linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] cfq-iosched: fix no-idle preemption logic

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Message-ID: <20091124143705.GB9595@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:37:05 -0500
From:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
To:	Corrado Zoccolo <czoccolo@...il.com>
Cc:	Linux-Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] cfq-iosched: fix no-idle preemption logic

On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 02:49:02PM +0100, Corrado Zoccolo wrote:
> An incoming no-idle queue should preempt the active no-idle queue
> only if the active queue is idling due to service tree empty.
> Previous code was buggy in two ways:
> * it relied on service_tree field to be set on the active queue, while
>   it is not set when the code is idling for a new request
> * it didn't check for the service tree empty condition, so could lead to
>   LIFO behaviour if multiple queues with depth > 1 were preempting each
>   other on an non-NCQ device.
> 
> Reported-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Corrado Zoccolo <czoccolo@...il.com>
> ---
>  block/cfq-iosched.c |    5 +++--
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
> index 6925ab9..2a304f4 100644
> --- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
> +++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
> @@ -2401,8 +2401,9 @@ cfq_should_preempt(struct cfq_data *cfqd, struct cfq_queue *new_cfqq,
>  	if (cfq_class_idle(cfqq))
>  		return true;
>  
> -	if (cfqd->serving_type == SYNC_NOIDLE_WORKLOAD
> -	    && new_cfqq->service_tree == cfqq->service_tree)
> +	if (cfqd->serving_type == SYNC_NOIDLE_WORKLOAD &&
> +	    cfqq_type(new_cfqq) == SYNC_NOIDLE_WORKLOAD &&
> +	    new_cfqq->service_tree->count == 1)
>  		return true;
>  

Looks good to me.

Acked-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>

Thanks
Vivek
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