linux-kernel - [PATCH] block/mq-deadline: use correct way to throttling write requests

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Date:   Thu, 3 Aug 2023 19:12:42 +0800
From:   Zhiguo Niu <zhiguo.niu@...soc.com>
To:     <axboe@...nel.dk>, <bvanassche@....org>
CC:     <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <niuzhiguo84@...il.com>, <zhiguo.niu@...soc.com>,
        <hongyu.jin@...soc.com>, <yunlong.xing@...soc.com>
Subject: [PATCH] block/mq-deadline: use correct way to throttling write requests

The original formula was inaccurate:
dd->async_depth = max(1UL, 3 * q->nr_requests / 4);

For write requests, when we assign a tags from sched_tags,
data->shallow_depth will be passed to sbitmap_find_bit,
see the following code:

nr = sbitmap_find_bit_in_word(&sb->map[index],
			min_t (unsigned int,
			__map_depth(sb, index),
			depth),
			alloc_hint, wrap);

The smaller of data->shallow_depth and __map_depth(sb, index)
will be used as the maximum range when allocating bits.

For a mmc device (one hw queue, deadline I/O scheduler):
q->nr_requests = sched_tags = 128, so according to the previous
calculation method, dd->async_depth = data->shallow_depth = 96,
and the platform is 64bits with 8 cpus, sched_tags.bitmap_tags.sb.shift=5,
sb.maps[]=32/32/32/32, 32 is smaller than 96, whether it is a read or
a write I/O, tags can be allocated to the maximum range each time,
which has not throttling effect.

In addition, refer to the methods of bfg/kyber I/O scheduler,
limit ratiois are calculated base on sched_tags.bitmap_tags.sb.shift.

This patch can throttle write requests really.

Fixes: 07757588e507 ("block/mq-deadline: Reserve 25% of scheduler tags for synchronous requests")

Signed-off-by: Zhiguo Niu <zhiguo.niu@...soc.com>

---
 block/mq-deadline.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/block/mq-deadline.c b/block/mq-deadline.c
index 5839a027e0f0..7e043d4a78f8 100644
--- a/block/mq-deadline.c
+++ b/block/mq-deadline.c
@@ -620,8 +620,9 @@ static void dd_depth_updated(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
 	struct request_queue *q = hctx->queue;
 	struct deadline_data *dd = q->elevator->elevator_data;
 	struct blk_mq_tags *tags = hctx->sched_tags;
+	unsigned int shift = tags->bitmap_tags.sb.shift;

-	dd->async_depth = max(1UL, 3 * q->nr_requests / 4);
+	dd->async_depth = max(1U, 3 * (1U << shift)  / 4);

 	sbitmap_queue_min_shallow_depth(&tags->bitmap_tags, dd->async_depth);
 }
-- 
2.37.3