linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block, bfq: Init saved_wr_start_at_switch_to

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Date:   Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:25:55 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
        Paolo Valente <paolo.valente@...aro.org>
Cc:     groeck@...omium.org, drinkcat@...omium.org,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block, bfq: Init saved_wr_start_at_switch_to_srt in
 unlikely case

On 6/26/19 1:59 PM, Douglas Anderson wrote:
> Some debug code suggested by Paolo was tripping when I did reboot
> stress tests.  Specifically in bfq_bfqq_resume_state()
> "bic->saved_wr_start_at_switch_to_srt" was later than the current
> value of "jiffies".  A bit of debugging showed that
> "bic->saved_wr_start_at_switch_to_srt" was actually 0 and a bit more
> debugging showed that was because we had run through the "unlikely"
> case in the bfq_bfqq_save_state() function.
> 
> Let's init "saved_wr_start_at_switch_to_srt" in the unlikely case to
> something sane.
> 
> NOTE: this fixes no known real-world errors.

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Jens Axboe