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Message-ID: <20110225163002.GH2994@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 11:30:02 -0500
From: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
To: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc: Dominik Klein <dk@...telegence.net>,
linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
libvir-list@...hat.com
Subject: Re: Is it a workqueue related issue in 2.6.37 (Was: Re: [libvirt]
blkio cgroup [solved])
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 05:09:03PM +0100, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 11:03:53AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote:
> > +int kthrotld_schedule_delayed_work(struct throtl_data *td,
> > + struct delayed_work *dwork, unsigned long delay)
> > +{
> > + return queue_delayed_work(kthrotld_workqueue, dwork, delay);
> > +}
> > +
>
> I don't think wrapping is necessary. Defining and using a workqueue
> directly should be enough.
>
> > @@ -1113,6 +1120,11 @@ void blk_throtl_exit(struct request_queu
> >
> > static int __init throtl_init(void)
> > {
> > + kthrotld_workqueue = alloc_workqueue("kthrotld",
> > + WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_HIGHPRI, 0);
>
> And I don't think kthrotld needs to be HIGHPRI.
>
> Thanks.
Here is the new patch.
Dominik, can you please try it and see if fixes the issue.
Thanks
Vivek
o Use a separate workqueue for throttle related work and don't reuse kblockd
workqueue as there occurs a cycle dependency in cfq unplug work and throttle
dispatch work.
Yet-to-be-signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
---
block/blk-throttle.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++-----------
include/linux/blkdev.h | 2 --
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
Index: linux-2.6/block/blk-throttle.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/block/blk-throttle.c 2011-02-25 11:11:49.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6/block/blk-throttle.c 2011-02-25 11:21:51.709326299 -0500
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ static int throtl_quantum = 32;
/* Throttling is performed over 100ms slice and after that slice is renewed */
static unsigned long throtl_slice = HZ/10; /* 100 ms */
+/* A workqueue to queue throttle related work */
+static struct workqueue_struct *kthrotld_workqueue;
+void throtl_schedule_delayed_work(struct throtl_data *td, unsigned long delay);
+
struct throtl_rb_root {
struct rb_root rb;
struct rb_node *left;
@@ -345,10 +349,9 @@ static void throtl_schedule_next_dispatc
update_min_dispatch_time(st);
if (time_before_eq(st->min_disptime, jiffies))
- throtl_schedule_delayed_work(td->queue, 0);
+ throtl_schedule_delayed_work(td, 0);
else
- throtl_schedule_delayed_work(td->queue,
- (st->min_disptime - jiffies));
+ throtl_schedule_delayed_work(td, (st->min_disptime - jiffies));
}
static inline void
@@ -815,10 +818,9 @@ void blk_throtl_work(struct work_struct
}
/* Call with queue lock held */
-void throtl_schedule_delayed_work(struct request_queue *q, unsigned long delay)
+void throtl_schedule_delayed_work(struct throtl_data *td, unsigned long delay)
{
- struct throtl_data *td = q->td;
struct delayed_work *dwork = &td->throtl_work;
if (total_nr_queued(td) > 0) {
@@ -827,12 +829,11 @@ void throtl_schedule_delayed_work(struct
* Cancel that and schedule a new one.
*/
__cancel_delayed_work(dwork);
- kblockd_schedule_delayed_work(q, dwork, delay);
+ queue_delayed_work(kthrotld_workqueue, dwork, delay);
throtl_log(td, "schedule work. delay=%lu jiffies=%lu",
delay, jiffies);
}
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(throtl_schedule_delayed_work);
static void
throtl_destroy_tg(struct throtl_data *td, struct throtl_grp *tg)
@@ -920,7 +921,7 @@ static void throtl_update_blkio_group_re
smp_mb__after_atomic_inc();
/* Schedule a work now to process the limit change */
- throtl_schedule_delayed_work(td->queue, 0);
+ throtl_schedule_delayed_work(td, 0);
}
static void throtl_update_blkio_group_write_bps(void *key,
@@ -934,7 +935,7 @@ static void throtl_update_blkio_group_wr
smp_mb__before_atomic_inc();
atomic_inc(&td->limits_changed);
smp_mb__after_atomic_inc();
- throtl_schedule_delayed_work(td->queue, 0);
+ throtl_schedule_delayed_work(td, 0);
}
static void throtl_update_blkio_group_read_iops(void *key,
@@ -948,7 +949,7 @@ static void throtl_update_blkio_group_re
smp_mb__before_atomic_inc();
atomic_inc(&td->limits_changed);
smp_mb__after_atomic_inc();
- throtl_schedule_delayed_work(td->queue, 0);
+ throtl_schedule_delayed_work(td, 0);
}
static void throtl_update_blkio_group_write_iops(void *key,
@@ -962,7 +963,7 @@ static void throtl_update_blkio_group_wr
smp_mb__before_atomic_inc();
atomic_inc(&td->limits_changed);
smp_mb__after_atomic_inc();
- throtl_schedule_delayed_work(td->queue, 0);
+ throtl_schedule_delayed_work(td, 0);
}
void throtl_shutdown_timer_wq(struct request_queue *q)
@@ -1135,6 +1136,10 @@ void blk_throtl_exit(struct request_queu
static int __init throtl_init(void)
{
+ kthrotld_workqueue = alloc_workqueue("kthrotld", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
+ if (!kthrotld_workqueue)
+ panic("Failed to create kthrotld\n");
+
blkio_policy_register(&blkio_policy_throtl);
return 0;
}
Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/blkdev.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/blkdev.h 2011-02-25 11:11:49.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/blkdev.h 2011-02-25 11:13:03.670455489 -0500
@@ -1136,7 +1136,6 @@ static inline uint64_t rq_io_start_time_
extern int blk_throtl_init(struct request_queue *q);
extern void blk_throtl_exit(struct request_queue *q);
extern int blk_throtl_bio(struct request_queue *q, struct bio **bio);
-extern void throtl_schedule_delayed_work(struct request_queue *q, unsigned long delay);
extern void throtl_shutdown_timer_wq(struct request_queue *q);
#else /* CONFIG_BLK_DEV_THROTTLING */
static inline int blk_throtl_bio(struct request_queue *q, struct bio **bio)
@@ -1146,7 +1145,6 @@ static inline int blk_throtl_bio(struct
static inline int blk_throtl_init(struct request_queue *q) { return 0; }
static inline int blk_throtl_exit(struct request_queue *q) { return 0; }
-static inline void throtl_schedule_delayed_work(struct request_queue *q, unsigned long delay) {}
static inline void throtl_shutdown_timer_wq(struct request_queue *q) {}
#endif /* CONFIG_BLK_DEV_THROTTLING */
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