Re: [PATCH] cfq-iosched: Don't clear queue stats when preempt.

From: Vivek Goyal
Date: Tue Mar 22 2011 - 18:19:48 EST


On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 03:14:12PM -0700, Justin TerAvest wrote:
> Previous commit "cfq-iosched: Don't set active queue in preempt" wrongly
> cleared stats for preempting queues when it shouldn't have, because when
> we choose a queue to preempt, it still isn't necessarily scheduled next.
>
> Thanks to Vivek Goyal for figuring this out and understanding how the
> preemption code works.
>
> Signed-off-by: Justin TerAvest <teravest@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> block/cfq-iosched.c | 38 +++++++++++++++-----------------------
> 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
> index 69208d7..efa1f30 100644
> --- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
> +++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
> @@ -1620,33 +1620,27 @@ static inline void cfq_del_timer(struct cfq_data *cfqd, struct cfq_queue *cfqq)
> cfq_blkiocg_update_idle_time_stats(&cfqq->cfqg->blkg);
> }
>
> -static void cfq_clear_queue_stats(struct cfq_data *cfqd,
> - struct cfq_queue *cfqq)
> -{
> - cfq_blkiocg_update_avg_queue_size_stats(&cfqq->cfqg->blkg);
> - cfqq->slice_start = 0;
> - cfqq->dispatch_start = jiffies;
> - cfqq->allocated_slice = 0;
> - cfqq->slice_end = 0;
> - cfqq->slice_dispatch = 0;
> - cfqq->nr_sectors = 0;
> -
> - cfq_clear_cfqq_wait_request(cfqq);
> - cfq_clear_cfqq_must_dispatch(cfqq);
> - cfq_clear_cfqq_must_alloc_slice(cfqq);
> - cfq_clear_cfqq_fifo_expire(cfqq);
> - cfq_mark_cfqq_slice_new(cfqq);
> -
> - cfq_del_timer(cfqd, cfqq);
> -}
> -
> static void __cfq_set_active_queue(struct cfq_data *cfqd,
> struct cfq_queue *cfqq)
> {
> if (cfqq) {
> cfq_log_cfqq(cfqd, cfqq, "set_active wl_prio:%d wl_type:%d",
> cfqd->serving_prio, cfqd->serving_type);
> - cfq_clear_queue_stats(cfqd, cfqq);
> + cfq_blkiocg_update_avg_queue_size_stats(&cfqq->cfqg->blkg);
> + cfqq->slice_start = 0;
> + cfqq->dispatch_start = jiffies;
> + cfqq->allocated_slice = 0;
> + cfqq->slice_end = 0;
> + cfqq->slice_dispatch = 0;
> + cfqq->nr_sectors = 0;
> +
> + cfq_clear_cfqq_wait_request(cfqq);
> + cfq_clear_cfqq_must_dispatch(cfqq);
> + cfq_clear_cfqq_must_alloc_slice(cfqq);
> + cfq_clear_cfqq_fifo_expire(cfqq);
> + cfq_mark_cfqq_slice_new(cfqq);
> +
> + cfq_del_timer(cfqd, cfqq);
> }
>
> cfqd->active_queue = cfqq;
> @@ -3338,8 +3332,6 @@ static void cfq_preempt_queue(struct cfq_data *cfqd, struct cfq_queue *cfqq)
> BUG_ON(!cfq_cfqq_on_rr(cfqq));
>
> cfq_service_tree_add(cfqd, cfqq, 1);
> -
> - cfq_clear_queue_stats(cfqd, cfqq);
> }

Can you restore the old following two lines.

cfqq->slice_end = 0;
cfq_mark_cfqq_slice_new(cfqq);

It is just to preserve the old behavior. Thought off the top of my head I
am not sure why these are there. So until somebody has studied it and
figured it out whether these are required or not, let these be there.

Thanks
Vivek
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