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Date:	Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:14:42 +0900
From:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com>
To:	undisclosed-recipients:;
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] block: prevent duplicated bio completion report

Hello,

2012-01-18 10:20 AM, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 2012-01-18 2:45 AM, Tejun Heo wrote:
>>
>>> /*
>>> * top 4 bits of bio flags indicate the pool this bio came from
>>> */
>>> diff --git a/include/trace/events/block.h b/include/trace/events/block.h
>>> index 96955f4828b3..72888542e186 100644
>>> --- a/include/trace/events/block.h
>>> +++ b/include/trace/events/block.h
>>> @@ -219,7 +219,8 @@ TRACE_EVENT_CONDITION(block_bio_complete,
>>>
>>>  	TP_ARGS(q, bio, error),
>>>
>>> - TP_CONDITION(bio->bi_bdev != NULL),
>>> + TP_CONDITION(bio->bi_bdev != NULL &&
>>> + 		!(bio->bi_flags & BIO_COMPLETE_MASK)),
>>
>> Bounced bio's are separate bio's too and I don't think masking its
>> completion from the TP itself is a good idea. As I wrote before, why
>> not do this from blktrace code?
> 
> Because blktrace cannot know about the bi_flags, as I said before. :) 
> And although the bounced bio's are separate ones, they aren't queued 
> separately. They just get replaced on the way.

Oh, now I guess you meant this:

diff --git a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
index 16fc34a0806f..2ef57fb2566e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
@@ -792,6 +792,9 @@ static void blk_add_trace_bio_complete(void *ignore,
                                       struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio,
                                       int error)
 {
+       if (bio->bi_flags & BIO_COMPLETE_MASK)
+               return;
+
        blk_add_trace_bio(q, bio, BLK_TA_COMPLETE, error);
 }


Anyway do you still think masking on TP is not a good idea?


Thanks,
Namhyung
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