Linux block layer
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
	Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>,
	Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>, Yu Kuai <yukuai@kernel.org>,
	chengkaitao <chengkaitao@kylinos.cn>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] block/mq-deadline: Switch back to a single dispatch list
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 12:28:03 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251013192803.4168772-3-bvanassche@acm.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251013192803.4168772-1-bvanassche@acm.org>

Commit c807ab520fc3 ("block/mq-deadline: Add I/O priority support")
modified the behavior of request flag BLK_MQ_INSERT_AT_HEAD from
dispatching a request before other requests into dispatching a request
before other requests with the same I/O priority. This is not correct since
BLK_MQ_INSERT_AT_HEAD is used when requeuing requests and also when a flush
request is inserted.  Both types of requests should be dispatched as soon
as possible. Hence, make the mq-deadline I/O scheduler again ignore the I/O
priority for BLK_MQ_INSERT_AT_HEAD requests.

Cc: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
Cc: Yu Kuai <yukuai@kernel.org>
Reported-by: chengkaitao <chengkaitao@kylinos.cn>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/20251009155253.14611-1-pilgrimtao@gmail.com/
Fixes: c807ab520fc3 ("block/mq-deadline: Add I/O priority support")
Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
---
 block/mq-deadline.c | 107 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/mq-deadline.c b/block/mq-deadline.c
index 647a45f6d935..3e3719093aec 100644
--- a/block/mq-deadline.c
+++ b/block/mq-deadline.c
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ struct io_stats_per_prio {
  * present on both sort_list[] and fifo_list[].
  */
 struct dd_per_prio {
-	struct list_head dispatch;
 	struct rb_root sort_list[DD_DIR_COUNT];
 	struct list_head fifo_list[DD_DIR_COUNT];
 	/* Position of the most recently dispatched request. */
@@ -84,6 +83,7 @@ struct deadline_data {
 	 * run time data
 	 */
 
+	struct list_head dispatch;
 	struct dd_per_prio per_prio[DD_PRIO_COUNT];
 
 	/* Data direction of latest dispatched request. */
@@ -332,16 +332,6 @@ static struct request *__dd_dispatch_request(struct deadline_data *dd,
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&dd->lock);
 
-	if (!list_empty(&per_prio->dispatch)) {
-		rq = list_first_entry(&per_prio->dispatch, struct request,
-				      queuelist);
-		if (started_after(dd, rq, latest_start))
-			return NULL;
-		list_del_init(&rq->queuelist);
-		data_dir = rq_data_dir(rq);
-		goto done;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * batches are currently reads XOR writes
 	 */
@@ -421,7 +411,6 @@ static struct request *__dd_dispatch_request(struct deadline_data *dd,
 	 */
 	dd->batching++;
 	deadline_move_request(dd, per_prio, rq);
-done:
 	return dd_start_request(dd, data_dir, rq);
 }
 
@@ -469,6 +458,14 @@ static struct request *dd_dispatch_request(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
 	enum dd_prio prio;
 
 	spin_lock(&dd->lock);
+
+	if (!list_empty(&dd->dispatch)) {
+		rq = list_first_entry(&dd->dispatch, struct request, queuelist);
+		list_del_init(&rq->queuelist);
+		dd_start_request(dd, rq_data_dir(rq), rq);
+		goto unlock;
+	}
+
 	rq = dd_dispatch_prio_aged_requests(dd, now);
 	if (rq)
 		goto unlock;
@@ -557,10 +554,10 @@ static int dd_init_sched(struct request_queue *q, struct elevator_queue *eq)
 
 	eq->elevator_data = dd;
 
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dd->dispatch);
 	for (prio = 0; prio <= DD_PRIO_MAX; prio++) {
 		struct dd_per_prio *per_prio = &dd->per_prio[prio];
 
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&per_prio->dispatch);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&per_prio->fifo_list[DD_READ]);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&per_prio->fifo_list[DD_WRITE]);
 		per_prio->sort_list[DD_READ] = RB_ROOT;
@@ -664,7 +661,7 @@ static void dd_insert_request(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct request *rq,
 	trace_block_rq_insert(rq);
 
 	if (flags & BLK_MQ_INSERT_AT_HEAD) {
-		list_add(&rq->queuelist, &per_prio->dispatch);
+		list_add(&rq->queuelist, &dd->dispatch);
 		rq->fifo_time = jiffies;
 	} else {
 		deadline_add_rq_rb(per_prio, rq);
@@ -731,8 +728,7 @@ static void dd_finish_request(struct request *rq)
 
 static bool dd_has_work_for_prio(struct dd_per_prio *per_prio)
 {
-	return !list_empty_careful(&per_prio->dispatch) ||
-		!list_empty_careful(&per_prio->fifo_list[DD_READ]) ||
+	return !list_empty_careful(&per_prio->fifo_list[DD_READ]) ||
 		!list_empty_careful(&per_prio->fifo_list[DD_WRITE]);
 }
 
@@ -741,6 +737,9 @@ static bool dd_has_work(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
 	struct deadline_data *dd = hctx->queue->elevator->elevator_data;
 	enum dd_prio prio;
 
+	if (!list_empty_careful(&dd->dispatch))
+		return true;
+
 	for (prio = 0; prio <= DD_PRIO_MAX; prio++)
 		if (dd_has_work_for_prio(&dd->per_prio[prio]))
 			return true;
@@ -949,49 +948,39 @@ static int dd_owned_by_driver_show(void *data, struct seq_file *m)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#define DEADLINE_DISPATCH_ATTR(prio)					\
-static void *deadline_dispatch##prio##_start(struct seq_file *m,	\
-					     loff_t *pos)		\
-	__acquires(&dd->lock)						\
-{									\
-	struct request_queue *q = m->private;				\
-	struct deadline_data *dd = q->elevator->elevator_data;		\
-	struct dd_per_prio *per_prio = &dd->per_prio[prio];		\
-									\
-	spin_lock(&dd->lock);						\
-	return seq_list_start(&per_prio->dispatch, *pos);		\
-}									\
-									\
-static void *deadline_dispatch##prio##_next(struct seq_file *m,		\
-					    void *v, loff_t *pos)	\
-{									\
-	struct request_queue *q = m->private;				\
-	struct deadline_data *dd = q->elevator->elevator_data;		\
-	struct dd_per_prio *per_prio = &dd->per_prio[prio];		\
-									\
-	return seq_list_next(v, &per_prio->dispatch, pos);		\
-}									\
-									\
-static void deadline_dispatch##prio##_stop(struct seq_file *m, void *v)	\
-	__releases(&dd->lock)						\
-{									\
-	struct request_queue *q = m->private;				\
-	struct deadline_data *dd = q->elevator->elevator_data;		\
-									\
-	spin_unlock(&dd->lock);						\
-}									\
-									\
-static const struct seq_operations deadline_dispatch##prio##_seq_ops = { \
-	.start	= deadline_dispatch##prio##_start,			\
-	.next	= deadline_dispatch##prio##_next,			\
-	.stop	= deadline_dispatch##prio##_stop,			\
-	.show	= blk_mq_debugfs_rq_show,				\
+static void *deadline_dispatch_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
+	__acquires(&dd->lock)
+{
+	struct request_queue *q = m->private;
+	struct deadline_data *dd = q->elevator->elevator_data;
+
+	spin_lock(&dd->lock);
+	return seq_list_start(&dd->dispatch, *pos);
 }
 
-DEADLINE_DISPATCH_ATTR(0);
-DEADLINE_DISPATCH_ATTR(1);
-DEADLINE_DISPATCH_ATTR(2);
-#undef DEADLINE_DISPATCH_ATTR
+static void *deadline_dispatch_next(struct seq_file *m, void *v, loff_t *pos)
+{
+	struct request_queue *q = m->private;
+	struct deadline_data *dd = q->elevator->elevator_data;
+
+	return seq_list_next(v, &dd->dispatch, pos);
+}
+
+static void deadline_dispatch_stop(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
+	__releases(&dd->lock)
+{
+	struct request_queue *q = m->private;
+	struct deadline_data *dd = q->elevator->elevator_data;
+
+	spin_unlock(&dd->lock);
+}
+
+static const struct seq_operations deadline_dispatch_seq_ops = {
+	.start	= deadline_dispatch_start,
+	.next	= deadline_dispatch_next,
+	.stop	= deadline_dispatch_stop,
+	.show	= blk_mq_debugfs_rq_show,
+};
 
 #define DEADLINE_QUEUE_DDIR_ATTRS(name)					\
 	{#name "_fifo_list", 0400,					\
@@ -1014,9 +1003,7 @@ static const struct blk_mq_debugfs_attr deadline_queue_debugfs_attrs[] = {
 	{"batching", 0400, deadline_batching_show},
 	{"starved", 0400, deadline_starved_show},
 	{"async_depth", 0400, dd_async_depth_show},
-	{"dispatch0", 0400, .seq_ops = &deadline_dispatch0_seq_ops},
-	{"dispatch1", 0400, .seq_ops = &deadline_dispatch1_seq_ops},
-	{"dispatch2", 0400, .seq_ops = &deadline_dispatch2_seq_ops},
+	{"dispatch", 0400, .seq_ops = &deadline_dispatch_seq_ops},
 	{"owned_by_driver", 0400, dd_owned_by_driver_show},
 	{"queued", 0400, dd_queued_show},
 	{},

  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-10-13 19:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-10-13 19:28 [PATCH 0/2] block/mq-deadline: Fix BLK_MQ_INSERT_AT_HEAD support Bart Van Assche
2025-10-13 19:28 ` [PATCH 1/2] block/mq-deadline: Introduce dd_start_request() Bart Van Assche
2025-10-14  4:16   ` Damien Le Moal
2025-10-14 15:47     ` Bart Van Assche
2025-10-13 19:28 ` Bart Van Assche [this message]
2025-10-14  4:19   ` [PATCH 2/2] block/mq-deadline: Switch back to a single dispatch list Damien Le Moal
2025-10-14  6:10   ` Yu Kuai
2025-10-14 15:55     ` Bart Van Assche
2025-10-14 13:12 ` [PATCH 0/2] block/mq-deadline: Fix BLK_MQ_INSERT_AT_HEAD support Jens Axboe

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20251013192803.4168772-3-bvanassche@acm.org \
    --to=bvanassche@acm.org \
    --cc=axboe@kernel.dk \
    --cc=chengkaitao@kylinos.cn \
    --cc=dlemoal@kernel.org \
    --cc=hch@lst.de \
    --cc=linux-block@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=yukuai@kernel.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox