[PATCH v9 5/5] dm crypt: Fix IO priority lost when queuing write bios

Mike Snitzer
2024-01-30T20:27:02Z

Since dm-crypt queues writes to a different kernel thread (workqueue),
the bios will dispatch from tasks with different io_context->ioprio
settings and blkcg than the submitting task, thus giving incorrect
ioprio to the io scheduler.

Get the original IO priority setting via struct dm_crypt_io::base_bio
and set this priority in the bio for write.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/dm-devel/alpine.LRH.2.11.1612141049250.13402@mail.ewheeler.net

Signed-off-by: Hongyu Jin <hongyu.jin@unisoc.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@kernel.org>
---
drivers/md/dm-crypt.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
index ab1e30630e64..2b4671d15201 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
@@ -1683,6 +1683,7 @@ static struct bio *crypt_alloc_buffer(struct dm_crypt_io *io, unsigned int size)
GFP_NOIO, &cc->bs);
clone->bi_private = io;
clone->bi_end_io = crypt_endio;
+ clone->bi_ioprio = io->base_bio->bi_ioprio;

remaining_size = size;

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2.40.0