Re: [PATCH V2] blk-mq: count the hctx as active before allocate tag

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Wed Aug 08 2018 - 10:40:32 EST


On 8/8/18 3:56 AM, Jianchao Wang wrote:
> Currently, we count the hctx as active after allocate driver tag
> successfully. The other shared-tags users could exhaust the driver
> tags and starve a non-active and waiting-tag hctx. Count the hctx as
> active before try to allocate driver tag to fix this.

Patch looks good, but please add some comments along the way.

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Jens Axboe