Re: a bug in AS scheduler?

From: Xiaoning Ding
Date: Wed Feb 28 2007 - 10:35:32 EST


Jens Axboe wrote:
On Wed, Feb 28 2007, Benoit Boissinot wrote:
On 2/28/07, Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, Feb 27 2007, Xiaoning Ding wrote:
Hi,

I am reading the source code AS scheduler in 2.6.18(as-ioscheduler.c).
In function as_close_req, variable delay is in millisecond, while
ad->antic_expire is in jiffies. Doesn't the comparison of delay and
ad->antic_expire make any problem?
The related source code is quoted blow:

if (ad->antic_status == ANTIC_OFF || !ad->ioc_finished)
delay = 0;
else
delay = ((jiffies - ad->antic_start) * 1000) / HZ;
antic_start is in jiffies, the difference is here multiplied by 1000 and
divided by HZ to turn it into msecs. so delay is in msecs.

I am pretty sure Xiaoning was talking about antic_expire, particularly
this comparison:

else if (delay <= 20 && delay <= ad->antic_expire)

Ah, I misread the name. That does look like a bug, antic_expire is in
jiffies.

You got it.

Xiaoning

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