Re: [PATCH 02/18] io-controller: Common flat fair queuing code inelevaotor layer

From: Gui Jianfeng
Date: Fri May 22 2009 - 02:46:43 EST


Vivek Goyal wrote:
...
> +/* A request got completed from io_queue. Do the accounting. */
> +void elv_ioq_completed_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
> +{
> + const int sync = rq_is_sync(rq);
> + struct io_queue *ioq = rq->ioq;
> + struct elv_fq_data *efqd = &q->elevator->efqd;
> +
> + if (!elv_iosched_fair_queuing_enabled(q->elevator))
> + return;
> +
> + elv_log_ioq(efqd, ioq, "complete");
> +
> + elv_update_hw_tag(efqd);
> +
> + WARN_ON(!efqd->rq_in_driver);
> + WARN_ON(!ioq->dispatched);
> + efqd->rq_in_driver--;
> + ioq->dispatched--;
> +
> + if (sync)
> + ioq->last_end_request = jiffies;
> +
> + /*
> + * If this is the active queue, check if it needs to be expired,
> + * or if we want to idle in case it has no pending requests.
> + */
> +
> + if (elv_active_ioq(q->elevator) == ioq) {
> + if (elv_ioq_slice_new(ioq)) {
> + elv_ioq_set_prio_slice(q, ioq);

Hi Vivek,

Would you explain a bit why slice_end should be set when first request completes.
Why not set it just when an ioq gets active?

Thanks.
Gui Jianfeng


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