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| -rw-r--r-- | block/bfq-iosched.c | 22 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/block/bfq-iosched.c b/block/bfq-iosched.c index 003c96fa01ad..c045613ce927 100644 --- a/block/bfq-iosched.c +++ b/block/bfq-iosched.c @@ -3464,20 +3464,38 @@ static void bfq_dispatch_remove(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq) * order until all the requests already queued in the device have been * served. The last sub-condition commented above somewhat mitigates * this problem for weight-raised queues. + * + * However, as an additional mitigation for this problem, we preserve + * plugging for a special symmetric case that may suddenly turn into + * asymmetric: the case where only bfqq is busy. In this case, not + * expiring bfqq does not cause any harm to any other queues in terms + * of service guarantees. In contrast, it avoids the following unlucky + * sequence of events: (1) bfqq is expired, (2) a new queue with a + * lower weight than bfqq becomes busy (or more queues), (3) the new + * queue is served until a new request arrives for bfqq, (4) when bfqq + * is finally served, there are so many requests of the new queue in + * the drive that the pending requests for bfqq take a lot of time to + * be served. In particular, event (2) may case even already + * dispatched requests of bfqq to be delayed, inside the drive. So, to + * avoid this series of events, the scenario is preventively declared + * as asymmetric also if bfqq is the only busy queues */ static bool idling_needed_for_service_guarantees(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq) { + int tot_busy_queues = bfq_tot_busy_queues(bfqd); + /* No point in idling for bfqq if it won't get requests any longer */ if (unlikely(!bfqq_process_refs(bfqq))) return false; return (bfqq->wr_coeff > 1 && (bfqd->wr_busy_queues < - bfq_tot_busy_queues(bfqd) || + tot_busy_queues || bfqd->rq_in_driver >= bfqq->dispatched + 4)) || - bfq_asymmetric_scenario(bfqd, bfqq); + bfq_asymmetric_scenario(bfqd, bfqq) || + tot_busy_queues == 1; } static bool __bfq_bfqq_expire(struct bfq_data *bfqd, struct bfq_queue *bfqq, |