Re: [PATCH V7 5/6] block: support PREEMPT_ONLY

[Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>]

On Mon, Oct 02, 2017 at 06:50:24AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > +void blk_set_preempt_only(struct request_queue *q, bool preempt_only)
> > +{
> > +	blk_mq_freeze_queue(q);
> > +	if (preempt_only)
> > +		queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_PREEMPT_ONLY, q);
> > +	else
> > +		queue_flag_clear_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_PREEMPT_ONLY, q);
> > +	blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(q);
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_set_preempt_only);
> 
> What do you need the queue freeze for?

The main reason is for draining requests in queue before setting PREEMP_ONLY.

> 
> > +		/*
> > +		 * preempt_only flag has to be set after queue is frozen,
> > +		 * so it can be checked here lockless and safely
> > +		 */
> > +		if (blk_queue_preempt_only(q)) {
> 
> We can always check a single bit flag safely, so I really don't
> understand that comment.
> 
> > +			if (!(flags & BLK_REQ_PREEMPT))
> > +				goto slow_path;
> > +		}
> > +
> >  		if (percpu_ref_tryget_live(&q->q_usage_counter))
> >  			return 0;
> > -
> > + slow_path:
> 
> Also this looks a very spaghetti, why not:
> 
> 
> 	if (!blk_queue_preempt_only(q) || (flags & BLK_MQ_REQ_PREEMPT)) {
> 		if (percpu_ref_tryget_live(&q->q_usage_counter))
> 			return 0;
> 	}

Looks fine, will do it in next version.

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Ming