linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] blk-mq: insert rq with DONTPREP to hctx dispatch list when requeue

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Date:   Mon, 11 Feb 2019 19:51:27 -0700
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Jianchao Wang <jianchao.w.wang@...cle.com>
Cc:     linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] blk-mq: insert rq with DONTPREP to hctx dispatch list
 when requeue

On 2/11/19 6:56 PM, Jianchao Wang wrote:
> When requeue, if RQF_DONTPREP, rq has contained some driver
> specific data, so insert it to hctx dispatch list to avoid any
> merge. Take scsi as example, here is the trace event log (no
> io scheduler, because RQF_STARTED would prevent merging),
> 
>    kworker/0:1H-339   [000] ...1  2037.209289: block_rq_insert: 8,0 R 4096 () 32768 + 8 [kworker/0:1H]
> scsi_inert_test-1987  [000] ....  2037.220465: block_bio_queue: 8,0 R 32776 + 8 [scsi_inert_test]
> scsi_inert_test-1987  [000] ...2  2037.220466: block_bio_backmerge: 8,0 R 32776 + 8 [scsi_inert_test]
>    kworker/0:1H-339   [000] ....  2047.220913: block_rq_issue: 8,0 R 8192 () 32768 + 16 [kworker/0:1H]
> scsi_inert_test-1996  [000] ..s1  2047.221007: block_rq_complete: 8,0 R () 32768 + 8 [0]
> scsi_inert_test-1996  [000] .Ns1  2047.221045: block_rq_requeue: 8,0 R () 32776 + 8 [0]
>    kworker/0:1H-339   [000] ...1  2047.221054: block_rq_insert: 8,0 R 4096 () 32776 + 8 [kworker/0:1H]
>    kworker/0:1H-339   [000] ...1  2047.221056: block_rq_issue: 8,0 R 4096 () 32776 + 8 [kworker/0:1H]
> scsi_inert_test-1986  [000] ..s1  2047.221119: block_rq_complete: 8,0 R () 32776 + 8 [0]
> 
> (32768 + 8) was requeued by scsi_queue_insert and had RQF_DONTPREP.
> Then it was merged with (32776 + 8) and issued. Due to RQF_DONTPREP,
> the sdb only contained the part of (32768 + 8), then only that part
> was completed. The lucky thing was that scsi_io_completion detected
> it and requeued the remaining part. So we didn't get corrupted data.
> However, the requeue of (32776 + 8) is not expected.

Looks good to me, I'll add this for 5.0.

-- 
Jens Axboe