linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V9 13/15] mmc: block: Add CQE and blk-mq support

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Date:   Thu, 05 Oct 2017 12:55:49 +0200
From:   Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
To:     Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>
Cc:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        linux-mmc <linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-block <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Bough Chen <haibo.chen@....com>,
        Alex Lemberg <alex.lemberg@...disk.com>,
        Mateusz Nowak <mateusz.nowak@...el.com>,
        Yuliy Izrailov <Yuliy.Izrailov@...disk.com>,
        Jaehoon Chung <jh80.chung@...sung.com>,
        Dong Aisheng <dongas86@...il.com>,
        Das Asutosh <asutoshd@...eaurora.org>,
        Zhangfei Gao <zhangfei.gao@...il.com>,
        Sahitya Tummala <stummala@...eaurora.org>,
        Harjani Ritesh <riteshh@...eaurora.org>,
        Venu Byravarasu <vbyravarasu@...dia.com>,
        Shawn Lin <shawn.lin@...k-chips.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V9 13/15] mmc: block: Add CQE and blk-mq support

On Wednesday, October 04, 2017 11:48:27 AM Ulf Hansson wrote:
> [...]
> 
> >> MQ code that doesn't perform and therefore we cannot switch seamlessly
> >> to MQ.
> >
> > I think that switching seamlessly to blk-mq in short/medium-term
> > is not possible (SCSI tried and failed to do so). The changes to
> > the old path are very complex and besides affecting performance
> > they also affect error recovery handling (which needs to be tested
> > properly before the switch).
> 
> Agreed, and that's why I have queued up the new Kconfig option for
> enabling the blkmq path from MMC.

This seems premature - the new Kconfig option change for "mmc-mq" should
belong to the patch adding "mmc-mq" support (otherwise it may just confuse
users who enable it).

Best regards,
--
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics