linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] blk: optimization for classic polling

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Message-ID: <2fa9340f-302b-1531-d51b-d4bfbdf50f86@grimberg.me>
Date:   Thu, 8 Feb 2018 18:03:33 +0200
From:   Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>
To:     Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>,
        Nitesh Shetty <nj.shetty@...sung.com>
Cc:     axboe@...com, joshi.k@...sung.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] blk: optimization for classic polling


> I think it'd be simpler to have blk_poll set it back to running if
> need_resched is true rather than repeat this patter across all the
> callers:
> 
> ---
> diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
> index df93102e2149..40285fe1c8ad 100644
> --- a/block/blk-mq.c
> +++ b/block/blk-mq.c
> @@ -3164,6 +3164,7 @@ static bool __blk_mq_poll(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct request *rq)
>   		cpu_relax();
>   	}
>   
> +	set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
>   	return false;
>   }
>   
> --

Nice!