Re: [PATCH v3 07/14] blk-mq: make blk_mq_commit_rqs a general function for all commits

From: Kemeng Shi
Date: Mon Jan 16 2023 - 20:02:09 EST




on 1/17/2023 12:13 AM, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 1/16/23 9:09 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 09:07:00AM +0800, Kemeng Shi wrote:
>>>>> Why? I think always having the trace even for the commit case seems
>>>>> very useful for making the traces useful.
>>>> I think unplug event more likely means that request going to be sent to driver
>>>> was plugged and in plug list. And the current code do only trace unplug event
>>>> when dispatching requests from plug list. If so, would it be better to add
>>>> a new event to trace commit?
>>> Hi Christoph, which way do you prefer now? Keep unplug event consistent to
>>> trace commit of requests from plug list only or trace all commits with
>>> unplug event. Please let me know and I will consider it in next version.
>>> Thanks.
>>
>> To me always having the trace feels more useful, but let's see if Jens
>> has an opinion on it.
>
> Agree, that is probably the saner option.
>
Thanks for replies, I will trace all commits with unplug event in next version.

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Best wishes
Kemeng Shi