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Date:   Mon, 26 Sep 2022 13:47:26 +0200
From:   Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:     Yu Kuai <yukuai1@...weicloud.com>
Cc:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, paolo.valente@...aro.org, axboe@...nel.dk,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        yi.zhang@...wei.com, "yukuai (C)" <yukuai3@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] wbt: don't show valid wbt_lat_usec in sysfs while
 wbt is disabled

On Mon 26-09-22 18:25:18, Yu Kuai wrote:
> Hi, Jan
> 
> 在 2022/09/26 17:44, Jan Kara 写道:
> > On Thu 22-09-22 19:35:54, Yu Kuai wrote:
> > > Currently, if wbt is initialized and then disabled by
> > > wbt_disable_default(), sysfs will still show valid wbt_lat_usec, which
> > > will confuse users that wbt is still enabled.
> > > 
> > > This patch shows wbt_lat_usec as zero and forbid to set it while wbt
> > > is disabled.
> > 
> > So I agree we should show 0 in wbt_lat_usec if wbt is disabled by
> > wbt_disable_default(). But why do you forbid setting of wbt_lat_usec?
> > IMHO if wbt_lat_usec is set, admin wants to turn on wbt so we should just
> > update rwb->enable_state to WBT_STATE_ON_MANUAL.
> 
> I was thinking that don't enable wbt if elevator is bfq. Since we know
> that performance is bad, thus it doesn't make sense to me to do that,
> and user might doesn't aware of the problem.

Yeah, I don't think it is a good idea (that is the reason why it is
disabled by default) but in priciple I don't see a reason why we should
block admin from enabling it.

								Honza

> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@...wei.com>
> > > Reported-and-tested-by: Holger Hoffstätte <holger@...lied-asynchrony.com>
> > > ---
> > >   block/blk-sysfs.c | 9 ++++++++-
> > >   block/blk-wbt.c   | 7 +++++++
> > >   block/blk-wbt.h   | 5 +++++
> > >   3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
> > > index e1f009aba6fd..1955bb6a284d 100644
> > > --- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
> > > +++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
> > > @@ -467,10 +467,14 @@ static ssize_t queue_io_timeout_store(struct request_queue *q, const char *page,
> > >   static ssize_t queue_wb_lat_show(struct request_queue *q, char *page)
> > >   {
> > > +	u64 lat;
> > > +
> > >   	if (!wbt_rq_qos(q))
> > >   		return -EINVAL;
> > > -	return sprintf(page, "%llu\n", div_u64(wbt_get_min_lat(q), 1000));
> > > +	lat = wbt_disabled(q) ? 0 : div_u64(wbt_get_min_lat(q), 1000);
> > > +
> > > +	return sprintf(page, "%llu\n", lat);
> > >   }
> > >   static ssize_t queue_wb_lat_store(struct request_queue *q, const char *page,
> > > @@ -493,6 +497,9 @@ static ssize_t queue_wb_lat_store(struct request_queue *q, const char *page,
> > >   			return ret;
> > >   	}
> > > +	if (wbt_disabled(q))
> > > +		return -EINVAL;
> > > +
> > >   	if (val == -1)
> > >   		val = wbt_default_latency_nsec(q);
> > >   	else if (val >= 0)
> > > diff --git a/block/blk-wbt.c b/block/blk-wbt.c
> > > index a9982000b667..68851c2c02d2 100644
> > > --- a/block/blk-wbt.c
> > > +++ b/block/blk-wbt.c
> > > @@ -422,6 +422,13 @@ static void wbt_update_limits(struct rq_wb *rwb)
> > >   	rwb_wake_all(rwb);
> > >   }
> > > +bool wbt_disabled(struct request_queue *q)
> > > +{
> > > +	struct rq_qos *rqos = wbt_rq_qos(q);
> > > +
> > > +	return !rqos || RQWB(rqos)->enable_state == WBT_STATE_OFF_DEFAULT;
> > > +}
> > > +
> > >   u64 wbt_get_min_lat(struct request_queue *q)
> > >   {
> > >   	struct rq_qos *rqos = wbt_rq_qos(q);
> > > diff --git a/block/blk-wbt.h b/block/blk-wbt.h
> > > index 7e44eccc676d..e42465ddcbb6 100644
> > > --- a/block/blk-wbt.h
> > > +++ b/block/blk-wbt.h
> > > @@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ void wbt_enable_default(struct request_queue *);
> > >   u64 wbt_get_min_lat(struct request_queue *q);
> > >   void wbt_set_min_lat(struct request_queue *q, u64 val);
> > > +bool wbt_disabled(struct request_queue *);
> > >   void wbt_set_write_cache(struct request_queue *, bool);
> > > @@ -125,6 +126,10 @@ static inline u64 wbt_default_latency_nsec(struct request_queue *q)
> > >   {
> > >   	return 0;
> > >   }
> > > +static inline bool wbt_disabled(struct request_queue *q)
> > > +{
> > > +	return true;
> > > +}
> > >   #endif /* CONFIG_BLK_WBT */
> > > -- 
> > > 2.31.1
> > > 
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
SUSE Labs, CR