Re: [PATCH RESEND v2 5/5] sbitmap: correct wake_batch recalculation to avoid potential IO hung

From: Jan Kara
Date: Mon Jan 16 2023 - 04:55:54 EST


On Mon 16-01-23 10:15:08, Kemeng Shi wrote:
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>
> on 1/3/2023 10:12 AM, Kemeng Shi wrote:
> > Friendly ping...
> >
> > on 12/26/2022 4:57 PM, Yu Kuai wrote:
> >> 在 2022/12/26 15:50, Yu Kuai 写道:
> >>
> >>>> why using
> >>>> wake batch of 4 is safe for cards with say 32 tags in case active_users is
> >>>> currently 32. Because I don't see why that is correct either.
> >>>>
> >>
> >> I see, you guys are worried that during the period that some hctx
> >> complete all it's not idle yet. It's right waiter might wait for
> >> other hctx to become idle to be awaken in this case. However, I'm
> >> not sure which way is better.
> >>
> >> Ming, do you have any idea?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Kuai
> >>
> >
> Hi Jan. The magic batch 4 seems just for performance initially while
> lacks of full consideration. And there is no better solution provided
> in futher. Do you have any suggestion that I can do to make more
> progress.

Yeah, since there was not any good reasoning behind the magic batch of size
4, feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

to this patch.

Honza
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Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR