,		/* account I/O stat */
>  	__REQ_NR_BITS,		/* stops here */
>  };
>  
> @@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ enum rq_flag_bits {
>  #define REQ_COPY_USER	(1 << __REQ_COPY_USER)
>  #define REQ_INTEGRITY	(1 << __REQ_INTEGRITY)
>  #define REQ_NOIDLE	(1 << __REQ_NOIDLE)
> +#define REQ_IO_STAT	(1 << __REQ_IO_STAT)
>  
>  #define BLK_MAX_CDB	16
>  
> @@ -598,6 +600,7 @@ enum {
>  				 blk_failfast_transport(rq) ||	\
>  				 blk_failfast_driver(rq))
>  #define blk_rq_started(rq)	((rq)->cmd_flags & REQ_STARTED)
> +#define blk_rq_io_stat(rq)	((rq)->cmd_flags & REQ_IO_STAT)
>  
>  #define blk_account_rq(rq)	(blk_rq_started(rq) && (blk_fs_request(rq) || blk_discard_rq(rq))) 
>  

-- 
Jens Axboe

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