linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/5] cfq-iosched: Reorder checks in cfq_should

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Message-Id: <1452612259-5480-3-git-send-email-jack@suse.cz>
Date:	Tue, 12 Jan 2016 16:24:16 +0100
From:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:	axboe@...nel.dk
Cc:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] cfq-iosched: Reorder checks in cfq_should_preempt()

From: Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>

Move check for preemption by rt class up. There is no functional change
but it makes arguing about conditions simpler since we can be sure both
cfq queues are from the same ioprio class.

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
---
 block/cfq-iosched.c | 13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index 0a6a70a9bca8..2544c219c00c 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -3959,6 +3959,13 @@ cfq_should_preempt(struct cfq_data *cfqd, struct cfq_queue *new_cfqq,
 	if (cfq_slice_used(cfqq))
 		return true;
 
+	/*
+	 * Allow an RT request to pre-empt an ongoing non-RT cfqq timeslice.
+	 */
+	if (cfq_class_rt(new_cfqq) && !cfq_class_rt(cfqq))
+		return true;
+
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(cfqq->ioprio_class != new_cfqq->ioprio_class);
 	/* Allow preemption only if we are idling on sync-noidle tree */
 	if (cfqd->serving_wl_type == SYNC_NOIDLE_WORKLOAD &&
 	    cfqq_type(new_cfqq) == SYNC_NOIDLE_WORKLOAD &&
@@ -3973,12 +3980,6 @@ cfq_should_preempt(struct cfq_data *cfqd, struct cfq_queue *new_cfqq,
 	if ((rq->cmd_flags & REQ_PRIO) && !cfqq->prio_pending)
 		return true;
 
-	/*
-	 * Allow an RT request to pre-empt an ongoing non-RT cfqq timeslice.
-	 */
-	if (cfq_class_rt(new_cfqq) && !cfq_class_rt(cfqq))
-		return true;
-
 	/* An idle queue should not be idle now for some reason */
 	if (RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&cfqq->sort_list) && !cfq_should_idle(cfqd, cfqq))
 		return true;
-- 
2.6.2